Bronny James vs. Kendrick Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kendrick Perkins and Bronny James, 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.

Bronny James played 2 years in the NBA, 12 less than Kendrick Perkins, who played 14. Bronny James had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Kendrick Perkins had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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 achievements, 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
Bronny James 2 1 2024-25 to 2025-26
Kendrick Perkins 14 9 2003-04 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Bronny James Kendrick Perkins
Season 2024-252003-04
Team Los Angeles LakersBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Bronny James 27 6.7 2.3 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.8 2.5 .313 0.3 1.2 .281 0.4 0.5 .786
difference:+17+3.2+0.1+0.4+0.4+0.7+0.5+0.3+0.1-0.1+1.0+.220+0.3+1.2+0.2+0.4+.119
Kendrick Perkins 10 3.5 2.2 0.5 0.9 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.5 .533 0.0 0.0 - 0.6 0.9 .667
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Bronny James 2 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 -
Kendrick Perkins DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2
Bronny James Kendrick Perkins
Season 2025-262004-05
Team Los Angeles LakersBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Bronny James 12 9.8 1.8 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.8 1.0 0.7 2.3 .286 0.3 1.0 .250 0.2 0.2 1.000
difference:+48+0.7+0.7+0.6+1.7+2.1+1.3+0.5+0.5-0.1-0.6+0.2+0.3+.185+0.3+1.0+0.4+0.8+.362
Kendrick Perkins 60 9.1 2.5 0.9 2.1 2.9 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.6 0.9 2.0 .471 0.0 0.0 - 0.6 1.0 .638
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Bronny James DNP------ --- ----------
Kendrick Perkins 6 4.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.7 0.8 .800 0.0 0.0 - 0.2 0.5 .333

Additional Years

* Kendrick Perkins played 12 seasons more than Bronny James in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 2006 to 2018—Kendrick Perkins played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

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