Jalen Brunson vs. Jamal Crawford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Crawford 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, 12 less than Jamal Crawford, who played 20. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Jamal Crawford had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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	Jamal Crawford
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+2	+3.1	+14.4	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+2.9	+0.2		-0.2		+5.7	+10.3	+.063	+1.4	+3.1	+.056	+1.8	+2.0	+.021
Jamal Crawford	79	32.3	14.3	0.5	2.7	3.1	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.6	11.1	.416	1.3	3.7	.345	3.7	4.5	.826
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
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Jamal Crawford
Season	2024-25	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+1.9	+8.4	+0.3		+0.3	+2.9	+0.1		-0.2	-0.2	+3.0	+3.5	+.088	+0.6	+0.6	+.063	+1.8	+2.3	+.017
Jamal Crawford	59	37.3	17.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.4	1.0	0.1	2.7	1.9	6.0	15.0	.400	1.7	5.5	.320	3.9	4.6	.838
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
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	Jamal Crawford
Season	2025-26	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
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:	+56	+4.9	+8.1	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+1.4	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.6	+3.1	+3.7	+.074	+0.6	+1.2	+.020	+1.4	+1.7	+.030
Jamal Crawford	80	39.9	20.6	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.0	1.0	0.2	2.4	1.8	7.1	17.4	.410	2.2	6.2	.356	4.1	4.8	.864
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Jamal Crawford played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years
* Jamal Crawford played 12 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 20, from 2009 to 2020—Jamal Crawford played in 8 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Jamal Crawford got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Sixth Man of the Year