Elton Brand vs. Mel Counts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Counts and Elton Brand, 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.

Elton Brand played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Mel Counts, who played 12. Elton Brand had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Mel Counts had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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
Elton Brand	17	5	1999-00 to 2015-16
Mel Counts	12	8	1964-65 to 1975-76

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	1999-00	1964-65
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Elton Brand	81	37.0	20.1	4.3	5.7	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	2.8	3.2	7.8	16.1	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	6.6	.685
Mel Counts	54	10.6	4.8	-	-	4.9	0.4	-	-	-	2.5	1.9	5.0	.368	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	4	7.5	2.3	-	-	2.8	0.3	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	3.8	.267	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2000-01	1965-66
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Elton Brand	74	39.3	20.1	3.9	6.2	10.1	3.2	1.0	1.6	3.0	3.3	7.8	16.4	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	6.4	.708
Mel Counts	67	15.2	8.4	-	-	6.4	0.7	-	-	-	3.1	3.3	8.2	.403	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	10	8.2	4.3	-	-	4.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.6	1.4	3.9	.359	-	-	-	1.5	1.7	.882


Season 3
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2001-02	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Baltimore Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Elton Brand	80	37.8	18.2	5.0	6.6	11.6	2.4	1.0	2.0	2.2	3.2	6.7	12.6	.527	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.6	.742
Mel Counts	56	15.4	7.6	-	-	6.1	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	3.2	7.5	.422	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	3	9.7	4.7	-	-	2.7	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.7	6.3	.263	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 4
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2002-03	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Elton Brand	62	39.6	18.5	4.6	6.8	11.3	2.5	1.1	2.5	2.6	3.3	7.3	14.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	3.9	5.7	.685
Mel Counts	82	21.2	11.7	-	-	8.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	9.9	.475	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	15	20.4	8.6	-	-	8.9	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	3.6	6.7	.535	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677


Season 5
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2003-04	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Elton Brand	69	38.7	20.0	3.9	6.4	10.3	3.3	0.9	2.2	2.8	3.3	7.0	14.2	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	7.7	.773
Mel Counts	77	24.2	12.4	-	-	7.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	5.1	11.3	.450	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	18	24.6	11.2	-	-	7.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	10.7	.385	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.761


Season 6
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2004-05	1969-70
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Elton Brand	81	37.0	20.0	3.7	5.9	9.5	2.6	0.8	2.1	2.3	3.0	7.8	15.4	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	6.0	.752
Mel Counts	81	27.1	12.6	-	-	8.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.427	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	14	15.1	6.1	-	-	5.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.4	2.6	6.3	.420	-	-	-	0.8	0.9	.846


Season 7
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2005-06	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Elton Brand	79	39.2	24.7	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.6	1.0	2.5	2.2	2.9	9.6	18.2	.527	0.0	0.0	.333	5.6	7.2	.775
Mel Counts	80	20.9	11.0	-	-	6.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	10.0	.457	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	12	43.1	25.4	4.3	6.0	10.3	4.0	0.9	2.6	2.4	2.8	10.3	18.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	6.3	.750
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2006-07	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns
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		%
Elton Brand	80	38.5	20.5	3.4	6.0	9.3	2.9	1.0	2.2	2.5	3.0	8.1	15.1	.533	0.0	0.0	1.000	4.4	5.8	.761
Mel Counts	76	11.9	5.2	-	-	3.4	1.3	-	-	-	2.1	1.9	4.5	.427	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2007-08	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Elton Brand	8	34.3	17.6	2.6	5.4	8.0	2.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	2.6	6.5	14.3	.456	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.9	.787
Mel Counts	66	10.0	4.6	-	-	3.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	4.5	.449	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	17	19.2	9.1	-	-	6.1	1.6	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	7.8	.459	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.780


Season 10
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2008-09	1973-74
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Elton Brand	29	31.7	13.8	2.7	6.1	8.8	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.3	2.7	5.6	12.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.676
Mel Counts	45	11.1	3.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	1.2	0.4	0.5	-	1.9	1.4	3.7	.365	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	4	8.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	-	0.8	1.5	3.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2009-10	1974-75
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Jazz
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		%
Elton Brand	76	30.2	13.1	2.4	3.7	6.1	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.1	5.4	11.3	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.1	.738
Mel Counts	75	18.9	6.9	1.4	4.5	5.9	2.4	0.7	0.6	-	2.6	2.9	6.6	.438	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2010-11	1975-76
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Elton Brand	81	34.7	15.0	2.9	5.4	8.3	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.2	3.0	6.2	12.1	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.4	.780
Mel Counts	30	10.6	3.0	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.5	0.3	-	2.5	1.2	3.0	.407	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	5	37.0	15.6	2.4	6.0	8.4	0.6	0.4	1.2	0.8	4.2	6.8	12.4	.548	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.6	.769
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Elton Brand	60	28.9	11.0	2.4	4.7	7.2	1.6	1.0	1.6	1.1	2.9	4.8	9.7	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.733
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	13	27.4	8.6	1.7	3.2	4.8	0.5	0.8	1.5	0.5	2.8	3.5	7.6	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.625
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Elton Brand	72	21.2	7.2	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.0	0.7	1.3	0.8	2.7	3.1	6.6	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.710
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Elton Brand	73	19.4	5.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	1.0	0.5	1.2	0.8	2.6	2.5	4.5	.539	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.3	.649
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	7	11.6	1.1	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.9	0.1	0.9	0.0	1.4	0.3	1.7	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.7	.800
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Elton Brand	36	13.5	2.7	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	1.5	1.2	2.6	.442	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.522
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Elton Brand	Mel Counts
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
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		%
Elton Brand	17	13.2	4.1	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.9	1.8	4.2	.431	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.5	.889
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elton Brand vs. Mel Counts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Counts and Elton Brand, 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

Season 17