Paul George
2025–26
NBA player comparison
Paul George vs. Jaylen Brown: 2025–26 season
Regular-season verdict
Paul George leads in 2025–26 season impact
Jaylen Brown
2025–26
Impact comparison
+1.7LeadsSeason impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average+1.3
#41LeadsSeason impact rank#75
37Games71Leads
1,135Minutes2,443Leads
17.3PPG28.7Leads
57.0%TS%57.3%Leads
Paul George's season impact was +1.7, compared with +1.3 for Jaylen Brown. Both players are compared in the 2025–26 season using its published Impact Rate. A ranked comparison requires at least 450 minutes for each player.
Regular season only. Impact figures are estimates; small gaps are not exact. Playoffs, awards and titles do not determine the verdict.
Full comparison
All the numbers
Player names repeat above every section. A Leads tag marks the better result for that metric, whether higher or lower; it is not a point or vote toward the overall verdict.
Box score
Traditional stats
Scoring, efficiency and all-around production.
Paul GeorgeMetricJaylen Brown
37Games71Leads
1,135Minutes2,443Leads
17.3PPG28.7Leads
5.3RPG6.9Leads
3.6APG5.1Leads
57.0%TS%57.3%Leads
43.9%FG%47.7%Leads
39.2%Leads3P%34.7%
82.0%LeadsFT%79.5%
Model results
What hussEyquation concludes
This compares both players in the 2025–26 season, using the published season Impact Rate. At least 450 minutes are needed for a ranked comparison. During the season, the result reflects the latest published games.
Paul GeorgeMetricJaylen Brown
+1.7LeadsSeason impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average+1.3
#41LeadsSeason impact rank#75
Four separate questions
Impact, winning, playoffs, and awards
These are different ways to understand a career. Only Regular Season Impact determines the hussEyquation verdict. The other three sections add basketball context without adding points or changing the rank.
Career to date. At least one player is active. Every total below stops after the latest completed season in this data; nothing is projected.
Regular Season Impact
Paul George leads in 2025–26 season impact.
Paul GeorgeMetricJaylen Brown
+1.7LeadsSeason impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average+1.3
#41LeadsSeason impact rank#75
This is the ranking result. It uses regular-season impact only. Team records, playoffs, and awards do not change it.
Team Success
The advantages are split across the available measures.
Paul GeorgeMetricJaylen Brown
708LeadsListed-team regular-season wins530
55.5%Listed-team winning percentage66.3%Leads
250-win team seasons7Leads
060-win team seasons2Leads
13LeadsPlayoff team seasons10
Context only. Not included in Career Impact Rank. Final records for every listed team-season. A traded season can include more than one team.
Playoff Résumé
The advantages are split across the available measures.
Paul GeorgeMetricJaylen Brown
12LeadsPlayoff appearances9
125Playoff games142Leads
57Team playoff wins85Leads
0Finals appearances2Leads
0Championships1Leads
Context only. Not included in Career Impact Rank. Team playoff results count only seasons when the player appeared in a playoff game.
Awards
Paul George leads every available measure below.
Paul GeorgeMetricJaylen Brown
9LeadsAll-Star5
0MVP0
6LeadsAll-NBA2
4LeadsAll-Defense0
0DPOY0
0Rookie of the Year0
Context only. Not included in Career Impact Rank. Major regular-season honors are recognition, not inputs to the impact ranking.
How each context field is counted
- Listed-team regular-season wins
- The sum of each listed team's final wins in every season the player represented that team.
- Listed-team winning percentage
- Those team wins divided by those teams' total regular-season games.
- 50- and 60-win team seasons
- Listed team-seasons that finished with at least 50 or 60 wins. Shortened seasons are not projected to 82 games.
- Team seasons reaching playoffs
- Listed team-seasons in which that team qualified for the playoffs.
- Playoff appearances and games
- Postseasons and games in which the player appeared.
- Team playoff wins
- Team wins from those postseasons. They describe team results, not individual credit.
- Finals appearances and championships
- Seasons when the player appeared in the playoffs for the finalist or champion.
- Awards
- Recorded NBA selections and major regular-season honors. A zero means the source records none; Not available means the source field is missing.
Source and scope Basketball Reference, NBA seasons 1950–51 through 2025–26, accessed 2026-10-09. Active-career totals are results to date through the latest completed season in the source.
Selected seasons
Era-centered impact
Both bars show the same NBA season. Missing or unqualified data does not establish a winner.
Paul GeorgeJaylen Brown
Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average
Striped bars mark seasons with fewer than 40 games. A dashed mark means that player had no season at the aligned point.