Dragan Bender vs. Elton Brand Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elton Brand and Dragan Bender, 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.

Dragan Bender played 4 years in the NBA, 13 less than Elton Brand, who played 17. Dragan Bender had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Elton Brand had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
	Dragan Bender	Elton Brand
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dragan Bender	43	13.3	3.4	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	.354	0.7	2.3	.277	0.1	0.3	.364
Elton Brand	81	37.0	20.1	4.3	5.7	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	2.8	3.2	7.8	16.1	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	6.6	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dragan Bender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dragan Bender	Elton Brand
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dragan Bender	46	18.0	5.0	0.7	3.2	4.0	1.2	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	4.3	.447	0.5	2.2	.218	0.7	1.2	.593
Elton Brand	80	37.8	18.2	5.0	6.6	11.6	2.4	1.0	2.0	2.2	3.2	6.7	12.6	.527	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.6	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dragan Bender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dragan Bender	Elton Brand
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dragan Bender	16	17.9	6.7	1.0	3.6	4.6	1.8	0.3	0.6	1.3	2.6	2.6	5.8	.446	0.9	2.7	.349	0.6	0.9	.714
Elton Brand	62	39.6	18.5	4.6	6.8	11.3	2.5	1.1	2.5	2.6	3.3	7.3	14.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	3.9	5.7	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dragan Bender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dragan Bender	Elton Brand
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West Conf 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		%
Dragan Bender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elton Brand	79	39.2	24.7	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.6	1.0	2.5	2.2	2.9	9.6	18.2	.527	0.0	0.0	.333	5.6	7.2	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dragan Bender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elton Brand	12	43.1	25.4	4.3	6.0	10.3	4.0	0.9	2.6	2.4	2.8	10.3	18.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	6.3	.750