Christian Braun vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray 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 3 years in the NBA, 5 less than Jamal Murray, who played 8. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Jamal Murray 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 3 3 2022-23 to 2024-25
Jamal Murray 8 5 2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Christian Braun Jamal Murray
Season 2022-232016-17
Team Denver NuggetsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
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:+6+6.0+5.2+0.1+0.3+0.2+1.3+0.1+0.1-0.9-0.2+1.7+5.1+.091+1.0+2.9+.020+0.8+0.7+.258
Jamal Murray 82 21.5 9.9 0.5 2.1 2.6 2.1 0.6 0.3 1.4 1.5 3.6 8.9 .404 1.4 4.2 .334 1.3 1.5 .883
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
Jamal Murray DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2
Christian Braun Jamal Murray
Season 2023-242017-18
Team Denver NuggetsDenver Nuggets
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:+1+11.5+9.4+0.1+1.8+0.5+0.1-1.4-0.4+3.2+7.2+.009+1.2+3.4+.006+1.7+1.5+.211
Jamal Murray 81 31.7 16.7 1.0 2.7 3.7 3.4 1.0 0.3 2.1 2.1 5.9 13.1 .451 2.0 5.4 .378 2.8 3.1 .905
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
Jamal Murray DNP------ --- ----------

Season 3
Christian Braun Jamal Murray
Season 2024-252018-19
Team Denver NuggetsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisNuggets Lost West Conf Semis
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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:+4+1.3+2.8+0.3+0.5+1.0+2.2+0.2+0.1-1.1-0.2+0.8+5.2+.143+0.9+2.7+.030+0.3+0.3+.021
Jamal Murray 75 32.6 18.2 0.9 3.4 4.2 4.8 0.9 0.4 2.1 2.0 6.8 15.6 .437 2.0 5.5 .367 2.5 3.0 .848
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
difference:+2.6+8.7+0.4+1.6+2.0+2.3+0.2+0.6-0.6-1.7+2.8+7.4+.028+0.5+0.9+.037+2.4+2.2+.193
Jamal Murray 14 36.3 21.3 1.4 3.0 4.4 4.7 1.0 0.1 1.6 1.7 7.6 18.0 .425 2.0 5.9 .337 4.0 4.4 .903

Additional Years

* Jamal Murray played 5 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 4 to 8, from 2020 to 2025—Jamal Murray played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

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