Jalen Brunson vs. Brad Daugherty Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brad Daugherty 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 6 years in the NBA, 2 less than Brad Daugherty, who played 8. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Brad Daugherty had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Brad Daugherty
Season	2018-19	1986-87
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
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
Brad Daugherty	80	33.7	15.7	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.8	0.6	0.8	3.1	3.1	6.1	11.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.0	.696
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Daugherty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	Brad Daugherty
Season	2019-20	1987-88
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
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
Brad Daugherty	79	37.4	18.7	1.9	6.5	8.4	4.2	0.6	0.7	3.4	3.0	7.0	13.7	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	6.7	.716
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Daugherty	5	40.8	15.8	2.0	7.2	9.2	3.2	0.4	1.4	3.2	2.2	5.8	12.6	.460	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	6.2	.677

Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	Brad Daugherty
Season	2020-21	1988-89
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
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
Brad Daugherty	78	36.2	18.9	2.1	7.1	9.2	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.9	2.2	7.0	13.0	.538	0.0	0.0	.333	4.9	6.7	.737
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
Brad Daugherty	5	33.4	11.0	2.4	6.8	9.2	2.4	1.2	1.0	1.2	3.6	3.4	9.4	.362	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	7.0	.600

Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Brad Daugherty
Season	2022-23	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Brad Daugherty	76	38.8	21.6	2.3	8.6	10.9	3.3	1.0	0.6	2.8	2.5	8.0	15.2	.524	0.0	0.0	.000	5.7	7.6	.751
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
Brad Daugherty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Brad Daugherty
Season	2023-24	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks TBD	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
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
Brad Daugherty	73	36.2	21.5	2.6	7.8	10.4	3.6	0.9	1.1	2.5	2.6	7.9	13.8	.570	0.0	0.0	.000	5.7	7.3	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	12	40.7	33.7	0.7	2.9	3.6	7.3	0.8	0.2	2.8	2.1	12.1	26.9	.449	2.1	6.8	.309	7.4	9.6	.774
Brad Daugherty	17	40.4	21.5	2.2	8.1	10.2	3.4	0.6	1.0	2.2	2.8	7.3	13.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	8.5	.814

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Brad Daugherty
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Daugherty	71	37.9	20.2	2.3	7.9	10.2	4.4	0.7	0.8	2.1	2.5	7.3	12.8	.571	0.0	0.0	.500	5.5	6.9	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Daugherty	9	39.6	18.7	2.9	8.8	11.7	3.4	0.7	0.8	2.9	2.8	7.1	12.8	.557	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.6	.800