Jaylen Brown vs. Paul Millsap Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Millsap 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 played 10 years in the NBA, 6 less than Paul Millsap, who played 16. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Paul Millsap had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
Paul Millsap	16	13	2006-07 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jaylen Brown	Paul Millsap
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+0.8	+0.2	+1.6	+0.7	+2.4		+0.4	+0.7	-0.2	-1.1		+0.5	+.071	+0.6	+1.7		+0.6	+0.9	+.012
Paul Millsap	82	18.0	6.8	2.2	2.9	5.2	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	2.9	2.5	4.9	.525	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.5	.673

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:		+2.9	+0.9	+1.5	+0.8	+2.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4		-0.8	+0.5	+0.5	+.046	+0.3	+1.3	+.217	+0.2	+0.3
Paul Millsap	17	15.5	5.9	2.2	2.2	4.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.3	2.5	4.7	.525	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.667


Season 2
	Jaylen Brown	Paul Millsap
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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:	+12	+9.9	+6.4	+1.1	+0.4	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.7	+2.2	+5.4	+.039	+1.7	+4.4		+0.2	+0.5	+.033
Paul Millsap	82	20.8	8.1	2.0	3.6	5.6	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	3.3	3.1	6.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.8	.677

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:	+6	+14.9	+11.6	+1.0	+1.9	+0.9	+1.1	+0.2	+0.7	-0.5	-0.1	+4.2	+9.6	+.050	+2.4	+6.1	+.393	+0.7	+0.7	+.120
Paul Millsap	12	17.5	6.4	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	3.1	2.7	5.2	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.1	.520


Season 3
	Jaylen Brown	Paul Millsap
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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:	+2	+4.2	+0.5	+2.4	+1.9	+4.4	+0.4	+0.1	+0.6	-0.4	-1.3	+0.3	+0.8	+.069	+1.3	+3.6	+.344	+1.2	+1.6	+.041
Paul Millsap	76	30.1	13.5	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.8	1.0	1.0	1.7	3.8	5.3	9.9	.534	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.699

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	+0.6	+2.1	+3.3	+1.1	+2.2	+0.5	+0.1	+0.8	-0.6	-0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+.004	+1.6	+4.4		+0.8	+0.3	+.267
Paul Millsap	5	31.0	11.8	4.0	4.0	8.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	1.2	3.4	5.0	9.8	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.6	.500


Season 4
	Jaylen Brown	Paul Millsap
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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:	+25	+6.1	+8.7	+1.2	+0.8	+0.4	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	-0.8	-0.6	+2.8	+6.9	+.057	+2.3	+5.8	+.271	+0.9	+1.1	+.031
Paul Millsap	82	27.8	11.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.8	1.2	1.4	3.5	4.7	8.7	.538	0.0	0.1	.111	2.2	3.2	.693

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:	+7	+7.2	+3.8	+2.0	+0.7	+1.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.9	-1.1	-0.8	+1.1	+4.7	+.098	+2.5	+6.9	+.358	+0.9	+2.1	+.151
Paul Millsap	10	32.3	18.0	3.4	5.4	8.8	2.2	1.1	1.4	1.3	3.6	7.0	12.2	.574	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	5.8	.690


Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Paul Millsap
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
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:	+18	+0.2	+7.4	+1.0	+0.7	+1.6	+0.9	+0.2	+0.3	-0.8	-0.7	+2.4	+6.2	+.047	+2.7	+6.8	+.006	+0.1	+0.1	+.007
Paul Millsap	76	34.3	17.3	2.2	5.5	7.6	2.5	1.4	0.9	1.9	3.6	6.9	13.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.391	3.4	4.4	.757

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaylen Brown nor Paul Millsap played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Jaylen Brown	Paul Millsap
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Jazz 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:	+2	+0.8	+7.0	+2.0	+0.7	+2.7	+1.2	+0.7	+0.5	-0.9	-1.0	+2.0	+4.9	+.022	+2.4	+6.5	+.132	+0.5	+0.8	+.034
Paul Millsap	64	32.8	16.6	2.8	6.0	8.8	2.3	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.5	6.7	13.5	.495	0.1	0.5	.226	3.2	4.0	.792

