Brook Lopez vs. Ausar Thompson Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ausar Thompson and Brook Lopez, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.
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.
Brook Lopez played 18 years in the NBA, 15 more than Ausar Thompson, who played 3. Brook Lopez had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Ausar Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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 |
| Brook Lopez |
18 |
9 |
2008-09 to 2025-26 |
| Ausar Thompson |
3 |
1 |
2023-24 to 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Brook Lopez |
82 |
30.5 |
13.0 |
2.7 |
5.4 |
8.1 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
3.1 |
5.5 |
10.3 |
.531 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.1 |
2.6 |
.793 |
| difference: | +19 | +5.4 | +4.2 | +0.7 | +1.1 | +1.7 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.9 | -0.5 | -0.3 | +1.8 | +2.7 | +.048 | +0.3 | +1.8 | | +1.0 | +0.7 | +.196 |
| Ausar Thompson |
63 |
25.1 |
8.8 |
2.0 |
4.3 |
6.4 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
7.6 |
.483 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
.186 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
.597 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Brook Lopez nor Ausar Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Brook Lopez |
82 |
36.9 |
18.8 |
3.3 |
5.4 |
8.6 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
6.9 |
13.8 |
.499 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
5.1 |
6.2 |
.817 |
| difference: | +23 | +14.4 | +8.7 | +1.4 | +2.1 | +3.5 | | +1.0 | +1.0 | -1.1 | -0.3 | +2.7 | +6.0 | +.036 | +0.2 | +0.8 | | +3.6 | +3.8 | +.176 |
| Ausar Thompson |
59 |
22.5 |
10.1 |
1.9 |
3.3 |
5.1 |
2.3 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
4.2 |
7.8 |
.535 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.224 |
1.5 |
2.4 |
.641 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Brook Lopez |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ausar Thompson |
6 |
22.5 |
11.5 |
1.3 |
3.8 |
5.2 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
.571 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
3.5 |
6.0 |
.583 |
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3rd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Brook Lopez |
82 |
35.2 |
20.4 |
2.4 |
3.5 |
6.0 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
7.9 |
16.0 |
.492 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.7 |
6.0 |
.787 |
| difference: | +54 | +8.7 | +8.7 | +0.2 | +0.3 | | +1.0 | +0.9 | +0.8 | -0.5 | -0.2 | +3.2 | +6.8 | +.020 | +0.2 | +0.6 | | +2.6 | +2.2 | +.230 |
| Ausar Thompson |
28 |
26.5 |
11.7 |
2.2 |
3.8 |
6.0 |
2.6 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
2.7 |
4.7 |
9.2 |
.512 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.294 |
2.1 |
3.8 |
.557 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Brook Lopez nor Ausar Thompson played in the postseason in their season 3 |
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Additional Years |
* Brook Lopez played 15 seasons more than Ausar Thompson in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 4 to 18, from 2012 to 2026—Brook Lopez played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 15 extra years over Ausar Thompson, Brook Lopez got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-Defensive First Team
1 All-Defensive Second Team
1 All-Star Game
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