Jalen Brunson vs. Nick Collison Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Collison 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Nick Collison, who played 14. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Nick Collison had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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 achivements, 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 6 4 2018-19 to 2023-24
Nick Collison 14 7 2004-05 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season 2018-192004-05
Team Dallas MavericksSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlaySupersonics Lost West Conf Semis
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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
Nick Collison 82 17.0 5.6 1.9 2.7 4.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 3.1 2.3 4.3 .537 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.4 .703
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 11 19.7 8.4 2.0 3.0 5.0 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 3.6 3.4 5.5 .607 0.1 0.1 1.000 1.5 2.5 .630

Season 2

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season 2019-202005-06
Team Dallas MavericksSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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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
Nick Collison 66 21.9 7.5 2.2 3.4 5.6 1.1 0.3 0.5 1.2 3.2 3.1 6.0 .525 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.7 .699
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season 2020-212006-07
Team Dallas MavericksSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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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
Nick Collison 82 29.0 9.6 2.8 5.3 8.1 1.0 0.6 0.8 1.5 3.5 3.9 7.8 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.4 .774
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
Nick Collison ------- --- ----------

Season 4

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season 2021-222007-08
Team Dallas MavericksSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Mavericks Lost West Conf FinalsDid Not Play
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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
Nick Collison 78 28.5 9.8 3.3 6.1 9.4 1.4 0.6 0.8 1.5 3.2 4.1 8.2 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.1 .737
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
Nick Collison ------- --- ----------

Season 5

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season 2022-232008-09
Team New York KnicksOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf SemisDid Not Play
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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
Nick Collison 71 25.8 8.2 2.5 4.3 6.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 3.4 3.4 6.0 .568 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 1.9 .721
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
Nick Collison ------- --- ----------

Season 6

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season 2023-242009-10
Team New York KnicksOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Knicks TBDThunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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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
Nick Collison 75 20.8 5.9 2.0 3.1 5.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 3.1 2.4 4.1 .589 0.0 0.1 .250 1.0 1.4 .692
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson 12 40.7 33.7 0.7 2.9 3.6 7.3 0.8 0.2 2.8 2.1 12.1 26.9 .449 2.1 6.8 .309 7.4 9.6 .774
Nick Collison 6 21.5 3.2 2.0 2.7 4.7 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.7 3.3 1.3 4.0 .333 0.0 0.2 .000 0.5 1.2 .429

Season 7

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season -2010-11
Team -Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Thunder Lost West Conf Finals
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 71 21.5 4.6 1.7 2.8 4.5 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.8 3.0 1.9 3.4 .566 0.0 0.0 - 0.8 1.0 .753
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 17 24.3 6.7 2.8 3.0 5.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 3.7 2.8 4.5 .632 0.0 0.0 - 1.1 1.4 .783

Season 8

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season -2011-12
Team -Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Thunder Lost NBA Finals
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 63 20.7 4.5 1.9 2.5 4.3 1.3 0.5 0.4 1.0 2.4 1.9 3.2 .597 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.0 .710
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 20 16.6 3.5 1.5 1.9 3.4 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.6 2.6 1.7 2.6 .647 0.0 0.0 - 0.2 0.4 .429

Season 9

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season -2012-13
Team -Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Thunder Lost West Conf Semis
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 81 19.5 5.1 1.5 2.6 4.1 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.9 2.4 2.2 3.7 .595 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.0 .769
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 11 16.2 5.0 2.3 2.4 4.6 1.1 0.5 1.0 0.9 3.4 2.0 4.3 .468 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 1.1 .917

Season 10

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season -2013-14
Team -Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Thunder Lost West Conf Finals
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 81 16.7 4.2 1.4 2.2 3.6 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.9 2.3 1.7 3.0 .556 0.0 0.2 .235 0.8 1.1 .710
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 17 10.8 1.9 0.7 1.5 2.2 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.6 0.7 1.7 .414 0.1 0.3 .400 0.4 0.6 .700

Season 11

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season -2014-15
Team -Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Did Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 66 16.7 4.1 1.4 2.4 3.8 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 2.4 1.6 3.8 .419 0.2 0.9 .267 0.7 1.0 .692
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison ------- --- ----------

Season 12

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season -2015-16
Team -Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Thunder Lost West Conf Finals
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 59 11.8 2.1 1.2 1.7 2.9 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.8 0.8 1.8 .459 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.6 .697
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 9 8.8 1.0 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.0 0.1 1.9 0.4 0.7 .667 0.0 0.0 - 0.1 0.2 .500

Season 13

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season -2016-17
Team -Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Did Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 20 6.4 1.7 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.7 1.2 .609 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.4 .625
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison ------- --- ----------

Season 14

Jalen Brunson Nick Collison
Season -2017-18
Team -Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Did Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison 15 5.0 2.1 0.5 0.9 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.3 .684 0.0 0.0 - 0.3 0.9 .385
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jalen Brunson ------- --- ----------
Nick Collison ------- --- ----------