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	+3.5	+11.1	+2.9	+1.3	+4.1	+3.0	+0.8	+2.1	-0.8	-0.2	+3.2	+4.0	+.100	+2.5	+5.9	+.373	+2.2	+1.5	+.263
Paul Millsap	4	34.8	12.0	4.3	6.8	11.0	0.5	0.3	2.5	2.3	2.8	5.0	13.5	.370	0.0	0.8	.000	2.0	4.0	.500


Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	Paul Millsap
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+5.5	+12.0	+1.1	+0.9	+0.2	+0.9	+0.2	+0.6	-1.1	-0.4	+4.6	+9.4	+.001	+2.2	+6.8	+.002	+0.5	+0.5	+.023
Paul Millsap	78	30.4	14.6	2.3	4.8	7.1	2.6	1.3	1.0	1.8	3.0	5.5	11.2	.490	0.2	0.5	.333	3.4	4.6	.742

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
Paul Millsap	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	Paul Millsap
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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:	+4		+5.1	+0.9	+2.1	+3.0	+0.5	+0.5	+0.6	-0.1	-0.2	+2.5	+3.8	+.038	+1.1	+3.0	+.004	+0.9	+1.0	+.028
Paul Millsap	74	33.5	17.9	2.1	6.4	8.5	3.1	1.7	1.1	2.5	2.8	6.5	14.1	.461	1.0	2.9	.358	3.9	5.3	.731

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	+0.9	+4.5	+1.8	+3.1	+5.0	+0.4	+0.2	+1.3	-0.2	-0.9	+3.3	+3.1	+.118	+0.6	+1.9	+.006	+2.8	+2.6	+.144
Paul Millsap	7	38.1	19.4	3.0	7.9	10.9	2.9	1.4	1.9	2.9	3.6	5.9	14.7	.398	1.3	3.9	.333	6.4	8.0	.804


Season 9
	Jaylen Brown	Paul Millsap
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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:	+10	+1.6	+5.5	+0.6	+1.4	+2.0	+1.4	+0.6	+0.6	-0.3	-0.4	+2.1	+5.0	+.013	+0.7	+2.7	+.032	+0.4	+0.5	+.007
Paul Millsap	73	32.7	16.7	1.9	5.9	7.8	3.1	1.8	0.9	2.3	2.8	6.1	12.7	.476	1.1	3.0	.356	3.5	4.6	.757

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	+1.1	+6.9	+1.1	+0.5	+1.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.6	-1.4	-0.1	+2.5	+4.6	+.034	+1.0	+2.6	+.027	+0.9	+1.1	+.014
Paul Millsap	16	35.4	15.2	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.4	1.6	0.9	2.1	3.3	5.3	13.1	.407	0.9	3.1	.306	3.6	4.9	.744


Season 10
	Jaylen Brown	Paul Millsap
Season	2025-26	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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	24	33.5	29.1	1.2	4.9	6.1	4.8	1.1	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.7	21.4	.499	2.1	5.8	.367	5.7	7.2	.791
difference:	+57	+0.8	+12.0	+1.2	+1.7	+2.9	+1.5	+0.7	+1.3	-1.2	-0.2	+4.5	+8.2	+.029	+1.2	+2.9	+.048	+1.9	+2.2	+.034
Paul Millsap	81	32.7	17.1	2.4	6.6	9.0	3.3	1.8	1.7	2.4	2.9	6.2	13.2	.470	0.9	2.9	.319	3.8	5.0	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	10	36.5	16.7	2.8	6.6	9.4	2.7	1.3	2.3	2.6	2.9	5.9	13.7	.431	0.8	3.3	.242	4.1	5.5	.745


Additional Years
* Paul Millsap played 6 seasons more than Jaylen Brown in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 2017 to 2022—Paul Millsap played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jaylen Brown, Paul Millsap got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Jaylen Brown vs. Paul Millsap Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Millsap 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

Additional Years