Jaylen Brown vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone 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, 9 less than Karl Malone, who played 19. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Karl Malone had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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	Karl Malone
Season	2016-17	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz 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:	+3	+13.4	+8.3	+1.5	+4.5	+6.1	+2.1	+0.9	+0.3	-2.5	-1.8	+3.7	+7.1	+.042	+0.6	+1.7		+1.3	+3.4	+.204
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	5.0	.481
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:	+13	+23.4	+16.8	+0.8	+4.6	+5.4	+0.2	+1.6	+0.1	-0.7	-3.0	+7.5	+13.8	+.049	+0.3	+1.4		+2.1	+5.4	+.244
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423

Season 3
	Jaylen Brown	Karl Malone
Season	2018-19	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+8	+13.1	+14.7	+2.5	+5.2	+7.8	+1.0	+0.5	+0.2	-2.7	-1.1	+5.5	+9.4	+.055	+1.3	+3.6	+.344	+4.9	+6.9	+.042
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700
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	+14.5	+15.8	+2.3	+3.7	+6.0	+0.4	+0.5	+0.4	-1.7	-0.1	+6.3	+13.5	+.024	+1.6	+4.3	+.350	+4.8	+6.9	+.044
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723

Season 4
	Jaylen Brown	Karl Malone
Season	2019-20	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+23	+5.2	+8.8	+2.1	+2.1	+4.3	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5	-1.4	-0.7	+2.6	+3.9	+.038	+2.2	+5.7	+.069	+5.7	+7.2	+.042
Karl Malone	80	39.1	29.1	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	10.1	19.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.313	8.8	11.5	.766
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:	+14	+5.8	+8.9	+5.9	+2.9	+8.8	+1.0	+0.5	+0.2	-1.9	-2.5	+2.9	+5.1	+.024	+2.5	+7.1		+5.6	+7.0	+.028
Karl Malone	3	45.3	30.7	7.3	9.0	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	5.3	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	10.7	.813

Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Karl Malone
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West 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:	+24	+3.6	+6.3	+1.6	+3.5	+5.1	+0.6	+0.3		-1.0	-0.3	+1.8	+0.6	+.078	+2.6	+6.6	+.025	+5.2	+6.8	+.002
Karl Malone	82	38.1	31.0	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	11.1	19.8	.562	0.2	0.5	.372	8.5	11.1	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	40.6	25.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.4	4.4	9.2	21.0	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	9.0	.756

Season 6
	Jaylen Brown	Karl Malone
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+16	+6.7	+5.4	+2.1	+3.6	+5.7	+0.2		+0.7	-0.3	-0.8	+1.6	+1.2	+.054	+2.5	+6.8	+.072	+4.6	+6.0	+.012
Karl Malone	82	40.3	29.0	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	10.3	19.6	.527	0.0	0.2	.286	8.3	10.8	.770
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:	+15	+4.3	+6.6	+1.2	+5.3	+6.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.8	-0.2	-0.9	+2.4	+5.7	+.015	+2.5	+5.8	+.373	+4.4	+4.6	+.083
Karl Malone	9	42.6	29.7	2.6	10.8	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	3.9	10.6	23.2	.455	0.0	0.9	.000	8.6	10.1	.846

Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	Karl Malone
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+14	+1.8	+1.4	+1.6	+2.7	+4.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.2	+0.2	+1.9	+.035	+2.4	+7.1	+.159	+4.4	+5.6	+.013
Karl Malone	81	37.7	28.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	9.9	18.7	.526	0.0	0.2	.176	8.3	10.7	.778
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:	+4	+5.4	+6.4	+1.4	+4.2	+5.7	+0.8	+0.3	+0.8	-0.4	-0.5	+0.2	+0.5	+.025	+2.0	+5.6	+.354	+8.0	+9.4	+.116
Karl Malone	16	43.0	29.1	2.7	8.6	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	3.6	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	13.1	.805

Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	Karl Malone
Season	2023-24	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+12	+4.3	+4.0	+1.6	+4.1	+5.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	-0.5	-0.6	+0.7	+0.3	+.053	+2.1	+5.7	+.154	+4.5	+5.9	+.037
Karl Malone	82	37.8	27.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	2.9	3.2	9.7	17.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.200	7.5	10.2	.740
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:	+14	+6.0	+0.1	+1.2	+3.2	+4.5	+1.3		+0.2	-1.3	-1.5	+0.4	+1.6	+.062	+1.7	+5.4	+.173	+2.6	+2.2	+.156
Karl Malone	5	43.2	24.0	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	4.0	4.2	8.8	19.4	.454	0.2	0.4	.500	6.2	7.6	.816

Season 9
	Jaylen Brown	Karl Malone
Season	2024-25	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 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:	+19	+6.3	+3.0	+1.6	+4.1	+5.7	+0.5	+0.3	+1.2	-0.3	-0.9	+1.2	+1.2	+.034	+1.7	+5.3	+.074	+2.3	+3.9	+.070
Karl Malone	82	40.6	25.2	2.9	8.6	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.3	9.4	18.9	.497	0.1	0.4	.250	6.2	9.0	.694
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:	+5	+7.4	+5.0	+2.1	+3.2	+5.3	+0.5	+0.4	+0.5	-1.4	-0.5	+2.1	+3.4	+.026	+1.9	+5.4	+.333	+2.9	+4.0	+.020
Karl Malone	16	43.9	27.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.1	3.7	9.9	21.1	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	7.4	10.0	.738

Season 10
	Jaylen Brown	Karl Malone
Season	2025-26	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West 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	5	32.6	26.8	0.4	5.2	5.6	3.8	0.4	0.4	3.6	4.2	9.4	18.0	.522	3.0	6.4	.469	5.0	6.6	.758
difference:	+77	+5.5	+0.1	+1.5	+3.5	+5.0	+0.3	+1.2	+0.6	-0.7	-0.9	+0.7	+0.9	+.014	+2.9	+5.9	+.201	+1.3	+1.9	+.016
Karl Malone	82	38.1	26.7	1.9	8.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	2.9	3.3	10.1	18.9	.536	0.1	0.5	.268	6.3	8.5	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	43.2	30.2	3.0	10.2	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	2.8	3.6	9.6	20.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.333	10.8	15.6	.692

Additional Years
* Karl Malone played 9 seasons more than Jaylen Brown in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 1996 to 2004—Karl Malone played in 9 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Jaylen Brown, Karl Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 6 All-Star Game