Malcolm Brogdon vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Brunson and Malcolm Brogdon, 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.

Malcolm Brogdon played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jalen Brunson, who played 7. Malcolm Brogdon had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jalen Brunson had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Malcolm Brogdon	Jalen Brunson
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Malcolm Brogdon	75	26.4	10.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.2	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.9	3.9	8.5	.457	1.0	2.6	.404	1.5	1.7	.865
difference:	+2	+4.6	+0.9	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+1.0	+0.6	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+0.3	+0.8	+.010	+0.1	+0.1	+.056	+0.3	+0.1	+.140
Jalen Brunson	73	21.8	9.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.2	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.7	3.6	7.7	.467	0.9	2.5	.348	1.2	1.6	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malcolm Brogdon	6	30.5	9.0	0.5	3.8	4.3	3.5	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.0	3.7	9.2	.400	1.7	3.5	.476	0.0	0.0	-
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Malcolm Brogdon	Jalen Brunson
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Malcolm Brogdon	36	33.5	19.1	0.9	4.2	5.1	5.9	0.8	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.8	15.1	.448	1.6	5.2	.312	4.0	4.6	.856
difference:	+41	+1.9	+9.6	+0.3	+1.1	+1.5	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.1	+3.5	+6.3	+.031	+1.1	+1.6	+.089	+1.5	+1.9	+.009
Jalen Brunson	77	35.4	28.7	0.6	3.1	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	2.4	1.9	10.3	21.4	.479	2.7	6.8	.401	5.5	6.5	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malcolm Brogdon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Brunson	13	39.8	32.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	0.8	0.2	2.7	2.0	11.6	26.2	.444	2.0	6.5	.310	7.2	9.2	.775

Season 7
	Malcolm Brogdon	Jalen Brunson
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	Clutch Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Malcolm Brogdon	67	26.0	14.9	0.6	3.6	4.2	3.7	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.6	5.3	10.9	.484	2.0	4.4	.444	2.4	2.7	.870
difference:	+2	+9.4	+11.1	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+3.6	+0.2	+0.2	-1.0	-0.5	+3.7	+7.6	+.004	+0.3	+1.7	+.061	+3.3	+4.2	+.049
Jalen Brunson	65	35.4	26.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.5	2.1	9.0	18.5	.488	2.3	6.1	.383	5.7	6.9	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malcolm Brogdon	19	24.9	11.9	0.7	2.8	3.5	2.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.3	10.3	.418	1.7	4.6	.379	1.5	1.8	.829
difference:	+1	+12.9	+17.5			+0.1	+4.1	+0.2		-2.1	-1.8	+5.8	+11.5	+.043	+1.0	+2.8	+.021	+5.2	+6.0	+.022
Jalen Brunson	18	37.8	29.4	0.7	2.8	3.4	7.0	0.4	0.3	3.1	3.3	10.1	21.8	.461	2.7	7.4	.358	6.7	7.8	.851