Elton Brand vs. Kon Knueppel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kon Knueppel 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, 16 more than Kon Knueppel, who played 1. Elton Brand had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Kon Knueppel had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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	Kon Knueppel
Season	1999-00	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+64	+3.4	+0.7	+3.2	+1.0	+4.2	+1.0		+1.4	-0.4	-0.8	+1.0	+2.3	+.009	+3.7	+8.5		+2.4	+4.2	+.215
Kon Knueppel	17	33.6	19.4	1.1	4.7	5.8	2.9	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.8	13.8	.491	3.7	8.5	.438	2.1	2.4	.900
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor Kon Knueppel played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Elton Brand played 16 seasons more than Kon Knueppel in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 17, from 2001 to 2016—Elton Brand played in 5 Playoffs. In those 16 extra years over Kon Knueppel, Elton Brand got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Blocks Leader 2 All-Star Game