Jalen Brunson vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall 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, 4 less than John Wall, who played 11. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while John Wall had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	John Wall
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
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	+16.0	+7.1	+0.2	+2.1	+2.3	+5.1	+1.3	+0.4	-2.6	-0.8	+2.2	+6.4	+.058	+0.4	+0.8	+.052	+3.2	+4.1	+.041
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	John Wall
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Wizards 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:	+3	+4.4	+3.0		+0.2	+0.2	+4.0	+1.0	+0.5	-2.0	-0.8	+0.7	+3.5	+.069	+0.1	+0.6	+.022	+1.6	+2.1	+.035
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805
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	+3.3	+5.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+3.4	+0.8	+0.6	-2.2	-0.5	+2.6	+2.4	+.100	+0.8	+1.3	+.128	+0.7	+1.2	+.035
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765

Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	John Wall
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+11	+0.9	+6.4	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	+3.8	+0.8	+0.4	-1.7	-0.1	+2.0	+2.8	+.046	+1.2	+2.0	+.116	+1.2	+1.2	+.044
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785
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:	+4	+1.3	+10.4	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+6.3	+0.1	+1.3	-1.8	-0.5	+3.8	+5.2	+.083	+2.0	+4.9	+.149	+0.9	+0.6	+.066
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	John Wall
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	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:		+0.8	+8.8	+0.1	+1.3	+1.3	+3.5	+1.0	+0.6	-1.7	-0.2	+2.9	+3.9	+.055	+1.2	+2.5	+.050	+2.0	+2.0	+.056
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791
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
John Wall	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	John Wall
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Wizards Lost East 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:	+13	+1.0	+2.9	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+3.4	+1.1	+0.5	-1.6	-0.2	+0.7	+0.1	+.037	+1.2	+2.6	+.056	+0.3	+0.1	+.020
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801
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:	+5	+1.2	+2.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	+3.3	+1.3	+0.9	-1.1	-1.3	+0.3	+0.2	+.009	+1.1	+2.7	+.014	+0.7	+0.6	+.012
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839

Additional Years
* John Wall played 4 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 11, from 2018 to 2023—John Wall played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Jalen Brunson, John Wall got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game