Brook Lopez vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee 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, 2 more than JaVale McGee, who played 16. Brook Lopez had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while JaVale McGee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	JaVale McGee
Season	2008-09	2008-09
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards
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:	+7	+15.3	+6.5	+1.1	+3.1	+4.2	+0.7	+0.1	+0.8	-1.0	-1.0	+3.0	+5.1	+.037				+0.7	+0.4	+.133
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brook Lopez nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Brook Lopez	JaVale McGee
Season	2012-13	2012-13
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+12.3	+10.3	+0.8	+1.3	+2.1	+0.6		+0.1	-0.7	-0.2	+3.9	+8.1	+.054				+2.6	+2.9	+.167
JaVale McGee	79	18.1	9.1	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.8	6.7	.575	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.4	.591
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:	+1	+18.9	+15.1	+1.3	+1.0	+2.2	+1.4	+0.2	+2.0	-0.5	-0.1	+5.3	+12.4	+.109	+0.1	+0.1		+4.4	+3.3	+.497
JaVale McGee	6	18.7	7.2	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	5.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.389

Season 9
	Brook Lopez	JaVale McGee
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	NBA Champion

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9th 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	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
difference:	+2	+20.0	+14.4	+0.3	+1.9	+2.2	+2.1	+0.3	+0.8	-2.0	-1.2	+4.7	+11.5	+.178	+1.8	+5.2		+3.2	+3.5	+.305
JaVale McGee	77	9.6	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.505
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	16	9.3	5.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722

Season 10
	Brook Lopez	JaVale McGee
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	NBA Champion

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10th 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	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
difference:	+9	+13.9	+8.2	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+1.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.9	-1.2	+2.9	+7.3	+.156	+1.5	+4.3	+.345	+0.9	+1.3	+.028
JaVale McGee	65	9.5	4.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	13	12.2	6.5	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.672	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667

Season 12
	Brook Lopez	JaVale McGee
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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12th 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	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
difference:		+10.1	+5.4	+0.9	+0.2	+1.1	+1.0	+0.2	+1.0	-0.2	-0.1	+1.4	+5.4	+.202	+1.5	+4.7	+.186	+1.1	+1.0	+.190
JaVale McGee	68	16.6	6.6	1.8	3.9	5.7	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.5	.637	0.0	0.1	.500	0.8	1.2	.646
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
difference:	+4	+23.2	+12.9	+0.8	+1.6	+2.4		+0.9	+0.6	-0.6	-1.1	+4.7	+9.1	+.090	+2.1	+5.2	+.396	+1.4	+1.9	+.250
JaVale McGee	14	9.6	2.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	.500

Season 13
	Brook Lopez	JaVale McGee
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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13th 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	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
difference:	+24	+12.5	+5.0	+0.2		+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	-0.4	-0.5	+1.5	+3.0	+.008	+1.3	+3.5	+.130	+0.7	+0.5	+.188
JaVale McGee	46	14.7	7.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.1	6.1	.511	0.1	0.5	.208	1.0	1.5	.657
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
difference:	+19	+20.5	+11.0	+1.3	+1.5	+2.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.8	-1.1	+4.4	+6.9	+.248	+1.0	+2.6	+.319	+1.1	+0.4	+.527
JaVale McGee	4	8.5	2.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.5	.333

Season 15
	Brook Lopez	JaVale McGee
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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15th 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	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
difference:	+36	+21.9	+11.5	+1.3	+2.9	+4.2	+1.0	+0.4	+1.9	-0.5	-1.3	+4.2	+8.5	+.109	+1.7	+4.6	+.026	+1.3	+1.4	+.199
JaVale McGee	42	8.5	4.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.0	.640	0.0	0.1	.400	0.6	1.0	.585
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
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-