Jaylen Brown vs. Jalen Suggs Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Suggs 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 10 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jalen Suggs, who played 5. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jalen Suggs had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Jalen Suggs
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	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:	+30	+10.0	+5.2	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+3.6	+0.8	+0.2	-2.1	-1.2	+1.6	+6.0	+.093	+0.3	+2.4	+.127	+1.5	+1.8	+.088
Jalen Suggs	48	27.2	11.8	0.5	3.0	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.0	3.0	4.1	11.4	.361	0.9	4.1	.214	2.6	3.4	.773
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
Jalen Suggs	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jaylen Brown	Jalen Suggs
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Magic 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	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:	+1	+1.1	+0.4	+0.3	+1.0	+1.1	+1.3	+0.5	+0.2	-0.5	-0.2	+0.5	+1.2	+.006	+0.7	+1.4	+.053	+0.2	+0.6	+.098
Jalen Suggs	75	27.0	12.6	0.6	2.4	3.1	2.7	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	4.5	9.5	.471	2.0	5.1	.397	1.6	2.1	.756
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:	+2	+2.7	+0.8	+0.9	+1.5	+0.7	+2.2	+0.6	+0.2	-1.1	-0.7	+0.2	+2.0	+.104	+0.4	+2.5	+.058	+0.7	+1.0
Jalen Suggs	7	33.1	14.7	1.6	3.6	5.1	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.9	2.6	4.7	11.7	.402	2.0	6.9	.292	3.3	4.3	.767

Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Jalen Suggs
Season	2020-21	2025-26
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+42	+10.1	+11.3	+0.4	+1.7	+2.1	+1.4	+0.7		-0.2	-0.2	+4.9	+9.4	+.029	+1.0	+1.4	+.078	+0.5	+1.3	+.153
Jalen Suggs	16	24.4	13.4	0.8	3.1	3.9	4.8	1.9	0.6	2.9	3.1	4.4	9.8	.455	1.8	5.7	.319	2.8	3.0	.917
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaylen Brown nor Jalen Suggs played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years
* Jaylen Brown played 5 seasons more than Jalen Suggs in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 10, from 2022 to 2026—Jaylen Brown played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Jalen Suggs, Jaylen Brown got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game