Jalen Brunson vs. Marc Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marc Gasol 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, 5 less than Marc Gasol, who played 13. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Marc Gasol had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	Marc Gasol
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+9	+8.9	+2.6	+2.2	+2.9	+5.1	+1.5	+0.3	+1.0	-0.8	-1.5	+0.7	+0.4	+.063	+0.9	+2.5		+2.2	+3.0	+.008
Marc Gasol	82	30.7	11.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.7	0.8	1.1	2.0	3.2	4.3	8.1	.530	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.6	.733
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Marc Gasol played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Marc Gasol
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+4.6	+1.7	+1.3	+3.7	+5.0	+1.7	+0.2	+1.9	-0.3	-1.2	+0.9	+1.4	+.020	+1.2	+3.0	+.290	+1.3	+2.2	+.092
Marc Gasol	65	36.5	14.6	1.8	7.1	8.9	3.1	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.1	5.5	11.4	.482	0.0	0.2	.083	3.6	4.9	.748
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:	+11	+2.4	+6.5	+1.5	+0.6	+2.1	+0.6	+0.5	+1.8	-0.8	-1.5	+3.0	+7.4	+.056	+1.4	+4.1	+.347	+0.9	+1.1	+.009
Marc Gasol	7	37.3	15.1	2.3	4.4	6.7	3.1	0.3	1.9	1.9	3.6	5.1	9.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.1	.791

Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Marc Gasol
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Grizzlies 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:	+12		+9.9	+1.7	+2.5	+4.3	+2.2	+0.1	+1.5	-0.1	-1.0	+3.2	+6.7	+.003	+2.0	+4.5	+.345	+1.4	+1.8	+.019
Marc Gasol	80	35.0	14.1	2.3	5.5	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.0	3.2	5.4	10.9	.494	0.0	0.2	.071	3.4	4.0	.848
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	+0.3	+10.6	+0.9	+2.7	+3.6	+2.4	+0.6	+2.1	-0.9	-1.1	+3.7	+7.2	+.020	+2.4	+7.3		+0.8	+0.2	+.112
Marc Gasol	15	40.6	17.2	1.7	6.8	8.5	3.2	0.9	2.2	1.2	3.5	6.2	13.7	.454	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.0	.800

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Marc Gasol
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Grizzlies 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:	+18	+2.0	+14.1	+0.8	+2.7	+3.6	+3.1	+0.1	+1.1	-0.5	-0.6	+4.6	+9.3	+.006	+2.7	+6.6	+.219	+2.4	+2.4	+.079
Marc Gasol	59	33.4	14.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	3.6	1.0	1.3	1.9	2.5	5.7	12.1	.473	0.0	0.2	.182	3.1	4.1	.768
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:	+6	+2.9	+15.1	+1.3	+3.2	+4.4	+3.1	+0.9	+0.7	-1.0	-1.9	+4.9	+9.6	+.039	+2.0	+6.4	+.310	+3.3	+4.3	+.019
Marc Gasol	7	42.7	17.3	1.9	5.9	7.7	4.4	1.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	6.7	16.6	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.9	.794

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Marc Gasol
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Grizzlies 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:	+16	+2.2	+8.6	+1.0	+3.9	+4.9	+3.5		+1.5	-0.3	-0.5	+2.5	+5.3	+.006	+2.3	+5.9	+.207	+1.4	+1.5	+.026
Marc Gasol	81	33.2	17.4	1.4	6.4	7.8	3.8	0.9	1.6	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.2	.494	0.0	0.2	.176	4.3	5.4	.795
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		+9.7	+1.0	+5.7	+6.9	+2.5	+0.5	+1.4	-1.6	-0.3	+3.6	+5.4	+.067	+2.7	+7.2	+.358	+0.1	+0.2	+.001
Marc Gasol	11	37.8	19.7	1.7	8.5	10.3	4.5	0.9	1.7	1.5	3.0	6.5	16.4	.394	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	8.0	.852

Additional Years
* Marc Gasol played 5 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 13, from 2017 to 2021—Marc Gasol played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Marc Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game