Jalen Brunson vs. Serge Ibaka Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Serge Ibaka 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, 7 less than Serge Ibaka, who played 14. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Serge Ibaka had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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.

Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	Serge Ibaka
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+2	+2.2	+3.5	+2.5	+1.6	+4.1	+3.1		+3.7		-1.1	+0.8	+1.8	+.012	+1.2	+2.9		+0.6	+0.4	+.134
Serge Ibaka	66	27.2	9.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.661
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:	+13	+12.2	+1.8	+1.5	+1.7	+3.2	+0.8	+0.6	+3.0		-2.0	+1.3	+1.7	+.073	+0.8	+1.7	+.212	+0.1	+0.1	+.047
Serge Ibaka	20	28.5	9.8	2.4	3.4	5.8	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.0	.528	0.1	0.2	.250	1.3	1.8	.722

Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Serge Ibaka
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West 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:	+1	+0.8	+3.1	+2.3	+1.5	+3.8	+4.3	+0.4	+3.0		-0.8	+0.8	+3.1	+.071	+0.9	+2.5	+.022	+0.5	+0.3	+.091
Serge Ibaka	80	31.1	13.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	0.5	0.4	3.0	1.6	2.7	5.6	9.7	.573	0.3	0.7	.351	1.8	2.4	.749
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	+1.6	+8.8	+2.7	+1.0	+3.8	+3.0	+0.8	+2.9	-0.5	-1.4	+2.7	+5.0	+.029	+1.0	+3.4	+.097	+2.3	+2.8	+.008
Serge Ibaka	11	33.3	12.8	3.5	4.8	8.4	0.7	0.0	3.0	0.6	3.5	5.4	12.3	.437	0.4	0.8	.444	1.7	2.2	.792

Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Serge Ibaka
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder 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:	+13	+2.1	+8.9	+2.2	+3.0	+5.3	+5.2	+0.4	+2.5	-0.6	-0.7	+2.1	+5.5	+.045	+1.7	+4.0	+.033	+2.9	+3.3	+.045
Serge Ibaka	81	32.9	15.1	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	1.5	2.9	6.5	12.1	.536	0.3	0.7	.383	1.9	2.5	.784
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:	+6	+6.1	+15.7	+1.0	+0.9	+1.9	+4.9	+0.9	+2.4	-0.9	-0.8	+4.8	+12.3	+.118	+2.1	+6.5	+.060	+4.1	+4.2	+.147
Serge Ibaka	17	34.2	12.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.7	0.6	2.5	1.2	3.2	5.1	8.6	.592	0.3	0.8	.385	1.5	2.0	.765

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Serge Ibaka
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+13	+2.3	+14.4	+1.5	+2.6	+4.2	+5.8	+0.4	+2.2	-0.9	-1.1	+4.5	+9.1	+.003	+1.5	+3.6	+.025	+4.1	+4.8	+.011
Serge Ibaka	64	33.1	14.3	2.1	5.7	7.8	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.5	3.0	5.8	12.3	.476	1.2	3.2	.376	1.4	1.7	.836
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
Serge Ibaka	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Serge Ibaka
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+3.3	+13.4	+1.4	+2.5	+3.9	+6.5	+0.4	+1.8	-1.1	-0.6	+3.7	+7.4	+.009	+1.5	+3.7	+.057	+4.5	+5.3	+.069
Serge Ibaka	78	32.1	12.6	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.4	2.7	5.3	11.1	.479	0.8	2.4	.326	1.2	1.6	.752
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:		+4.4	+17.4	+0.6	+2.2	+2.9	+6.4	+0.4	+1.0	-2.6	-0.5	+5.4	+12.7	+.060	+1.0	+3.6	+.091	+5.9	+6.7	+.101
Serge Ibaka	18	33.4	12.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	2.8	4.7	9.1	.521	1.7	3.8	.449	0.8	1.1	.750