Christian Braun vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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, 8 less than James Worthy, who played 12. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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 Worthy
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+10.1	+8.7	+1.4	+1.3	+2.8	+0.9	+0.7	+0.6	-1.8	-1.6	+3.9	+6.2	+.084	+0.4	+1.2	+.104	+1.3	+2.1	+.001
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
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
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Christian Braun	James Worthy
Season	2024-25	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+0.2	+2.2	+0.9	+0.4	+1.2	+0.1		+0.3	-1.5	-0.3	+1.6	+2.9	+.008	+1.1	+2.7	+.397	+0.2	+0.4	+.051
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
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:	+5	+6.0	+8.9		+1.4	+1.3	+0.2	+0.3		-0.4	-0.6	+3.9	+3.5	+.169	+1.4	+4.9	+.200	+2.3	+3.6	+.034
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Christian Braun	James Worthy
Season	2025-26	1985-86
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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	11	29.5	11.4	1.6	2.7	4.4	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.4	8.8	.495	0.5	2.5	.214	2.1	2.6	.793
difference:	+64	+3.2	+8.6	+0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	-0.7	-0.4	+4.0	+5.7	+.084	+0.5	+2.3	+.214	+1.1	+1.6	+.022
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Additional Years
* James Worthy played 8 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 12, from 1987 to 1994—James Worthy played in 6 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Christian Braun, James Worthy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game