Christian Braun vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Christian 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.

Christian Braun played 4 years in the NBA, 9 less than Bill Russell, who played 13. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Bill Russell had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Christian Braun	Bill Russell
Season	2022-23	1956-57
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	76	15.5	4.7	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.3	1.9	3.8	.495	0.4	1.3	.354	0.5	0.8	.625
difference:	+28	+19.8	+10.0			+17.2	+1.0				-1.7	+3.9	+9.7	+.068				+2.7	+5.6	+.133
Bill Russell	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	19	13.0	3.2	0.6	1.4	2.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.3	2.4	.533	0.1	0.5	.200	0.6	1.0	.579
difference:	+9	+27.9	+10.7			+22.3	+2.6				-2.6	+4.1	+12.4	+.168				+2.5	+5.1	+.071
Bill Russell	10	40.9	13.9	-	-	24.4	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	14.8	.365	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	.508

Season 2
	Christian Braun	Bill Russell
Season	2023-24	1957-58
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	82	20.2	7.3	1.0	2.8	3.7	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.7	2.7	5.9	.460	0.8	2.0	.384	1.1	1.6	.694
difference:	+13	+18.1	+9.3			+19.0	+1.3				-0.9	+3.9	+9.1	+.018				+2.2	+4.8	+.175
Bill Russell	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	12	17.0	5.1	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.9	4.5	.426	0.3	1.5	.222	0.9	1.3	.688
difference:	+3	+22.4	+10.0			+21.9	+1.9				-1.2	+3.4	+10.3	+.065				+3.5	+6.0	+.082
Bill Russell	9	39.4	15.1	-	-	24.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	14.8	.361	-	-	-	4.4	7.3	.606

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Bill Russell
Season	2024-25	1958-59
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	79	33.9	15.4	1.2	3.9	5.2	2.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	2.2	6.0	10.4	.580	1.1	2.8	.397	2.2	2.7	.827
difference:	+9	+8.7	+1.3			+17.8	+0.6				-0.1	+0.5	+3.8	+.123				+1.5	+3.4	+.229
Bill Russell	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	14	38.9	12.6	1.8	4.6	6.4	2.4	1.2	0.7	1.0	3.4	4.8	10.6	.453	1.5	5.0	.300	1.6	2.2	.710
difference:	+3	+6.2	+2.9			+21.3	+1.2				-0.9	+1.1	+3.9	+.044				+2.1	+3.9	+.098
Bill Russell	11	45.1	15.5	-	-	27.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	14.5	.409	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.612

Season 4
	Christian Braun	Bill Russell
Season	2025-26	1959-60
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	11	29.5	11.4	1.6	2.7	4.4	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.4	8.8	.495	0.5	2.5	.214	2.1	2.6	.793
difference:	+63	+13.0	+6.8			+19.6	+0.7				-0.6	+3.1	+7.3	+.028				+1.1	+2.7	+.181
Bill Russell	74	42.5	18.2	-	-	24.0	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	16.1	.467	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.612
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	13	44.0	18.5	-	-	25.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	7.2	15.8	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.707

Additional Years
* Bill Russell played 9 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 13, from 1961 to 1969—Bill Russell played in 9 Playoffs and won 8 NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Christian Braun, Bill Russell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 6 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 Rebounds Leader 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP