Carl Braun vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson 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.

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.

Carl Braun played 13 years in the NBA, 9 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Carl Braun had the first of his seasons in 1947-48, while Zion Williamson had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Carl Braun	13	8	1947-48 to 1961-62
Zion Williamson	4	0	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1947-48	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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
Zion Williamson	24	27.8	22.5	2.7	3.6	6.3	2.1	0.7	0.4	2.5	1.8	8.8	15.0	.583	0.3	0.6	.429	4.8	7.4	.640

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
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1948-49	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	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	57	-	14.2	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	5.2	15.9	.330	-	-	-	3.7	4.9	.760
Zion Williamson	61	33.2	27.0	2.7	4.5	7.2	3.7	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.2	10.4	17.0	.611	0.2	0.6	.294	6.0	8.7	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	6	-	19.3	-	-	-	3.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.5	17.0	.324	-	-	-	8.3	10.3	.806
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Zion Williamson didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 3
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1949-50	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	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	67	-	15.4	-	-	-	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	5.6	15.3	.364	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.762
Zion Williamson	29	33.0	26.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	4.6	1.1	0.6	3.4	2.2	9.8	16.2	.608	0.2	0.7	.368	6.1	8.6	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	5	-	17.0	-	-	-	3.8	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	13.6	.412	-	-	-	5.8	7.6	.763
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 4
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1952-53	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	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	70	33.1	14.0	-	-	3.3	3.5	-	-	-	4.1	4.6	11.5	.400	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.825
Zion Williamson	70	31.5	22.9	1.7	4.1	5.8	5.0	1.1	0.7	2.8	2.3	8.9	15.6	.570	0.1	0.3	.333	5.0	7.1	.702

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
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1953-54	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin	-

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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
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1954-55	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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	71	34.9	15.1	-	-	4.2	3.9	-	-	-	2.9	5.6	14.5	.388	-	-	-	3.9	4.8	.801
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1955-56	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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	72	32.2	15.4	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	14.8	.372	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.838
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1956-57	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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	72	32.6	13.9	-	-	3.6	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	13.8	.381	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.809
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1957-58	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	71	34.9	16.5	-	-	4.6	5.5	-	-	-	2.6	6.0	14.3	.418	-	-	-	4.5	5.3	.849
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1958-59	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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	27.2	10.5	-	-	3.5	4.8	-	-	-	2.5	4.0	9.5	.420	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.826
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	2	31.0	16.0	-	-	2.0	5.0	-	-	-	2.0	6.0	16.0	.375	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	.889
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1959-60	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	54	28.0	12.9	-	-	3.1	5.0	-	-	-	2.4	5.3	12.2	.432	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.838
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1960-61	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	15	14.5	5.7	-	-	2.1	3.2	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	5.3	.468	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.786
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Carl Braun	Zion Williamson
Season	1961-62	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Carl Braun	48	8.6	3.7	-	-	1.0	1.5	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	4.3	.377	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.741
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Carl Braun vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13