Scottie Barnes vs. Jaylen Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Brown and Scottie Barnes, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Scottie Barnes played 4 years in the NBA, 5 less than Jaylen Brown, who played 9. Scottie Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Jaylen Brown had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Scottie Barnes 4 1 2021-22 to 2024-25
Jaylen Brown 9 8 2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Scottie Barnes Jaylen Brown
Season 2021-222016-17
Team Toronto RaptorsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards Achievement Rookie of the Year-
Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
-Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Raptors Lost East Conf 1st RdCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Scottie Barnes 74 35.4 15.3 2.6 4.9 7.5 3.5 1.1 0.7 1.8 2.6 6.2 12.6 .492 0.8 2.6 .301 2.1 2.9 .735
difference:+4+18.2+8.7+2.0+2.7+4.7+2.7+0.7+0.5-0.9-0.8+3.7+7.2+.038+0.2+0.9+.040+1.0+1.3+.050
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Scottie Barnes 4 33.3 12.8 1.8 7.3 9.0 4.3 1.0 0.3 1.3 3.0 4.5 10.5 .429 0.5 3.0 .167 3.3 4.0 .813
difference:+13+20.7+7.8+1.1+5.9+6.9+3.5+0.6+0.2-0.5-1.5+2.5+6.3+.050+0.2+1.6+.050+2.6+2.9+.146
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

Season 2

Scottie Barnes Jaylen Brown
Season 2022-232017-18
Team Toronto RaptorsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Scottie Barnes 77 34.8 15.3 2.3 4.3 6.6 4.8 1.1 0.8 2.0 2.2 6.0 13.2 .456 0.8 2.9 .281 2.5 3.2 .772
difference:+7+4.1+0.8+1.4+0.3+1.7+3.2+0.1+0.4-0.2-0.4+0.7+1.7+.009+0.9+1.5+.114+0.4+0.1+.128
Jaylen Brown 70 30.7 14.5 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.8 2.6 5.3 11.5 .465 1.7 4.4 .395 2.1 3.3 .644
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Scottie Barnes DNP------ --- ----------
Jaylen Brown 18 32.4 18.0 0.9 3.9 4.8 1.4 0.8 0.6 1.3 3.2 6.9 14.8 .466 2.4 6.2 .393 1.8 2.8 .640

Season 3

Scottie Barnes Jaylen Brown
Season 2023-242018-19
Team Toronto RaptorsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics Lost East Conf Semis
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Scottie Barnes 60 34.9 19.9 2.4 5.9 8.2 6.1 1.3 1.5 2.8 2.0 7.5 15.7 .475 1.7 4.9 .341 3.3 4.2 .781
difference:+14+9.0+6.9+1.5+2.5+4.0+4.7+0.4+1.1-1.5-0.5+2.5+5.0+.010+0.4+1.2+.003+1.5+1.5+.123
Jaylen Brown 74 25.9 13.0 0.9 3.4 4.2 1.4 0.9 0.4 1.3 2.5 5.0 10.7 .465 1.3 3.7 .344 1.8 2.7 .658
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Scottie Barnes DNP------ --- ----------
Jaylen Brown 9 30.4 13.9 0.7 5.1 5.8 1.1 0.7 0.2 1.8 3.3 4.9 9.7 .506 1.6 4.4 .350 2.6 3.3 .767

Season 4

Scottie Barnes Jaylen Brown
Season 2024-252019-20
Team Toronto RaptorsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Scottie Barnes 65 32.8 19.3 1.7 6.0 7.7 5.8 1.4 1.0 2.8 1.7 7.3 16.4 .446 1.2 4.3 .271 3.5 4.6 .755
difference:+8+1.1+1.0+0.6+0.7+1.3+3.7+0.3+0.6-0.6-1.2+0.2+0.8+.035+1.1+1.6+.111+0.4+0.3+.031
Jaylen Brown 57 33.9 20.3 1.1 5.3 6.4 2.1 1.1 0.4 2.2 2.9 7.5 15.6 .481 2.3 5.9 .382 3.1 4.3 .724
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Scottie Barnes DNP------ --- ----------
Jaylen Brown 17 39.5 21.8 1.4 6.1 7.5 2.3 1.5 0.5 2.4 2.8 8.1 16.9 .476 2.5 7.1 .358 3.1 3.7 .841

Additional Years

* Jaylen Brown played 5 seasons more than Scottie Barnes in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 9, from 2021 to 2025—Jaylen Brown played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 5 extra years over Scottie Barnes, Jaylen Brown got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 Finals MVP
Achievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 4 All-Star Game