Jalen Brunson vs. Vlade Divac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vlade Divac 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 / 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, 8 less than Vlade Divac, who played 16. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Vlade Divac had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Vlade Divac	16	14	1989-90 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Vlade Divac
Season	2018-19	1989-90
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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:	+9	+2.2	+0.8	+1.7	+2.2	+3.9	+2.3	+0.5	+1.3	-0.1	-1.2	+0.3	+1.0	+.032	+0.9	+2.4	+.348	+0.7	+1.0	+.017
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895


Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	Vlade Divac
Season	2019-20	1990-91
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+25	+10.3	+3.0	+2.1	+3.6	+5.7	+2.2	+0.9	+1.4	-0.6	-1.7	+1.2	+1.0	+.099	+0.7	+1.9	+.001	+1.3	+2.1	+.110
Vlade Divac	82	28.2	11.2	2.5	5.6	8.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.4	7.8	.565	0.1	0.2	.357	2.4	3.4	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vlade Divac	19	32.1	13.3	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.1	1.4	2.2	2.2	3.4	5.1	9.1	.564	0.1	0.3	.167	3.0	3.7	.803


Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	Vlade Divac
Season	2020-21	1991-92
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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:	+32	+2.2	+1.3	+2.0	+1.4	+3.5	+1.8	+1.0	+1.0	-1.2	-1.6	+0.4	+0.4	+.028	+1.1	+2.4	+.142	+0.6	+0.9	+.027
Vlade Divac	36	27.2	11.3	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.7	1.5	1.0	2.4	3.2	4.4	8.8	.495	0.1	0.5	.263	2.4	3.1	.768

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:	+3	+19.5	+1.8	+0.6	+2.3	+2.9	+2.4	+1.3	+0.8	-3.9	-3.4	+0.9	+4.5	+.106	+0.9	+1.4	+.462	+0.9	+0.6	+.131
Vlade Divac	4	35.8	9.8	1.5	4.0	5.5	3.8	1.3	0.8	4.5	4.3	3.8	10.8	.349	0.0	0.5	.000	2.3	2.5	.900


Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Vlade Divac
Season	2021-22	1992-93
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers 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:	+3	+1.1	+3.5	+2.2	+2.8	+5.0	+2.0	+0.8	+1.7	-1.0	-1.9	+1.6	+2.8	+.017	+0.9	+2.3	+.093	+0.6	+1.5	+.151
Vlade Divac	82	30.8	12.8	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	4.8	10.0	.485	0.3	0.9	.280	2.9	4.2	.689

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:	+13	+1.5	+3.6	+2.6	+2.2	+4.8	+1.9	+0.4	+2.3	-1.1	-2.3	+0.7	+2.5	+.034	+0.6	+2.4	+.097	+1.6	+0.6	+.255
Vlade Divac	5	33.4	18.0	3.4	6.0	9.4	5.6	1.2	2.4	2.2	4.4	7.4	14.8	.500	0.8	1.8	.444	2.4	4.4	.545


Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Vlade Divac
Season	2022-23	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+1.0	+9.8	+3.0	+4.2	+7.3	+2.3	+0.3	+1.2	-0.3	-1.4	+2.9	+6.3	+.015	+1.9	+4.1	+.225	+2.2	+2.0	+.143
Vlade Divac	79	34.0	14.2	3.6	7.2	10.8	3.9	1.2	1.4	2.4	3.6	5.7	11.3	.506	0.1	0.6	.191	2.6	3.8	.686

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
Vlade Divac	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Vlade Divac
Season	2023-24	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+0.3	+12.7	+2.7	+4.0	+6.8	+2.6	+0.5	+2.0	-0.2	-1.9	+4.2	+9.4	+.028	+2.6	+6.1	+.212	+1.8	+1.7	+.070
Vlade Divac	80	35.1	16.0	3.3	7.1	10.4	4.1	1.4	2.2	2.6	3.8	6.1	12.0	.507	0.1	0.7	.189	3.7	4.8	.777

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:	+3	+1.0	+16.8	+2.8	+2.4	+5.2	+4.4		+1.1	-0.1	-2.4	+5.9	+14.0	+.023	+1.8	+5.6	+.088	+3.2	+3.0	+.130
Vlade Divac	10	38.8	15.6	3.4	5.1	8.5	3.1	0.8	1.3	2.8	4.4	5.7	12.2	.467	0.2	0.9	.222	4.0	6.2	.645


Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Vlade Divac
Season	2024-25	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers 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:	+14	+4.1	+13.1	+2.1	+3.6	+5.7	+4.0	+0.1	+1.6		-1.4	+3.8	+8.3	+.025	+2.3	+5.9	+.216	+3.3	+3.2	+.180
Vlade Divac	79	31.3	12.9	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	3.5	5.2	10.2	.513	0.0	0.2	.167	2.4	3.7	.641

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:	+14	+9.0	+20.4	+2.1	+2.0	+4.1	+5.0	+0.4	+1.0	-1.1	-0.8	+6.3	+13.0	+.032	+2.4	+6.1	+.158	+5.4	+5.8	+.226
Vlade Divac	4	28.8	9.0	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	3.8	8.8	.429	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	Vlade Divac
Season	2025-26	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	5	34.8	31.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	5.4	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.8	11.0	22.8	.482	2.6	8.0	.325	6.6	8.0	.825
difference:	+76	+0.3	+18.6	+2.4	+3.0	+5.4	+1.7	+0.3	+2.2	-0.4	-0.6	+5.8	+12.3	+.012	+2.5	+7.4	+.091	+4.4	+4.8	+.142
Vlade Divac	81	35.1	12.6	3.0	6.0	9.0	3.7	1.3	2.2	2.4	3.4	5.2	10.5	.494	0.1	0.6	.234	2.2	3.2	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vlade Divac	3	38.7	18.0	4.3	4.3	8.7	3.3	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.7	7.0	15.3	.457	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.800


Additional Years
* Vlade Divac played 8 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 1998 to 2005—Vlade Divac played in 7 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Vlade Divac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Jalen Brunson vs. Vlade Divac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vlade Divac 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