Dudley Bradley vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

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

Dudley Bradley played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jalen Brunson, who played 6. Dudley Bradley had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, 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
Dudley Bradley	9	5	1979-80 to 1988-89
Jalen Brunson	6	4	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dudley Bradley	Jalen Brunson
Season	1979-80	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	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		%
Dudley Bradley	82	24.7	8.4	0.8	1.9	2.7	3.1	2.6	0.6	2.0	2.4	3.4	7.4	.452	0.0	0.1	.400	1.7	2.1	.782
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		%
Dudley Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dudley Bradley	Jalen Brunson
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dudley Bradley	82	22.8	8.0	0.9	1.5	2.4	2.3	2.3	0.5	1.5	2.9	3.2	6.8	.474	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	2.2	.702
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		%
Dudley Bradley	2	9.5	4.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	4.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dudley Bradley	Jalen Brunson
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dudley Bradley	64	14.6	5.1	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.3	1.2	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.0	4.4	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	1.2	1.6	.740
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		%
Dudley Bradley	7	3.4	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.1	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
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
	Dudley Bradley	Jalen Brunson
Season	1982-83	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Dudley Bradley	58	11.8	3.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.4	2.7	.516	0.0	0.1	.200	0.6	0.8	.800
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		%
Dudley Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Dudley Bradley didn't play in 1983-84.


Season 5
	Dudley Bradley	Jalen Brunson
Season	1984-85	2022-23
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dudley Bradley	73	16.9	4.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.2	2.1	1.9	4.1	.475	0.3	0.9	.313	0.7	1.1	.684
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		%
Dudley Bradley	4	10.3	3.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.3	.556	0.3	1.3	.200	0.8	1.0	.750
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
	Dudley Bradley	Jalen Brunson
Season	1985-86	2023-24
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dudley Bradley	70	12.0	2.8	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.0	0.6	1.4	1.0	3.0	.349	0.2	1.0	.250	0.5	0.8	.571
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		%
Dudley Bradley	5	16.4	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.8	2.4	5.8	.414	0.6	2.0	.300	1.2	1.8	.667
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
	Dudley Bradley	Jalen Brunson
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Dudley Bradley	68	13.2	3.1	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	0.1	0.5	1.7	1.1	3.1	.357	0.2	0.7	.260	0.7	0.9	.810
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	12	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	.364	0.0	0.5	.000	0.1	0.2	.500
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dudley Bradley	Jalen Brunson
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets	-
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		%
Dudley Bradley	65	22.1	6.5	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.3	1.8	0.7	1.4	2.6	2.4	5.6	.427	0.6	1.6	.363	1.1	1.5	.763
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Dudley Bradley	Jalen Brunson
Season	1988-89	-
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		%
Dudley Bradley	38	7.0	1.9	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.7	2.3	.326	0.2	0.8	.258	0.2	0.4	.500
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Dudley Bradley vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

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