Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Brunson and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jalen Brunson, who played 7. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jalen Brunson
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+4	+2.8	+2.5	+0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+1.3	+0.3	+0.7	-0.4	-0.5	+1.4	+2.3	+.053	+0.4	+1.0	+.001	+0.6	+1.0	+.042
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 Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Jalen Brunson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jalen Brunson
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
difference:	+1	+3.7	+6.6	+1.3	+3.6	+4.9	+0.6	+0.8	+1.9	-1.3	-1.2	+1.8	+2.9	+.019	+0.6	+0.9	+.101	+3.6	+5.0	+.070
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
difference:	+12	+5.6	+3.2	+0.9	+4.0	+4.9	+0.3	+1.4	+1.6	-2.2	-1.4	+1.9	+1.4	+.070	+0.7	+2.5	+.053	+0.2	+2.7	+.257
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jalen Brunson
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
difference:	+7	+1.7	+2.9	+1.5	+5.0	+6.5	+1.4	+0.6	+1.2	-0.9	-0.9	+1.3	+1.1	+.038	+1.4	+2.8	+.109	+1.7	+2.7	+.069
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691
difference:	+4	+0.3	+2.1	+0.3	+4.3	+4.7	+0.7	+0.1	+0.8	-0.3	-1.6		+3.6	+.096	+1.8	+5.3	+.039	+0.2	+1.7	+.221
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jalen Brunson
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
difference:	+5	+2.6	+1.0	+1.6	+7.2	+8.9	+0.8	+0.4	+1.3	-1.3	-1.3	+0.3	+4.1	+.099	+2.0	+4.0	+.145	+1.4	+3.0	+.118
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637
difference:	+2	+5.5	+6.9	+1.8	+7.1	+8.9	+2.6	+0.4	+1.8	-0.6	-1.2	+3.0	+8.8	+.050	+0.8	+2.8	+.017	+0.1	+2.0	+.138
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jalen Brunson
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Clutch Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
difference:	+2	+5.0	+3.5	+1.8	+8.9	+10.7	+1.7	+0.1	+0.9	-1.2	-1.0	+1.9	+1.2	+.065	+0.9	+1.4	+.079	+0.6	+3.1	+.188
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580
difference:	+9	+7.0	+2.7	+2.3	+8.0	+10.4	+1.3	+0.3	+0.6	-0.2	-0.1	+0.1	+3.9	+.098	+1.3	+3.0	+.033	+1.5	+1.2	+.271
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
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 5 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 12, from 2021 to 2025—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 5 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 5 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 Cup MVP 2 Cup All-Tournament Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP