LaPhonso Ellis vs. Serge Ibaka Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Serge Ibaka and LaPhonso Ellis, 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.

LaPhonso Ellis played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Serge Ibaka, who played 14. LaPhonso Ellis had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Serge Ibaka had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
LaPhonso Ellis	11	2	1992-93 to 2002-03
Serge Ibaka	14	12	2009-10 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	1992-93	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	82	33.5	14.7	3.3	5.7	9.1	1.8	0.9	1.4	1.9	3.6	5.9	11.7	.504	0.0	0.2	.154	2.9	3.9	.748
Serge Ibaka	73	18.1	6.3	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.9	2.7	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	6	25.5	7.8	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.0	3.2	3.3	5.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.700

Season 2
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	1993-94	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	79	34.2	15.4	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.1	0.8	1.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	12.2	.502	0.1	0.3	.304	3.1	4.5	.674
Serge Ibaka	82	27.0	9.9	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.3	0.4	2.4	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.5	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	12	36.3	14.8	2.3	5.8	8.1	2.2	0.8	0.9	1.6	3.8	5.7	11.8	.479	0.3	0.5	.500	3.2	4.5	.704
Serge Ibaka	17	28.8	9.8	2.8	4.5	7.3	0.2	0.2	3.1	1.2	3.8	3.9	8.5	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.4	.825

Season 3
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	1994-95	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost NBA 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	6	9.7	4.0	1.2	1.7	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.0	1.5	4.2	.360	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Serge Ibaka	66	27.2	9.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	20	28.5	9.8	2.4	3.4	5.8	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.0	.528	0.1	0.2	.250	1.3	1.8	.722

Season 4
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	1995-96	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	45	28.2	10.5	2.1	5.1	7.2	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.8	3.6	4.2	9.6	.438	0.1	0.5	.182	2.0	3.3	.601
Serge Ibaka	80	31.1	13.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	0.5	0.4	3.0	1.6	2.7	5.6	9.7	.573	0.3	0.7	.351	1.8	2.4	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	11	33.3	12.8	3.5	4.8	8.4	0.7	0.0	3.0	0.6	3.5	5.4	12.3	.437	0.4	0.8	.444	1.7	2.2	.792

Season 5
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	1996-97	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	55	36.4	21.9	1.9	5.1	7.0	2.4	0.8	0.7	2.1	3.3	8.1	18.4	.439	1.7	4.7	.367	4.0	5.1	.773
Serge Ibaka	81	32.9	15.1	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	1.5	2.9	6.5	12.1	.536	0.3	0.7	.383	1.9	2.5	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	17	34.2	12.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.7	0.6	2.5	1.2	3.2	5.1	8.6	.592	0.3	0.8	.385	1.5	2.0	.765

Season 6
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	1997-98	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	76	33.9	14.3	1.9	5.2	7.2	2.8	0.9	0.6	2.3	3.0	5.4	13.3	.407	0.8	2.6	.284	2.7	3.4	.805
Serge Ibaka	64	33.1	14.3	2.1	5.7	7.8	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.5	3.0	5.8	12.3	.476	1.2	3.2	.376	1.4	1.7	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	1998-99	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	20	27.0	10.2	1.3	4.2	5.5	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.7	2.4	4.0	9.5	.421	0.1	0.3	.200	2.2	3.1	.705
Serge Ibaka	78	32.1	12.6	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.4	2.7	5.3	11.1	.479	0.8	2.4	.326	1.2	1.6	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	18	33.4	12.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	2.8	4.7	9.1	.521	1.7	3.8	.449	0.8	1.1	.750

Season 8
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	1999-00	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	58	22.6	8.4	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.0	.450	0.1	0.4	.143	1.1	1.6	.695
Serge Ibaka	79	30.7	14.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.3	2.7	6.0	12.4	.480	1.6	4.0	.391	1.4	1.6	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	10	30.7	14.3	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.4	0.4	1.7	1.1	3.7	6.0	13.0	.462	1.2	3.8	.316	1.1	1.3	.846

Season 9
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	2000-01	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	82	23.8	9.4	2.4	3.6	6.0	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	3.5	3.6	7.8	.464	0.1	0.3	.318	2.1	2.6	.790
Serge Ibaka	76	27.5	12.6	1.0	5.3	6.3	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.2	2.8	5.0	10.3	.483	1.4	3.9	.360	1.2	1.6	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	4	19.0	6.0	1.8	1.8	3.5	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.3	3.3	2.3	5.8	.391	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.0	.750
Serge Ibaka	10	26.0	8.7	1.3	4.6	5.9	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	3.0	7.2	.417	0.9	2.4	.375	1.8	2.2	.818

Season 10
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	66	25.5	7.1	1.6	2.7	4.3	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.1	3.0	2.9	6.8	.418	0.6	1.9	.306	0.8	1.3	.631
Serge Ibaka	74	27.2	15.0	2.1	6.0	8.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	1.5	2.9	6.3	11.9	.529	0.7	2.3	.290	1.8	2.4	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	24	20.8	9.4	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.8	8.0	.477	0.4	1.6	.237	1.3	1.8	.762

Season 11
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	55	14.3	5.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.8	4.8	.382	0.5	1.9	.252	0.9	1.2	.758
Serge Ibaka	55	27.0	15.4	2.1	6.1	8.2	1.4	0.5	0.8	2.0	2.8	6.2	12.2	.512	1.3	3.3	.385	1.6	2.3	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	11	22.8	14.8	1.5	6.2	7.7	1.2	0.2	1.3	1.1	2.5	5.7	10.0	.573	2.1	4.1	.511	1.3	1.3	1.000

Season 12
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	41	23.3	11.1	1.8	4.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	1.1	1.1	1.9	4.5	8.9	.510	1.0	2.8	.339	1.0	1.3	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	2	9.0	5.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Season 13
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	54	16.3	6.8	1.1	3.5	4.6	0.9	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	5.5	.500	0.7	1.8	.374	0.6	0.8	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	6	3.7	1.5	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	0.2	0.3	.500

Season 14
	LaPhonso Ellis	Serge Ibaka
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	16	11.6	4.1	0.9	1.8	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.6	3.4	.481	0.4	1.1	.333	0.5	0.8	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

LaPhonso Ellis vs. Serge Ibaka Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Serge Ibaka and LaPhonso Ellis, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14