Jim Brewer vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Brunson and Jim Brewer, 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.

Jim Brewer played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jalen Brunson, who played 6. Jim Brewer had the first of his seasons in 1973-74, while Jalen Brunson had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Jim Brewer	9	6	1973-74 to 1981-82
Jalen Brunson	6	4	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9


Rookie Season
	Jim Brewer	Jalen Brunson
Season	1973-74	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jim Brewer	82	22.7	6.1	2.5	3.9	6.4	1.8	0.6	0.4	-	2.3	2.6	6.7	.383	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.650
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

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


Season 2
	Jim Brewer	Jalen Brunson
Season	1974-75	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jim Brewer	82	24.3	8.4	2.5	3.7	6.2	1.6	0.9	0.5	-	1.8	3.5	7.8	.455	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.648
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

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


Season 3
	Jim Brewer	Jalen Brunson
Season	1975-76	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jim Brewer	82	35.5	11.5	3.6	7.2	10.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	-	2.6	4.9	10.7	.458	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.654
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	13	37.6	8.8	3.1	7.7	10.8	2.8	1.0	0.9	-	2.6	3.4	7.8	.436	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.542
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


Season 4
	Jim Brewer	Jalen Brunson
Season	1976-77	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jim Brewer	81	33.0	8.5	3.4	6.0	9.4	2.4	1.2	1.0	-	2.6	3.7	8.1	.451	-	-	-	1.2	2.2	.545
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	3	37.7	7.7	3.7	8.3	12.0	1.7	1.3	1.3	-	3.7	3.7	9.0	.407	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
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


Season 5
	Jim Brewer	Jalen Brunson
Season	1977-78	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Jim Brewer	80	22.5	5.0	2.3	3.9	6.2	1.2	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.2	2.2	4.9	.449	-	-	-	0.6	1.3	.460
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	1	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	2.0	.000
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


Season 6
	Jim Brewer	Jalen Brunson
Season	1978-79	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	80	20.1	3.9	2.0	4.0	5.9	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.2	1.8	4.0	.442	-	-	-	0.3	0.8	.413
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 7
	Jim Brewer	Jalen Brunson
Season	1979-80	-
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		%
Jim Brewer	67	15.2	2.9	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.9	1.3	2.7	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.483
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	3	22.3	7.0	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	2.0	3.3	3.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jim Brewer	Jalen Brunson
Season	1980-81	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Jim Brewer	78	14.2	2.8	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	2.0	1.3	2.5	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	.375
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jim Brewer	Jalen Brunson
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jim Brewer	71	13.6	2.4	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.8	1.1	2.5	.463	0.0	0.1	.167	0.1	0.3	.368
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	8	7.1	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jalen Brunson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jim Brewer vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Brunson and Jim Brewer, 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