Jaylen Brown vs. Jimmy Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jimmy Butler 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 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than Jimmy Butler, who played 14. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jimmy Butler had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Jimmy Butler
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East 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:	+36	+8.7	+4.0	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.6	-1.3	+1.7	+3.5	+.049	+0.6	+1.4	+.159	+0.1	+0.3	+.083
Jimmy Butler	42	8.5	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	.405	0.0	0.3	.182	1.0	1.3	.768
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:	+14	+11.3	+5.0	+0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+0.8	+0.4	+0.1	-0.8	-1.2	+2.0	+4.2		+0.3	+1.4		+0.7	+1.1
Jimmy Butler	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Jaylen Brown	Jimmy Butler
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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:	+7	+12.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.2	+0.7	+1.2	+1.0	+0.1	-0.2	-0.9	+0.9	+0.4	+.068	+0.3	+0.1	+.061	+2.1	+2.3	+.111
Jimmy Butler	67	38.7	13.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.1	10.3	.397	1.0	3.6	.283	3.9	5.0	.769
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:	+4	+13.2	+0.3	+0.5	+1.1	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+0.2	-1.2	-0.7	+0.5	+1.7	+.120	+0.4	+0.4	+.050	+1.0	+1.3	+.016
Jimmy Butler	5	43.6	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	4.0	.300	3.6	4.6	.783

Season 4
	Jaylen Brown	Jimmy Butler
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East 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:	+8	+4.8	+0.3	+0.7	+1.2	+0.6	+1.2	+0.7	+0.2	-0.8	-1.2	+1.0	+1.6	+.019	+1.2	+2.9	+.004	+2.8	+2.8	+.110
Jimmy Butler	65	38.7	20.0	1.8	4.1	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.7	6.5	14.0	.462	1.1	3.0	.378	5.9	7.1	.834
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:	+5	+2.7	+1.1	+0.1	+2.0	+1.9	+0.9	+0.9	+0.3	-0.6	-0.5	+0.3	+0.9	+.035	+0.2	+1.1	+.031	+1.8	+2.3	+.022
Jimmy Butler	12	42.2	22.9	1.5	4.1	5.6	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.3	7.8	17.8	.441	2.3	6.0	.389	4.9	6.0	.819

Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Jimmy Butler
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	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:	+9	+2.4	+3.8		+0.6	+0.7	+1.4	+0.4		-0.7	-1.0	+2.3	+3.8	+.030	+1.8	+4.0	+.085	+2.6	+2.8	+.068
Jimmy Butler	67	36.9	20.9	1.2	4.2	5.3	4.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	7.0	15.4	.454	1.0	3.1	.312	5.9	7.1	.832
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaylen Brown nor Jimmy Butler played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Jaylen Brown	Jimmy Butler
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Bulls 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:	+10	+3.4	+0.3	+0.9	+0.8	+0.1	+2.0	+0.8	+0.1	-0.6	-1.0	+1.2	+1.9	+.018	+1.3	+3.7	+.009	+4.0	+4.1	+.107
Jimmy Butler	76	37.0	23.9	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1	1.5	7.5	16.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.367	7.7	8.9	.865
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:	+18	+1.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.8	+0.6	+0.4	-0.6	-1.3	+0.5	+0.5	+.044	+1.5	+2.9	+.112	+2.1	+2.3	+.046
Jimmy Butler	6	39.8	22.7	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	2.5	1.7	7.7	18.0	.426	1.0	3.8	.261	6.3	7.8	.809

Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	Jimmy Butler
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West 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:	+8	+0.8	+4.4	+0.1	+1.7	+1.6	+1.4	+0.9		-1.1	-1.3	+2.7	+5.0	+.017	+1.2	+3.9	+.015	+2.3	+2.1	+.089
Jimmy Butler	59	36.7	22.2	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	1.8	1.3	7.4	15.6	.474	1.2	3.4	.350	6.2	7.2	.854
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:	+15	+3.6	+6.9	+0.7	+1.0	+0.4	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	-2.3	-1.3	+3.5	+5.7	+.052	+0.4	+2.3	+.117	+0.4	+0.1	+.144
Jimmy Butler	5	34.0	15.8	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	5.6	12.6	.444	1.6	3.4	.471	3.0	3.6	.833

Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	Jimmy Butler
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+5	+0.1	+4.3	+0.7	+0.9	+0.2	+0.4	+0.7	+0.1	-0.9	-0.9	+2.6	+4.0	+.037	+1.1	+2.9	+.007	+1.8	+1.3	+.152
Jimmy Butler	65	33.6	18.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	4.0	1.9	0.6	1.5	1.7	6.4	13.9	.462	1.0	3.0	.347	4.8	5.6	.855
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:	+7	+2.1	+4.5	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	+1.9	+0.3		-0.9	-1.0	+2.6	+3.2	+.065	+0.9	+2.0	+.060	+1.7	+0.6	+.215
Jimmy Butler	12	35.1	19.4	1.8	4.2	6.0	5.2	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.7	6.6	14.6	.451	1.0	3.8	.267	5.3	6.0	.875

Season 9
	Jaylen Brown	Jimmy Butler
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+5	+0.5	+2.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.9	+1.5	+0.6	+0.3	-0.4	-1.0	+2.3	+4.6	+.008	+1.3	+3.6	+.080	+3.7	+4.0	+.070
Jimmy Butler	58	33.8	19.9	1.8	4.8	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.6	2.2	1.4	5.9	13.1	.455	0.5	2.1	.244	7.6	9.1	.834
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:	+10	+1.9	+0.1	+1.0	+1.6	+0.6	+2.1	+1.0	+0.4	-0.7	-1.4	+0.9	+3.7	+.047	+1.2	+3.7	+.016	+3.3	+3.1	+.101
Jimmy Butler	21	38.4	22.2	2.2	4.3	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.7	2.8	1.8	6.9	14.0	.488	0.7	2.0	.349	7.8	9.1	.859

Additional Years
* Jimmy Butler played 5 seasons more than Jaylen Brown in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2021 to 2025—Jimmy Butler played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Jaylen Brown, Jimmy Butler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 1 All-Star Game