Tony Allen vs. Brandon Ingram Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Ingram and Tony Allen, 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.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Brandon Ingram, who played 9. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Brandon Ingram had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
	Tony Allen	Brandon Ingram
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tony Allen	77	16.4	6.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.2	0.4	.387	1.5	2.0	.737
difference:	+2	+12.4	+3.0	+0.3	+1.4	+1.1	+1.3	+0.4	+0.2	-0.5		+1.1	+3.7	+.073	+0.5	+2.0	+.093	+0.2	+0.7	+.116
Brandon Ingram	79	28.8	9.4	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	8.7	.402	0.7	2.4	.294	1.7	2.7	.621
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	12.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.4	1.1	2.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.429
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tony Allen	Brandon Ingram
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762
difference:	+13	+15.6	+17.2	+0.3	+3.5	+3.9	+2.7	+0.2	+0.3	-1.5	-0.7	+5.9	+12.5	+.029	+2.2	+5.4	+.075	+3.2	+3.5	+.089
Brandon Ingram	62	33.9	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.2	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.9	8.2	17.7	.463	2.4	6.2	.391	5.0	5.9	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tony Allen	Brandon Ingram
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753
difference:	+27	+13.4	+15.8	+0.5	+3.3	+2.8	+4.4	+1.1	+0.2	-2.1	-0.4	+5.5	+11.8	+.026	+1.3	+3.3	+.216	+3.4	+3.5	+.129
Brandon Ingram	45	34.2	24.7	0.5	5.0	5.5	5.8	0.7	0.4	3.3	2.6	9.0	18.6	.484	1.4	3.6	.390	5.3	6.0	.882
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Tony Allen	Brandon Ingram
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+6	+6.6	+11.0	+1.0	+2.1	+1.1	+4.3	+1.0		-0.9	-0.1	+4.2	+8.2	+.023	+1.2	+3.4	+.047	+1.4	+1.8	+.001
Brandon Ingram	64	32.9	20.8	0.7	4.4	5.1	5.7	0.8	0.6	2.5	2.3	7.8	15.9	.492	1.3	3.8	.355	3.8	4.8	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706
difference:	+3	+12.0	+7.4	+0.8	+2.3	+1.4	+2.6	+0.3	+0.3	-0.9	-1.0	+2.2	+7.4	+.055	+0.5	+1.3	+.250	+2.6	+2.4	+.189
Brandon Ingram	4	36.3	14.3	0.3	4.3	4.5	3.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.0	4.8	13.8	.345	0.5	2.0	.250	4.3	4.8	.895

Season 9
	Tony Allen	Brandon Ingram
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	79	26.7	8.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.2	1.5	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.6	8.1	.445	0.0	0.3	.125	1.7	2.4	.717
difference:	+61	+6.4	+13.3	+0.6	+1.5	+1.0	+4.0	+0.6		-2.6	-0.2	+5.0	+10.4	+.020	+2.4	+6.1	+.249	+0.9	+0.7	+.138
Brandon Ingram	18	33.1	22.2	0.9	4.6	5.6	5.2	0.9	0.6	3.8	2.5	8.6	18.5	.465	2.4	6.4	.374	2.6	3.1	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	15	28.1	10.3	2.5	3.6	6.1	1.8	2.0	0.3	1.3	3.2	3.6	8.3	.432	0.1	0.5	.250	2.9	3.9	.759
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tony Allen played 5 seasons more than Brandon Ingram in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2014 to 2018—Tony Allen played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Brandon Ingram, Tony Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team