LaPhonso Ellis vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and LaPhonso Ellis, 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.

LaPhonso Ellis played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than Brook Lopez, who played 16. LaPhonso Ellis had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, 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
LaPhonso Ellis	11	2	1992-93 to 2002-03
Brook Lopez	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	1992-93	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	82	33.5	14.7	3.3	5.7	9.1	1.8	0.9	1.4	1.9	3.6	5.9	11.7	.504	0.0	0.2	.154	2.9	3.9	.748
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	1993-94	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	79	34.2	15.4	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.1	0.8	1.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	12.2	.502	0.1	0.3	.304	3.1	4.5	.674
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	12	36.3	14.8	2.3	5.8	8.1	2.2	0.8	0.9	1.6	3.8	5.7	11.8	.479	0.3	0.5	.500	3.2	4.5	.704
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	1994-95	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	6	9.7	4.0	1.2	1.7	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.0	1.5	4.2	.360	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	1995-96	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	45	28.2	10.5	2.1	5.1	7.2	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.8	3.6	4.2	9.6	.438	0.1	0.5	.182	2.0	3.3	.601
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	1996-97	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	55	36.4	21.9	1.9	5.1	7.0	2.4	0.8	0.7	2.1	3.3	8.1	18.4	.439	1.7	4.7	.367	4.0	5.1	.773
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	1997-98	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Brooklyn 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	76	33.9	14.3	1.9	5.2	7.2	2.8	0.9	0.6	2.3	3.0	5.4	13.3	.407	0.8	2.6	.284	2.7	3.4	.805
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	1998-99	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	20	27.0	10.2	1.3	4.2	5.5	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.7	2.4	4.0	9.5	.421	0.1	0.3	.200	2.2	3.1	.705
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	58	22.6	8.4	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.0	.450	0.1	0.4	.143	1.1	1.6	.695
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	82	23.8	9.4	2.4	3.6	6.0	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	3.5	3.6	7.8	.464	0.1	0.3	.318	2.1	2.6	.790
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	4	19.0	6.0	1.8	1.8	3.5	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.3	3.3	2.3	5.8	.391	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.0	.750
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	66	25.5	7.1	1.6	2.7	4.3	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.1	3.0	2.9	6.8	.418	0.6	1.9	.306	0.8	1.3	.631
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	55	14.3	5.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.8	4.8	.382	0.5	1.9	.252	0.9	1.2	.758
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	LaPhonso Ellis	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	LaPhonso Ellis	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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	LaPhonso Ellis	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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	LaPhonso Ellis	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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	LaPhonso Ellis	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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
LaPhonso Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

LaPhonso Ellis vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and LaPhonso Ellis, 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