Jalen Brunson vs. Brian Scalabrine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Scalabrine 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.

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.

Jalen Brunson played 6 years in the NBA, 5 less than Brian Scalabrine, who played 11. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Brian Scalabrine had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Jalen Brunson	6	4	2018-19 to 2023-24
Brian Scalabrine	11	6	2001-02 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost NBA 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	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
Brian Scalabrine	28	10.4	2.1	0.4	1.4	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.4	0.8	2.4	.343	0.1	0.4	.300	0.4	0.5	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Scalabrine	6	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost NBA 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	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
Brian Scalabrine	59	12.3	3.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.2	2.9	.402	0.2	0.7	.359	0.5	0.6	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Scalabrine	7	2.9	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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	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
Brian Scalabrine	69	13.4	3.5	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.2	3.2	.394	0.1	0.6	.244	0.8	1.0	.829

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
Brian Scalabrine	9	8.0	3.3	0.8	0.6	1.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.7	1.2	1.9	.647	0.6	0.7	.833	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Nets 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	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
Brian Scalabrine	54	21.6	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.1	2.4	6.1	.398	0.4	1.3	.324	1.0	1.3	.768

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
Brian Scalabrine	4	15.0	2.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.8	.182	0.3	1.0	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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
Brian Scalabrine	71	13.2	2.9	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.8	1.0	2.7	.383	0.4	1.2	.356	0.4	0.5	.722

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
Brian Scalabrine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks TBD	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	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
Brian Scalabrine	54	19.0	4.0	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.4	1.4	3.5	.403	0.8	2.0	.400	0.3	0.4	.783

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
Brian Scalabrine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Scalabrine	48	10.7	1.8	0.5	1.2	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.3	0.6	2.0	.309	0.3	1.0	.326	0.3	0.4	.750

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


Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Scalabrine	39	12.9	3.5	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.9	1.2	2.9	.421	0.6	1.6	.393	0.4	0.5	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Scalabrine	12	20.5	5.1	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	3.6	1.8	4.3	.423	1.1	2.4	.448	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 9
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost NBA 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Scalabrine	52	9.1	1.5	0.2	0.8	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.1	0.6	1.6	.341	0.3	0.9	.327	0.1	0.1	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Scalabrine	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Scalabrine	18	4.9	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.6	1.1	.526	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-

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


Season 11
	Jalen Brunson	Brian Scalabrine
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Scalabrine	28	4.4	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.1	.467	0.0	0.3	.143	0.1	0.2	.500

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

Jalen Brunson vs. Brian Scalabrine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Scalabrine 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11