Brian Cardinal vs. Chet Holmgren Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chet Holmgren and Brian Cardinal, 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.

Brian Cardinal played 12 years in the NBA, 11 more than Chet Holmgren, who played 1. Brian Cardinal had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, while Chet Holmgren had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
Brian Cardinal	12	4	2000-01 to 2011-12
Chet Holmgren	1	1	2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	15	8.4	2.1	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	0.7	2.1	.323	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.2	.611
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Holmgren	9	34.4	15.0	1.6	6.1	7.7	2.2	0.6	2.8	1.8	2.3	5.6	11.6	.481	1.3	4.8	.279	2.6	3.4	.742


Season 2
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Brian Cardinal	8	5.4	2.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.6	.462	0.4	0.9	.429	0.3	0.3	1.000
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Brian Cardinal	5	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Brian Cardinal	76	21.5	9.6	1.3	2.9	4.2	1.4	0.9	0.3	1.1	2.7	2.9	6.1	.472	0.7	1.6	.444	3.1	3.6	.878
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Brian Cardinal	58	24.7	9.0	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.0	1.5	0.3	1.4	3.0	2.8	7.4	.370	0.8	2.2	.352	2.7	3.1	.873
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	4	19.5	6.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.3	2.8	2.3	5.8	.391	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.8	.727
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Brian Cardinal	36	11.2	3.4	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.8	1.3	3.1	.414	0.4	0.8	.448	0.5	0.8	.704
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	3	7.3	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Brian Cardinal	28	11.2	4.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.5	1.5	3.0	.494	0.6	1.6	.409	0.9	1.0	.926
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Brian Cardinal	37	11.9	3.4	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.2	3.4	.341	0.7	2.2	.309	0.4	0.5	.684
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Brian Cardinal	64	14.2	3.0	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.1	1.0	2.6	.385	0.5	1.4	.326	0.5	0.5	.857
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Brian Cardinal	29	9.2	1.7	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.9	0.5	1.2	.389	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.6	.944
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Brian Cardinal	56	11.0	2.6	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.5	0.8	1.8	.430	0.8	1.6	.483	0.3	0.3	.944
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	9	4.1	1.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.4	.750	0.3	0.4	.750	0.1	0.2	.500
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Brian Cardinal	Chet Holmgren
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Brian Cardinal	44	6.3	1.0	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.3	1.3	.255	0.2	1.1	.204	0.1	0.1	.833
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Cardinal	2	4.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Brian Cardinal vs. Chet Holmgren Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chet Holmgren and Brian Cardinal, 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