Jaylen Brown vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Jaylen Brown, 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.

Jaylen Brown played 9 years in the NBA, 7 more than Amen Thompson, who played 2. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Jaylen Brown	Amen Thompson
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jaylen Brown	78	17.2	6.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.8	2.5	5.4	.454	0.6	1.7	.341	1.1	1.6	.685
difference:	+16	+5.2	+2.9	+1.8	+2.0	+3.8	+1.8	+0.9	+0.4	-0.6	-0.5	+1.4	+1.8	+.082	+0.5	+0.8	+.203	+0.6	+0.9	+.001
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	17	12.6	5.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	2.0	4.2	.479	0.3	1.4	.217	0.7	1.1	.667
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jaylen Brown	Amen Thompson
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jaylen Brown	70	30.7	14.5	0.9	4.0	4.9	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.8	2.6	5.3	11.5	.465	1.7	4.4	.395	2.1	3.3	.644
difference:	+1	+1.5	+0.4	+1.9	+1.4	+3.3	+2.2	+0.4	+0.9	-0.2	-0.2	+0.3	+1.4	+.092	+1.3	+3.1	+.120	+0.3	+0.3	+.040
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	18	32.4	18.0	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.4	0.8	0.6	1.3	3.2	6.9	14.8	.466	2.4	6.2	.393	1.8	2.8	.640
difference:	+11	+0.6	+2.3	+1.8	+0.2	+2.1	+1.9	+0.9	+0.3	-0.4	-0.6	+0.9	+2.7	+.028	+2.3	+5.6	+.143	+1.8	+2.3	+.054
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Additional Years
* Jaylen Brown played 7 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 9, from 2019 to 2025—Jaylen Brown played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Amen Thompson, Jaylen Brown got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game