Shareef Abdur-Rahim vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Brunson and Shareef Abdur-Rahim, 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.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim played 12 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jalen Brunson, who played 6. Shareef Abdur-Rahim had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Jalen Brunson had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	12	1	1996-97 to 2007-08
Jalen Brunson	6	4	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	80	35.0	18.7	2.7	4.2	6.9	2.2	1.0	1.0	2.8	2.5	6.9	15.2	.453	0.1	0.3	.259	4.8	6.5	.746
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

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


Season 2
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	82	36.0	22.3	2.8	4.3	7.1	2.6	1.1	0.9	3.1	2.5	8.0	16.4	.485	0.3	0.6	.412	6.1	7.8	.784
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

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


Season 3
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	50	40.4	23.0	2.3	5.2	7.5	3.4	1.4	1.1	3.7	2.7	7.7	17.9	.432	0.2	0.7	.306	7.4	8.8	.841
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 4
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	82	39.3	20.3	2.7	7.4	10.1	3.3	1.1	1.1	3.0	3.0	7.2	15.6	.465	0.4	1.2	.302	5.4	6.7	.809
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	81	40.0	20.5	2.2	6.9	9.1	3.1	1.1	1.0	2.9	2.9	7.5	15.8	.472	0.1	0.8	.188	5.5	6.6	.834
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	77	38.7	21.2	2.6	6.5	9.0	3.1	1.3	1.1	3.2	2.8	7.8	16.8	.461	0.3	0.9	.300	5.4	6.8	.801
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 7
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	81	38.1	19.9	2.2	6.2	8.4	3.0	1.1	0.5	2.6	3.0	7.0	14.6	.478	0.3	0.7	.350	5.6	6.7	.841
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 8
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers	-
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	85	31.6	16.3	2.2	5.3	7.5	2.0	0.8	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.9	12.4	.475	0.1	0.4	.265	4.4	5.0	.869
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	54	34.6	16.8	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.1	0.9	0.5	2.2	2.8	6.2	12.4	.503	0.3	0.7	.385	4.1	4.7	.866
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	72	27.2	12.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.1	0.7	0.6	1.5	3.2	4.6	8.8	.525	0.1	0.3	.227	3.0	3.9	.784
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	6	21.5	9.2	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.2	0.3	0.0	2.2	4.5	3.8	7.2	.535	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	2.5	.600
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	80	25.2	9.9	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.4	0.7	0.5	1.5	3.0	3.9	8.2	.474	0.0	0.3	.150	2.1	2.9	.726
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Jalen Brunson
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	6	8.5	1.7	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.5	0.5	2.3	.214	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Shareef Abdur-Rahim vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Brunson and Shareef Abdur-Rahim, 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