Jaylen Brown vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson 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.

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.

Jaylen Brown played 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than David Robinson, who played 14. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while David Robinson 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
Jaylen Brown	9	8	2016-17 to 2024-25
David Robinson	14	12	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jaylen Brown	David Robinson
Season	2016-17	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
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:	+4	+19.4	+17.7	+3.1	+6.1	+9.2	+1.2	+1.3	+3.7	-2.2	-1.4	+5.9	+10.5	+.077	+0.6	+1.7		+6.4	+8.6	+.047
David Robinson	82	36.6	24.3	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	3.2	8.4	15.9	.531	0.0	0.0	-	7.5	10.2	.732

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
difference:	+7	+24.9	+19.3	+2.9	+7.0	+9.9	+1.5	+0.7	+3.9	-1.6	-2.0	+6.9	+12.5	+.054	+0.3	+1.4		+5.8	+8.5	+.010
David Robinson	10	37.5	24.3	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	8.9	16.7	.533	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.6	.677


Season 2
	Jaylen Brown	David Robinson
Season	2017-18	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs 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:	+12	+7.0	+11.1	+3.2	+4.9	+8.1	+0.9	+0.5	+3.5	-1.5	-0.6	+3.9	+5.2	+.087	+1.7	+4.3	+.252	+5.1	+6.2	+.118
David Robinson	82	37.7	25.6	4.1	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	16.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.143	7.2	9.5	.762

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:	+14	+9.1	+7.8	+1.9	+6.9	+8.7	+0.6	+0.7	+3.2	-2.5	-0.4	+1.9	+2.0	+.220	+2.4	+5.9	+.393	+6.5	+6.7	+.228
David Robinson	4	41.5	25.8	2.8	10.8	13.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	2.8	8.8	12.8	.686	0.0	0.3	.000	8.3	9.5	.868


Season 3
	Jaylen Brown	David Robinson
Season	2018-19	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+11.8	+10.2	+2.9	+5.0	+8.0	+1.3	+1.4	+4.1	-1.4	-0.7	+3.7	+5.1	+.086	+1.3	+3.6	+.219	+4.0	+5.6	+.043
David Robinson	68	37.7	23.2	3.8	8.4	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	2.7	3.2	8.7	15.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.125	5.8	8.3	.701

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
David Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jaylen Brown	David Robinson
Season	2019-20	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+25	+5.3	+3.1	+1.7	+3.6	+5.3	+1.6	+0.4	+2.8	-0.7		+0.7	+0.8	+.020	+2.3	+5.7	+.206	+3.7	+5.0	+.008
David Robinson	82	39.2	23.4	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.9	8.2	16.4	.501	0.0	0.2	.176	6.8	9.3	.732

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:	+7	+2.6	+1.3	+1.5	+3.6	+5.1	+1.7	+0.5	+3.1	-0.1	-1.1	+0.2	+0.1	+.011	+2.5	+7.0	+.358	+4.2	+7.3	+.177
David Robinson	10	42.1	23.1	2.9	9.7	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	2.5	3.9	7.9	17.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	7.3	11.0	.664


Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	David Robinson
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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:	+22	+6.0	+5.1	+1.8	+2.9	+4.7	+1.4	+0.5	+2.7	-0.5		+1.2	+1.5	+.023	+2.7	+6.7	+.052	+5.4	+7.3	+.015
David Robinson	80	40.5	29.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	3.2	2.9	10.5	20.7	.507	0.1	0.4	.345	8.7	11.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	36.5	20.0	3.3	6.8	10.0	3.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	3.5	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.8	.741


Season 6
	Jaylen Brown	David Robinson
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Jaylen Brown	66	33.6	23.6	0.8	5.3	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	2.7	2.5	8.7	18.4	.473	2.5	7.0	.358	3.7	4.8	.758
difference:	+15	+4.4	+4.0	+2.1	+2.6	+4.7	+0.6	+0.6	+2.9	-0.2	-0.3	+1.0		+.057	+2.4	+6.8	+.058	+4.4	+5.7	+.016
David Robinson	81	38.0	27.6	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	2.8	9.7	18.4	.530	0.1	0.2	.300	8.1	10.5	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	24	38.3	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	3.1	3.0	8.2	17.5	.470	2.5	6.7	.373	4.2	5.5	.763
difference:	+9	+3.2	+2.2	+2.4	+2.8	+5.2	+0.4	+0.4	+2.2	-0.6	-1.2	+0.4	+1.8	+.024	+2.4	+6.4	+.173	+3.9	+4.4	+.049
David Robinson	15	41.5	25.3	3.8	8.3	12.1	3.1	1.5	2.6	3.7	4.2	8.6	19.3	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	8.1	9.9	.812


Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	David Robinson
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jaylen Brown	67	35.9	26.6	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.6	10.1	20.6	.491	2.4	7.3	.335	3.9	5.1	.765
difference:	+15	+0.9	+1.6	+2.7	+2.6	+5.3	+0.5	+0.3	+2.9	-0.6	-0.6	+1.4	+3.8	+.025	+2.4	+7.2	+.002	+3.7	+4.9	+.004
David Robinson	82	36.8	25.0	3.9	8.3	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	2.3	3.2	8.7	16.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.333	7.6	10.0	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	20	37.6	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.6	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.3	3.1	9.1	18.3	.496	2.0	5.7	.354	2.6	3.7	.689
difference:	+10	+2.3	+0.9	+2.4	+2.0	+4.5	+1.0	+0.4	+2.1	-0.9	-0.7	+0.8	+2.2	+.020	+2.0	+5.7		+4.4	+6.8	+.022
David Robinson	10	35.3	23.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.4	1.5	2.5	2.4	3.8	8.3	16.1	.516	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	10.5	.667


Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	David Robinson
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Jaylen Brown	70	33.5	23.0	1.2	4.3	5.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	2.4	2.6	9.0	17.9	.499	2.1	5.9	.354	3.0	4.3	.703
difference:	+64	+9.0	+5.3	+2.0	+1.0	+3.0	+2.3	+0.2	+0.5	-1.1	-1.1	+3.0	+5.9	+.001	+2.1	+5.9		+2.7	+4.4	+.049
David Robinson	6	24.5	17.7	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	8.7	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	19	37.2	23.9	1.2	4.8	5.9	3.3	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.7	9.2	17.8	.516	1.9	5.8	.327	3.6	5.4	.660
David Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jaylen Brown	David Robinson
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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9th 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	63	34.3	22.2	1.3	4.5	5.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	2.6	2.4	8.2	17.7	.463	1.8	5.7	.324	3.9	5.1	.764
difference:	+10	+0.6	+0.6	+2.0	+2.8	+4.8	+1.8	+0.3	+2.3	-0.2	-0.4	+0.7	+3.1	+.048	+1.8	+5.6	+.074	+2.7	+3.9	+.029
David Robinson	73	33.7	21.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	2.8	7.5	14.6	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	6.6	9.0	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	11	36.5	22.1	1.2	5.9	7.1	3.9	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.2	7.8	17.7	.441	1.9	5.7	.333	4.5	6.0	.758
difference:	+2	+2.7	+2.7	+3.4	+3.7	+7.0	+1.3	+0.2	+3.0	-0.7	-0.1	+1.5	+2.8	+.016	+1.9	+5.7		+2.3	+4.7	+.123
David Robinson	9	39.2	19.4	4.6	9.6	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	6.3	14.9	.425	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.7	.635


Additional Years
* David Robinson played 5 seasons more than Jaylen Brown in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 1999 to 2003—David Robinson played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Jaylen Brown, David Robinson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game

Jaylen Brown vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson 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.

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

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years