Brook Lopez vs. Bill Wennington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Wennington 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.

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.

Brook Lopez played 16 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bill Wennington, who played 13. Brook Lopez had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Bill Wennington had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Brook Lopez	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24
Bill Wennington	13	8	1985-86 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2008-09	1985-86
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	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	.000	2.1	2.6	.793
Bill Wennington	56	10.0	3.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.5	1.3	2.7	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.1	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	6	3.0	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2009-10	1986-87
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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	.000	5.1	6.2	.817
Bill Wennington	58	9.7	2.7	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.6	1.0	2.3	.424	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	4	11.8	3.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.3	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600


Season 3
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2010-11	1987-88
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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	.000	4.7	6.0	.787
Bill Wennington	30	4.2	2.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.8	1.6	.510	0.0	0.1	.500	0.4	0.6	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	6	2.3	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2011-12	1988-89
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Brook Lopez	5	27.2	19.2	1.6	2.0	3.6	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.6	7.6	15.4	.494	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.4	.625
Bill Wennington	65	16.5	4.6	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.8	3.2	1.8	4.2	.433	0.0	0.1	.111	0.9	1.3	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2012-13	1989-90
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Brook Lopez	74	30.4	19.4	2.8	4.1	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.1	1.8	2.1	7.7	14.8	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.3	.758
Bill Wennington	60	13.6	4.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.8	3.9	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.3	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	7	37.6	22.3	4.1	3.3	7.4	1.4	0.9	3.0	2.3	2.9	8.3	17.6	.472	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.6	6.3	.886
Bill Wennington	3	8.3	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.7	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2013-14	1990-91
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Brook Lopez	17	31.4	20.7	2.3	3.7	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.6	3.1	7.6	13.5	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	6.8	.817
Bill Wennington	77	18.9	5.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.7	3.0	2.4	5.4	.436	0.0	0.1	.200	1.0	1.2	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Wennington didn't play in 1991-92 and 1992-93.


Season 7
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	72	29.2	17.2	3.0	4.5	7.4	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.4	2.9	7.0	13.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.100	3.1	3.8	.814
Bill Wennington	76	18.0	7.1	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.8	3.1	6.3	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	6	39.0	19.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.7	2.2	1.0	3.0	7.2	14.5	.494	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.7	.825
Bill Wennington	7	6.7	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	2.0	0.4	0.9	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667


Season 8
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	73	33.7	20.6	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.0	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.9	8.1	15.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.143	4.3	5.5	.787
Bill Wennington	73	13.1	5.0	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.7	2.1	4.3	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	10	13.3	4.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	3.2	2.1	5.1	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 9
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Brook Lopez	75	29.6	20.5	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.4	15.6	.474	1.8	5.2	.346	3.9	4.9	.810
Bill Wennington	71	15.0	5.3	0.8	1.6	2.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	4.8	.493	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.5	0.6	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	18	9.4	3.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.7	1.4	2.8	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.2	.500


Season 10
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Brook Lopez	74	23.4	13.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.7	0.4	1.3	1.3	2.6	5.0	10.7	.465	1.5	4.4	.345	1.5	2.1	.703
Bill Wennington	61	12.8	4.6	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.2	1.9	3.9	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Brook Lopez	81	28.7	12.5	0.4	4.5	4.9	1.2	0.6	2.2	1.0	2.3	4.4	9.7	.452	2.3	6.3	.365	1.4	1.6	.842
Bill Wennington	48	9.7	3.5	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.6	.436	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	15	29.2	11.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	1.4	0.4	1.9	0.7	3.1	4.1	8.9	.455	1.5	5.0	.293	1.6	1.9	.828
Bill Wennington	16	7.5	2.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.3	2.4	.526	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 12
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Brook Lopez	68	26.7	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	1.0	2.4	4.3	9.9	.435	1.5	4.8	.314	1.9	2.2	.836
Bill Wennington	38	11.9	3.8	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	2.1	1.6	4.7	.348	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.5	0.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	10	32.8	15.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.2	2.7	6.1	11.4	.535	2.1	5.3	.396	1.5	2.0	.750
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Brook Lopez	70	27.2	12.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	0.9	2.1	4.6	9.1	.503	1.4	4.0	.338	1.7	2.0	.845
Bill Wennington	7	8.1	2.0	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.9	0.9	2.7	.316	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	23	29.0	13.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.1	2.1	5.2	9.4	.548	1.0	3.1	.319	1.6	1.9	.860
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	13	22.9	12.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.9	2.6	4.7	10.1	.466	1.5	4.1	.358	1.5	1.8	.870
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	12	27.7	10.6	2.3	3.7	5.9	0.7	0.5	1.5	0.9	2.8	4.2	8.5	.490	0.5	2.3	.214	1.8	1.9	.913
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Brook Lopez	78	30.4	15.9	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	1.4	2.6	6.1	11.5	.531	1.7	4.7	.374	1.9	2.4	.784
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	5	36.4	19.0	2.8	3.6	6.4	1.2	1.4	1.8	2.2	2.0	7.8	13.4	.582	1.4	3.4	.412	2.0	2.6	.769
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Brook Lopez	Bill Wennington
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Brook Lopez	79	30.5	12.5	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.4	1.0	2.4	4.6	9.6	.485	1.9	5.1	.366	1.4	1.7	.821
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	6	33.3	17.7	1.8	2.5	4.3	1.8	0.0	1.3	1.5	1.7	7.3	12.5	.587	1.7	3.8	.435	1.3	2.5	.533
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Brook Lopez vs. Bill Wennington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Wennington 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.

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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16