Jaylen Brown vs. Jermaine O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jermaine O'Neal 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, 8 less than Jermaine O'Neal, who played 18. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jermaine O'Neal had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2016-17	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+33	+7.0	+2.5	+0.3	+0.3		+0.6	+0.4	+0.4	-0.3	-0.8	+1.0	+2.0	+.003	+0.6	+1.7		+0.1	+0.1	+.082
Jermaine O'Neal	45	10.2	4.1	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.5	3.4	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.603
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:	+15	+10.6	+5.0	+0.7	+0.9	+1.6	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	-0.8	-1.5	+2.0	+3.2	+.479	+0.3	+0.9	+.217	+0.7	+0.1	+.667
Jermaine O'Neal	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000

Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2020-21	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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:	+23	+1.9	+11.8	+1.9	+1.9	+3.8	+2.2	+0.6	+2.2	-0.7	-0.6	+4.3	+8.5	+.019	+2.8	+7.0	+.397	+0.4	+0.5	+.163
Jermaine O'Neal	81	32.6	12.9	3.1	6.7	9.8	1.2	0.6	2.8	2.0	3.5	5.0	10.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.8	.601
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jermaine O'Neal	4	39.3	9.8	3.0	9.5	12.5	1.8	0.0	2.5	1.8	3.3	4.3	9.8	.436	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.5	.500

Season 6
	Jaylen Brown	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+6	+4.0	+4.6	+1.8	+2.6	+4.4	+1.9	+0.5	+2.0	-0.3	-1.2	+1.2	+2.7	+.006	+2.5	+6.8	+.287	+0.2	+0.9	+.070
Jermaine O'Neal	72	37.6	19.0	2.6	7.9	10.5	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.4	3.7	7.5	15.7	.479	0.0	0.2	.071	3.9	5.7	.688
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:	+19	+0.3	+5.9	+0.2	+0.9	+0.7	+2.5	+0.3	+1.2	-0.3	-1.8	+1.4	+2.3	+.023	+2.5	+6.5	+.373	+0.6	+0.7	+.013
Jermaine O'Neal	5	38.0	17.2	1.2	6.4	7.6	1.0	0.8	1.6	2.8	4.8	6.8	15.2	.447	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.8	.750

Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+1.3	+5.8	+1.4	+2.0	+3.4	+1.5	+0.2	+1.9	-0.6	-1.0	+2.2	+4.2	+.007	+2.3	+7.0	+.002	+0.9	+1.5	+.034
Jermaine O'Neal	77	37.2	20.8	2.6	7.7	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.3	2.3	3.6	7.9	16.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.333	4.8	6.6	.731
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:	+14	+7.9	+0.1	+2.7	+9.1	+11.9	+2.7	+0.6	+2.6	-0.3	-0.6	+1.9	+3.0	+.029	+2.0	+5.2	+.354	+5.9	+7.1	+.096
Jermaine O'Neal	6	45.5	22.8	4.0	13.5	17.5	0.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.2	15.3	.467	0.0	0.5	.000	8.5	10.8	.785

Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2023-24	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+8	+2.2	+2.9	+1.3	+3.2	+4.5	+1.5	+0.4	+2.1	-0.1	-0.6	+1.2		+.065	+2.1	+5.7	+.243	+1.5	+1.6	+.054
Jermaine O'Neal	78	35.7	20.1	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.1	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.2	7.8	17.9	.434	0.0	0.2	.111	4.5	5.9	.757
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
difference:	+3	+0.4	+4.7	+0.6	+2.5	+3.2	+2.1	+0.7	+1.7	-0.9	-0.6	+2.0	+0.8	+.093	+1.9	+5.5	+.327	+1.2	+1.5	+.040
Jermaine O'Neal	16	37.6	19.2	1.8	7.3	9.1	1.2	0.5	2.3	1.8	3.3	7.2	17.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	6.9	.700

Season 9
	Jaylen Brown	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2024-25	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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:	+19	+0.5	+2.1	+0.6	+2.4	+3.0	+2.6	+0.6	+1.7	-0.4	-1.5	+0.6	+1.7	+.011	+1.8	+5.6	+.157	+2.8	+3.8	+.010
Jermaine O'Neal	44	34.8	24.3	1.9	6.9	8.8	1.9	0.6	2.0	3.0	3.9	8.8	19.4	.452	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.9	.754
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	+0.3	+6.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	+1.7	+0.5	+2.3	-0.7	-0.5	+1.9	+1.5	+.076	+1.9	+5.5	+.333	+0.3	+0.5	+.008
Jermaine O'Neal	13	36.8	16.0	1.6	6.4	8.0	2.2	0.5	2.6	2.8	3.7	5.9	16.2	.365	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	5.5	.750

Season 10
	Jaylen Brown	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2025-26	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th 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	21	33.4	29.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	3.6	3.2	10.8	21.7	.499	2.0	5.9	.347	5.3	6.9	.772
difference:	+30	+1.9	+8.9	+1.0	+2.3	+3.3	+2.2	+0.6	+1.9	-0.6	-0.3	+3.3	+5.9	+.027	+1.9	+5.7	+.047	+0.2	+0.3	+.063
Jermaine O'Neal	51	35.3	20.1	2.0	7.3	9.3	2.6	0.5	2.3	3.0	3.5	7.5	15.8	.472	0.1	0.2	.300	5.1	7.2	.709
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jermaine O'Neal	6	36.0	21.0	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	4.3	4.7	7.3	14.0	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	6.3	8.8	.717

Additional Years
* Jermaine O'Neal played 8 seasons more than Jaylen Brown in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 18, from 2007 to 2014—Jermaine O'Neal played in 4 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Jaylen Brown, Jermaine O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game