Jalen Brunson vs. Alonzo Mourning Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alonzo Mourning and Jalen Brunson, 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.

Jalen Brunson played 7 years in the NBA, 8 less than Alonzo Mourning, who played 15. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Alonzo Mourning had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
	Jalen Brunson	Alonzo Mourning
Season	2018-19	1992-93
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+5	+12.1	+11.7	+3.1	+4.9	+8.0	+2.2	+0.2	+3.4	-1.8	-2.0	+3.7	+6.6	+.044	+0.9	+2.5		+5.1	+6.5	+.056
Alonzo Mourning	78	33.9	21.0	3.4	6.9	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.511	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	8.1	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	9	40.8	23.8	3.1	6.8	9.9	1.4	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.1	7.9	16.4	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	8.0	10.3	.774

Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	Alonzo Mourning
Season	2019-20	1993-94
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
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
difference:	+3	+15.7	+13.3	+2.6	+5.2	+7.8	+1.9	+0.1	+3.0	-2.1	-2.2	+3.9	+7.3	+.039	+0.8	+2.1		+6.1	+8.2	+.051
Alonzo Mourning	60	33.6	21.5	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.4	0.5	3.1	3.3	3.5	7.1	14.1	.505	0.0	0.0	-	7.2	9.5	.762
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Alonzo Mourning played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	Alonzo Mourning
Season	2020-21	1994-95
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+9	+13.2	+8.7	+2.2	+4.3	+6.5	+2.1	+0.1	+2.9	-1.9	-2.0	+2.6	+5.1	+.004	+1.1	+2.5	+.081	+4.6	+6.2	+.034
Alonzo Mourning	77	38.2	21.3	2.6	7.3	9.9	1.4	0.6	2.9	3.1	3.6	7.4	14.3	.519	0.1	0.4	.324	6.4	8.4	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+27.2	+14.0	+2.6	+8.1	+10.7	+1.4	+0.8	+3.3	-2.9	-3.4	+3.1	+8.0	+.034	+0.1	+0.1	+.038	+7.6	+8.9	+.068
Alonzo Mourning	4	43.5	22.0	3.5	9.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	3.3	3.5	4.3	6.0	14.3	.421	1.0	2.0	.500	9.0	10.8	.837

Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Alonzo Mourning
Season	2021-22	1995-96
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+6.3	+6.9	+2.6	+3.9	+6.5	+2.5	+0.2	+2.7	-2.1	-1.6	+1.6	+2.6	+.021	+1.1	+2.8	+.073	+4.7	+7.5	+.155
Alonzo Mourning	70	38.2	23.2	3.1	7.3	10.4	2.3	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.5	8.0	15.4	.523	0.1	0.4	.300	7.0	10.2	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+15	+4.2	+3.6	+0.2	+1.2	+1.4	+2.4	+0.1	+0.9	-4.2	-2.2	+2.4	+5.6	+.020	+1.4	+4.2		+2.7	+4.3	+.086
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.7	18.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	5.3	4.3	5.7	11.7	.486	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714

Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Alonzo Mourning
Season	2022-23	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+0.2	+4.2	+2.3	+4.1	+6.4	+4.6	+0.1	+2.7	-1.3	-1.9	+1.4	+4.2	+.043	+2.0	+4.6	+.305	+0.7	+2.8	+.187
Alonzo Mourning	66	35.2	19.8	2.9	7.1	9.9	1.6	0.8	2.9	3.4	4.1	7.2	13.4	.534	0.0	0.1	.111	5.5	8.6	.642
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+6	+3.2	+10.0	+1.8	+3.5	+5.3	+4.5	+0.9	+2.6	-2.0	-1.9	+3.6	+8.1	+.017	+2.2	+6.8	+.050	+0.5	+2.9	+.357
Alonzo Mourning	17	37.1	17.8	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.7	4.1	4.3	6.3	12.8	.491	0.2	0.5	.375	5.1	9.1	.555

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Alonzo Mourning
Season	2023-24	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+19	+2.0	+9.5	+2.7	+3.2	+6.0	+5.8	+0.2	+2.0	-0.7	-1.7	+3.4	+8.8	+.072	+2.7	+6.8		+0.2	+1.5	+.182
Alonzo Mourning	58	33.4	19.2	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.9	0.7	2.2	3.1	3.6	6.9	12.6	.551	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.0	.665
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+9	+5.5	+13.1	+1.9	+3.3	+5.2	+6.2		+2.3	-0.7	-2.5	+4.3	+12.2	+.074	+2.0	+6.5		+2.4	+1.9	+.120
Alonzo Mourning	4	34.3	19.3	2.5	6.0	8.5	1.3	0.8	2.5	2.0	4.5	7.3	14.0	.518	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.3	.655

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Alonzo Mourning
Season	2024-25	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+19	+2.7	+5.9	+3.2	+4.9	+8.1	+5.7	+0.2	+3.8	-0.5	-1.4	+2.0	+4.7	+.023	+2.3	+6.1		+0.3	+2.3	+.169
Alonzo Mourning	46	38.1	20.1	3.6	7.4	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	3.0	3.5	7.0	13.8	.511	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	9.2	.652
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+13	+1.0	+7.8	+0.7	+4.0	+4.8	+6.2	+1.2	+2.5	-0.7	-0.5	+2.5	+7.2	+.060	+2.7	+7.4		+0.3	+2.0	+.198
Alonzo Mourning	5	38.8	21.6	1.4	6.8	8.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	2.4	3.8	7.6	14.6	.521	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	9.8	.653

Additional Years
* Alonzo Mourning played 8 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 15, from 2000 to 2008—Alonzo Mourning played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Alonzo Mourning got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Blocks Leader 3 All-Star Game