Jalen Brunson vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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.

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Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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, 9 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jalen Brunson	8	5	2018-19 to 2025-26
Metta World Peace	17	9	1999-00 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Metta World Peace
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
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:	+1	+9.3	+2.7	+0.6	+1.4	+2.0	+0.4	+1.2	+0.4	-1.1	-0.5	+0.7	+2.8	+.060	+0.1	+0.2	+.034	+1.4	+2.3	+.051
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	Metta World Peace
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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:	+19	+13.2	+3.7	+0.4	+1.1	+1.5	+0.3	+1.6	+0.5	-0.9	-2.0	+1.1	+3.9	+.065	+0.2	+0.2	+.067	+1.7	+2.4	+.063
Metta World Peace	76	31.1	11.9	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	2.1	3.3	4.3	10.7	.401	0.6	1.9	.291	2.8	3.7	.750

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	Metta World Peace
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+13	+4.9	+0.6	+0.9	+0.6	+1.5	+1.2	+2.1	+0.7	-0.9	-2.3	+0.1	+2.4	+.100	+0.2	+0.2	+.093	+0.7	+1.5	+.128
Metta World Peace	55	29.9	13.2	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	2.1	3.9	4.9	11.6	.423	1.0	3.1	.312	2.5	3.7	.667

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:	+2	+16.9	+3.8	+0.3	+3.1	+3.4	+1.8	+2.6	+0.6	-1.2	-2.9	+1.5	+4.5	+.048	+0.3	+0.7		+0.4	+0.7	+.077
Metta World Peace	5	33.2	11.8	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.2	2.6	0.6	1.8	3.8	4.4	10.8	.407	1.2	2.6	.462	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Metta World Peace
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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:	+10	+1.7	+0.8	+1.0	+0.4	+1.3	+1.9	+1.5	+0.7	-0.5	-1.6	+1.2	+0.5	+.074	+0.2	+0.1	+.037	+1.7	+2.7	+.104
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736

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:	+12	+7.3	+2.6	+1.0	+0.2	+1.2	+1.5	+1.7	+0.9	-1.6	-2.1	+2.3	+2.3	+.077	+0.6	+1.0	+.040	+1.3	+1.7
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800


Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Metta World Peace
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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:	+5	+2.2	+5.7	+0.8	+0.9	+1.8	+2.5	+1.2	+0.5	-0.7	-0.5	+2.2	+2.4	+.070	+1.0	+1.4	+.106	+0.4	+0.2	+.096
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733

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	+1.2	+9.4	+0.8	+0.8	+1.6	+2.4	+0.1	+1.0	-0.4	-0.6	+3.4	+3.6	+.096	+1.1	+2.9	+.037	+1.5	+0.5	+.194
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718


Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Metta World Peace
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+70	+6.2	+4.1	+0.5	+2.2	+2.8	+3.6	+0.8	+0.7		-2.0	+1.9	+4.4	+.017	+1.7	+4.4	+.011	+1.2	+0.8	+.075
Metta World Peace	7	41.6	24.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.9	2.4	3.9	8.4	17.0	.496	1.0	2.4	.412	6.7	7.3	.922

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Metta World Peace
Season	2024-25	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+9	+4.0	+8.4	+0.9	+1.3	+2.2	+3.7	+1.3	+0.6	-0.2	-0.8	+2.7	+3.0	+.084	+0.9	+1.6	+.075	+2.0	+1.5	+.146
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675

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:	+13	+1.8	+12.0	+0.9	+0.6	+1.6	+4.0	+1.2	+0.5	-2.1	-0.3	+3.9	+5.6	+.078	+0.9	+2.0	+.025	+3.5	+3.2	+.155
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696


Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	Metta World Peace
Season	2025-26	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
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:	+46	+2.7	+9.9	+0.9	+2.3	+3.2	+3.0	+1.3	+0.5	-0.2	-0.5	+3.7	+6.2	+.044	+1.5	+3.7	+.018	+1.1	+0.6	+.094
Metta World Peace	70	37.7	18.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	3.4	2.1	0.6	2.1	2.9	6.5	14.9	.440	1.3	3.7	.358	4.4	5.9	.740

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 8


Additional Years
* Metta World Peace played 9 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2008 to 2017—Metta World Peace played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Metta World Peace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team

Jalen Brunson vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years