Lester Conner vs. Brandon Ingram Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Ingram and Lester Conner, 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.

Lester Conner played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Brandon Ingram, who played 8. Lester Conner had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Brandon Ingram had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Lester Conner	12	4	1982-83 to 1994-95
Brandon Ingram	8	2	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1982-83	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Lester Conner	75	18.9	4.9	0.9	2.0	2.9	3.4	1.5	0.1	1.3	1.9	1.9	4.0	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.5	.699
Brandon Ingram	79	28.8	9.4	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	8.7	.402	0.7	2.4	.294	1.7	2.7	.621

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1983-84	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Lester Conner	82	31.4	11.1	1.6	2.1	3.7	4.9	2.0	0.1	1.7	2.1	4.4	8.9	.493	0.0	0.1	.167	2.3	3.2	.718
Brandon Ingram	59	33.5	16.1	1.0	4.4	5.3	3.9	0.8	0.7	2.5	2.8	6.1	12.9	.470	0.7	1.8	.390	3.3	4.8	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1984-85	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Lester Conner	79	28.6	8.1	1.1	2.0	3.1	4.7	2.0	0.2	1.7	1.7	3.1	6.9	.451	0.1	0.3	.200	1.8	2.4	.750
Brandon Ingram	52	33.8	18.3	0.8	4.3	5.1	3.0	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.9	7.0	14.0	.497	0.6	1.8	.330	3.8	5.6	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1985-86	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Lester Conner	36	11.5	4.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.8	.375	0.1	0.2	.286	1.1	1.5	.741
Brandon Ingram	62	33.9	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.2	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.9	8.2	17.7	.463	2.4	6.2	.391	5.0	5.9	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Lester Conner didn't play in 1986-87.


Season 5
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1987-88	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Lester Conner	52	7.7	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	2.1	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.780
Brandon Ingram	61	34.3	23.8	0.6	4.3	4.9	4.9	0.7	0.6	2.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.466	2.3	6.1	.381	4.6	5.2	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	1	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1988-89	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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		%
Lester Conner	82	30.9	10.3	1.2	3.1	4.3	7.4	2.2	0.1	2.2	1.6	3.8	8.2	.457	0.2	0.5	.351	2.6	3.3	.788
Brandon Ingram	55	34.0	22.7	0.6	5.2	5.8	5.6	0.6	0.5	2.7	2.2	8.2	17.9	.461	1.3	4.1	.327	4.8	5.9	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Ingram	6	39.3	27.0	0.7	5.5	6.2	6.2	0.7	0.3	3.8	1.8	9.3	19.7	.475	1.8	4.5	.407	6.5	7.8	.830


Season 7
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1989-90	2022-23
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Lester Conner	82	28.7	7.9	1.1	2.1	3.2	4.7	2.1	0.1	1.7	2.2	2.9	7.0	.414	0.0	0.2	.154	2.1	2.6	.804
Brandon Ingram	45	34.2	24.7	0.5	5.0	5.5	5.8	0.7	0.4	3.3	2.6	9.0	18.6	.484	1.4	3.6	.390	5.3	6.0	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1990-91	2023-24
Team	New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pelicans 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		%
Lester Conner	74	13.6	3.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.2	1.1	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.3	2.8	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.3	.723
Brandon Ingram	64	32.9	20.8	0.7	4.4	5.1	5.7	0.8	0.6	2.5	2.3	7.8	15.9	.492	1.3	3.8	.355	3.8	4.8	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	1	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000
Brandon Ingram	4	36.3	14.3	0.3	4.3	4.5	3.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.0	4.8	13.8	.345	0.5	2.0	.250	4.3	4.8	.895


Season 9
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Lester Conner	81	17.5	3.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	3.6	1.2	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.3	3.0	.431	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.704
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Lester Conner	31	13.6	2.4	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.1	1.1	0.1	0.7	1.3	0.9	2.0	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	.947
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	5	12.8	4.2	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.4	.750	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Lester Conner	11	15.4	2.8	0.9	1.3	2.2	2.8	1.3	0.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	3.5	.368	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.5	.500
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	6	3.7	1.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Lester Conner	Brandon Ingram
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Lester Conner	2	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lester Conner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lester Conner vs. Brandon Ingram Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Ingram and Lester Conner, 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