Danilo Gallinari vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and Danilo Gallinari, 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.

Danilo Gallinari played 14 years in the NBA, 3 less than Brook Lopez, who played 17. Danilo Gallinari had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
	Danilo Gallinari	Brook Lopez
Season	2008-09	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	28	14.7	6.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.7	2.0	4.5	.448	1.1	2.6	.444	0.9	1.0	.963
difference:	+54	+15.8	+6.9	+2.2	+3.9	+6.1	+0.5		+1.7	-1.3	-1.4	+3.5	+5.8	+.083	+1.1	+2.6		+1.2	+1.6	+.170
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
* Neiher Danilo Gallinari nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Danilo Gallinari	Brook Lopez
Season	2012-13	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	71	32.5	16.2	0.9	4.3	5.2	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.8	5.1	12.3	.418	1.9	5.1	.373	4.0	4.9	.822
difference:	+3	+2.1	+3.2	+1.9	+0.2	+1.7	+1.6	+0.5	+1.6	-0.2	-0.3	+2.6	+2.5	+.103	+1.9	+5.1			+0.4	+.064
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2013-14.

Season 12
	Danilo Gallinari	Brook Lopez
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Danilo Gallinari	51	24.0	13.3	0.3	3.8	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.1	4.0	9.3	.434	2.0	5.0	.406	3.2	3.4	.925
difference:	+17	+2.7	+1.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.5		+0.1	+2.2	-0.2	-0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+.001	+0.5	+0.2	+.092	+1.3	+1.2	+.089
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	18	24.6	12.8	0.4	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.6	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	4.7	.405	2.7	2.9	.942
difference:	+8	+8.2	+3.0	+1.5	+0.2	+1.6	+0.3	+0.7	+1.1	-0.4	-0.1	+2.0	+1.7	+.110	+0.2	+0.6	+.009	+1.2	+0.9	+.192
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

Season 13
	Danilo Gallinari	Brook Lopez
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Danilo Gallinari	66	25.3	11.7	0.5	4.1	4.7	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.4	3.9	9.0	.434	1.7	4.5	.381	2.1	2.4	.904
difference:	+4	+1.9	+0.6	+1.0	+0.6	+0.3	+0.8	+0.2	+1.3	-0.3	-0.7	+0.7	+0.1	+.069	+0.3	+0.5	+.043	+0.4	+0.4	+.059
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	5	22.4	10.2	0.4	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.2	3.6	9.0	.400	0.8	3.0	.267	2.2	2.2	1.000
difference:	+18	+6.6	+2.8	+1.7		+1.7	+0.5	+0.5	+1.5	-0.1	-0.9	+1.6	+0.4	+.148	+0.2	+0.1	+.052	+0.6	+0.3	+.140
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

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2022-23.

Additional Years
* Brook Lopez played 3 seasons more than Danilo Gallinari in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 17, from 2023 to 2025—Brook Lopez played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 3 extra years over Danilo Gallinari, Brook Lopez got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team