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Jalen Brunson vs top-10 defenses

NYK · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

Jalen Brunson has averaged 26.2 points and 7.0 assists per game in 26 games against top-10 defenses, vs 24.9 points and 6.5 assists in 41 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
26.2
points per game · 26 games
Vs everyone else
24.9
points per game · 41 games
Difference
+1.3
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

per game averages · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season
Jalen Brunson per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 102626.23.37.02.50.70.235.846.5%79.6%56.9%52.6%+1.3
Everyone else4124.93.26.52.60.90.134.945.1%83.6%56.7%51.8%
2026-27Top 10323.32.05.01.00.71.035.438.1%67.9%46.5%40.5%−2.2
Everyone else425.53.35.53.51.00.034.640.2%78.6%54.1%48.8%
2025-26Top 102326.63.47.32.70.70.135.947.6%82.2%58.4%54.2%+1.7
Everyone else3724.93.26.62.50.80.134.945.6%84.3%57.0%52.2%

Every game against top-10 defenses

26 games · newest first · opponent's defensive rank that day
  1. Oct 27, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (prior season's final)23 pts, 1 reb, 7 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
  2. Oct 25, 2026vs ORL · No. 10 defense (prior season's final)28 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 32 min
  3. Oct 23, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (prior season's final)19 pts, 2 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 37 min
  4. Apr 10, 2026vs TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  5. Apr 9, 2026vs BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)25 pts, 1 reb, 10 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
  6. Apr 6, 2026at ATL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)30 pts, 3 reb, 13 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 39 min
  7. Mar 31, 2026at HOU · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 6 reb, 8 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
  8. Mar 29, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)32 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
  9. Mar 26, 2026at CHA · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)26 pts, 2 reb, 13 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 40 min
  10. Mar 4, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 3 reb, 15 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
  11. Mar 3, 2026at TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)26 pts, 2 reb, 10 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
  12. Mar 1, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)24 pts, 4 reb, 7 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 32 min
  13. Feb 21, 2026vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 3 reb, 6 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
  14. Feb 19, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)33 pts, 6 reb, 8 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
  15. Feb 8, 2026at BOS · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)31 pts, 3 reb, 8 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
  16. Feb 6, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  17. Jan 28, 2026at TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 1 reb, 4 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 30 min
  18. Jan 24, 2026at PHI · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)31 pts, 5 reb, 6 ast · 6 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
  19. Jan 9, 2026at PHX · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)27 pts, 3 reb, 5 ast · 5 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
  20. Jan 5, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)25 pts, 3 reb, 0 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
  21. Dec 31, 2025at SAS · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 4 reb, 8 ast · 5 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
  22. Dec 21, 2025vs MIA · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)47 pts, 3 reb, 8 ast · 6 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
  23. Dec 13, 2025at ORL · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)40 pts, 4 reb, 8 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 39 min
  24. Dec 9, 2025at TOR · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)35 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 6 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 39 min
  25. Dec 7, 2025vs ORL · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)30 pts, 2 reb, 9 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
  26. Nov 30, 2025vs TOR · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)18 pts, 6 reb, 7 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 34 min

What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (7 games here, 60 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 14 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.