Carl Braun vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp and Carl Braun, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Carl Braun played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Shawn Kemp, who played 14. Carl Braun had the first of his seasons in 1947-48, while Shawn Kemp had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Carl Braun	Shawn Kemp
Season	1947-48	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost 1st Rd	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		%
Carl Braun	47	-	14.3	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	2.2	5.9	18.2	.323	-	-	-	2.5	3.9	.650
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	3	-	10.0	-	-	-	0.7	-	-	-	2.0	4.0	13.7	.293	-	-	-	2.0	3.3	.600
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Carl Braun didn't play in 1950-51 and 1951-52.

Season 4
	Carl Braun	Shawn Kemp
Season	1952-53	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Carl Braun	70	33.1	14.0	-	-	3.3	3.5	-	-	-	4.1	4.6	11.5	.400	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.825
Shawn Kemp	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	11	34.0	13.5	-	-	4.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.2	4.3	13.2	.324	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.806
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809

Season 5
	Carl Braun	Shawn Kemp
Season	1953-54	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin	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		%
Carl Braun	72	33.0	14.8	-	-	3.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.9	12.3	.400	-	-	-	4.9	6.0	.825
Shawn Kemp	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	4	31.3	17.8	-	-	3.0	2.3	-	-	-	5.5	4.5	13.0	.346	-	-	-	8.8	10.0	.875
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667

Season 6
	Carl Braun	Shawn Kemp
Season	1954-55	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Carl Braun	71	34.9	15.1	-	-	4.2	3.9	-	-	-	2.9	5.6	14.5	.388	-	-	-	3.9	4.8	.801
Shawn Kemp	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	3	34.3	18.0	-	-	4.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	14.7	.409	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.900
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821

Season 7
	Carl Braun	Shawn Kemp
Season	1955-56	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Carl Braun	72	32.2	15.4	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	14.8	.372	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.838
Shawn Kemp	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795

Season 8
	Carl Braun	Shawn Kemp
Season	1956-57	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Carl Braun	72	32.6	13.9	-	-	3.6	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	13.8	.381	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.809
Shawn Kemp	81	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829

Season 9
	Carl Braun	Shawn Kemp
Season	1957-58	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Carl Braun	71	34.9	16.5	-	-	4.6	5.5	-	-	-	2.6	6.0	14.3	.418	-	-	-	4.5	5.3	.849
Shawn Kemp	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844

Season 13
	Carl Braun	Shawn Kemp
Season	1961-62	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Carl Braun	48	8.6	3.7	-	-	1.0	1.5	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	4.3	.377	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.741
Shawn Kemp	75	16.4	6.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.5	2.3	5.4	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.7	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	6	7.0	4.2	-	-	1.2	0.3	-	-	-	0.5	1.8	4.7	.393	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.750
Shawn Kemp	3	12.0	3.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.3	.700