Jaylen Brown vs. Jalen Duren Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Duren 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 / Games against each other

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, 6 more than Jalen Duren, who played 3. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jalen Duren had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
Jalen Duren 3 1 2022-23 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Jaylen Brown Jalen Duren
Season 2016-172022-23
Team Boston CelticsDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second TeamAchievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Celtics Lost East Conf FinalsDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+11+7.7+2.5+2.8+3.3+6.1+0.3+0.3+0.7-0.5-0.9+1.4+0.5+.194+0.6+1.7+0.3+0.7+.074
Jalen Duren 67 24.9 9.1 3.4 5.5 8.9 1.1 0.7 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.9 5.9 .648 0.0 0.0 - 1.4 2.3 .611
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Jalen Duren DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2

Jaylen Brown Jalen Duren
Season 2017-182023-24
Team Boston CelticsDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Celtics Lost East Conf FinalsDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+9+1.6+0.7+2.2+4.5+6.7+0.8+0.5+0.4-0.3-0.5+0.4+2.3+.154+1.7+4.3+.395+0.2+0.3+.146
Jalen Duren 61 29.1 13.8 3.1 8.5 11.6 2.4 0.5 0.8 2.1 3.1 5.7 9.2 .619 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.0 .790
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Jalen Duren DNP------ --- ----------

Season 3

Jaylen Brown Jalen Duren
Season 2018-192024-25
Team Boston CelticsDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Celtics Lost East Conf SemisPistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+0.2+1.2+2.7+3.4+6.1+1.3+0.2+0.7-0.4-0.7+0.2+3.7+.227+1.3+3.7+0.3+0.4+.011
Jalen Duren 78 26.1 11.8 3.6 6.8 10.3 2.7 0.7 1.1 1.7 3.2 4.8 7.0 .692 0.0 0.0 - 2.1 3.1 .669
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+3.4+2.1+3.6+1.2+4.9+2.4+0.4+1.5-0.1-1.0+0.6+3.0+.144+1.6+4.4+0.6+0.5+.059
Jalen Duren 6 33.8 11.8 4.3 6.3 10.7 3.5 0.3 1.7 1.7 4.3 4.3 6.7 .650 0.0 0.0 - 3.2 3.8 .826

Additional Years

* Jaylen Brown played 6 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 4 to 9, from 2020 to 2025—Jaylen Brown played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 6 extra years over Jalen Duren, Jaylen Brown got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 Finals MVP
Achievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 4 All-Star Game