Jaylen Brown vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson 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 and Lance Stephenson both played 10 years in the NBA. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Lance Stephenson had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	10	8	2016-17 to 2025-26
Lance Stephenson	10	6	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Jaylen Brown	Lance Stephenson
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
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:	+66	+7.6	+3.5	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+1.0	+0.1	+0.2	-0.4	-0.6	+1.4	+2.1	+.121	+0.6	+1.3	+.341	+0.2	+0.4	+.101
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786

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
Lance Stephenson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jaylen Brown	Lance Stephenson
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis

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2nd 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	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:	+28	+20.2	+12.0	+0.6	+3.0	+3.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.3	-0.9	-1.9	+4.2	+8.5	+.089	+1.6	+3.7	+.262	+1.9	+2.9	+.173
Lance Stephenson	42	10.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.0	.376	0.1	0.7	.133	0.2	0.4	.471

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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
difference:	+14	+29.4	+16.5	+0.9	+3.9	+4.8	+1.1	+0.8	+0.6	-0.8	-2.7	+6.4	+12.5	+.244	+2.1	+5.7	+.107	+1.5	+2.3	+.140
Lance Stephenson	4	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 3
	Jaylen Brown	Lance Stephenson
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+3.3	+4.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+1.5	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.4	+1.5	+3.0	+.005	+0.5	+1.3	+.014	+0.8	+1.2	+.006
Lance Stephenson	78	29.2	8.8	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.5	7.7	.460	0.8	2.4	.330	1.0	1.5	.652

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:	+10	+5.0	+4.5		+1.7	+1.8	+2.2	+0.5	+0.1	-0.1	-0.8	+1.3	+0.8	+.098	+0.7	+1.0	+.069	+1.4	+1.4	+.145
Lance Stephenson	19	35.4	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.6	8.9	.408	0.9	3.4	.281	1.2	1.9	.622


Season 4
	Jaylen Brown	Lance Stephenson
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+21	+1.4	+6.5	+0.1	+0.6	+0.8	+2.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.5	-0.4	+2.0	+4.4	+.010	+1.2	+2.8	+.030	+1.3	+1.8	+.013
Lance Stephenson	78	35.3	13.8	1.2	5.9	7.2	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.5	11.2	.491	1.1	3.1	.352	1.8	2.5	.711

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:	+2	+2.4	+8.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+1.9	+0.7	+0.3		-0.1	+2.8	+5.3	+.021	+1.2	+3.6		+1.3	+1.1	+.127
Lance Stephenson	19	37.1	13.6	1.3	5.6	6.9	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	11.6	.455	1.3	3.5	.358	1.8	2.6	.714


Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Lance Stephenson
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+3	+8.7	+16.5	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+0.5	+0.6	+0.5	-0.6	-0.7	+5.9	+10.2	+.108	+2.5	+5.4	+.226	+2.2	+2.5	+.137
Lance Stephenson	61	25.8	8.2	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.4	9.0	.376	0.3	1.7	.171	1.1	1.8	.627

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaylen Brown nor Lance Stephenson played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Jaylen Brown	Lance Stephenson
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Grizzlies Lost West 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:	+3	+13.7	+15.3	+0.2	+2.6	+2.9	+1.6	+0.5	+0.2	-1.3	-0.5	+5.4	+11.5	+.008	+2.1	+5.9	+.027	+2.4	+3.2	+.026
Lance Stephenson	69	19.9	8.3	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.481	0.4	1.1	.385	1.3	1.6	.784

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:	+20	+14.5	+10.1	+1.1	+4.2	+5.4	+1.7	+0.8	+0.4	-2.3	-0.5	+2.4	+6.5	+.053	+2.0	+5.4	+.027	+3.2	+4.2	+.037
Lance Stephenson	4	23.8	13.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	11.0	.523	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	Lance Stephenson
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+49	+15.8	+19.8	+1.0	+3.0	+4.0	+0.2	+0.8	+0.2	-1.5	-0.8	+7.1	+13.9	+.041	+2.1	+6.2	+.035	+3.5	+4.4	+.150
Lance Stephenson	18	20.1	6.8	0.2	2.7	2.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.3	1.1	.300	0.4	0.7	.615

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:	+16	+10.8	+6.7	+1.0	+0.6	+0.3	+0.6	+0.6	+0.4	-2.3	-0.3	+2.3	+5.0	+.013	+0.2	+1.2	+.035	+1.8	+2.7	+.061
Lance Stephenson	4	26.8	16.0	0.3	5.0	5.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.8	6.8	13.3	.509	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	Lance Stephenson
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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	+10.9	+13.8	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.3	-0.8	-0.4	+5.3	+9.3	+.072	+1.3	+3.1	+.065	+2.0	+2.8	+.042
Lance Stephenson	82	22.6	9.2	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.7	8.6	.427	0.8	2.8	.289	1.0	1.5	.661

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:	+12	+15.9	+13.5	+0.8	+2.5	+3.2	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	-1.4	-0.2	+4.9	+8.5	+.054	+0.8	+2.1	+.019	+2.9	+4.1	+.104
Lance Stephenson	7	21.3	10.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.9	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.3	9.3	.462	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	1.3	.556


Season 9
	Jaylen Brown	Lance Stephenson
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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	+17.8	+15.0	+0.8	+1.8	+2.6	+2.4	+0.6	+0.2	-1.3	-0.8	+5.5	+11.3	+.037	+0.7	+2.8	+.047	+3.2	+4.0	+.079
Lance Stephenson	68	16.5	7.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.7	6.4	.426	1.1	2.9	.371	0.7	1.1	.685

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
Lance Stephenson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Lance Stephenson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 10
	Jaylen Brown	Lance Stephenson
Season	2025-26	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	17	32.4	27.9	0.9	4.6	5.6	4.3	0.9	0.3	3.4	3.2	10.5	20.8	.506	1.9	5.6	.344	4.9	6.4	.769
difference:	+29	+14.7	+19.6	+0.6	+2.1	+2.8	+0.7	+0.4	+0.2	-1.8	-1.1	+7.3	+13.8	+.051	+1.3	+3.6	+.044	+3.5	+4.7	+.019
Lance Stephenson	46	17.7	8.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	3.2	7.0	.455	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	1.7	.788

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaylen Brown nor Lance Stephenson played in the postseason in their season 10

Jaylen Brown vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison