Jalen Brunson vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James 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, 14 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while LeBron James had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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	LeBron James
Season	2018-19	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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:	+6	+17.7	+11.6	+1.0	+2.2	+3.2	+2.7	+1.1	+0.6	-2.3	-0.2	+4.3	+11.2	+.050	+0.1	+0.2	+.058	+3.2	+4.2	+.029
LeBron James	79	39.5	20.9	1.3	4.2	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	3.5	1.9	7.9	18.9	.417	0.8	2.7	.290	4.4	5.8	.754
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	LeBron James
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+23	+24.5	+19.0	+1.0	+4.0	+5.0	+3.9	+1.8	+0.6	-2.1	-0.5	+6.7	+14.3	+.006	+0.6	+1.8	+.007	+4.9	+6.7	+.063
LeBron James	80	42.4	27.2	1.4	6.0	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	3.3	1.8	9.9	21.1	.472	1.4	3.9	.351	6.0	8.0	.750
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	LeBron James
Season	2020-21	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+11	+17.5	+18.8	+0.5	+3.1	+3.6	+3.1	+1.1	+0.8	-2.1	-0.7	+6.3	+13.9	+.043	+0.4	+1.9	+.070	+5.8	+8.1	+.057
LeBron James	79	42.5	31.4	0.9	6.1	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	3.3	2.3	11.1	23.1	.480	1.6	4.8	.335	7.6	10.3	.738
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:	+6	+30.2	+22.8	+0.8	+4.7	+5.5	+4.4	+1.4	+0.7	-4.4	-2.5	+8.3	+17.3	+.021	+0.7	+2.9	+.129	+5.3	+7.2	+.032
LeBron James	13	46.5	30.8	1.7	6.4	8.1	5.8	1.4	0.7	5.0	3.4	11.2	23.6	.476	1.6	4.8	.333	6.7	9.1	.737

Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	LeBron James
Season	2021-22	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+1	+9.0	+11.0	+0.6	+2.3	+2.8	+1.2	+0.8	+0.7	-1.6	-0.3	+3.5	+8.0	+.026	+0.1	+0.8	+.054	+4.0	+6.3	+.142
LeBron James	78	40.9	27.3	1.1	5.7	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	3.2	2.2	9.9	20.8	.476	1.3	4.0	.319	6.3	9.0	.698
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:	+2	+9.8	+3.5	+0.5	+3.0	+3.5	+4.3	+0.9	+0.4	-2.2	-0.1	+0.2	+2.7	+.050	+0.3	+0.4	+.067	+3.4	+4.8	+.045
LeBron James	20	44.7	25.1	1.3	6.8	8.1	8.0	1.7	0.5	3.3	2.0	8.3	20.0	.416	1.1	3.8	.280	7.4	9.8	.755

Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	LeBron James
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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:	+7	+5.4	+6.0	+1.2	+3.1	+4.4	+1.0	+0.9	+0.9	-1.3		+2.0	+4.3	+.007	+0.5	+0.1	+.101	+2.5	+4.5	+.117
LeBron James	75	40.4	30.0	1.8	6.1	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	3.4	2.2	10.6	21.9	.484	1.5	4.8	.315	7.3	10.3	.712
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:	+2	+2.2	+0.4	+0.4	+2.5	+2.9	+2.0	+0.3	+1.2	-2.1	-0.1	+1.2	+0.3	+.063	+1.0	+1.9	+.068	+3.8	+6.6	+.181
LeBron James	13	42.5	28.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	7.6	1.8	1.3	4.2	2.5	8.7	21.2	.411	1.4	5.4	.257	9.4	12.8	.731

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	LeBron James
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+2.3	+0.3	+0.7	+3.2	+4.0	+0.5	+0.8	+0.9	-0.6	-0.2	+0.6	+1.5	+.010	+1.1	+2.1	+.057	+1.8	+2.9	+.067
LeBron James	81	37.7	28.4	1.3	6.3	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	3.0	1.7	9.7	19.9	.489	1.6	4.7	.344	7.3	9.4	.780
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:	+1	+1.6	+2.9	+0.8	+5.1	+5.8	+0.2	+0.8	+0.7		-0.1	+0.2	+3.9	+.066	+0.1	+0.7	+.023	+3.4	+5.0	+.026
LeBron James	14	41.4	35.3	1.4	7.8	9.1	7.3	1.6	0.9	2.7	2.1	11.4	22.3	.510	1.9	5.8	.333	10.6	14.2	.749

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	LeBron James
Season	2024-25	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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:	+11	+3.6	+3.7	+0.5	+3.9	+4.4	+1.3	+0.7	+0.9	-0.9	-0.5	+1.1	+1.6	+.015	+0.6	+1.0	+.050	+2.1	+3.3	+.054
LeBron James	76	39.0	29.7	0.9	6.4	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	3.4	1.6	10.1	20.1	.503	1.7	5.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.767
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:	+7	+4.0	+0.3	+0.7	+5.1	+5.9	+0.6	+1.3	+1.5	-0.7	-1.2	+0.5	+2.6	+.041	+0.9	+2.9	+.042	+1.3	+3.1	+.118
LeBron James	11	41.8	29.1	1.4	7.9	9.3	7.6	1.7	1.8	3.8	2.1	9.6	19.2	.502	1.8	4.5	.400	8.0	10.9	.733

Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	LeBron James
Season	2025-26	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+74	+4.0	+4.5	+0.4	+3.5	+3.9	+1.6	+0.6	+0.6	-1.6	-0.7	+1.4	+4.0	+.028	+1.4	+4.5	+.005	+0.2	+0.4	+.066
LeBron James	79	38.8	26.7	1.0	6.5	7.5	7.0	1.6	0.6	3.6	2.1	9.6	18.8	.510	1.2	3.5	.330	6.4	8.4	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LeBron James	21	43.9	23.7	1.6	6.8	8.4	5.9	1.7	1.2	3.1	2.7	8.3	17.8	.466	1.4	4.0	.353	5.7	7.4	.763

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 14 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 22, from 2012 to 2025—LeBron James played in 12 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 14 extra years over Jalen Brunson, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 8 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 14 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP