Lonzo Ball vs. Elton Brand Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elton Brand and Lonzo Ball, 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.

Lonzo Ball played 6 years in the NBA, 11 less than Elton Brand, who played 17. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Elton Brand had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
	Lonzo Ball	Elton Brand
Season	2017-18	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Lonzo Ball	52	34.2	10.2	1.3	5.6	6.9	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.9	10.8	.360	1.7	5.7	.305	0.6	1.4	.451
difference:	+29	+2.8	+9.9	+3.0	+0.1	+3.1	+5.3	+0.9	+0.8	-0.2	-0.9	+3.9	+5.3	+.122	+1.7	+5.7		+3.9	+5.2	+.234
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Elton Brand played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	Elton Brand
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Lonzo Ball	63	32.1	11.8	1.1	5.0	6.1	7.0	1.4	0.6	3.1	2.0	4.4	10.9	.403	2.3	6.3	.375	0.7	1.2	.566
difference:	+17	+5.7	+6.4	+3.9	+1.6	+5.5	+4.6	+0.4	+1.4	-0.9	-1.2	+2.3	+1.7	+.124	+2.3	+6.3		+4.2	+5.4	+.176
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Elton Brand played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Elton Brand
Season	2020-21	2002-03
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Lonzo Ball	55	31.8	14.6	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.7	1.5	0.6	2.2	1.9	5.3	12.7	.414	3.1	8.3	.378	0.9	1.2	.781
difference:	+7	+7.8	+3.9	+4.0	+2.6	+6.5	+3.2	+0.4	+1.9	-0.4	-1.4	+2.0	+1.8	+.088	+3.1	+8.3		+3.0	+4.5	+.096
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Elton Brand played in the postseason in their season 4

Note: Lonzo Ball didn't play in 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Additional Years
* Elton Brand played 11 seasons more than Lonzo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 17, from 2006 to 2016—Elton Brand played in 5 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Lonzo Ball, Elton Brand got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game