Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 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.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker played 6 years in the NBA, 11 less than Brook Lopez, who played 17. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Brook Lopez
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	47	12.6	5.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.1	5.7	.368	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.8	.676
difference:	+35	+17.9	+7.3	+2.5	+3.8	+6.3	+0.9	+0.1	+1.6	-0.7	-1.9	+3.4	+4.6	+.163	+1.0	+2.8		+1.6	+1.8	+.117
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 Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Brook Lopez
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	82	23.4	8.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.6	.439	1.6	4.1	.391	0.6	0.8	.800
difference:	+8	+7.0	+11.4	+2.4	+2.5	+4.9	+1.6	+0.4	+1.6	-0.9	-0.4	+4.8	+8.2	+.082	+1.6	+4.1		+3.4	+4.5	+.042
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	16	23.6	7.3	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.6	7.0	.366	1.5	5.1	.296	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+9	+14.0	+15.0	+3.8	+1.9	+5.6	+0.9	+0.3	+2.6	-1.4	-1.4	+5.7	+10.6	+.106	+1.4	+5.0	+.704	+5.0	+5.7	+.114
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

Additional Years
* Brook Lopez played 11 seasons more than Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 17, from 2015 to 2025—Brook Lopez played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 11 extra years over Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Brook Lopez got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team