Brook Lopez vs. Jaden McDaniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaden McDaniels 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, 12 more than Jaden McDaniels, who played 6. Brook Lopez had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Jaden McDaniels had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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.

Rookie Season
	Brook Lopez	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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	-	2.1	2.6	.793
difference:	+19	+6.5	+6.2	+1.9	+2.5	+4.4	+0.1	+0.1	+0.8	-1.1	-0.4	+2.9	+4.5	+.084	+1.1	+3.1		+1.7	+1.9	+.193
Jaden McDaniels	63	24.0	6.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.6	5.8	.447	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	0.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brook Lopez nor Jaden McDaniels played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Brook Lopez	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did not play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+67	+2.0	+8.7	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.2		-1.4	+3.3	+6.7	+.005	+1.2	+3.5		+3.2	+5.3	+.097
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771

Season 5
	Brook Lopez	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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	-	4.0	5.3	.758
difference:	+8	+1.5	+7.2	+1.2	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	+0.9	+1.2	-0.6	-0.6	+2.8	+4.6	+.044	+1.2	+3.7		+2.7	+3.7	+.055
Jaden McDaniels	82	31.9	12.2	1.6	4.2	5.7	2.0	1.3	0.9	1.2	2.7	4.9	10.2	.477	1.2	3.7	.330	1.3	1.6	.813
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
difference:	+8	+4.5	+7.6	+2.3	+0.5	+1.8	+0.1	+0.4	+2.1	-1.1	-0.4	+2.5	+6.3	+.043	+1.3	+3.6	+.618	+3.9	+4.4	+.007
Jaden McDaniels	15	33.1	14.7	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.5	1.3	0.9	1.2	3.3	5.8	11.3	.515	1.4	3.7	.382	1.7	1.9	.893

Additional Years
* Brook Lopez played 12 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 18, from 2015 to 2026—Brook Lopez played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 12 extra years over Jaden McDaniels, Brook Lopez got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team