Brook Lopez vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas 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 17 years in the NBA, 4 more than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 13. Brook Lopez had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2008-09	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+20	+6.6	+4.1	+0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	-0.3	-0.1	+2.2	+4.4	+.026				+0.3	+0.4	+.004
Jonas Valanciunas	62	23.9	8.9	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.0	3.3	5.9	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.789
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brook Lopez nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Brook Lopez	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+4.6	+7.4		+2.6	+2.6	+0.2	+0.1	+1.3	-0.5	-0.6	+2.8	+6.0	+.036				+1.8	+2.6	+.053
Jonas Valanciunas	80	25.8	12.0	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.7	4.9	8.8	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.7	.811
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:	+3	+15.0	+11.1	+3.2	+2.5	+0.7	+1.2	+0.7	+2.4	-1.0	-0.7	+3.9	+9.5	+.071	+0.1		+1.000	+3.2	+3.0	+.159
Jonas Valanciunas	10	22.6	11.2	0.9	5.8	6.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.4	8.1	.543	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.727

Season 12
	Brook Lopez	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+3.2	+0.2	+1.4	+2.8	+4.2	+0.6	+0.3	+1.6	-0.4	-0.3	+0.6	+1.1	+.124	+1.0	+3.3	+.006	+0.1	+0.3	+.051
Jonas Valanciunas	82	23.5	12.2	2.3	6.5	8.8	2.1	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.7	4.9	8.8	.559	0.5	1.5	.308	2.0	2.5	.785
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:	+6	+10.3	+1.3	+2.6	+2.9	+5.5	+0.8	+0.5	+1.3	-1.3	-0.4	+0.6	+0.9	+.011	+2.1	+5.0	+.396	+2.0	+2.3	+.074
Jonas Valanciunas	4	22.5	14.5	4.5	6.5	11.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.3	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	4.3	.824

Season 13
	Brook Lopez	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+8.4	+1.9	+0.8	+1.9	+2.7	+1.3	+0.1	+0.9	-0.6	-0.1	+0.3	+1.4	+.047	+1.3	+3.5	+.122	+0.1		+.034
Jonas Valanciunas	81	18.8	10.4	2.3	5.4	7.7	2.0	0.5	0.6	1.5	2.2	4.3	7.7	.550	0.1	0.5	.216	1.8	2.0	.879
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
Jonas Valanciunas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Brook Lopez played 4 seasons more than Jonas Valanciunas in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 17, from 2022 to 2025—Brook Lopez played in 4 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 4 extra years over Jonas Valanciunas, Brook Lopez got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team