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Jaylen BrownPhiladelphia 76ers · #7

Forward · 6'6", 223 lb · Marietta, Georgia · Age 30 · 10th season

Jaylen Brown is a two-way All-Star wing and 2024 NBA champion who joined the Philadelphia 76ers after his career with the Boston Celtics. Drafted 3rd in 2016 out of Cal-Berkeley, he won both the 2024 Finals MVP and Eastern Conference Finals MVP in leading Boston to a title. An explosive scorer and versatile defender, he is also renowned off the court for his activism, education work, and business ventures.

MVP race · #15Forward rank · #5Balladex Impact · 82
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Philadelphia 76ers · #7 · Forward
Jaylen Brown
Season avg28.7 pts · 6.9 reb · 5.1 ast · .477 fg
Career avg20.0 pts · 5.5 reb · 2.9 ast · .475 fg
Live win probability76ers 65%
Balladex model · projected 120–117 · 98.4 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
29.8pts
7.1reb
5.4ast
65%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Jaylen Brown
Philadelphia 76ers · Forward
C+
vs
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Jordan Goodwin
Phoenix Suns · Strong defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Jaylen Brown — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

B+
Two-Way Wing · Slasher · Impact 82
Jaylen Brown is a two-way All-Star wing and 2024 NBA champion who joined the Philadelphia 76ers after his career with the Boston Celtics. Drafted 3rd
C+
Offense
C
Defense
C+
Feel / IQ
C
Playmaking
Average creator
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A-
Scoring
Excellent scorer
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C+
Rebounding
Average on the glass
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C
3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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B-
Perimeter D
Strong on the perimeter
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D
Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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B-
Clutch
Strong late
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C+
Athleticism
Strong tools
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C+
Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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A+
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Jaylen Brown stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN
2%
Balladex Consensus: #9 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
1%MVP odds
82Impact index
421Star score
Career scoring average20.0 ppg
Seasons in the index10
Accolades on file3
1× NBA Champion (2024) · 1× Finals MVP (2024)
Stat explorer

Jaylen Brown — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
28.7 PPG
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C
Playmaking
5.1 APG
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C+
Rebounding
6.9 RPG
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C
Shooting
.347 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Jaylen Brown

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  86% confidence
29.9
pts
27.9–31.9
7.0
reb
6.4–7.6
5.5
ast
5.0–6.0
34.5
min
proj
68
gp
health
.479
fg%
~base
.341
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 10-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 28.7 → projected 29.9 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.1
Development (his trend)
+0.7
Age curve
-0.2
Live context
+0.6
Net vs last season+1.2 PPG
Everything it reads
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10 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
+dev
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Per-stat aging curves
age 30 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 70 / 63 / 71 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Jaylen Brown career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2016-177817.26.62.80.8.454.341
2017-187030.714.54.91.6.465.395
2018-197425.913.04.21.4.465.344
2019-205733.920.36.42.1.481.382
2020-215834.524.76.03.4.484.397
2021-226633.623.66.13.5.473.358
2022-236735.926.66.93.5.491.335
2023-247033.523.05.53.6.499.354
2024-256334.322.25.84.5.463.324
2025-26 BOS7134.428.76.95.1.477.347
Career67431.020.05.52.9
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
raw PPG
in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Philadelphia 76ers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

42–40proj record
#10conf seed
+0.5net rtg
114.6off rtg
114.1def rtg
46%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Joel Embiid, Adem Bona.
How his role moves
Projected 42–40, 10th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
82 of 99
All-Star level tier.
Rarity
◆ Rare
Rank #105 of 715 in NBA.
Résumé
3 accolades
1× NBA Champion (2024) · 1× Finals MVP (2024) · 5× NBA All-Star
Act IV

The Ballad of Jaylen Brown

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Oct 24, 1996

The beginning

A two-way All-Star wing and 2024 Finals MVP — a champion scorer and defender, now with the 76ers.

Philadelphia 76ers

Turning pro

Drafted 3rd overall, 2016 as a Forward.

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A 3rd pick who became a champion and Finals MVP — a two-way wing, now in Philadelphia.

Chapter

Son of a pro boxer, Brown was Pac-12 Freshman of the Year at Cal before Boston drafted him 3rd in 2016.

Chapter

He grew into a core wing and signed a then-record supermax extension.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 6"
Weight
223 lbs
College
California
Experience
10th Season
NBA debut
2016
Draft
3rd overall, 2016
Born
Marietta, Georgia
Age
30
Jersey
#7
Beyond the game

Brown is one of the most civically engaged athletes in sports: elected an NBPA Vice President at 22 (the youngest ever), an MIT Media Lab Fellow who co-created a STEM bridge program for Boston youth, and founder of the 7uice Foundation focused on education and income inequality. His motto — 'Faith, Consistency, Hard Work Pays Off' — reflects a thoughtful, self-directed personality; he is primarily vegetarian, learning Spanish, and interested in history, philosophy, and music.

On the court his identity is two-way force: an explosive, powerful athlete who scores at all three levels and defends multiple perimeter positions, capable of guarding the opponent's best while carrying a heavy offensive load. His 2024 Finals MVP run — pairing tough defense on Dončić with 20-plus points a game — cemented him as a proven, championship-caliber wing.

The person

A powerful two-way wing and champion — elite athleticism, three-level scoring, and civic depth.

Two-way starScores at all three levels and defends multiple positions.
Champion2024 NBA champion, Finals MVP, and Conference Finals MVP.
Activist mindNBPA VP, MIT Fellow, and education-focused philanthropist.
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FAQ

Jaylen Brown — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jaylen Brown, answered.

Did Jaylen Brown win a championship?
Yes — the 2024 NBA title with the Boston Celtics, where he won both the Finals MVP and the Eastern Conference Finals MVP.
What is Jaylen Brown known for off the court?
Extensive activism and education work — he was elected NBPA Vice President at 22, became an MIT Media Lab Fellow, and founded the education-focused 7uice Foundation.
Where did Jaylen Brown play college basketball?
One season at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was Pac-12 Freshman of the Year before Boston drafted him 3rd overall in 2016.
Jaylen Brown career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
84%
10 seasons
Last 3 seasons
83%
42 games missed
Games missed
126
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Durable
steady
Availability by season
78
16-17
70
17-18
74
18-19
57
19-20
58
20-21
66
21-22
67
22-23
70
23-24
63
24-25
71
25-26

Durable. Availability trend is steady83% of games over the last three seasons, low of 77% in 2024-25.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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