Elton Brand vs. Cameron Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Thomas and Elton Brand, 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.

Elton Brand played 17 years in the NBA, 13 more than Cameron Thomas, who played 4. Elton Brand had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Cameron Thomas had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Elton Brand	Cameron Thomas
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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	-	4.5	6.6	.685
difference:	+14	+19.4	+11.6	+4.1	+3.5	+7.6	+0.7	+0.3	+1.5	-2.0	-2.2	+4.5	+8.6	+.049	+0.7	+2.6		+3.2	+5.0	+.144
Cameron Thomas	67	17.6	8.5	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.0	3.3	7.5	.433	0.7	2.6	.270	1.3	1.6	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameron Thomas	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Elton Brand	Cameron Thomas
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+14	+6.4	+4.3	+4.6	+3.8	+8.4	+0.5	+0.3	+1.8	-0.3	-1.1	+1.3	+5.4	+.085	+2.2	+6.0		+0.6	+1.5	+.114
Cameron Thomas	66	31.4	22.5	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.9	0.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	8.0	18.0	.442	2.2	6.0	.364	4.3	5.1	.856
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor Cameron Thomas played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Elton Brand	Cameron Thomas
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-	3.9	5.7	.685
difference:	+37	+8.4	+5.5	+4.0	+4.1	+8.0	+1.3	+0.5	+2.4	-0.1	-1.5	+0.7	+3.7	+.064	+2.7	+7.8		+1.4	+0.3	+.196
Cameron Thomas	25	31.2	24.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.8	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.8	8.0	18.2	.438	2.7	7.8	.349	5.3	6.0	.881
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor Cameron Thomas played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Elton Brand played 13 seasons more than Cameron Thomas in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 17, from 2004 to 2016—Elton Brand played in 5 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Cameron Thomas, Elton Brand got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game