Malcolm Brogdon vs. Kel'el Ware Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kel'el Ware and Malcolm Brogdon, 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.

Malcolm Brogdon played 9 years in the NBA, 7 more than Kel'el Ware, who played 2. Malcolm Brogdon had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Kel'el Ware had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Malcolm Brogdon 9 5 2016-17 to 2024-25
Kel'el Ware 2 1 2024-25 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Malcolm Brogdon Kel'el Ware
Season 2016-172024-25
Team Milwaukee BucksMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement Rookie of the Year-
Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
-Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Bucks Lost East Conf 1st RdHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Malcolm Brogdon 75 26.4 10.2 0.6 2.2 2.8 4.2 1.1 0.2 1.5 1.9 3.9 8.5 .457 1.0 2.6 .404 1.5 1.7 .865
difference:+11+4.2+0.9+1.2+3.4+4.6+3.3+0.5+0.9-0.6-0.2+0.1+1.2+.097+0.5+0.9+.089+0.8+0.7+.178
Kel'el Ware 64 22.2 9.3 1.8 5.6 7.4 0.9 0.6 1.1 0.9 1.7 4.0 7.3 .554 0.5 1.7 .315 0.7 1.0 .687
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Malcolm Brogdon 6 30.5 9.0 0.5 3.8 4.3 3.5 0.5 0.3 2.0 2.0 3.7 9.2 .400 1.7 3.5 .476 0.0 0.0 -
difference:+2+12.2+4.2+0.5+0.5+2.5+0.2+0.2-1.5-1.2+1.7+4.7+.044+0.9+0.7+.203
Kel'el Ware 4 18.3 4.8 1.0 3.8 4.8 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.8 2.0 4.5 .444 0.8 2.8 .273 0.0 0.0 -

Season 2

Malcolm Brogdon Kel'el Ware
Season 2017-182025-26
Team Milwaukee BucksMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bucks Lost East Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Malcolm Brogdon 48 29.9 13.0 0.5 2.8 3.3 3.2 0.9 0.3 1.4 2.7 5.1 10.5 .485 1.3 3.4 .385 1.6 1.8 .882
difference:+25+5.5+1.1+2.7+4.5+7.2+2.6+0.1+1.0-0.3-0.8+0.5+1.9+.050+0.3+1.0+.044+0.2+.060
Kel'el Ware 23 24.4 11.9 3.2 7.3 10.5 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.9 4.6 8.6 .535 1.0 2.4 .429 1.6 2.0 .822
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Malcolm Brogdon 7 26.6 8.7 0.4 3.0 3.4 2.4 0.1 0.0 1.7 2.0 3.4 7.9 .436 0.7 2.7 .263 1.1 1.4 .800
Kel'el Ware DNP------ --- ----------

Additional Years

* Malcolm Brogdon played 7 seasons more than Kel'el Ware in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 9, from 2019 to 2025—Malcolm Brogdon played in 3 Playoffs.

In those 7 extra years over Kel'el Ware, Malcolm Brogdon got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 Sixth Man of the Year