Jalen Brunson vs. Stephen Curry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Curry 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, 9 less than Stephen Curry, who played 17. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Stephen Curry 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.

Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Stephen Curry
Season	2018-19	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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:	+7	+14.4	+8.2	+0.3	+1.9	+2.2	+2.7	+1.4	+0.1	-1.8	-1.5	+3.0	+6.6	+.005	+1.2	+2.3	+.089	+1.0	+0.9	+.160
Stephen Curry	80	36.2	17.5	0.6	3.9	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.6	14.3	.462	2.1	4.8	.437	2.2	2.5	.885
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Stephen Curry played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Stephen Curry
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+1.5			+0.7	+0.8	+2.3	+0.7		-1.7	-0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+.020	+1.3	+3.2	+.008	+0.9	+1.3	+.056
Stephen Curry	78	36.5	24.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	2.5	8.4	17.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.424	3.9	4.5	.885
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	+2.0	+4.8	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+2.8	+0.2		-1.6	-0.2	+2.6	+4.3	+.034	+0.7	+0.8	+.061	+0.3	+0.2	+.031
Stephen Curry	7	42.3	23.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.6	7.3	16.6	.440	3.1	8.1	.386	5.3	6.0	.881

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Stephen Curry
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+3	+2.7	+4.9	+0.1	+0.5	+0.7	+1.0	+1.1		-0.7	-0.1	+2.1	+4.6	+.008	+0.9	+1.3	+.042	+1.6	+2.3	+.067
Stephen Curry	80	32.7	23.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	16.8	.487	3.6	8.1	.443	3.9	4.2	.914
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:	+8	+0.5	+4.1	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+1.1	+1.1	+0.1	-1.2	-0.2	+2.1	+5.3	+.012	+2.7	+4.5	+.112	+2.6	+3.7	+.060
Stephen Curry	21	39.3	28.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	3.9	2.2	9.5	20.9	.456	4.7	11.0	.422	4.6	5.5	.835

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Stephen Curry
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Warriors Lost NBA 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:	+14	+1.2	+4.1	+0.5	+2.1	+2.5	+0.6	+1.2	+0.1	-0.8	-0.1	+1.2	+1.7	+.016	+2.8	+5.1	+.071	+1.1	+1.8	+.087
Stephen Curry	79	34.2	30.1	0.9	4.6	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.0	10.2	20.2	.504	5.1	11.2	.454	4.6	5.1	.908
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:		+3.7	+4.3	+0.1	+1.9	+2.1	+1.8	+1.0		-1.1	-1.1	+1.9	+3.0	+.023	+1.7	+3.6	+.046	+2.5	+3.2	+.065
Stephen Curry	18	34.1	25.1	0.8	4.7	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.2	2.2	8.2	18.8	.438	4.4	11.0	.404	4.2	4.6	.916

Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	Stephen Curry
Season	2025-26	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Cup MVP	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion
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:	+55	+1.6	+3.4	+0.2	+1.0	+1.2	+0.2	+1.0	+0.1	-0.7	-0.1	+1.7	+2.8	+.016	+1.3	+2.6	+.035	+1.4	+1.9	+.064
Stephen Curry	79	33.4	25.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.3	8.5	18.3	.468	4.1	10.0	.411	4.1	4.6	.898
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	17	35.4	28.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	6.7	2.0	0.2	3.4	2.2	8.9	18.4	.484	4.2	10.1	.419	6.1	6.7	.904

Additional Years
* Stephen Curry played 9 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2018 to 2026—Stephen Curry played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Stephen Curry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Clutch Player of the Year 1 Scoring Leader 7 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP