Christian Braun vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden 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, 13 less than James Harden, who played 16. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while James Harden had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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	James Harden
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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:		+7.4	+5.2		+0.8	+0.8	+1.0	+0.6	+0.1	-0.9	-1.3	+1.2	+3.8	+.092	+0.8	+2.0	+.021	+2.1	+2.4	+.183
James Harden	76	22.9	9.9	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.1	7.6	.403	1.2	3.3	.375	2.6	3.2	.808
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:	+13	+7.0	+4.5	+0.4	+0.9	+0.4	+1.2	+0.4			-0.8	+0.7	+2.8	+.146	+0.9	+2.2	+.175	+2.1	+2.2	+.263
James Harden	6	20.0	7.7	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.7	.375	2.7	3.2	.842

Season 3
	Christian Braun	James Harden
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost NBA 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:	+17	+2.5	+1.4	+0.7	+0.3	+1.1	+1.1	+0.1	+0.3	-1.2	-0.2	+1.0	+0.3	+.089	+0.7	+1.9	+.007	+2.8	+3.3	+.019
James Harden	62	31.4	16.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.0	10.1	.491	1.8	4.7	.390	5.0	6.0	.846
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:	+6	+7.4	+3.7	+1.1	+0.1	+1.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.6	-1.1		+0.1	+0.1	+.018	+0.1	+1.1	+.110	+3.8	+4.1	+.147
James Harden	20	31.5	16.3	0.7	4.5	5.1	3.4	1.6	0.1	2.1	3.4	4.7	10.7	.435	1.6	3.9	.410	5.4	6.3	.857

Additional Years
* James Harden played 13 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 16, from 2013 to 2025—James Harden played in 13 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Christian Braun, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 2 Assists Leader 11 All-Star Game