Elton Brand vs. Nene Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nene 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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 and Nene both played 17 years in the NBA. Elton Brand had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Nene had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Elton Brand	17	5	1999-00 to 2015-16
Nene	17	12	2002-03 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	1999-00	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	.000	4.5	6.6	.685
Nene	80	28.2	10.5	2.6	3.5	6.1	1.9	1.6	0.8	2.3	3.7	4.0	7.7	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	4.3	.578

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2000-01	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	.000	4.5	6.4	.708
Nene	77	32.5	11.8	2.0	4.5	6.5	2.2	1.5	0.5	2.4	3.6	4.3	8.2	.530	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.6	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	5	26.6	7.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.6	1.8	4.4	3.2	7.2	.444	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.6	.538


Season 3
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2001-02	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Nene	55	23.9	9.6	1.9	4.0	5.9	1.5	0.9	0.9	1.7	3.0	3.5	7.0	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.9	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	5	20.0	6.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.0	3.2	1.8	4.2	.429	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.6	.652


Season 4
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2002-03	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	.000	3.9	5.7	.685
Nene	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2003-04	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	.000	6.0	7.7	.773
Nene	64	26.8	12.2	2.3	4.7	7.0	1.2	1.0	0.9	2.0	3.3	4.6	8.1	.570	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.4	.689

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	5	35.8	15.2	4.4	3.4	7.8	2.4	0.6	0.6	2.6	4.2	6.2	10.6	.585	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.6	.778


Season 6
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2004-05	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	.000	4.5	6.0	.752
Nene	16	16.6	5.3	1.9	3.6	5.4	0.9	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.9	1.8	4.4	.408	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.1	.551

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	3	10.0	4.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.7	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 7
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2005-06	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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	.333	5.6	7.2	.775
Nene	77	32.6	14.6	2.4	5.4	7.8	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.9	3.6	5.6	9.2	.604	0.0	0.1	.200	3.5	4.8	.723

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
Nene	16	32.8	11.5	2.3	5.2	7.5	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.9	4.1	4.3	7.9	.548	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.4	.657


Season 8
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2006-07	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	1.000	4.4	5.8	.761
Nene	82	33.6	13.8	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.5	1.4	1.0	1.5	3.4	5.1	8.7	.587	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	5.1	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	5	33.8	11.4	1.6	4.2	5.8	2.2	1.2	0.2	0.8	3.4	3.6	5.8	.621	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	7.2	.583


Season 9
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2007-08	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	8	34.3	17.6	2.6	5.4	8.0	2.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	2.6	6.5	14.3	.456	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.9	.787
Nene	75	30.5	14.5	1.9	5.7	7.6	2.0	1.1	1.0	1.8	3.2	5.4	8.7	.615	0.0	0.1	.200	3.8	5.4	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	5	32.4	14.2	2.8	6.2	9.0	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.6	3.4	4.4	9.2	.478	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	9.6	.563


Season 10
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	29	31.7	13.8	2.7	6.1	8.8	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.3	2.7	5.6	12.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.676
Nene	39	28.5	13.7	1.6	5.8	7.5	2.1	1.1	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.4	10.1	.537	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.3	.673

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	76	30.2	13.1	2.4	3.7	6.1	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.1	5.4	11.3	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.1	.738
Nene	61	27.2	12.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.3	2.8	4.7	9.7	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.4	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	81	34.7	15.0	2.9	5.4	8.3	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.2	3.0	6.2	12.1	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.4	.780
Nene	53	29.4	14.2	1.2	4.3	5.5	2.9	1.2	0.9	2.2	3.1	5.6	11.2	.503	0.0	0.1	.200	2.9	5.0	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	5	37.0	15.6	2.4	6.0	8.4	0.6	0.4	1.2	0.8	4.2	6.8	12.4	.548	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.6	.769
Nene	10	32.5	13.7	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.6	0.9	1.1	1.7	3.6	6.4	13.8	.464	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.6	.346


Season 13
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	60	28.9	11.0	2.4	4.7	7.2	1.6	1.0	1.6	1.1	2.9	4.8	9.7	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.733
Nene	67	25.3	11.0	1.3	3.9	5.1	1.8	1.0	0.3	1.9	2.7	4.6	9.0	.511	0.0	0.1	.200	1.8	3.0	.604

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	13	27.4	8.6	1.7	3.2	4.8	0.5	0.8	1.5	0.5	2.8	3.5	7.6	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.625
Nene	10	25.7	7.9	2.5	4.1	6.6	1.5	0.9	0.3	1.4	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.3	.478


Season 14
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	72	21.2	7.2	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.0	0.7	1.3	0.8	2.7	3.1	6.6	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.710
Nene	57	19.2	9.2	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.7	0.9	0.5	1.3	2.7	3.7	6.7	.544	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	3.2	.578

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	73	19.4	5.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	1.0	0.5	1.2	0.8	2.6	2.5	4.5	.539	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.3	.649
Nene	67	17.9	9.1	1.4	2.8	4.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	1.1	2.4	3.7	5.9	.617	0.0	0.1	.333	1.7	2.9	.589

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	7	11.6	1.1	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.9	0.1	0.9	0.0	1.4	0.3	1.7	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.7	.800
Nene	9	17.9	10.0	1.2	3.4	4.7	0.6	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.7	4.0	5.7	.706	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.4	.581


Season 16
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	36	13.5	2.7	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	1.5	1.2	2.6	.442	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.522
Nene	52	14.6	6.5	1.0	2.3	3.4	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.4	2.6	4.6	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.1	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Nene	11	9.7	2.8	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.6	1.1	1.8	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.636


Season 17
	Elton Brand	Nene
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	17	13.2	4.1	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.9	1.8	4.2	.431	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.5	.889
Nene	42	13.0	3.6	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	2.1	1.4	2.8	.517	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	7	7.6	3.9	1.3	0.7	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.778

Elton Brand vs. Nene Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nene 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17