Clint Capela vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and Clint Capela, 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.

Clint Capela played 11 years in the NBA, 6 less than Brook Lopez, who played 17. Clint Capela had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Brook Lopez 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
	Clint Capela	Brook Lopez
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Houston Rockets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Clint Capela	12	7.5	2.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.9	.174
difference:	+70	+23.0	+10.3	+1.9	+3.2	+5.1	+0.8	+0.4	+1.0	-1.4	-1.9	+4.3	+7.9	+.048				+1.8	+0.7	+.619
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	17	7.5	3.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.8	.677	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.517
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Clint Capela	Brook Lopez
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Nets Lost East 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		%
Clint Capela	67	33.6	16.6	4.4	8.2	12.7	1.4	0.7	1.5	1.4	2.5	7.1	10.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.9	.636
difference:	+7	+3.2	+2.8	+1.6	+4.1	+5.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.6	-0.4	-0.4	+0.6	+3.9	+.127				+1.5	+1.4	+.122
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	11	30.1	9.7	3.7	6.5	10.3	1.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.4	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	3.2	.429
difference:	+4	+7.5	+12.6	+0.4	+3.2	+2.9	+0.1	+0.6	+1.9	-0.8	-0.5	+4.1	+10.1	+.089	+0.1	+0.1		+4.2	+3.1	+.457
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

Season 7
	Clint Capela	Brook Lopez
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	63	30.1	15.2	4.7	9.6	14.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	2.3	6.6	11.0	.594	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	.573
difference:	+9	+0.9	+2.0	+1.7	+5.1	+6.9	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.2	-0.6	+0.4	+2.7	+.081		+0.1		+1.0	+0.2	+.241
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	18	31.6	10.1	3.4	7.8	11.2	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.6	7.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.2	.436
difference:	+12	+7.4	+9.7	+0.1	+2.1	+2.2	+0.1		+1.1		-0.4	+2.6	+6.9	+.109				+4.6	+4.5	+.389
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

Additional Years
* Brook Lopez played 6 seasons more than Clint Capela in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 17, from 2020 to 2025—Brook Lopez played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 6 extra years over Clint Capela, Brook Lopez got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team