Jalen Brunson vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton 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, 12 less than John Stockton, who played 19. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while John Stockton had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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 4
	Jalen Brunson	John Stockton
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz 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:	+3	+2.8	+1.6	+0.2	+1.2	+1.0	+9.0	+2.2	+0.2	-1.6	-1.1	+0.9	+3.2	+.072	+0.9	+2.4	+.015	+1.0	+1.3
John Stockton	82	34.7	14.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.5	9.6	.574	0.3	0.8	.358	3.3	4.0	.840
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:	+7	+8.6	+2.1	+0.5	+1.0	+0.5	+11.1	+2.6	+0.2	-3.3	-1.2	+1.9	+5.1	+.041	+1.0	+2.9	+.061	+2.8	+3.3	+.024
John Stockton	11	43.5	19.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	14.8	3.4	0.3	4.4	3.3	6.2	12.2	.507	0.4	1.3	.286	6.8	8.3	.824

Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	John Stockton
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+3.7	+6.9	+0.4	+1.0	+0.5	+7.4	+2.3		-1.7	-0.7	+2.5	+6.3	+.047	+1.8	+3.9	+.174		+0.3	+.034
John Stockton	82	38.7	17.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	3.8	2.9	6.1	11.3	.538	0.2	0.8	.242	4.8	5.5	.863
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:	+8	+6.0	+0.5	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6	+8.1	+2.2	+1.6	-1.6	-2.6	+0.1	+1.2	+.034	+1.4	+6.0	+.425	+0.7	+0.8	+.007
John Stockton	3	46.3	27.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	13.7	3.7	1.7	3.7	5.0	10.0	19.7	.508	1.0	1.3	.750	6.3	7.0	.905

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	John Stockton
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+2.0	+11.5	+0.1	+1.2	+1.0	+7.8	+1.8		-1.1	-1.1	+4.2	+9.6	+.035	+2.1	+5.4	+.015	+1.0	+1.0	+.028
John Stockton	78	37.4	17.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	3.0	6.1	11.8	.514	0.6	1.4	.416	4.5	5.5	.819
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:	+8	+1.0	+17.4	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+7.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.1	-2.0	+5.8	+12.4	+.024	+1.8	+3.9	+.233	+4.0	+5.2	+.025
John Stockton	5	38.8	15.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	15.0	1.2	0.0	2.8	4.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.2	2.6	.077	3.2	4.0	.800

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	John Stockton
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+17	+2.4	+8.8	+0.2	+0.2		+6.9	+2.0	+0.1	-1.1	-0.7	+3.0	+6.6	+.019	+1.6	+4.1	+.038	+1.3	+1.6	+.015
John Stockton	82	37.8	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.0	11.9	.507	0.7	2.0	.345	4.4	5.3	.836
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:	+9	+3.6	+11.2	+0.4	+0.8	+1.3	+6.8	+1.8	+0.1	-0.5	-0.4	+3.7	+9.8	+.076	+1.5	+4.4	+.049	+2.6	+2.9	+.010
John Stockton	9	41.4	18.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	13.8	2.2	0.2	3.6	3.7	6.4	12.0	.537	1.2	3.0	.407	4.1	4.9	.841

Additional Years
* John Stockton played 12 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 1992 to 2003—John Stockton played in 12 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Jalen Brunson, John Stockton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 5 Assists Leader 1 Steals Leader 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP