Christian Braun vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis 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, 6 less than Domantas Sabonis, who played 10. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Domantas Sabonis 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.

Rookie Season
	Christian Braun	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+4.6	+1.2		+1.2	+1.2	+0.2		+0.2	-0.5	-1.2	+0.5	+2.1	+.096	+0.2	+0.7	+.033			+.032
Domantas Sabonis	81	20.1	5.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.9	.399	0.6	2.0	.321	0.5	0.8	.657
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:	+17	+10.0	+1.2	+0.6	+0.4	+1.1	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.5	-0.5	+1.3	+0.9	+.533	+0.1		+.200	+1.4	+1.0	+.421
Domantas Sabonis	2	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Season 4
	Christian Braun	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2025-26	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	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:	+56	+3.8	+5.8	+1.3	+7.2	+8.6	+2.5	+0.1	+0.2	-1.4	-0.1	+2.6	+4.5	+.013	+0.2	+1.2	+.040	+1.0	+1.6	+.066
Domantas Sabonis	62	34.8	18.5	3.0	9.4	12.4	5.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	7.4	13.7	.540	0.3	1.1	.254	3.5	4.8	.723
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Christian Braun nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Domantas Sabonis played 6 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 2021 to 2026—Domantas Sabonis played in one postseason. In those 6 extra years over Christian Braun, Domantas Sabonis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 3 Rebounds Leader 2 All-Star Game