Jalen Brunson vs. Connie Dierking Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Connie Dierking 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, 4 less than Connie Dierking, who played 10. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Connie Dierking had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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.

Note: Connie Dierking didn't play in 1960-61, 1961-62 and 1962-63.

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Connie Dierking
Season	2023-24	1966-67
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Royals Lost East Div 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
Connie Dierking	77	24.7	9.3	-	-	7.8	2.1	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	9.5	.399	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.744
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
Connie Dierking	4	37.8	17.5	-	-	13.0	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	8.0	18.8	.427	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	1.000