Christian Braun vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan 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, 4 less than George Mikan, who played 7. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while George Mikan had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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	George Mikan
Season	2022-23	1948-49
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
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:	+16		+23.6				+2.8				-3.0	+7.8	+19.6	+.079				+8.4	+10.7	+.147
George Mikan	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
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		+27.1				+1.5				-2.9	+9.0	+20.3	+.079				+9.1	+11.1	+.223
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Christian Braun	George Mikan
Season	2023-24	1949-50
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+14		+20.1				+1.3				-2.7	+6.8	+17.6	+.053				+7.2	+9.1	+.085
George Mikan	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
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:			+26.2				+2.2				-2.4	+8.2	+21.8	+.043				+10.3	+12.9	+.100
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Christian Braun	George Mikan
Season	2024-25	1950-51
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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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		+13.0			+8.9	+0.5				-2.3	+4.0	+12.9	+.152				+6.3	+7.8	+.024
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
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:	+7		+11.4			+4.2	+1.1				-0.2	+4.1	+11.1	+.045				+4.7	+5.7	+.090
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Additional Years
* George Mikan played 4 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 7, from 1952 to 1956—George Mikan played in 4 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 4 extra years over Christian Braun, George Mikan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP