Patrick Ewing vs. Brandon Jennings Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Jennings and Patrick Ewing, 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.

Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 8 more than Brandon Jennings, who played 9. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Brandon Jennings had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
	Patrick Ewing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1985-86	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	50	35.4	20.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	7.7	16.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.739
difference:	+32	+2.8	+4.5	+1.9	+3.7	+5.6	+3.7	+0.2	+1.9	-1.0	-1.5	+2.2	+1.5	+.103	+1.8	+4.6	+.374	+1.8	+2.8	+.078
Brandon Jennings	82	32.6	15.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.3	5.5	14.8	.371	1.8	4.7	.374	2.7	3.3	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Jennings	7	35.6	18.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.6	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.7	7.0	17.1	.408	1.7	5.9	.293	3.0	3.7	.808

Season 3
	Patrick Ewing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1987-88	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	31.0	20.2	3.0	5.3	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.5	4.0	8.0	14.4	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.716
difference:	+16	+4.3	+1.1	+2.3	+2.6	+4.8	+4.0	+0.3	+2.7	-1.3	-2.3	+0.9	+2.6	+.137	+2.0	+5.9		+1.3	+2.2	+.092
Brandon Jennings	66	35.3	19.1	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	1.7	7.1	17.0	.418	2.0	5.9	.332	2.9	3.6	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	38.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.0	14.3	.491	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	5.5	.864
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Patrick Ewing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1988-89	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	80	36.2	22.7	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	3.3	3.9	9.1	16.0	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.746
difference:			+5.2	+2.0	+4.3	+6.2	+4.1	+0.1	+3.4	-0.8	-2.0	+2.9	+0.4	+.168	+2.2	+5.7	+.375	+1.6	+2.6	+.073
Brandon Jennings	80	36.2	17.5	0.7	2.3	3.1	6.5	1.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	6.2	15.6	.399	2.2	5.8	.375	2.9	3.5	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	37.8	19.9	2.6	7.4	10.0	2.2	1.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	.750
difference:	+5	+4.5	+6.6	+2.3	+5.4	+7.7	+1.8	+1.3	+1.7	-1.1	-2.4	+3.5	+1.7	+.188	+1.5	+7.0		+1.0	+1.3	+.028
Brandon Jennings	4	33.3	13.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.0	2.3	0.3	2.8	1.5	4.3	14.3	.298	1.5	7.0	.214	3.3	4.5	.722

Season 5
	Patrick Ewing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1989-90	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.6	28.6	2.9	8.0	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	3.4	4.0	11.2	20.4	.551	0.0	0.0	-	6.1	7.9	.775
difference:	+2	+4.5	+13.1	+2.2	+5.7	+7.8	+5.4	+0.3	+3.9	-0.7	-2.0	+5.9	+6.2	+.178	+1.9	+5.7		+3.1	+3.9	+.024
Brandon Jennings	80	34.1	15.5	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.3	0.1	2.7	2.0	5.3	14.2	.373	1.9	5.7	.337	3.0	4.0	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	10	39.5	29.4	2.1	8.4	10.5	3.1	1.3	2.0	2.7	4.1	11.4	21.9	.521	0.1	0.2	.500	6.5	7.9	.823
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Patrick Ewing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1990-91	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	38.3	26.6	2.4	8.8	11.2	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.6	3.5	10.4	20.3	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.7	.745
difference:	+40	+9.7	+11.2	+1.9	+6.8	+8.7	+3.6	+0.1	+3.1	-1.4	-1.9	+5.1	+7.1	+.113	+1.9	+5.0	+.360	+2.8	+4.2	+.094
Brandon Jennings	41	28.6	15.4	0.5	2.0	2.5	6.6	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.6	5.3	13.2	.401	1.9	5.1	.360	2.9	3.5	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	3	36.7	16.7	0.7	9.3	10.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	4.0	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.778
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Patrick Ewing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1991-92	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.4	24.0	2.8	8.5	11.2	1.9	1.1	3.0	2.5	3.4	9.7	18.6	.522	0.0	0.1	.167	4.6	6.2	.738
difference:	+34	+20.3	+17.1	+2.5	+6.8	+9.2	+1.6	+0.5	+2.9	-1.3	-2.2	+7.4	+12.3	+.154	+1.1	+3.1	+.162	+3.4	+4.6	+.007
Brandon Jennings	48	18.1	6.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.2	2.3	6.3	.368	1.1	3.2	.329	1.2	1.6	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	12	40.2	22.7	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.3	0.6	2.6	1.9	4.1	9.1	19.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.740
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Patrick Ewing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1992-93	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	37.1	24.2	2.4	9.7	12.1	1.9	0.9	2.0	3.3	3.5	9.6	19.1	.503	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	6.9	.719
difference:		+14.9	+17.1	+2.0	+7.6	+9.7	+3.0		+2.0	-1.7	-2.1	+7.2	+12.5	+.144	+1.0	+3.0	+.170	+3.5	+5.0	+.031
Brandon Jennings	81	22.2	7.1	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.0	1.6	1.4	2.4	6.6	.359	1.0	3.1	.313	1.4	1.9	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	15	40.3	25.5	2.9	8.1	10.9	2.4	1.1	2.1	2.6	4.0	11.0	21.5	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.3	.638
difference:	+2	+26.6	+22.7	+2.5	+7.0	+9.4	+0.6	+0.9	+2.1	-2.0	-3.0	+9.9	+18.7	+.123	+0.1	+0.9	+.846	+2.9	+4.7	+.237
Brandon Jennings	13	13.7	2.8	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.8	.389	0.2	1.0	.154	0.5	0.6	.875

Season 9
	Patrick Ewing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1993-94	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.6	24.5	2.8	8.4	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	3.3	3.5	9.4	19.0	.496	0.1	0.2	.286	5.6	7.4	.765
difference:	+65	+23.0	+19.3	+2.4	+6.5	+9.0	+0.8	+0.7	+2.4	-2.0	-2.7	+7.5	+13.9	+.121	+0.5	+2.2	+.013	+4.9	+6.7	+.235
Brandon Jennings	14	14.6	5.2	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.1	0.4	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.9	5.1	.375	0.6	2.4	.273	0.7	0.7	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	25	41.3	21.9	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.6	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.8	8.4	19.2	.437	0.2	0.4	.364	4.9	6.5	.755
difference:	+24	+36.3	+19.9	+3.5	+8.2	+11.7	+2.6	+1.3	+3.0	-2.3	-3.8	+8.4	+17.2	+.437	+0.2	+1.6	+.364	+2.9	+4.5	+.245
Brandon Jennings	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Additional Years
* Patrick Ewing played 8 seasons more than Brandon Jennings in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 1995 to 2002—Patrick Ewing played in 7 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Brandon Jennings, Patrick Ewing got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game