Jalen Brunson vs. Mario Chalmers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mario Chalmers 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, 3 less than Mario Chalmers, who played 9. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Mario Chalmers had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Mario Chalmers
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East 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	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
Mario Chalmers	82	32.0	10.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.9	2.0	0.1	2.0	2.9	3.4	8.1	.420	1.4	3.8	.367	1.8	2.4	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mario Chalmers	7	33.0	7.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.4	2.9	0.1	2.4	3.0	2.9	7.1	.400	0.9	3.0	.286	0.7	1.0	.714

Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Mario Chalmers
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
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
Mario Chalmers	64	28.5	9.8	0.3	2.4	2.7	3.5	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.6	3.5	7.8	.448	1.6	4.1	.388	1.3	1.6	.792
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
Mario Chalmers	23	35.6	11.3	0.5	3.1	3.7	3.9	1.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	4.0	9.0	.442	1.4	4.0	.359	1.9	2.6	.717

Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Mario Chalmers
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
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
Mario Chalmers	77	26.9	8.6	0.2	2.0	2.2	3.5	1.5	0.2	1.5	2.5	2.9	6.9	.429	1.6	3.9	.409	1.2	1.5	.795
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
Mario Chalmers	23	28.3	9.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.1	0.9	0.0	1.7	3.0	3.3	8.0	.415	1.0	3.0	.353	1.7	2.3	.755

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Mario Chalmers
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost NBA 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
Mario Chalmers	73	29.8	9.8	0.6	2.4	2.9	4.9	1.6	0.2	2.2	2.9	3.5	7.7	.454	1.2	3.1	.385	1.7	2.2	.742
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
Mario Chalmers	20	26.8	6.4	0.1	2.2	2.3	3.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.4	2.4	5.6	.423	0.8	2.2	.349	1.0	1.3	.760

Note: Mario Chalmers didn't play in 2016-17.