Jalen Brunson vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine 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, 4 less than Zach LaVine, who played 11. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Zach LaVine had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Zach LaVine
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+4	+2.9	+0.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2		-1.3	-0.4	+0.1	+1.1	+.045	+0.2	+0.3	+.007	+0.7	+0.7	+.117
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Brunson nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Zach LaVine
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
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:	+17	+0.6	+3.2	+0.1	+1.0	+1.2	+2.5	+0.6	+0.3	-1.0	-0.3	+1.3	+1.4	+.029	+0.4	+1.3	+.021	+1.0	+0.9	+.045
Zach LaVine	60	34.8	25.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	4.2	1.5	0.5	3.4	2.2	9.0	20.0	.450	3.1	8.1	.380	4.5	5.6	.802
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
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Zach LaVine
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+7	+0.3	+1.4	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+2.4	+0.1	+0.4	-1.0	-0.3	+0.8	+0.9	+.019	+1.1	+2.1	+.036	+1.3	+1.8	+.028
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
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
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Zach LaVine played 4 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 11, from 2022 to 2025—Zach LaVine played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Zach LaVine got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game