P.J. Brown vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard and P.J. 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

P.J. Brown played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Kawhi Leonard, who played 12. P.J. Brown had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Kawhi Leonard had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
P.J. Brown	15	11	1993-94 to 2007-08
Kawhi Leonard	12	11	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1993-94	2011-12
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	79	24.7	5.7	2.4	3.9	6.2	1.2	0.9	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.1	5.1	.415	0.0	0.1	.167	1.5	1.9	.757
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	4	14.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.8	3.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813


Season 2
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1994-95	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	80	30.8	8.1	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.7	0.9	1.7	1.0	3.3	3.2	7.1	.446	0.1	0.3	.167	1.7	2.6	.671
Kawhi Leonard	58	31.2	11.9	1.1	4.9	6.0	1.6	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.5	9.1	.494	1.1	3.0	.374	1.8	2.2	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	21	36.9	13.5	2.4	6.7	9.0	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.9	5.5	10.0	.545	1.1	2.8	.390	1.5	2.3	.633


Season 3
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1995-96	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	81	36.3	11.3	2.7	4.3	6.9	2.0	1.0	1.2	1.6	3.1	4.4	9.9	.444	0.0	0.2	.200	2.5	3.3	.770
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736


Season 4
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	80	32.4	9.5	3.0	5.4	8.4	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.4	3.5	3.8	8.2	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.8	.732
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	15	29.9	8.1	3.2	5.4	8.6	0.7	0.6	1.3	1.1	2.7	2.8	6.9	.408	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.5	.717
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771


Season 5
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	74	31.9	9.6	3.2	5.4	8.6	1.4	0.9	1.3	1.3	3.6	3.8	8.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.766
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	5	38.0	9.2	3.0	5.8	8.8	0.8	1.4	0.6	1.2	4.4	3.8	7.4	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	4.4	.364
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824


Season 6
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	50	32.2	11.4	2.3	4.6	6.9	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.3	4.6	9.5	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.9	.774
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	5	29.0	10.2	2.8	3.4	6.2	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.4	4.2	9.0	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.8	2.0	.900
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931


Season 7
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
P.J. Brown	80	28.8	9.6	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	4.0	8.4	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.755
Kawhi Leonard	9	23.3	16.2	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	1.8	1.0	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.9	.314	3.4	4.2	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	10	30.9	7.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	4.2	3.5	8.2	.427	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.833
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	80	35.1	8.5	3.2	6.1	9.3	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.4	3.3	3.1	7.0	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.6	.852
Kawhi Leonard	60	34.0	26.6	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.3	1.8	0.4	2.0	1.5	9.3	18.8	.496	1.9	5.0	.371	6.1	7.1	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	10	38.5	8.0	4.1	5.9	10.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.2	3.1	2.8	6.7	.418	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.828
Kawhi Leonard	24	39.1	30.5	2.3	6.8	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	3.1	2.3	10.1	20.7	.490	2.3	6.0	.379	8.0	9.0	.884


Season 9
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	80	32.0	8.4	3.4	6.4	9.8	1.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	2.8	3.1	6.6	.474	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.5	.858
Kawhi Leonard	57	32.4	27.1	0.9	6.1	7.1	4.9	1.8	0.6	2.6	2.0	9.3	19.9	.470	2.2	5.7	.378	6.2	7.1	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	9	36.8	10.2	3.2	6.3	9.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	4.1	3.6	8.3	.427	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.1	.757
Kawhi Leonard	13	39.3	28.2	1.8	7.5	9.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	2.5	2.2	10.1	20.6	.489	1.8	5.6	.329	6.2	7.2	.862


Season 10
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	78	33.4	10.7	3.1	5.9	9.0	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.6	4.1	7.7	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.0	.836
Kawhi Leonard	52	34.1	24.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	5.2	1.6	0.4	2.0	1.6	8.9	17.5	.512	1.9	4.9	.398	5.0	5.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	6	32.2	10.2	3.3	4.3	7.7	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.8	3.7	3.5	7.3	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.2	.760
Kawhi Leonard	11	39.3	30.4	2.0	5.7	7.7	4.4	2.1	0.8	2.2	2.6	11.1	19.4	.573	2.2	5.5	.393	6.0	6.8	.880

Note: Kawhi Leonard didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 11
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	80	34.4	10.5	3.0	5.7	8.6	1.9	1.0	0.9	1.3	2.5	4.2	8.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.3	.854
Kawhi Leonard	52	33.6	23.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	3.9	1.4	0.5	1.7	1.6	8.6	16.8	.512	2.0	4.8	.416	4.7	5.4	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	7	36.4	8.9	4.1	5.6	9.7	2.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	2.3	3.7	10.1	.366	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.909
Kawhi Leonard	2	40.0	34.5	1.5	5.0	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	12.0	22.0	.545	3.0	5.0	.600	7.5	8.5	.882


Season 12
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	82	34.4	10.8	3.2	5.7	9.0	2.2	0.9	0.6	1.2	2.8	4.1	9.2	.446	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.0	.864
Kawhi Leonard	68	34.3	23.7	1.2	4.9	6.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.8	1.4	9.0	17.1	.525	2.1	4.9	.417	3.7	4.2	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	2	29.5	12.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	5.5	12.0	.458	0.0	2.5	.000	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 13
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2005-06	-
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
P.J. Brown	75	31.7	9.0	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.2	2.9	3.6	7.8	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.2	.827
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	72	20.2	6.1	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.6	2.4	5.8	.407	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.787
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	10	22.8	8.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.8	2.9	3.3	6.7	.493	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.739
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	P.J. Brown	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	18	11.6	2.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.3	.341	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.688
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
P.J. Brown	25	13.6	2.9	0.7	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.0	2.2	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.840
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

P.J. Brown vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard and P.J. 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15