Jalen Brunson vs. Paul Pressey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pressey and Jalen Brunson, 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.

Jalen Brunson played 6 years in the NBA, 5 less than Paul Pressey, who played 11. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Paul Pressey had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Jalen Brunson	6	4	2018-19 to 2023-24
Paul Pressey	11	9	1982-83 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	2018-19	1982-83
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Jalen Brunson	73	21.8	9.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.2	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.7	3.6	7.7	.467	0.9	2.5	.348	1.2	1.6	.725
Paul Pressey	79	19.3	6.7	1.1	2.5	3.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	2.1	2.2	2.7	5.9	.457	0.0	0.1	.111	1.3	2.2	.597

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	9	16.7	5.1	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.6	1.0	0.7	2.0	2.6	2.1	5.2	.404	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	2.2	.400


Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	2019-20	1983-84
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Jalen Brunson	57	17.9	8.2	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.3	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.3	3.2	6.8	.466	0.8	2.1	.358	1.1	1.3	.813
Paul Pressey	81	21.4	8.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	3.1	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.0	3.4	6.5	.523	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.5	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	16	21.9	8.9	1.1	2.6	3.7	3.1	1.4	0.6	2.4	3.3	3.3	6.3	.520	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.5	.679


Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	2020-21	1984-85
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jalen Brunson	68	25.0	12.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.5	0.5	0.0	1.2	1.6	4.8	9.2	.523	1.2	2.9	.405	1.8	2.2	.795
Paul Pressey	80	36.0	16.1	1.9	3.5	5.4	6.8	1.6	0.7	3.1	3.2	6.0	11.6	.517	0.1	0.3	.350	4.0	5.2	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	7	16.3	8.0	0.9	1.7	2.6	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.9	2.9	6.3	.455	0.9	1.9	.462	1.4	1.9	.769
Paul Pressey	8	37.0	15.3	1.9	4.1	6.0	7.6	2.3	0.6	4.0	3.4	5.6	11.0	.511	0.1	0.4	.333	3.9	4.8	.816


Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	2021-22	1985-86
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jalen Brunson	79	31.9	16.3	0.5	3.4	3.9	4.8	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	6.4	12.8	.502	1.2	3.2	.373	2.3	2.7	.840
Paul Pressey	80	33.8	14.3	1.6	3.4	5.0	7.8	2.1	0.9	3.0	3.1	5.1	10.5	.488	0.1	0.6	.182	4.0	4.9	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	18	34.9	21.6	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.7	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	8.1	17.3	.466	1.4	4.2	.347	4.0	5.0	.800
Paul Pressey	14	37.9	16.1	1.4	2.9	4.3	7.9	1.3	0.9	3.6	3.4	5.4	11.2	.484	0.4	1.3	.333	4.8	6.3	.761


Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	2022-23	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jalen Brunson	68	35.0	24.0	0.6	3.0	3.5	6.2	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.2	8.6	17.6	.491	2.0	4.7	.416	4.8	5.8	.829
Paul Pressey	61	33.7	13.9	1.6	3.2	4.9	7.2	1.8	0.8	3.0	3.5	4.8	10.1	.477	0.3	0.9	.291	4.0	5.4	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	11	40.3	27.8	0.8	4.1	4.9	5.6	1.5	0.1	2.1	2.4	9.9	20.9	.474	2.4	7.3	.325	5.6	6.2	.912
Paul Pressey	12	38.8	14.3	2.3	2.8	5.2	8.6	2.3	0.7	2.9	4.3	5.7	12.2	.466	0.1	0.7	.125	2.8	3.8	.739


Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	2023-24	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jalen Brunson	77	35.4	28.7	0.6	3.1	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	2.4	1.9	10.3	21.4	.479	2.7	6.8	.401	5.5	6.5	.847
Paul Pressey	75	33.1	13.1	1.7	3.3	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.6	9.4	.491	0.1	0.5	.205	3.8	4.8	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	13	39.8	32.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	0.8	0.2	2.7	2.0	11.6	26.2	.444	2.0	6.5	.310	7.2	9.2	.775
Paul Pressey	5	35.6	14.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	6.6	0.8	0.6	3.2	4.2	4.6	10.0	.460	0.2	0.6	.333	4.6	6.0	.767


Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	-	1988-89
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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	67	32.4	12.1	1.1	2.8	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.7	2.7	3.3	4.6	9.7	.474	0.2	0.8	.218	2.8	3.6	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	-	1989-90
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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	57	24.6	11.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.3	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	4.2	8.9	.472	0.1	0.8	.140	2.5	3.3	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	4	32.3	14.8	2.0	3.3	5.3	7.5	1.5	0.3	1.8	3.5	4.8	11.0	.432	0.0	0.8	.000	5.3	6.5	.808


Season 9
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	70	24.0	7.5	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.9	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.5	2.9	6.1	.472	0.2	0.8	.281	1.6	1.9	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	4	31.0	8.3	1.3	1.5	2.8	4.0	2.0	0.8	1.5	3.8	3.3	8.0	.406	0.3	1.0	.250	1.5	2.3	.667


Season 10
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	56	13.6	2.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	1.1	2.9	.373	0.1	0.4	.143	0.5	0.7	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	3	15.3	4.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Jalen Brunson	Paul Pressey
Season	-	1992-93
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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	18	14.9	4.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.0	1.6	3.7	.439	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jalen Brunson vs. Paul Pressey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pressey and Jalen Brunson, 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