Jalen Brunson vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion 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, 9 less than Shawn Marion, who played 16. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Shawn Marion 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.

Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Shawn Marion
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+22	+2.9	+0.9	+1.8	+2.5	+4.2	+1.8	+0.2	+0.9	-0.2	-0.5	+0.8	+1.5	+.004	+0.8	+2.1	+.166	+0.2	+0.1	+.122
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818

Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Shawn Marion
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Suns 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:	+2	+9.7	+4.9	+2.0	+3.7	+5.6	+2.4	+1.5	+1.2	-0.3	-0.7	+1.8	+5.3	+.050	+0.5	+1.3	+.014	+0.8	+0.9	+.011
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851
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	+12.3	+3.1	+2.7	+4.4	+7.1	+1.7	+1.0	+1.7	-1.1	-0.7	+1.4	+0.5	+.092	+0.1	+0.5	+.026	+0.3	+0.7	+.046
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Shawn Marion
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West 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	+3.4	+9.3	+2.3	+5.3	+7.7	+4.8	+1.1	+1.3	-0.9	-0.6	+2.7	+5.5	+.003	+1.3	+2.6	+.067	+2.7	+3.1	+.014
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833
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:	+2	+2.5	+14.8	+2.5	+6.0	+8.5	+6.0	+0.6	+1.5	-1.3	-1.1	+4.4	+11.3	+.040	+0.8	+3.6	+.109	+5.2	+6.6	+.006
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Shawn Marion
Season	2024-25	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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:	+16	+4.9	+4.2	+2.7	+6.3	+8.9	+5.5	+1.1	+1.6	-1.0	-0.7	+0.2	+1.6	+.037	+1.1	+2.5	+.052	+2.7	+3.2	+.012
Shawn Marion	81	40.3	21.8	3.1	8.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.8	8.8	16.9	.525	1.2	3.6	.331	3.0	3.7	.809
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:	+2	+4.7	+9.0	+2.2	+6.0	+8.3	+5.4	+1.5	+0.9	-2.0		+1.9	+5.1	+.028	+1.6	+3.9	+.044	+3.7	+4.4	+.030
Shawn Marion	20	42.5	20.4	2.9	8.8	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	8.2	16.7	.489	1.1	3.5	.314	3.0	3.4	.881

Additional Years
* Shawn Marion played 9 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2007 to 2015—Shawn Marion played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Shawn Marion got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game