P.J. Brown vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and P.J. Brown, 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.

P.J. Brown played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kyrie Irving, who played 13. P.J. Brown had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Kyrie Irving had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
P.J. Brown	15	11	1993-94 to 2007-08
Kyrie Irving	13	7	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	1993-94	2011-12
Team	New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
P.J. Brown	79	24.7	5.7	2.4	3.9	6.2	1.2	0.9	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.1	5.1	.415	0.0	0.1	.167	1.5	1.9	.757
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	4	14.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.8	3.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	1994-95	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
P.J. Brown	80	30.8	8.1	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.7	0.9	1.7	1.0	3.3	3.2	7.1	.446	0.1	0.3	.167	1.7	2.6	.671
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	1995-96	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
P.J. Brown	81	36.3	11.3	2.7	4.3	6.9	2.0	1.0	1.2	1.6	3.1	4.4	9.9	.444	0.0	0.2	.200	2.5	3.3	.770
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
P.J. Brown	80	32.4	9.5	3.0	5.4	8.4	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.4	3.5	3.8	8.2	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.8	.732
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	15	29.9	8.1	3.2	5.4	8.6	0.7	0.6	1.3	1.1	2.7	2.8	6.9	.408	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.5	.717
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841


Season 5
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
P.J. Brown	74	31.9	9.6	3.2	5.4	8.6	1.4	0.9	1.3	1.3	3.6	3.8	8.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.766
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	5	38.0	9.2	3.0	5.8	8.8	0.8	1.4	0.6	1.2	4.4	3.8	7.4	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	4.4	.364
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875


Season 6
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
P.J. Brown	50	32.2	11.4	2.3	4.6	6.9	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.3	4.6	9.5	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.9	.774
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	5	29.0	10.2	2.8	3.4	6.2	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.4	4.2	9.0	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.8	2.0	.900
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905


Season 7
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
P.J. Brown	80	28.8	9.6	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	4.0	8.4	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.755
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	10	30.9	7.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	4.2	3.5	8.2	.427	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.833
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
P.J. Brown	80	35.1	8.5	3.2	6.1	9.3	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.4	3.3	3.1	7.0	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.6	.852
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	10	38.5	8.0	4.1	5.9	10.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.2	3.1	2.8	6.7	.418	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.828
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900


Season 9
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
P.J. Brown	80	32.0	8.4	3.4	6.4	9.8	1.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	2.8	3.1	6.6	.474	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.5	.858
Kyrie Irving	20	32.9	27.4	1.1	4.1	5.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.7	10.0	20.8	.478	2.8	7.1	.394	4.7	5.1	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	9	36.8	10.2	3.2	6.3	9.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	4.1	3.6	8.3	.427	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.1	.757
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
P.J. Brown	78	33.4	10.7	3.1	5.9	9.0	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.6	4.1	7.7	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.0	.836
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	6	32.2	10.2	3.3	4.3	7.7	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.8	3.7	3.5	7.3	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.2	.760
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929


Season 11
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
P.J. Brown	80	34.4	10.5	3.0	5.7	8.6	1.9	1.0	0.9	1.3	2.5	4.2	8.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.3	.854
Kyrie Irving	29	37.6	27.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	2.5	2.8	10.0	21.2	.469	3.4	8.2	.418	4.1	4.4	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	7	36.4	8.9	4.1	5.6	9.7	2.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	2.3	3.7	10.1	.366	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.909
Kyrie Irving	4	42.5	21.3	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	15.8	.444	2.0	5.3	.381	5.3	5.3	1.000


Season 12
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks
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		%
P.J. Brown	82	34.4	10.8	3.2	5.7	9.0	2.2	0.9	0.6	1.2	2.8	4.1	9.2	.446	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.0	.864
Kyrie Irving	60	37.3	27.1	1.0	4.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.9	20.1	.494	3.1	8.3	.379	4.1	4.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
P.J. Brown	75	31.7	9.0	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.2	2.9	3.6	7.8	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.2	.827
Kyrie Irving	58	35.0	25.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	5.2	1.3	0.5	1.8	1.9	9.7	19.5	.497	3.0	7.3	.411	3.3	3.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	16	40.3	22.0	1.2	2.7	3.9	5.2	1.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	8.2	17.0	.482	2.6	6.1	.423	3.1	3.8	.817


Season 14
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
P.J. Brown	72	20.2	6.1	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.6	2.4	5.8	.407	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.787
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	10	22.8	8.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.8	2.9	3.3	6.7	.493	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.739
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	P.J. Brown	Kyrie Irving
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
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		%
P.J. Brown	18	11.6	2.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.3	.341	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.688
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	25	13.6	2.9	0.7	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.0	2.2	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.840
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

P.J. Brown vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and P.J. Brown, 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