Jalen Brunson vs. Evan Mobley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Evan Mobley 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, 3 more than Evan Mobley, who played 4. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Evan Mobley had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Evan Mobley
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
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:	+4	+12.0	+5.7	+1.8	+4.2	+6.0	+0.7	+0.3	+1.6	-0.7	-0.4	+2.5	+4.3	+.041	+0.6	+1.2	+.098	+1.2	+2.1	+.062
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Evan Mobley played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	Evan Mobley
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+22	+16.5	+8.0	+2.0	+4.6	+6.6	+0.5	+0.4	+1.4	-0.6	-1.5	+3.4	+5.2	+.088	+0.5	+0.8	+.142	+1.5	+2.5	+.139
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625

Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Evan Mobley
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+8	+1.4	+2.2	+1.8	+3.6	+5.4	+1.6	+0.1	+1.6	-0.4	-0.1	+0.7		+.055			+.003	+0.8	+1.6	+.115
Evan Mobley	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
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:	+10	+2.8	+4.5	+1.8	+1.7	+3.5	+2.1	+0.3	+0.9	-0.3	-0.8	+1.7	+6.4	+.120	+0.4	+0.3	+.105	+1.4	+1.9	+.040
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840

Additional Years
* Jalen Brunson played 3 seasons more than Evan Mobley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 7, from 2023 to 2025—Jalen Brunson played in 3 Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Evan Mobley, Jalen Brunson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 Clutch Player of the Year 2 All-Star Game