John Battle vs. Jaylen Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Brown and John Battle, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

John Battle played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jaylen Brown, who played 8. John Battle had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Jaylen Brown 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Battle	Jaylen Brown
Season	1985-86	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
John Battle	64	10.0	4.3	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.6	3.5	.455	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.728
Jaylen Brown	78	17.2	6.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.8	2.5	5.4	.454	0.6	1.7	.341	1.1	1.6	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	6	4.5	1.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.7	1.8	.364	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	0.7	.750
Jaylen Brown	17	12.6	5.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	2.0	4.2	.479	0.3	1.4	.217	0.7	1.1	.667

Season 5
	John Battle	Jaylen Brown
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
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		%
John Battle	60	24.6	10.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.1	1.5	1.9	4.6	9.1	.506	0.0	0.2	.154	1.7	2.3	.756
Jaylen Brown	58	34.5	24.7	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.9	9.3	19.2	.484	2.8	7.1	.397	3.3	4.3	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaylen Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	John Battle	Jaylen Brown
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
John Battle	76	21.5	10.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	4.2	8.7	.480	0.0	0.2	.118	1.9	2.3	.848
Jaylen Brown	67	35.9	26.6	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.6	10.1	20.6	.491	2.4	7.3	.335	3.9	5.1	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	15	13.5	5.9	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.2	0.7	2.3	5.5	.415	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.5	.913
Jaylen Brown	20	37.6	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.6	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.3	3.1	9.1	18.3	.496	2.0	5.7	.354	2.6	3.7	.689

Season 8
	John Battle	Jaylen Brown
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	41	12.1	5.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.0	2.0	4.9	.415	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	1.8	.778
Jaylen Brown	70	33.5	23.0	1.2	4.3	5.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	2.4	2.6	9.0	17.9	.499	2.1	5.9	.354	3.0	4.3	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	1	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jaylen Brown	14	36.7	25.0	1.3	4.9	6.1	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.6	2.5	9.9	18.2	.541	2.0	5.4	.368	3.3	5.2	.630