Jalen Brunson vs. Dorian Finney-Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dorian Finney-Smith 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 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Dorian Finney-Smith, who played 9. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Dorian Finney-Smith had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+2.3	+17.7	+0.9	+0.1	+1.1	+4.8	+0.2	+0.3	-1.4	-0.4	+6.2	+12.7	+.008	+0.5	+1.4	+.006	+4.8	+5.5	+.172
Dorian Finney-Smith	80	33.1	11.0	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	1.0	2.3	4.1	8.7	.471	2.2	5.4	.395	0.7	1.0	.675
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:	+5	+1.6	+20.7	+1.2	+1.0	+2.2	+5.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.7	-0.9	+7.5	+17.5	+.027	+0.6	+0.5	+.116	+6.3	+7.9	+.067
Dorian Finney-Smith	18	38.2	11.7	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.9	4.1	8.7	.471	2.6	6.0	.426	0.9	1.3	.708

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Nets 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:	+1	+5.0	+17.7	+1.3	+0.6	+1.9	+5.8	+0.1	+0.4	-1.6	-0.1	+6.0	+10.9	+.097	+0.6	+1.0	+.046	+5.0	+6.0	+.058
Dorian Finney-Smith	66	30.4	8.3	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.2	3.0	7.6	.391	1.7	5.1	.337	0.7	0.9	.763
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:	+14	+12.5	+23.1	+0.8	+0.2	+1.1	+6.2	+0.4	+0.2	-1.8	-1.5	+7.8	+16.0	+.070	+0.9	+3.1	+.054	+6.7	+7.8
Dorian Finney-Smith	4	25.3	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	5.8	.391	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	-

Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2025-26	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Cup MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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8th 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	24	35.0	28.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.4	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.4	10.2	21.1	.484	2.8	7.4	.376	5.5	6.5	.834
difference:	+44	+6.6	+20.2	+1.0	+0.4	+1.4	+4.8		+0.5	-1.4	-0.2	+7.0	+13.6	+.063	+1.1	+2.5	+.028	+5.0	+5.8	+.117
Dorian Finney-Smith	68	28.4	8.5	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.2	7.5	.421	1.7	4.9	.348	0.5	0.7	.717
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Dorian Finney-Smith played in the postseason in their season 8