Mike Bibby vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and Mike Bibby, 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.

Mike Bibby played 14 years in the NBA, 4 less than Brook Lopez, who played 18. Mike Bibby had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Brook Lopez had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
	Mike Bibby	Brook Lopez
Season	1998-99	2008-09
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Mike Bibby	50	35.2	13.2	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.6	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.2	12.1	.430	0.3	1.5	.203	2.5	3.4	.751
difference:	+32	+4.7	+0.2	+2.1	+3.3	+5.4	+5.5	+1.1	+1.7	-1.1	-0.7	+0.3	+1.8	+.101	+0.3	+1.5		+0.4	+0.8	+.042
Brook Lopez	82	30.5	13.0	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.1	5.5	10.3	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.6	.793
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mike Bibby nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Mike Bibby	Brook Lopez
Season	2002-03	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	55	33.4	15.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.2	1.3	0.1	2.3	1.7	6.0	12.7	.470	1.0	2.5	.409	2.9	3.4	.861
difference:	+19	+3.0	+3.5	+2.2	+2.0	+4.2	+4.3	+0.9	+2.0	-0.5	-0.4	+1.7	+2.1	+.051	+1.0	+2.5		+1.1	+1.9	+.103
Brook Lopez	74	30.4	19.4	2.8	4.1	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.1	1.8	2.1	7.7	14.8	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.3	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	12	33.5	12.7	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.0	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.6	4.8	11.3	.422	0.9	3.3	.282	2.3	2.8	.794
difference:	+5	+4.1	+9.6	+3.4	+1.4	+4.8	+3.6	+0.3	+2.6	-0.8	-0.3	+3.5	+6.3	+.050	+0.8	+3.2	+.718	+3.3	+3.5	+.092
Brook Lopez	7	37.6	22.3	4.1	3.3	7.4	1.4	0.9	3.0	2.3	2.9	8.3	17.6	.472	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.6	6.3	.886

Season 12
	Mike Bibby	Brook Lopez
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	80	27.4	9.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	3.9	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.0	3.4	8.1	.416	1.6	4.1	.389	0.9	1.0	.861
difference:	+12	+0.7	+2.9	+0.6	+1.6	+2.3	+2.4	+0.1	+2.4	-0.1	-0.4	+0.9	+1.8	+.019	+0.1	+0.7	+.075	+1.0	+1.2	+.025
Brook Lopez	68	26.7	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	1.0	2.4	4.3	9.9	.435	1.5	4.8	.314	1.9	2.2	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	11	26.5	8.5	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.5	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.4	3.3	7.3	.450	1.3	3.1	.412	0.6	0.9	.700
difference:	+1	+6.3	+7.3	+1.4	+1.5	+3.0	+2.0	+0.2	+1.3	-0.1	-0.3	+2.8	+4.1	+.085	+0.8	+2.2	+.016	+0.9	+1.1	+.050
Brook Lopez	10	32.8	15.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.2	2.7	6.1	11.4	.535	2.1	5.3	.396	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 13
	Mike Bibby	Brook Lopez
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards, Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	80	28.6	8.6	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.2	3.1	7.2	.431	1.9	4.4	.440	0.5	0.8	.629
difference:	+10	+1.4	+3.7	+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+2.6		+1.4	-0.4	-0.1	+1.5	+1.9	+.072	+0.5	+0.4	+.102	+1.2	+1.2	+.216
Brook Lopez	70	27.2	12.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	0.9	2.1	4.6	9.1	.503	1.4	4.0	.338	1.7	2.0	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	20	20.8	3.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.5	1.4	4.8	.281	0.9	3.3	.258	0.1	0.2	.500
difference:	+3	+8.2	+9.3	+1.8	+2.2	+4.1	+0.9	+0.1	+1.2	-0.2	-0.6	+3.8	+4.6	+.267	+0.1	+0.2	+.061	+1.5	+1.7	+.360
Brook Lopez	23	29.0	13.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.1	2.1	5.2	9.4	.548	1.0	3.1	.319	1.6	1.9	.860

Additional Years
* Brook Lopez played 4 seasons more than Mike Bibby in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 18, from 2023 to 2026—Brook Lopez played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 4 extra years over Mike Bibby, Brook Lopez got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team