Brian Cardinal vs. John Collins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Collins and Brian Cardinal, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Brian Cardinal played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than John Collins, who played 7. Brian Cardinal had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, while John Collins had his rookie season in 2017-18. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Brian Cardinal	12	4	2000-01 to 2011-12
John Collins	7	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2000-01	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	15	8.4	2.1	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	0.7	2.1	.323	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.2	.611
John Collins	74	24.1	10.5	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.9	4.2	7.4	.576	0.2	0.6	.340	1.8	2.5	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	8	5.4	2.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.6	.462	0.4	0.9	.429	0.3	0.3	1.000
John Collins	61	30.0	19.5	3.6	6.2	9.8	2.0	0.4	0.6	2.0	3.3	7.6	13.6	.560	0.9	2.6	.348	3.3	4.4	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	5	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
John Collins	41	33.2	21.6	2.8	7.3	10.1	1.5	0.8	1.6	1.8	3.4	8.6	14.8	.583	1.4	3.6	.401	2.9	3.7	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	76	21.5	9.6	1.3	2.9	4.2	1.4	0.9	0.3	1.1	2.7	2.9	6.1	.472	0.7	1.6	.444	3.1	3.6	.878
John Collins	63	29.3	17.6	1.9	5.5	7.4	1.2	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.1	6.8	12.2	.556	1.3	3.3	.399	2.7	3.2	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Collins	18	32.0	13.9	2.0	6.7	8.7	0.9	0.4	0.6	1.3	3.3	5.6	10.1	.549	1.1	3.1	.357	1.7	2.0	.833


Season 5
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	58	24.7	9.0	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.0	1.5	0.3	1.4	3.0	2.8	7.4	.370	0.8	2.2	.352	2.7	3.1	.873
John Collins	54	30.8	16.2	1.7	6.1	7.8	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.0	6.3	11.9	.526	1.2	3.3	.364	2.5	3.1	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	4	19.5	6.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.3	2.8	2.3	5.8	.391	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.8	.727
John Collins	5	24.4	9.4	0.4	4.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.4	3.8	7.8	.487	0.8	2.2	.364	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 6
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	36	11.2	3.4	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.8	1.3	3.1	.414	0.4	0.8	.448	0.5	0.8	.704
John Collins	71	30.0	13.1	1.1	5.4	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.1	5.1	10.0	.508	1.0	3.4	.292	2.0	2.5	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	3	7.3	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
John Collins	6	27.3	11.3	1.2	3.2	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.2	4.3	10.0	.433	1.8	5.3	.344	0.8	1.0	.833


Season 7
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	28	11.2	4.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.5	1.5	3.0	.494	0.6	1.6	.409	0.9	1.0	.926
John Collins	68	28.0	15.1	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.1	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.8	5.8	11.0	.532	1.3	3.4	.371	2.2	2.7	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	37	11.9	3.4	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.2	3.4	.341	0.7	2.2	.309	0.4	0.5	.684
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	64	14.2	3.0	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.1	1.0	2.6	.385	0.5	1.4	.326	0.5	0.5	.857
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	29	9.2	1.7	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.9	0.5	1.2	.389	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.6	.944
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	56	11.0	2.6	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.5	0.8	1.8	.430	0.8	1.6	.483	0.3	0.3	.944
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	9	4.1	1.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.4	.750	0.3	0.4	.750	0.1	0.2	.500
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Brian Cardinal	John Collins
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	44	6.3	1.0	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.3	1.3	.255	0.2	1.1	.204	0.1	0.1	.833
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	2	4.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Brian Cardinal vs. John Collins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Collins and Brian Cardinal, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12