Carmelo Anthony vs. Jaylen Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Brown and Carmelo Anthony, 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.

Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 10 more than Jaylen Brown, who played 9. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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 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
	Carmelo Anthony	Jaylen Brown
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
difference:	+4	+19.3	+14.4	+1.6	+1.6	+3.3	+2.0	+0.8	+0.3	-2.1	-0.9	+5.1	+12.5	+.028	+0.2	+0.9	+.019	+3.9	+4.8	+.092
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800
difference:	+13	+23.7	+10.0	+1.1	+5.1	+6.2	+2.0	+0.9	+0.1	-3.5	-1.3	+3.3	+11.8	+.151	+0.2	+1.4	+.035	+3.3	+3.9	+.133
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 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Jaylen Brown
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
difference:	+6	+10.9	+13.5	+0.6		+0.7	+1.3	+0.2	+0.1	-1.4	-0.4	+4.5	+9.0	+.016	+0.8	+1.8	+.101	+5.4	+6.2	+.150
Jaylen Brown	74	25.9	13.0	0.9	3.4	4.2	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.5	5.0	10.7	.465	1.3	3.7	.344	1.8	2.7	.658
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750
difference:	+4	+8.2	+7.1	+1.7	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+0.1		-1.2	-0.7	+1.7	+10.1	+.173	+1.6	+3.6	+.350	+5.2	+7.1	+.017
Jaylen Brown	9	30.4	13.9	0.7	5.1	5.8	1.1	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.3	4.9	9.7	.506	1.6	4.4	.350	2.6	3.3	.767

Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Jaylen Brown
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
difference:	+8	+4.3	+8.6	+1.1	+1.5	+0.4	+1.7	+0.1		-1.4	-0.2	+3.1	+6.8	+.005	+1.7	+3.6	+.114	+4.0	+4.4	+.084
Jaylen Brown	57	33.9	20.3	1.1	5.3	6.4	2.1	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.9	7.5	15.6	.481	2.3	5.9	.382	3.1	4.3	.724
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795
difference:	+12	+2.5	+5.0	+2.2	+1.1	+1.1	+1.1	+0.5	+0.5	-1.4	-0.4	+1.3	+2.7	+.004	+0.7	+3.5	+.142	+3.1	+4.1	+.046
Jaylen Brown	17	39.5	21.8	1.4	6.1	7.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	2.4	2.8	8.1	16.9	.476	2.5	7.1	.358	3.1	3.7	.841

Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Jaylen Brown
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
difference:	+19	+1.9	+1.0	+1.1	+0.3	+1.4		+0.1	+0.1	-0.6	-0.4	+0.2		+.008	+2.0	+5.0	+.043	+2.7	+3.4	+.022
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Jaylen Brown
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
difference:		+0.9	+0.8	+0.8	+0.1	+0.7	+0.1		+0.1	-0.3	-0.5	+0.6	+0.1	+.030	+1.5	+4.4	+.013	+1.9	+2.3	+.035
Jaylen Brown	66	33.6	23.6	0.8	5.3	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	2.7	2.5	8.7	18.4	.473	2.5	7.0	.358	3.7	4.8	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826
difference:	+8		+4.1	+0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+0.6	+0.7	+0.2	-0.8	-0.8	+0.9	+2.6	+.017	+1.0	+2.6	+.009	+3.2	+3.5	+.063
Jaylen Brown	24	38.3	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	3.1	3.0	8.2	17.5	.470	2.5	6.7	.373	4.2	5.5	.763

Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Jaylen Brown
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
difference:	+2	+2.3	+1.6	+1.0	+1.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.2		-0.1	-0.7	+0.1	+1.2	+.033	+1.5	+4.6	+.019	+3.5	+3.8	+.065
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877
difference:	+14	+4.7	+8.0	+1.0	+1.8	+2.9	+0.1	+0.9	+0.1	-0.2	-1.2	+1.6	+4.7	+.032	+1.0	+2.5	+.038	+5.7	+5.8	+.188
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Jaylen Brown
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838
difference:	+7	+2.2	+2.6	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+0.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.3	-0.3	+0.1	+1.6	+.044	+0.9	+2.6	+.024	+3.6	+3.6	+.135
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853
difference:	+15	+1.8	+2.1	+2.1	+2.2	+4.4	+1.5	+0.1	+0.2	-0.6	-1.3	+0.9	+4.2	+.141	+0.4	+0.7	+.019	+3.7	+3.1	+.193
Jaylen Brown	19	37.2	23.9	1.2	4.8	5.9	3.3	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.7	9.2	17.8	.516	1.9	5.8	.327	3.6	5.4	.660

Season 9
	Carmelo Anthony	Jaylen Brown
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	55	34.1	22.6	1.6	4.7	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	8.0	18.6	.430	1.2	3.7	.335	5.4	6.7	.804
difference:	+8	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+0.9	+0.1	+0.1		-0.4	+0.2	+0.9	+.033	+0.6	+2.0	+.011	+1.5	+1.6	+.040
Jaylen Brown	63	34.3	22.2	1.3	4.5	5.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	2.6	2.4	8.2	17.7	.463	1.8	5.7	.324	3.9	5.1	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	40.8	27.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.8	4.2	10.4	24.8	.419	0.8	3.6	.222	6.2	8.2	.756
difference:	+6	+4.3	+5.7	+1.4	+0.3	+1.1	+1.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-1.0	+2.6	+7.1	+.022	+1.1	+2.1	+.111	+1.7	+2.2	+.002
Jaylen Brown	11	36.5	22.1	1.2	5.9	7.1	3.9	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.2	7.8	17.7	.441	1.9	5.7	.333	4.5	6.0	.758

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 10 seasons more than Jaylen Brown in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 19, from 2013 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 4 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Jaylen Brown, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 5 All-Star Game