Jalen Brunson vs. Ivica Zubac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ivica Zubac 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 2 less than Ivica Zubac, who played 10. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Ivica Zubac 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jalen Brunson	8	5	2018-19 to 2025-26
Ivica Zubac	10	6	2016-17 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Ivica Zubac
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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:	+35	+5.8	+1.8	+0.8	+1.1	+1.9	+2.4	+0.1	+0.8	-0.4		+0.3	+1.4	+.062	+0.9	+2.4	+.348	+0.4	+0.3	+.072
Ivica Zubac	38	16.0	7.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.9	0.8	1.7	3.3	6.3	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.3	.653

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Ivica Zubac played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	Ivica Zubac
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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:	+14	+8.4	+4.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.5	+2.7	+0.2	+0.2	-0.6	-0.2	+1.8	+4.0	+.034	+0.8	+2.1		+0.2	+0.1	+.048
Ivica Zubac	43	9.5	3.7	1.0	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.2	.765

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Ivica Zubac played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	Ivica Zubac
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West 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	+7.4	+3.7	+1.5	+1.2	+2.7	+2.4	+0.3	+0.9		-0.7	+1.2	+2.8	+.036	+1.2	+2.9		+0.1	+0.1	+.007
Ivica Zubac	59	17.6	8.9	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.2	2.3	3.6	6.4	.559	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.1	.802

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	+6.5	+3.0	+1.9	+1.1	+2.9	+1.1	+0.5	+0.5	-0.4	-0.4	+0.6	+1.8	+.045	+0.9	+1.9		+0.9	+1.1	+.102
Ivica Zubac	4	9.8	5.0	2.8	2.8	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Ivica Zubac
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West 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:	+7	+13.5	+8.0	+2.2	+1.4	+3.6	+3.7	+0.6	+0.9	-0.8	-0.4	+3.1	+7.5	+.111	+1.2	+3.2		+0.6	+0.4	+.093
Ivica Zubac	72	18.4	8.3	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.1	0.2	0.9	0.8	2.3	3.3	5.3	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.747

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:	+5	+10.3	+12.5	+1.6	+1.0	+2.6	+3.1	+0.6	+0.7	-0.2	-0.5	+4.7	+11.3	+.098	+1.4	+4.2		+1.7	+2.2	+.011
Ivica Zubac	13	24.6	9.1	2.4	4.8	7.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.9	2.6	3.4	6.0	.564	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.8	.811


Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Ivica Zubac
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West 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:	+4	+12.7	+15.0	+2.0	+1.6	+3.7	+4.9	+0.6	+0.7	-1.0	-0.4	+5.0	+12.1	+.161	+2.0	+4.6	+.166	+2.9	+3.4	+.040
Ivica Zubac	72	22.3	9.0	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.6	3.6	5.5	.652	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	2.4	.789

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	+22.6	+21.5	+1.7	+0.8	+0.9	+5.2	+1.4	+0.6	-1.2	-0.5	+7.9	+17.5	+.122	+2.4	+7.3		+3.3	+3.3	+.116
Ivica Zubac	17	17.7	6.3	2.5	3.3	5.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.0	3.4	.596	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.9	.796


Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Ivica Zubac
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+11.0	+18.4	+2.3	+2.5	+4.9	+5.1	+0.4	+0.8	-0.9	-0.8	+6.2	+14.9	+.147	+2.7	+6.8		+3.3	+3.5	+.120
Ivica Zubac	76	24.4	10.3	2.9	5.6	8.5	1.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.7	4.1	6.5	.626	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.0	.727

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
Ivica Zubac	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Ivica Zubac
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West 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:	+11	+6.8	+15.2	+2.7	+4.3	+7.0	+6.3	+0.5	+1.2	-1.0	-0.8	+4.7	+11.7	+.146	+2.3	+6.1		+3.5	+3.8	+.124
Ivica Zubac	76	28.6	10.8	3.1	6.8	9.9	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.5	2.9	4.3	6.8	.634	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.1	.697

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	+11.8	+20.2	+2.5	+3.6	+6.2	+6.4	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9	-1.7	+6.7	+15.8	+.106	+2.7	+7.4		+4.3	+4.6	+.101
Ivica Zubac	5	26.0	9.2	3.2	6.4	9.6	0.6	0.6	0.2	2.2	1.6	3.4	6.0	.567	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.2	.750


Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	Ivica Zubac
Season	2025-26	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	5	34.8	31.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	5.4	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.8	11.0	22.8	.482	2.6	8.0	.325	6.6	8.0	.825
difference:	+63	+8.4	+19.5	+2.3	+3.3	+5.6	+4.0	+0.7	+1.2	-0.8	-0.2	+6.0	+15.2	+.167	+2.6	+8.0		+4.8	+5.6	+.102
Ivica Zubac	68	26.4	11.7	2.9	6.3	9.2	1.4	0.3	1.2	1.2	2.6	5.0	7.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ivica Zubac	6	32.0	16.2	3.0	6.3	9.3	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	3.5	7.0	11.7	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.650


Additional Years
* Ivica Zubac played 2 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 10, from 2025 to 2026—Ivica Zubac played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Ivica Zubac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team

Jalen Brunson vs. Ivica Zubac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ivica Zubac 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years