Christian Braun vs. Derrick Jones Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Jones Jr. 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 6 less than Derrick Jones Jr., who played 10. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Derrick Jones Jr. had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Christian Braun 4 3 2022-23 to 2025-26
Derrick Jones Jr. 10 5 2016-17 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Christian Braun Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2022-232016-17
Team Denver NuggetsPhoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+44+1.5+0.6+0.6+0.5+0.1+0.4+0.1+0.2-0.1-0.7+0.2+.067+0.3+1.0+.081+0.4+0.5+.082
Derrick Jones Jr. 32 17.0 5.3 1.2 1.3 2.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.0 2.1 3.8 .562 0.1 0.3 .273 0.9 1.3 .707
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Derrick Jones Jr. DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2
Christian Braun Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2023-242017-18
Team Denver NuggetsPhoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+62+7.9+4.2+0.1+1.9+1.8+1.1+0.3+0.3-0.3-0.5+1.6+3.2+.064+0.6+1.1+.217+0.3+0.4+.027
Derrick Jones Jr. 20 12.3 3.1 1.1 0.9 1.9 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.2 1.1 2.7 .396 0.2 0.9 .167 0.8 1.2 .667
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Derrick Jones Jr. DNP------ --- ----------

Season 3
Christian Braun Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2024-252018-19
Team Denver NuggetsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisDid Not Play
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+19+14.7+8.4+0.4+1.5+1.2+2.0+0.3+0.2-0.3-0.1+3.3+5.0+.086+0.6+1.3+.089+1.0+0.7+.220
Derrick Jones Jr. 60 19.2 7.0 1.6 2.4 4.0 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 2.1 2.7 5.4 .494 0.5 1.5 .308 1.2 2.0 .607
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Derrick Jones Jr. DNP------ --- ----------

Season 4
Christian Braun Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2025-262019-20
Team Denver NuggetsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost NBA Finals
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Christian Braun 6 31.0 12.7 1.7 2.2 3.8 2.5 0.7 0.3 1.3 3.0 4.8 9.2 .527 0.5 2.3 .214 2.5 3.2 .789
difference:+53+7.7+4.2+0.6+0.6+0.1+1.4+0.3+0.3-0.8-0.8+1.7+3.3+0.1+0.1+.066+0.9+1.1+.017
Derrick Jones Jr. 59 23.3 8.5 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.5 2.2 3.1 5.9 .527 0.6 2.2 .280 1.6 2.1 .772
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Christian Braun DNP------ --- ----------
Derrick Jones Jr. 15 6.4 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.5 1.1 .471 0.3 0.6 .444 0.1 0.3 .400

Additional Years

* Derrick Jones Jr. played 6 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 2021 to 2026—Derrick Jones Jr. played in 4 Playoffs.

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