Desmond Bane vs. Jaylen Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Brown and Desmond Bane, 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.

Desmond Bane played 6 years in the NBA, 4 less than Jaylen Brown, who played 10. Desmond Bane had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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
	Desmond Bane	Jaylen Brown
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Desmond Bane	68	22.3	9.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.4	7.3	.469	1.7	4.0	.432	0.6	0.7	.816
difference:	+10	+5.1	+2.6	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.9	+0.2				+0.9	+1.9	+.015	+1.1	+2.3	+.091	+0.5	+0.9	+.131
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		%
Desmond Bane	5	19.8	5.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.8	.579	1.2	2.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+12	+7.2	+0.6	+0.3	+1.6	+1.3	+1.2	+0.4	+0.3	-0.2	-0.3	+0.2	+0.4	+.100	+0.9	+1.0	+.283	+0.7	+1.1
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 5
	Desmond Bane	Jaylen Brown
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Desmond Bane	69	32.0	19.2	0.9	5.2	6.1	5.3	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.4	7.1	14.8	.484	2.4	6.1	.392	2.6	2.9	.894
difference:	+11	+2.5	+5.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+1.9		+0.2	-0.3	-0.5	+2.2	+4.4		+0.4	+1.0	+.005	+0.7	+1.4	+.130
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		%
Desmond Bane	4	34.8	15.3	1.3	5.5	6.8	3.3	0.8	0.5	3.8	2.3	5.0	15.8	.317	1.8	8.0	.219	3.5	3.8	.933
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jaylen Brown played 4 seasons more than Desmond Bane in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 10, from 2023 to 2026—Jaylen Brown played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over Desmond Bane, Jaylen Brown got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game