Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Brian Cardinal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Cardinal and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than Brian Cardinal, who played 12. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Brian Cardinal had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Giannis Antetokounmpo	11	8	2013-14 to 2023-24
Brian Cardinal	12	4	2000-01 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2013-14	2000-01
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
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

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


Season 2
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2014-15	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	81	31.4	12.7	1.2	5.5	6.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.1	3.1	4.7	9.6	.491	0.1	0.5	.159	3.2	4.3	.741
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	33.5	11.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	2.7	0.5	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.3	11.8	.366	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.8	.739
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.3	16.9	1.4	6.2	7.7	4.3	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.2	6.4	12.7	.506	0.4	1.4	.257	3.7	5.1	.724
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

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


Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691
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


Season 6
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637
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	-


Season 7
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	61	33.0	28.1	1.6	9.4	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	3.4	2.8	10.3	18.0	.569	1.1	3.6	.303	6.5	9.5	.685
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	21	38.1	30.2	2.8	10.0	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	3.0	2.9	11.9	20.9	.569	0.6	3.3	.186	5.8	9.8	.587
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	32.9	29.9	2.0	9.6	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	3.2	10.3	18.6	.553	1.1	3.6	.293	8.3	11.4	.722
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	37.3	31.7	2.2	12.0	14.2	6.8	0.7	1.3	4.5	3.6	11.7	23.8	.491	0.8	3.4	.220	7.6	11.2	.679
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	32.1	31.1	2.2	9.6	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	3.9	3.1	11.2	20.3	.553	0.7	2.7	.275	7.9	12.3	.645
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	30.3	23.3	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.3	0.3	0.7	4.7	3.0	9.3	17.7	.528	0.0	1.0	.000	4.7	10.3	.452
Brian Cardinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	73	35.2	30.4	2.7	8.8	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	3.4	2.9	11.5	18.8	.611	0.5	1.7	.274	7.0	10.7	.657
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Brian Cardinal
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Brian Cardinal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Cardinal and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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