Dillon Brooks vs. Arnie Risen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arnie Risen and Dillon Brooks, 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.

Dillon Brooks played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Arnie Risen, who played 10. Dillon Brooks had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Arnie Risen had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dillon Brooks	Arnie Risen
Season	2017-18	1948-49
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	82	28.7	11.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.8	4.1	9.4	.440	1.1	3.2	.356	1.5	2.0	.747
Arnie Risen	60	-	16.6	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	13.6	.423	-	-	-	5.1	7.7	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Risen	4	-	16.5	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	13.3	.415	-	-	-	5.5	8.3	.667

Season 3
	Dillon Brooks	Arnie Risen
Season	2019-20	1950-51
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	73	28.9	16.2	0.9	2.4	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.7	3.8	6.0	14.6	.407	2.0	5.6	.358	2.2	2.8	.808
Arnie Risen	66	-	16.3	-	-	12.0	2.4	-	-	-	4.2	5.7	14.2	.401	-	-	-	4.9	6.7	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Risen	14	-	19.5	-	-	14.0	2.4	-	-	-	4.2	6.6	17.1	.389	-	-	-	6.2	9.6	.644

Season 4
	Dillon Brooks	Arnie Risen
Season	2020-21	1951-52
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	67	29.8	17.2	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.5	6.4	15.4	.419	1.9	5.6	.344	2.4	2.9	.815
Arnie Risen	66	36.3	15.6	-	-	12.7	2.3	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	14.0	.394	-	-	-	4.6	6.5	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	5	35.0	25.8	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.2	1.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	10.0	19.4	.515	1.6	4.0	.400	4.2	5.2	.808
Arnie Risen	6	38.2	15.7	-	-	12.5	1.5	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	13.5	.407	-	-	-	4.7	6.7	.700

Season 5
	Dillon Brooks	Arnie Risen
Season	2021-22	1952-53
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Royals Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	32	27.7	18.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.3	7.1	16.4	.432	1.4	4.7	.309	2.8	3.3	.849
Arnie Risen	68	33.6	13.0	-	-	11.0	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.3	11.8	.368	-	-	-	4.3	6.3	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	11	30.5	14.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	5.5	15.6	.349	2.3	6.5	.347	1.5	2.3	.640
Arnie Risen	3	36.3	13.0	-	-	11.7	0.7	-	-	-	5.3	3.7	12.7	.289	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.708

Season 6
	Dillon Brooks	Arnie Risen
Season	2022-23	1953-54
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	73	30.3	14.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.3	5.4	13.6	.396	2.0	6.0	.326	1.6	2.1	.779
Arnie Risen	72	33.1	13.2	-	-	10.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.9	4.5	12.1	.368	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	6	27.8	10.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.0	12.8	.312	1.7	7.0	.238	0.8	1.2	.714
Arnie Risen	6	33.3	14.8	-	-	9.0	0.7	-	-	-	4.2	4.7	11.2	.418	-	-	-	5.5	7.3	.750

Season 7
	Dillon Brooks	Arnie Risen
Season	2023-24	1954-55
Team	Houston Rockets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	72	30.9	12.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	10.7	.428	1.8	5.1	.359	1.7	2.0	.844
Arnie Risen	69	28.6	11.6	-	-	10.2	1.6	-	-	-	3.7	3.8	10.1	.371	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Risen	3	25.7	16.0	-	-	12.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	12.7	.447	-	-	-	4.7	6.3	.737

Season 9
	Dillon Brooks	Arnie Risen
Season	-	1956-57
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Risen	43	21.7	8.0	-	-	6.7	1.2	-	-	-	3.8	2.8	7.1	.388	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Risen	10	15.2	7.5	-	-	5.8	0.8	-	-	-	4.8	2.8	6.3	.444	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	.655