Jaylen Brown vs. Popeye Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Popeye Jones 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 8 years in the NBA, 3 less than Popeye Jones, who played 11. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Popeye Jones had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jaylen Brown	Popeye Jones
Season	2016-17	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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
Popeye Jones	81	21.9	5.8	3.7	3.8	7.5	1.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	3.0	2.4	5.0	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	.729
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
Popeye Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Popeye Jones
Season	2020-21	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Popeye Jones	14	25.1	8.6	3.6	3.7	7.3	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.8	3.7	9.1	.409	0.1	0.2	.667	1.0	1.4	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Popeye Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	Popeye Jones
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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
Popeye Jones	40	8.3	2.6	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.6	.423	0.1	0.1	.667	0.4	0.5	.737
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
Popeye Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	Popeye Jones
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics TBD	Did Not Play

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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
Popeye Jones	45	14.2	3.6	1.8	3.0	4.9	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.5	2.1	1.3	3.4	.392	0.0	0.1	.167	0.9	1.2	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	6	34.0	24.3	1.7	5.2	6.8	2.2	0.8	0.7	2.8	1.8	10.0	18.3	.545	2.2	5.7	.382	2.2	4.0	.542
Popeye Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-