Christian Braun vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland 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 3 years in the NBA, 3 less than Darius Garland, who played 6. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Darius Garland 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 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	Darius Garland
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+17	+15.4	+7.6	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+3.1	+0.2	+0.1	-2.1	-0.3	+2.8	+8.0	+.094	+1.4	+3.7	+.001	+0.6	+0.4	+.250
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
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
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Darius Garland
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+1.8	+6.3	+0.6	+1.2	+1.9	+6.0	+0.2	+0.4	-2.6	-0.5	+2.0	+6.9	+.118	+1.5	+3.9	+.014	+1.0	+0.8	+.065
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
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
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Darius Garland played 3 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 6, from 2023 to 2025—Darius Garland played in 3 Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Christian Braun, Darius Garland got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game