Jalen Brunson vs. Sam Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Perkins 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, 11 less than Sam Perkins, who played 17. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Sam Perkins had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Sam Perkins	17	15	1984-85 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	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
Sam Perkins	82	28.3	11.0	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.6	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.9	4.2	9.0	.471	0.1	0.4	.250	2.4	3.0	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	4	42.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	3.3	6.0	12.3	.490	0.3	1.0	.250	6.5	8.5	.765


Season 2
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	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
Sam Perkins	80	32.8	15.4	2.4	6.1	8.6	1.9	0.9	1.2	1.8	2.7	5.7	11.4	.503	0.1	0.4	.333	3.8	4.7	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	10	34.7	14.9	3.0	5.3	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.4	1.6	3.2	5.7	13.3	.429	0.2	0.8	.250	3.3	4.3	.767


Season 3
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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	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
Sam Perkins	80	33.6	14.8	2.5	5.2	7.7	1.8	1.4	1.0	1.7	3.4	5.8	12.0	.482	0.2	0.7	.352	3.1	3.7	.828

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
Sam Perkins	4	33.3	17.0	3.0	5.5	8.5	1.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	4.0	6.5	13.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.8	.696


Season 4
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks 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	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
Sam Perkins	75	33.3	14.2	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	5.3	11.7	.450	0.1	0.4	.167	3.6	4.4	.822

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
Sam Perkins	17	33.6	13.5	2.3	4.3	6.6	1.8	1.5	1.0	1.8	3.0	5.2	11.5	.451	0.1	0.4	.143	3.1	3.9	.803


Season 5
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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	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
Sam Perkins	78	36.7	15.0	3.0	5.8	8.8	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.8	2.9	5.7	12.3	.464	0.1	0.5	.184	3.5	4.2	.833

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
Sam Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks TBD	Mavericks 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	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
Sam Perkins	76	35.1	15.9	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.3	1.2	0.8	1.9	3.0	5.7	11.6	.493	0.1	0.4	.214	4.3	5.6	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	12	40.7	33.7	0.7	2.9	3.6	7.3	0.8	0.2	2.8	2.1	12.1	26.9	.449	2.1	6.8	.309	7.4	9.6	.774
Sam Perkins	3	39.3	15.0	3.3	4.0	7.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.3	5.7	5.3	12.0	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	4.3	5.7	.765


Season 7
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	73	34.3	13.5	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.5	0.9	1.1	1.4	3.4	5.0	10.2	.495	0.2	0.9	.281	3.1	3.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	19	39.6	17.7	2.2	6.1	8.3	1.7	0.8	1.4	1.9	3.6	6.4	11.6	.548	0.6	1.6	.367	4.4	5.7	.761


Season 8
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	63	37.0	16.5	3.0	5.8	8.8	2.2	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.0	5.7	12.7	.450	0.2	1.1	.217	4.8	5.9	.817

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


Season 9
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	79	29.8	13.1	2.1	4.6	6.6	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	10.1	.477	0.3	0.9	.338	3.2	3.9	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	19	32.9	14.4	1.7	5.3	7.0	1.9	1.0	1.3	1.1	2.9	5.2	11.8	.436	1.6	4.2	.380	2.5	2.9	.873


Season 10
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1993-94
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	81	26.8	12.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.4	4.2	9.6	.438	1.2	3.3	.367	2.7	3.4	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	5	28.2	9.8	1.2	6.0	7.2	0.8	0.8	0.4	1.2	3.0	2.8	8.4	.333	1.2	2.8	.429	3.0	3.4	.882


Season 11
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1994-95
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	82	28.7	12.7	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.6	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.3	4.2	9.0	.466	1.7	4.2	.397	2.6	3.3	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	4	35.3	13.5	1.5	6.3	7.8	3.3	0.8	1.3	2.3	3.0	5.3	12.0	.438	2.5	5.5	.455	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 12
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	82	26.5	11.8	1.2	3.2	4.5	1.5	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.1	4.0	9.7	.408	1.6	4.4	.355	2.3	2.9	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	21	31.1	12.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.3	9.3	.459	1.5	4.1	.368	2.2	2.9	.754


Season 13
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1996-97
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	81	24.4	11.0	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.7	3.6	8.2	.439	1.5	3.8	.395	2.3	2.8	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	12	28.3	8.4	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.1	2.8	2.6	7.7	.337	1.2	3.8	.311	2.1	2.4	.862


Season 14
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1997-98
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	81	20.7	7.2	0.7	2.5	3.1	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.4	5.8	.416	1.1	2.7	.392	1.2	1.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	10	21.0	5.4	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.4	0.3	0.5	1.1	2.2	1.6	4.2	.381	1.0	2.4	.417	1.2	2.0	.600


Season 15
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	48	16.4	5.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.7	4.2	.400	0.7	1.9	.389	0.9	1.3	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	13	11.2	4.1	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.7	.514	0.8	1.8	.458	0.5	0.7	.667


Season 16
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	81	20.0	6.6	0.8	2.8	3.6	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	2.3	5.4	.417	1.1	2.7	.408	1.0	1.2	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	23	18.2	4.8	0.7	2.4	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.5	4.6	.324	1.0	2.9	.348	0.8	0.9	.905


Season 17
	Jalen Brunson	Sam Perkins
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	64	15.6	3.8	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.5	.381	0.6	1.7	.345	0.5	0.6	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	3	6.7	1.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	2.7	.250	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Jalen Brunson vs. Sam Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Perkins 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

Season 17