RJ Barrett vs. Rick Brunson Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rick Brunson and RJ Barrett, 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.
RJ Barrett played 5 years in the NBA, 4 less than Rick Brunson, who played 9. RJ Barrett had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Rick Brunson had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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 |
RJ Barrett |
5 |
2 |
2019-20 to 2023-24 |
Rick Brunson |
9 |
4 |
1997-98 to 2005-06 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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|
|
Rookie Season |
|
RJ Barrett |
Rick Brunson |
Season |
2019-20 | 1997-98 |
Team |
New York Knicks | Portland Trail Blazers |
Honors & Awards |
| |
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 |
% |
RJ Barrett |
56 |
30.4 |
14.3 |
0.9 |
4.1 |
5.0 |
2.6 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
5.2 |
13.0 |
.402 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
.320 |
2.8 |
4.5 |
.614 |
Rick Brunson |
38 |
16.4 |
4.3 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
.348 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
.361 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
.677 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
72 |
34.9 |
17.6 |
0.9 |
4.8 |
5.8 |
3.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
6.5 |
14.7 |
.441 |
1.7 |
4.3 |
.401 |
2.9 |
3.8 |
.746 |
Rick Brunson |
17 |
5.6 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
.286 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
.278 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
5 |
32.4 |
14.4 |
0.8 |
6.4 |
7.2 |
3.0 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
5.2 |
13.4 |
.388 |
1.6 |
5.6 |
.286 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
.800 |
Rick Brunson |
9 |
1.9 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.400 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.2 |
0.2 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
70 |
34.5 |
20.0 |
0.9 |
4.9 |
5.8 |
3.0 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
7.0 |
17.1 |
.408 |
2.0 |
5.8 |
.342 |
4.1 |
5.8 |
.714 |
Rick Brunson |
37 |
7.8 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
.414 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.154 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
.611 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
3 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
73 |
33.9 |
19.6 |
0.8 |
4.2 |
5.0 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
7.0 |
16.1 |
.434 |
1.7 |
5.3 |
.310 |
4.0 |
5.4 |
.740 |
Rick Brunson |
22 |
9.5 |
2.1 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
.333 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.143 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
.533 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
11 |
34.3 |
19.3 |
0.5 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
6.5 |
14.9 |
.433 |
1.8 |
5.5 |
.328 |
4.5 |
5.9 |
.769 |
Rick Brunson |
2 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
.000 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.5 |
2.0 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
58 |
31.7 |
20.2 |
0.9 |
4.5 |
5.4 |
3.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
7.5 |
15.2 |
.495 |
1.6 |
4.3 |
.360 |
3.6 |
5.0 |
.715 |
Rick Brunson |
59 |
8.8 |
2.1 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
.398 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.545 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
.707 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
2 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
17 |
11.5 |
3.5 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
2.9 |
.460 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.667 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
.833 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
40 |
10.3 |
3.0 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
2.6 |
.381 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
.478 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
.871 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
80 |
24.3 |
5.5 |
0.3 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
5.1 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
1.6 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
5.5 |
.376 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
.369 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
.770 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
27 |
9.1 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
.389 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
.385 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
.583 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
RJ Barrett |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rick Brunson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |