Jaylen Brown vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker 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, 4 less than P.J. Tucker, who played 14. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while P.J. Tucker 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.

Rookie Season
	Jaylen Brown	P.J. Tucker
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
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:	+61	+12.3	+4.8		+1.5	+1.4	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-1.1	+1.9	+4.1	+.046	+0.6	+1.7		+0.6	+0.8	+.114
P.J. Tucker	17	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.571
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
P.J. Tucker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: P.J. Tucker didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.

Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	P.J. Tucker
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
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:	+24	+3.5	+16.7	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	+1.2	+0.1	+0.4	-1.3	-0.4	+6.4	+12.1	+.073	+2.0	+4.6	+.067	+2.0	+2.6	+.018
P.J. Tucker	82	31.0	8.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.5	2.9	7.1	.411	0.8	2.5	.330	1.3	1.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaylen Brown nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	P.J. Tucker
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets 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:	+15	+8.1	+20.5	+0.1	+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+0.1	+0.1	-2.0	-0.1	+8.0	+15.2	+.101	+1.0	+3.5	+.036	+3.4	+4.4	+.048
P.J. Tucker	82	27.8	6.1	1.1	4.4	5.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.4	.390	1.4	3.8	.371	0.5	0.7	.717
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:	+3	+4.1	+13.8	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+2.1	+0.5	+0.4	-2.5	-0.4	+6.0	+11.9	+.015	+0.1	+1.3	+.113	+1.9	+2.6	+.022
P.J. Tucker	17	33.5	8.9	1.4	5.2	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.7	3.1	6.4	.481	2.1	4.4	.467	0.7	1.1	.667

Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	P.J. Tucker
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West 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:	+12	+0.7	+15.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+2.4	+0.4		-1.6	-0.5	+6.5	+11.5	+.103	+0.3	+1.2	+.023	+2.5	+3.6	+.008
P.J. Tucker	82	34.2	7.3	1.5	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.8	3.1	2.5	6.4	.396	1.8	4.7	.377	0.5	0.7	.695
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:	+8	+1.5	+12.5	+0.5	+0.9	+1.6	+1.6	+0.5	+0.1	-2.0	-0.5	+5.6	+9.8	+.061	+0.5	+0.6	+.129	+1.9	+3.3	+.166
P.J. Tucker	11	38.7	11.4	1.7	5.7	7.5	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.2	3.6	8.0	.455	2.4	5.2	.456	1.7	2.1	.826

Season 9
	Jaylen Brown	P.J. Tucker
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West 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:	+9		+15.3	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	+2.9	+0.1	+0.2	-1.6	-0.8	+5.7	+11.8	+.048	+0.3	+1.5	+.034	+3.4	+4.4	+.049
P.J. Tucker	72	34.3	6.9	1.6	5.1	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	3.2	2.5	5.9	.415	1.5	4.2	.358	0.5	0.7	.813
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:	+1	+2.0	+14.2	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	+2.4	+0.1		-2.5	-0.7	+4.9	+10.4	+.043	+0.2	+0.1	+.040	+4.5	+6.0
P.J. Tucker	12	34.5	7.9	1.9	5.3	7.2	1.5	1.1	0.3	1.0	3.9	2.9	7.3	.398	2.1	5.6	.373	0.0	0.0	-

Season 10
	Jaylen Brown	P.J. Tucker
Season	2025-26	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+47	+6.5	+23.1	+0.6	+2.3	+1.7	+2.6	+0.4		-2.8	-1.8	+8.1	+14.6	+.149	+2.2	+4.1	+.133	+4.6	+6.1	+.008
P.J. Tucker	52	26.1	3.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.3	3.4	.373	0.8	2.3	.336	0.4	0.5	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	23	29.6	4.3	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.4	3.3	1.7	4.3	.388	0.8	2.6	.322	0.1	0.2	.750