Elton Brand vs. Monta Ellis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monta Ellis 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, 5 more than Monta Ellis, who played 12. Elton Brand had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Monta Ellis had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Monta Ellis
Season	1999-00	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
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:	+32	+18.9	+13.3	+3.9	+4.0	+7.9	+0.3	+0.1	+1.4	-1.6	-1.8	+5.1	+9.6	+.067	+0.6	+1.7		+3.6	+5.4	+.027
Monta Ellis	49	18.1	6.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.7	6.5	.415	0.6	1.7	.341	0.9	1.2	.712
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor Monta Ellis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Elton Brand	Monta Ellis
Season	2000-01	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd 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	74	39.3	20.1	3.9	6.2	10.1	3.2	1.0	1.6	3.0	3.3	7.8	16.4	.476	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.4	.708
difference:	+3	+5.0	+3.6	+3.1	+3.8	+6.9	+0.9	+0.7	+1.3	-0.1	-0.6	+1.6	+3.3	+.001	+0.5	+1.9		+1.0	+1.8	+.055
Monta Ellis	77	34.3	16.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.9	2.7	6.2	13.1	.475	0.5	1.9	.273	3.5	4.6	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monta Ellis	11	21.6	8.0	0.7	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.1	2.9	7.5	.390	0.1	0.8	.111	2.1	2.5	.821

Season 3
	Elton Brand	Monta Ellis
Season	2001-02	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
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	+0.1	+2.0	+3.4	+3.3	+6.6	+1.5	+0.5	+1.7	-0.1	-0.8	+1.3	+2.5	+.004	+0.1	+0.6		+0.9	+1.5	+.025
Monta Ellis	81	37.9	20.2	1.6	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.1	2.4	8.0	15.1	.531	0.1	0.6	.231	4.0	5.1	.767
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor Monta Ellis played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Elton Brand	Monta Ellis
Season	2002-03	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
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	+3.9	+0.5	+4.0	+3.0	+7.0	+1.2	+0.5	+2.2	-0.1	-0.6	+0.5	+2.7	+.051	+0.3	+1.0		+0.8	+1.9	+.145
Monta Ellis	25	35.7	19.0	0.6	3.8	4.3	3.7	1.6	0.3	2.7	2.7	7.8	17.2	.451	0.3	1.0	.308	3.1	3.8	.830
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Elton Brand nor Monta Ellis played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 7
	Elton Brand	Monta Ellis
Season	2005-06	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+21	+2.6	+4.3	+2.7	+3.9	+6.6	+3.4	+0.5	+2.2	-0.9	-0.6	+1.8	+0.3	+.094	+1.1	+3.5		+1.8	+2.5	+.021
Monta Ellis	58	36.6	20.4	0.3	3.1	3.4	6.0	1.5	0.3	3.1	2.3	7.8	17.9	.433	1.1	3.5	.308	3.8	4.7	.796
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
Monta Ellis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-