Jaylen Brown vs. Brandon Roy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Roy 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, 3 more than Brandon Roy, who played 6. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Brandon Roy had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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	Brandon Roy
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First 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:	+21	+18.2	+10.2	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+3.2	+0.8		-1.1	-0.6	+3.6	+8.0	+.002	+0.4	+0.9	+.036	+2.4	+2.6	+.153
Brandon Roy	57	35.4	16.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.4	6.1	13.4	.456	1.0	2.6	.377	3.5	4.2	.838
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
Brandon Roy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jaylen Brown	Brandon Roy
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+4	+7.0	+4.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+4.2	+0.1	+0.2		-0.6	+1.9	+4.3	+.011	+0.7	+1.5	+.055	+1.7	+1.7	+.109
Brandon Roy	74	37.7	19.1	1.1	3.6	4.7	5.8	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.0	7.2	15.8	.454	1.0	2.9	.340	3.8	5.0	.753
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
Brandon Roy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jaylen Brown	Brandon Roy
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jaylen Brown	74	25.9	13.0	0.9	3.4	4.2	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.5	5.0	10.7	.465	1.3	3.7	.344	1.8	2.7	.658
difference:	+4	+11.3	+9.6	+0.4		+0.5	+3.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-0.9	+3.1	+6.2	+.015	+0.2	+0.9	+.033	+3.5	+3.8	+.166
Brandon Roy	78	37.2	22.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.1	1.1	0.3	1.9	1.6	8.1	16.9	.480	1.1	2.8	.377	5.3	6.5	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	9	30.4	13.9	0.7	5.1	5.8	1.1	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.3	4.9	9.7	.506	1.6	4.4	.350	2.6	3.3	.767
difference:	+3	+9.3	+12.8	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+1.7	+0.6	+1.0	-0.4	-0.8	+4.4	+10.6	+.047	+0.3	+1.6	+.121	+4.1	+4.4	+.103
Brandon Roy	6	39.7	26.7	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.8	1.3	1.2	2.2	2.5	9.3	20.3	.459	1.3	2.8	.471	6.7	7.7	.870

Season 4
	Jaylen Brown	Brandon Roy
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jaylen Brown	57	33.9	20.3	1.1	5.3	6.4	2.1	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.9	7.5	15.6	.481	2.3	5.9	.382	3.1	4.3	.724
difference:	+8	+3.3	+1.2		+2.0	+2.0	+2.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.8	+0.1	+0.4	+.008	+1.2	+2.5	+.052	+2.2	+2.5	+.056
Brandon Roy	65	37.2	21.5	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.7	0.9	0.2	2.0	2.1	7.6	16.0	.473	1.1	3.4	.330	5.3	6.8	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	17	39.5	21.8	1.4	6.1	7.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	2.4	2.8	8.1	16.9	.476	2.5	7.1	.358	3.1	3.7	.841
difference:	+14	+11.8	+12.1	+0.7	+4.4	+5.2	+0.6	+1.5	+0.5	-1.4	-0.5	+4.8	+5.9	+.173	+1.8	+3.1	+.191	+0.8	+0.7	+.063
Brandon Roy	3	27.7	9.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	11.0	.303	0.7	4.0	.167	2.3	3.0	.778

Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Brandon Roy
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jaylen Brown	58	34.5	24.7	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.9	9.3	19.2	.484	2.8	7.1	.397	3.3	4.3	.764
difference:	+11	+6.6	+12.5	+0.6	+2.8	+3.4	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	-1.5	-1.3	+4.9	+8.1	+.084	+2.0	+4.7	+.064	+0.8	+1.4	+.084
Brandon Roy	47	27.9	12.2	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.7	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.6	4.4	11.1	.400	0.8	2.4	.333	2.5	2.9	.848
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	6	23.0	9.3	0.3	1.8	2.2	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.7	2.2	3.7	7.3	.500	0.7	2.3	.286	1.3	2.2	.615

Note: Brandon Roy didn't play in 2011-12.

Additional Years
* Jaylen Brown played 3 seasons more than Brandon Roy in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 9, from 2023 to 2025—Jaylen Brown played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 3 extra years over Brandon Roy, Jaylen Brown got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game