Bradley Beal vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Brunson and Bradley Beal, 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.

Bradley Beal played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jalen Brunson, who played 8. Bradley Beal had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Bradley Beal	Jalen Brunson
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	56	31.2	13.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.0	12.3	.410	1.6	4.2	.386	2.2	2.8	.786
difference:	+17	+9.4	+4.6	+0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	-0.4	-0.3	+1.4	+4.6	+.057	+0.7	+1.7	+.038	+1.0	+1.2	+.061
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
* Neiher Bradley Beal nor Jalen Brunson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Bradley Beal	Jalen Brunson
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	82	36.3	22.6	0.7	3.7	4.4	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.6	2.0	8.3	18.1	.460	2.4	6.5	.375	3.6	4.5	.791
difference:	+5	+0.9	+6.1	+0.1	+0.6	+0.8	+2.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.2	-0.1	+2.0	+3.3	+.019	+0.3	+0.3	+.026	+1.9	+2.0	+.056
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		%
Bradley Beal	6	36.0	23.2	0.3	3.0	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	3.2	8.2	18.0	.454	3.5	7.5	.467	3.3	3.8	.870
difference:	+7	+3.8	+9.2	+0.3	+0.3		+4.7	+0.4	+0.1	-0.2	-1.2	+3.4	+8.2	+.010	+1.5	+1.0	+.157	+3.9	+5.4	+.095
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
	Bradley Beal	Jalen Brunson
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Clutch Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	82	36.9	25.6	1.1	3.9	5.0	5.5	1.5	0.7	2.7	2.8	9.3	19.6	.475	2.5	7.3	.351	4.4	5.5	.808
difference:	+17	+1.5	+0.4	+0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+1.8	+0.6	+0.6	-0.2	-0.7	+0.3	+1.1	+.013	+0.2	+1.2	+.032	+1.3	+1.4	+.013
Jalen Brunson	65	35.4	26.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.5	2.1	9.0	18.5	.488	2.3	6.1	.383	5.7	6.9	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Brunson	18	37.8	29.4	0.7	2.8	3.4	7.0	0.4	0.3	3.1	3.3	10.1	21.8	.461	2.7	7.4	.358	6.7	7.8	.851

Additional Years
* Bradley Beal played 6 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2021 to 2026—Bradley Beal played in two Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Bradley Beal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game