Elton Brand vs. DeMarcus Cousins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMarcus Cousins 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, 6 more than DeMarcus Cousins, who played 11. Elton Brand had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while DeMarcus Cousins had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	1999-00	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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:		+8.5	+6.0	+1.6	+0.3	+1.4	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	-0.5	-0.9	+2.5	+3.7	+.052		+0.2		+1.1	+1.6	+.002
DeMarcus Cousins	81	28.5	14.1	2.7	6.0	8.6	2.5	1.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	5.3	12.4	.430	0.0	0.2	.167	3.4	5.0	.687
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Elton Brand	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2001-02	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Sacramento Kings
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:	+5	+7.3	+1.1	+2.0	+0.4	+1.7	+0.3	+0.4	+1.3	-0.8	-0.4	+0.3	+1.2	+.062	+0.1	+0.3		+0.7	+1.0	+.004
DeMarcus Cousins	75	30.5	17.1	3.0	7.0	9.9	2.7	1.4	0.7	3.0	3.6	6.4	13.8	.465	0.1	0.3	.182	4.2	5.6	.738
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Elton Brand	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Sacramento Kings
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:	+9	+7.2	+4.2	+1.5	+1.8	+0.4	+0.4	+0.4	+1.2	-0.9	-0.5	+1.0	+2.3	+.006		+0.1		+2.2	+2.7	+.041
DeMarcus Cousins	71	32.4	22.7	3.1	8.6	11.7	2.9	1.5	1.3	3.5	3.8	8.3	16.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.4	.726
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Elton Brand	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Elton Brand	69	38.7	20.0	3.9	6.4	10.3	3.3	0.9	2.2	2.8	3.3	7.0	14.2	.493	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	7.7	.773
difference:	+10	+4.6	+4.1	+0.8	+3.1	+2.4	+0.3	+0.6	+0.5	-1.5	-0.8	+1.4	+3.9	+.026		+0.1		+1.2	+1.5	+.009
DeMarcus Cousins	59	34.1	24.1	3.1	9.5	12.7	3.6	1.5	1.7	4.3	4.1	8.4	18.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.2	.782
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Elton Brand	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th 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	20.0	3.7	5.9	9.5	2.6	0.8	2.1	2.3	3.0	7.8	15.4	.503	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.0	.752
difference:	+16	+2.4	+6.9	+1.3	+3.2	+2.0	+0.7	+0.8	+0.7	-1.5	-0.6	+1.4	+5.1	+.052	+1.1	+3.2		+2.8	+4.2	+.034
DeMarcus Cousins	65	34.6	26.9	2.4	9.1	11.5	3.3	1.6	1.4	3.8	3.6	9.2	20.5	.451	1.1	3.2	.333	7.3	10.2	.718
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Elton Brand	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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	-	5.6	7.2	.775
difference:	+7	+5.0	+2.3	+0.9	+1.9	+1.0	+2.0	+0.4	+1.2	-1.5	-1.0	+0.6	+1.7	+.075	+1.8	+5.0		+1.6	+2.1	+.003
DeMarcus Cousins	72	34.2	27.0	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	3.9	9.0	19.9	.452	1.8	5.0	.361	7.2	9.3	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Elton Brand	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th 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	38.5	20.5	3.4	6.0	9.3	2.9	1.0	2.2	2.5	3.0	8.1	15.1	.533	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.8	.761
difference:	+32	+2.3	+4.7	+1.2	+4.7	+3.6	+2.5	+0.6	+0.6	-2.5	-0.8	+0.4	+2.9	+.063	+2.2	+6.1		+1.7	+2.4	+.015
DeMarcus Cousins	48	36.2	25.2	2.2	10.7	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	5.0	3.8	8.5	18.0	.470	2.2	6.1	.354	6.1	8.2	.746
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 8

Note: DeMarcus Cousins didn't play in 2019-20.