Chauncey Billups vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Brunson and Chauncey Billups, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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.

Chauncey Billups played 17 years in the NBA, 9 more than Jalen Brunson, who played 8. Chauncey Billups had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Chauncey Billups	17	12	1997-98 to 2013-14
Jalen Brunson	8	5	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Chauncey Billups	Jalen Brunson
Season	1997-98	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Chauncey Billups	80	27.7	11.2	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.2	3.5	9.4	.374	1.3	4.1	.329	2.8	3.3	.850
difference:	+7	+5.9	+1.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8		-1.0	-0.5	+0.1	+1.7	+.093	+0.4	+1.6	+.019	+1.6	+1.7	+.125
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 Chauncey Billups nor Jalen Brunson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Chauncey Billups	Jalen Brunson
Season	1998-99	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	45	33.1	13.9	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.8	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.6	4.2	11.0	.386	1.9	5.2	.362	3.5	3.8	.913
difference:	+12	+15.2	+5.7	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.9	+0.2	-1.0	-1.3	+1.0	+4.2	+.080	+1.1	+3.1	+.004	+2.4	+2.5	+.100
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
* Neiher Chauncey Billups nor Jalen Brunson played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Chauncey Billups	Jalen Brunson
Season	1999-00	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Chauncey Billups	13	23.5	8.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.1	2.6	7.8	.337	0.5	3.2	.171	2.8	3.4	.841
difference:	+55	+1.5	+4.0	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.6	-0.5	+2.2	+1.4	+.186	+0.7	+0.3	+.234	+1.0	+1.2	+.046
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		%
Chauncey Billups	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chauncey Billups	Jalen Brunson
Season	2000-01	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Chauncey Billups	77	23.2	9.3	0.4	1.6	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	3.2	7.6	.422	0.9	2.5	.376	1.9	2.2	.842
difference:	+2	+8.7	+7.0	+0.1	+1.8	+1.8	+1.4	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.4	+3.2	+5.2	+.080	+0.3	+0.7	+.003	+0.4	+0.5	+.002
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		%
Chauncey Billups	3	9.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+15	+25.9	+20.6	+0.5	+2.5	+2.9	+3.0	+0.8	+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+7.8	+15.3	+.299	+1.4	+3.9	+.347	+3.7	+4.7	+.200
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
	Chauncey Billups	Jalen Brunson
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Chauncey Billups	82	28.7	12.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	5.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.1	4.2	10.0	.423	1.5	3.8	.394	2.5	2.9	.885
difference:	+14	+6.3	+11.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.7	+0.7	+0.1		-0.4	-0.1	+4.4	+7.6	+.068	+0.5	+0.9	+.022	+2.3	+2.9	+.056
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		%
Chauncey Billups	3	44.7	22.0	0.3	4.7	5.0	5.7	1.0	0.3	3.0	4.7	7.7	17.0	.451	2.0	5.0	.400	4.7	6.7	.700
difference:	+8	+4.4	+5.8	+0.5	+0.6	+0.1	+0.1	+0.5	+0.2	-0.9	-2.3	+2.2	+3.9	+.023	+0.4	+2.3	+.075	+0.9	+0.5	+.212
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
	Chauncey Billups	Jalen Brunson
Season	2002-03	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Chauncey Billups	74	31.4	16.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.9	11.8	.421	2.0	5.1	.392	4.3	4.9	.878
difference:	+3	+4.0	+12.5	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+2.8			-0.6	-0.1	+5.4	+9.6	+.058	+0.7	+1.7	+.009	+1.2	+1.6	+.031
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		%
Chauncey Billups	14	34.6	18.0	0.3	3.1	3.4	4.7	0.6	0.1	2.4	2.7	5.1	13.6	.374	1.9	6.0	.310	6.0	6.4	.933
difference:	+1	+5.2	+14.4	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+2.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-0.7	+6.5	+12.6	+.070	+0.1	+0.5		+1.2	+2.8	+.158
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
	Chauncey Billups	Jalen Brunson
Season	2003-04	2024-25
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Clutch Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chauncey Billups	78	35.4	16.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.3	5.0	12.8	.394	1.7	4.3	.388	5.2	5.9	.878
difference:	+13		+9.1		+0.6	+0.6	+1.6	+0.2		-0.1	-0.2	+4.0	+5.7	+.094	+0.6	+1.8	+.005	+0.5	+1.0	+.057
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		%
Chauncey Billups	23	38.4	16.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	5.9	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.8	12.4	.385	1.6	4.7	.346	5.3	5.9	.890
difference:	+5	+0.6	+13.0	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+1.1	+0.9	+0.2	-0.5	-0.8	+5.3	+9.4	+.076	+1.1	+2.7	+.012	+1.4	+1.9	+.039
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


Season 8
	Chauncey Billups	Jalen Brunson
Season	2004-05	2025-26
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Chauncey Billups	80	35.8	16.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.1	11.4	.442	2.1	4.8	.426	4.3	4.8	.898
difference:	+75	+1.0	+14.7		+0.2	+0.2	+0.4		+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+5.9	+11.4	+.040	+0.5	+3.2	+.101	+2.3	+3.2	+.073
Jalen Brunson	5	34.8	31.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	5.4	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.8	11.0	22.8	.482	2.6	8.0	.325	6.6	8.0	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	25	39.5	18.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.8	13.6	.428	1.8	5.0	.349	5.3	6.0	.893
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Chauncey Billups played 9 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2006 to 2014—Chauncey Billups played in 7 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Chauncey Billups got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 5 All-Star Game

Chauncey Billups vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Brunson and Chauncey Billups, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years