Elton Brand vs. Jaden McDaniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaden McDaniels 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, 12 more than Jaden McDaniels, who played 5. Elton Brand had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Jaden McDaniels had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Jaden McDaniels
Season	1999-00	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:	+18	+13.0	+13.3	+3.5	+2.8	+6.3	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	-2.1	-0.5	+5.2	+10.3	+.035	+1.1	+3.1		+4.1	+5.9	+.085
Jaden McDaniels	63	24.0	6.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.6	5.8	.447	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	0.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor Jaden McDaniels played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Elton Brand	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+1	+7.2	+6.1	+3.8	+3.9	+7.7	+0.5	+0.1	+1.0	-0.8	-0.2	+2.0	+3.5	+.010	+1.4	+3.4		+3.6	+4.8	+.006
Jaden McDaniels	79	30.6	12.1	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.4	4.7	9.1	.517	1.4	3.4	.398	1.3	1.8	.736
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor Jaden McDaniels played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Elton Brand	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2002-03	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+10	+10.4	+8.0	+3.8	+4.5	+8.2	+1.1	+0.2	+1.9	-1.4	-0.3	+3.0	+5.8	+.013	+1.2	+3.5		+3.1	+4.6	+.037
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771

Additional Years
* Elton Brand played 12 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 17, from 2005 to 2016—Elton Brand played in 5 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Jaden McDaniels, Elton Brand got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game