Jaylen Brown vs. Ernie Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ernie Vandeweghe 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 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ernie Vandeweghe, who played 6. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Ernie Vandeweghe had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jaylen Brown	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	2016-17	1949-50
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Div Finals

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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
Ernie Vandeweghe	42	-	10.0	-	-	-	1.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	9.3	.421	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.664
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
Ernie Vandeweghe	4	-	8.0	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	4.0	2.3	6.5	.346	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875

Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	2020-21	1953-54
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Ernie Vandeweghe	15	18.1	6.6	-	-	1.3	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	2.5	6.9	.359	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ernie Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ernie Vandeweghe didn't play in 1954-55.

Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	-

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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
Ernie Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Ernie Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics TBD	-

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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
Ernie Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	6	34.0	24.3	1.7	5.2	6.8	2.2	0.8	0.7	2.8	1.8	10.0	18.3	.545	2.2	5.7	.382	2.2	4.0	.542
Ernie Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-