Kent Benson vs. Dillon Brooks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dillon Brooks and Kent Benson, 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

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.

Kent Benson played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than Dillon Brooks, who played 7. Kent Benson had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Dillon Brooks had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
Kent Benson	11	5	1977-78 to 1987-88
Dillon Brooks	7	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1977-78	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kent Benson	69	18.7	7.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.7	2.6	3.2	6.9	.465	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.652
Dillon Brooks	82	28.7	11.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.8	4.1	9.4	.440	1.1	3.2	.356	1.5	2.0	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	9	11.4	3.1	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	2.2	1.2	2.6	.478	-	-	-	0.7	1.2	.545
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1978-79	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
Kent Benson	82	26.0	12.3	2.3	4.8	7.1	2.5	1.1	1.0	1.9	3.4	5.0	9.7	.518	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.735
Dillon Brooks	18	18.3	7.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.8	2.7	6.8	.402	0.8	2.2	.375	1.2	1.7	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1979-80	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
Kent Benson	73	25.9	9.6	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.4	1.0	1.3	2.2	3.4	4.1	8.5	.484	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	1.9	.702
Dillon Brooks	73	28.9	16.2	0.9	2.4	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.7	3.8	6.0	14.6	.407	2.0	5.6	.358	2.2	2.8	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1980-81	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Kent Benson	59	33.2	15.7	2.1	4.7	6.8	2.9	1.2	1.1	3.2	3.1	6.2	13.1	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.3	.772
Dillon Brooks	67	29.8	17.2	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.5	6.4	15.4	.419	1.9	5.6	.344	2.4	2.9	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dillon Brooks	5	35.0	25.8	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.2	1.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	10.0	19.4	.515	1.6	4.0	.400	4.2	5.2	.808


Season 5
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1981-82	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Kent Benson	75	32.9	12.5	2.9	5.8	8.7	2.1	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.9	5.4	10.7	.505	0.0	0.1	.273	1.7	2.1	.804
Dillon Brooks	32	27.7	18.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.3	7.1	16.4	.432	1.4	4.7	.309	2.8	3.3	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dillon Brooks	11	30.5	14.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	5.5	15.6	.349	2.3	6.5	.347	1.5	2.3	.640


Season 6
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Kent Benson	21	28.5	9.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	2.3	0.7	0.8	1.7	2.9	4.0	8.7	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.4	.760
Dillon Brooks	73	30.3	14.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.3	5.4	13.6	.396	2.0	6.0	.326	1.6	2.1	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dillon Brooks	6	27.8	10.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.0	12.8	.312	1.7	7.0	.238	0.8	1.2	.714


Season 7
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kent Benson	82	21.1	7.1	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.0	2.8	3.0	5.5	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.822
Dillon Brooks	72	30.9	12.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	10.7	.428	1.8	5.1	.359	1.7	2.0	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	5	25.8	7.6	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.6	2.8	3.2	7.4	.432	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.600
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Kent Benson	72	19.5	6.6	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.9	2.8	5.5	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.809
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	9	15.8	7.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	3.0	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.867
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Kent Benson	72	18.7	6.5	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.7	2.8	5.8	.484	0.0	0.0	.500	0.9	1.2	.795
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	4	13.8	2.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	2.8	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Kent Benson	73	12.3	4.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.9	1.9	4.3	.443	0.0	0.1	.286	0.6	0.8	.810
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kent Benson	Dillon Brooks
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Kent Benson	2	6.0	2.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kent Benson vs. Dillon Brooks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dillon Brooks and Kent Benson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

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