Jalen Brunson vs. Andrew Bynum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Bynum 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.

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, 2 less than Andrew Bynum, who played 8. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Andrew Bynum had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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.

Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Andrew Bynum
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
Andrew Bynum	50	28.9	14.3	2.7	5.2	8.0	1.4	0.4	1.8	1.7	3.1	5.6	10.0	.560	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.707
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
Andrew Bynum	23	17.4	6.3	1.4	2.3	3.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.8	3.3	2.5	5.5	.457	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.651

Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Andrew Bynum
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
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
Andrew Bynum	65	30.4	15.0	2.7	5.6	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.0	10.6	.570	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.739
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
Andrew Bynum	23	24.4	8.6	2.6	4.3	6.9	0.5	0.3	1.6	0.9	2.7	3.5	6.5	.537	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.4	.679

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Andrew Bynum
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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	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
Andrew Bynum	54	27.8	11.3	3.1	6.3	9.4	1.4	0.4	2.0	1.4	2.6	4.4	7.6	.574	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.9	.660
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
Andrew Bynum	10	32.0	14.4	3.6	6.0	9.6	0.8	0.5	1.4	2.0	3.3	5.7	10.5	.543	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.6	.833

Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Andrew Bynum
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Bynum	60	35.2	18.7	3.2	8.6	11.8	1.4	0.5	1.9	2.5	1.7	7.4	13.3	.558	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.6	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Bynum	12	37.6	16.7	3.8	7.3	11.1	1.5	0.4	3.1	1.3	1.8	6.1	12.8	.477	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	5.8	.783

Note: Andrew Bynum didn't play in 2012-13.