Jaylen Brown vs. Vlade Divac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vlade Divac 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, 6 less than Vlade Divac, who played 16. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Vlade Divac had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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	Vlade Divac
Season	2016-17	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+2.4	+1.9	+1.4	+2.0	+3.4	+0.1	+0.6	+1.2	-0.4	-1.1	+0.8	+1.3	+.045	+0.6	+1.6	+.341	+0.8	+1.0	+.023
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708
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:	+8	+6.8	+4.1	+1.1	+2.2	+3.2	+0.3	+0.5	+1.6	-0.6	-1.5	+1.6	+0.7	+.248	+0.2	+1.2	+.283	+1.2	+1.0	+.228
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895

Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Vlade Divac
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+21	+0.5	+10.5	+2.4	+2.4	+4.8	+0.5		+0.8	-0.3	-0.7	+3.6	+7.9	+.022	+2.7	+6.5	+.206	+0.7	+0.5	+.078
Vlade Divac	79	34.0	14.2	3.6	7.2	10.8	3.9	1.2	1.4	2.4	3.6	5.7	11.3	.506	0.1	0.6	.191	2.6	3.8	.686
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaylen Brown nor Vlade Divac played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	Vlade Divac
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West 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:	+12	+4.6	+13.7	+1.3	+0.4	+1.7	+0.2	+0.1	+1.3	-0.4	-0.9	+4.9	+10.4	+.022	+2.4	+7.1	+.168	+1.5	+1.4	+.124
Vlade Divac	79	31.3	12.9	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	3.5	5.2	10.2	.513	0.0	0.2	.167	2.4	3.7	.641
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	+8.8	+13.7	+1.5	+0.4	+1.9	+1.4	+1.1	+0.9	-1.3	-0.6	+5.3	+9.5	+.067	+1.7	+4.4	+.154	+1.3	+1.7	+.064
Vlade Divac	4	28.8	9.0	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	3.8	8.8	.429	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625

Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	Vlade Divac
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets 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:	+11	+1.6	+10.4	+1.8	+1.7	+3.5	+0.1	+0.1	+1.7		-0.8	+3.8	+7.4	+.005	+2.0	+5.3	+.120	+0.8	+1.1	+.020
Vlade Divac	81	35.1	12.6	3.0	6.0	9.0	3.7	1.3	2.2	2.4	3.4	5.2	10.5	.494	0.1	0.6	.234	2.2	3.2	.683
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:	+16	+1.5	+5.9	+3.1	+0.5	+2.8		+0.2	+1.4	-0.7	-1.0	+2.2	+2.5	+.059	+1.9	+4.8	+.327	+0.4	+0.4	+.140
Vlade Divac	3	38.7	18.0	4.3	4.3	8.7	3.3	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.7	7.0	15.3	.457	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.800

Season 9
	Jaylen Brown	Vlade Divac
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets Lost East 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:	+1	+6.1	+11.8	+1.6	+0.7	+2.3	+1.8	+0.1	+1.2	-0.8	-0.4	+4.0	+9.3	+.035	+1.8	+5.5	+.110	+1.9	+2.2	+.073
Vlade Divac	64	28.2	10.4	2.9	5.2	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.2	8.4	.498	0.0	0.2	.214	2.0	2.9	.691
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:	+2	+1.6	+10.5	+1.6	+2.2	+3.8	+0.5	+0.2	+1.3	-1.1	-0.6	+3.1	+8.0	+.042	+1.9	+5.6	+.333	+2.3	+2.3	+.152
Vlade Divac	9	38.1	11.6	2.8	8.1	10.9	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.8	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.7	.606

Additional Years
* Vlade Divac played 6 seasons more than Jaylen Brown in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 2000 to 2005—Vlade Divac played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jaylen Brown, Vlade Divac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game