Jalen Brunson vs. Alton Lister Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alton Lister and Jalen Brunson, 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.

Jalen Brunson played 6 years in the NBA, 10 less than Alton Lister, who played 16. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Alton Lister had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Jalen Brunson	6	4	2018-19 to 2023-24
Alton Lister	16	11	1981-82 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	2018-19	1981-82
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
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
Alton Lister	80	14.8	4.5	1.4	3.5	4.8	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.6	3.0	1.9	3.6	.519	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.520

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	6	18.7	5.5	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	1.5	3.8	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714


Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	2019-20	1982-83
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Jalen Brunson	57	17.9	8.2	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.3	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.3	3.2	6.8	.466	0.8	2.1	.358	1.1	1.3	.813
Alton Lister	80	23.6	8.4	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.3	4.1	3.4	6.4	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.0	.537

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	9	22.9	6.4	2.3	4.4	6.8	1.2	1.0	1.7	1.9	3.3	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.800


Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Jalen Brunson	68	25.0	12.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.5	0.5	0.0	1.2	1.6	4.8	9.2	.523	1.2	2.9	.405	1.8	2.2	.795
Alton Lister	82	23.8	7.6	1.9	5.5	7.4	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.9	4.0	3.1	6.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.626

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	7	16.3	8.0	0.9	1.7	2.6	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.9	2.9	6.3	.455	0.9	1.9	.462	1.4	1.9	.769
Alton Lister	16	23.0	6.8	1.6	4.4	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.9	2.4	4.9	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.625


Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks 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		%
Jalen Brunson	79	31.9	16.3	0.5	3.4	3.9	4.8	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	6.4	12.8	.502	1.2	3.2	.373	2.3	2.7	.840
Alton Lister	81	25.8	9.9	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.3	3.5	4.0	7.4	.538	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.2	.588

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	18	34.9	21.6	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.7	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	8.1	17.3	.466	1.4	4.2	.347	4.0	5.0	.800
Alton Lister	8	25.4	8.6	3.4	4.4	7.8	1.9	0.8	1.9	2.0	4.5	3.4	7.5	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	4.0	.469


Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Jalen Brunson	68	35.0	24.0	0.6	3.0	3.5	6.2	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.2	8.6	17.6	.491	2.0	4.7	.416	4.8	5.8	.829
Alton Lister	81	22.4	9.8	2.5	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.6	1.8	2.0	3.7	3.9	7.1	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.3	.602

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	11	40.3	27.8	0.8	4.1	4.9	5.6	1.5	0.1	2.1	2.4	9.9	20.9	.474	2.4	7.3	.325	5.6	6.2	.912
Alton Lister	14	23.9	11.9	2.6	4.2	6.9	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.5	4.0	4.7	7.4	.641	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	4.1	.603


Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
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
Alton Lister	75	30.5	11.6	3.0	6.4	9.4	1.5	0.4	2.4	2.3	3.9	4.6	9.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.5	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alton Lister	9	22.9	6.0	3.2	3.0	6.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.1	4.1	2.2	5.6	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.700


Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	82	22.1	5.6	2.4	5.2	7.6	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.1	3.9	2.1	4.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.500	1.4	2.3	.606

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	5	15.4	5.6	1.8	4.0	5.8	1.0	0.2	1.0	0.8	3.4	2.4	3.4	.706	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	82	22.0	8.0	2.5	4.1	6.6	0.7	0.3	2.2	1.4	3.8	3.3	6.6	.499	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	8	20.0	7.0	1.6	3.1	4.8	0.3	0.3	2.6	1.1	3.5	2.1	4.9	.436	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.3	.846


Season 9
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	3	13.3	4.0	1.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.7	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.3	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Warriors 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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	77	20.2	6.4	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.2	0.3	1.2	1.4	3.7	2.4	5.1	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.6	.569

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	6	12.0	4.3	1.2	3.5	4.7	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.3	2.5	2.0	4.2	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.400


Season 11
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Warriors 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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	26	11.3	3.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.3	1.7	3.0	.557	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.424

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	4	11.8	4.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.3	1.5	3.8	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 12
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	20	8.7	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.9	2.0	1.0	2.1	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.538

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Alton Lister didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 13
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	60	12.9	2.8	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.6	2.4	1.1	2.2	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics
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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	64	11.5	2.2	1.0	3.3	4.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	2.1	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Boston Celtics
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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	53	9.7	1.6	1.2	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.8	0.6	1.5	.416	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Jalen Brunson	Alton Lister
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	7	6.3	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.7	0.4	1.1	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alton Lister	2	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Jalen Brunson vs. Alton Lister Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alton Lister and Jalen Brunson, 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

Season 16