Vern Fleming vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and Vern Fleming, 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

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.

Vern Fleming played 12 years in the NBA, 4 less than Brook Lopez, who played 16. Vern Fleming had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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 achivements, 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
Vern Fleming	12	7	1984-85 to 1995-96
Brook Lopez	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1984-85	2008-09
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	80	31.1	14.1	1.9	2.2	4.0	3.1	1.2	0.1	2.5	2.9	5.4	11.5	.470	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.2	.767
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	.000	2.1	2.6	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1985-86	2009-10
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	80	35.9	14.2	1.3	3.6	4.8	6.3	1.6	0.1	2.6	2.9	5.5	10.8	.506	0.0	0.1	.167	3.3	4.4	.745
Brook Lopez	82	36.9	18.8	3.3	5.4	8.6	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.1	6.9	13.8	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	5.1	6.2	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1986-87	2010-11
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	82	31.1	12.0	1.3	2.7	4.1	5.8	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.7	4.5	8.9	.509	0.0	0.1	.200	2.9	3.7	.788
Brook Lopez	82	35.2	20.4	2.4	3.5	6.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.9	7.9	16.0	.492	0.0	0.0	.000	4.7	6.0	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	4	35.3	12.3	2.3	4.3	6.5	6.0	1.0	0.3	2.5	3.8	3.3	9.0	.361	0.0	0.3	.000	5.8	7.5	.767
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1987-88	2011-12
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	80	34.2	13.9	1.3	3.2	4.6	7.1	1.4	0.1	2.2	2.8	5.5	10.6	.523	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.5	.802
Brook Lopez	5	27.2	19.2	1.6	2.0	3.6	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.6	7.6	15.4	.494	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.4	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1988-89	2012-13
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	76	33.6	14.3	1.1	3.0	4.1	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.8	5.5	10.7	.515	0.0	0.3	.130	3.2	4.0	.799
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	.000	4.0	5.3	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 6
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1989-90	2013-14
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	82	35.1	14.3	1.4	2.5	3.9	7.4	1.1	0.1	2.5	2.6	5.7	11.2	.508	0.1	0.4	.353	2.8	3.6	.782
Brook Lopez	17	31.4	20.7	2.3	3.7	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.6	3.1	7.6	13.5	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	6.8	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	37.7	13.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.7	2.0	5.3	11.3	.471	0.0	0.7	.000	2.7	3.0	.889
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1990-91	2014-15
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	69	28.0	12.7	1.2	1.9	3.1	5.3	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	5.2	9.7	.531	0.1	0.3	.222	2.3	3.2	.729
Brook Lopez	72	29.2	17.2	3.0	4.5	7.4	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.4	2.9	7.0	13.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.100	3.1	3.8	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	5	23.0	9.4	2.0	1.4	3.4	4.6	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	2.8	.786
Brook Lopez	6	39.0	19.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.7	2.2	1.0	3.0	7.2	14.5	.494	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.7	.825


Season 8
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1991-92	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	82	21.2	8.9	0.8	1.7	2.5	3.2	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.6	3.6	7.4	.482	0.1	0.3	.222	1.6	2.2	.737
Brook Lopez	73	33.7	20.6	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.0	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.9	8.1	15.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.143	4.3	5.5	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	17.0	7.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	3.3	6.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1992-93	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	75	20.0	9.5	0.8	1.4	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.7	3.7	7.4	.505	0.1	0.5	.194	1.9	2.6	.726
Brook Lopez	75	29.6	20.5	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.4	15.6	.474	1.8	5.2	.346	3.9	4.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	26.7	10.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.0	9.0	.444	0.7	1.3	.500	1.3	1.3	1.000
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1993-94	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	55	19.1	6.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.8	2.7	5.8	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.736
Brook Lopez	74	23.4	13.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.7	0.4	1.3	1.3	2.6	5.0	10.7	.465	1.5	4.4	.345	1.5	2.1	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	16	15.4	5.9	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.7	2.4	4.8	.513	0.0	0.3	.000	1.1	1.3	.850
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1994-95	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	55	12.5	4.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.5	1.7	3.4	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.722
Brook Lopez	81	28.7	12.5	0.4	4.5	4.9	1.2	0.6	2.2	1.0	2.3	4.4	9.7	.452	2.3	6.3	.365	1.4	1.6	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	1.0	.000
Brook Lopez	15	29.2	11.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	1.4	0.4	1.9	0.7	3.1	4.1	8.9	.455	1.5	5.0	.293	1.6	1.9	.828


Season 12
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	77	22.7	7.7	0.6	1.6	2.2	3.3	0.5	0.1	1.6	1.5	2.9	6.8	.433	0.0	0.4	.107	1.7	2.3	.751
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		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 14
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	13	22.9	12.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.9	2.6	4.7	10.1	.466	1.5	4.1	.358	1.5	1.8	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	12	27.7	10.6	2.3	3.7	5.9	0.7	0.5	1.5	0.9	2.8	4.2	8.5	.490	0.5	2.3	.214	1.8	1.9	.913


Season 15
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	78	30.4	15.9	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	1.4	2.6	6.1	11.5	.531	1.7	4.7	.374	1.9	2.4	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	5	36.4	19.0	2.8	3.6	6.4	1.2	1.4	1.8	2.2	2.0	7.8	13.4	.582	1.4	3.4	.412	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 16
	Vern Fleming	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	79	30.5	12.5	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.4	1.0	2.4	4.6	9.6	.485	1.9	5.1	.366	1.4	1.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	6	33.3	17.7	1.8	2.5	4.3	1.8	0.0	1.3	1.5	1.7	7.3	12.5	.587	1.7	3.8	.435	1.3	2.5	.533

Vern Fleming vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and Vern Fleming, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16