Christian Braun vs. Jaylen Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Brown 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 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jaylen Brown, who played 10. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Jaylen Brown 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 4 3 2022-23 to 2025-26
Jaylen Brown 10 8 2016-17 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Christian Braun Jaylen Brown
Season 2022-232016-17
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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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:+2+1.7+1.9+0.4+0.4+0.1-0.4-0.5+0.6+1.6+.041+0.2+0.4+.013+0.6+0.8+.060
Jaylen Brown 78 17.2 6.6 0.6 2.2 2.8 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.9 1.8 2.5 5.4 .454 0.6 1.7 .341 1.1 1.6 .685
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
difference:+2+0.4+1.8+0.1+0.2+0.2+0.1-0.3+0.7+1.8+.054+0.2+0.9+.017+0.1+0.1+.088
Jaylen Brown 17 12.6 5.0 0.7 1.4 2.1 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.5 2.0 4.2 .479 0.3 1.4 .217 0.7 1.1 .667

Season 2

Christian Braun Jaylen Brown
Season 2023-242017-18
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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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:+12+10.5+7.2+0.1+1.2+1.2+0.5-1.1-0.9+2.6+5.6+.005+0.9+2.4+.011+1.0+1.7+.050
Jaylen Brown 70 30.7 14.5 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.8 2.6 5.3 11.5 .465 1.7 4.4 .395 2.1 3.3 .644
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
difference:+6+15.4+12.9+0.1+2.0+2.1+0.6+0.6+0.2-1.2-1.7+5.0+10.3+.040+2.1+4.7+.171+0.9+1.5+.048
Jaylen Brown 18 32.4 18.0 0.9 3.9 4.8 1.4 0.8 0.6 1.3 3.2 6.9 14.8 .466 2.4 6.2 .393 1.8 2.8 .640

Season 3

Christian Braun Jaylen Brown
Season 2024-252018-19
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisCeltics Lost East 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:+5+8.0+2.4+0.3+0.5+1.0+1.2+0.2+0.1-0.3-0.3+1.0+0.3+.115+0.2+0.9+.053+0.4+.169
Jaylen Brown 74 25.9 13.0 0.9 3.4 4.2 1.4 0.9 0.4 1.3 2.5 5.0 10.7 .465 1.3 3.7 .344 1.8 2.7 .658
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:+5+8.5+1.3+1.1+0.5+0.6+1.3+0.5+0.5-0.8-0.1+0.1+0.9+.053+0.1+0.6+.050+1.0+1.1+.057
Jaylen Brown 9 30.4 13.9 0.7 5.1 5.8 1.1 0.7 0.2 1.8 3.3 4.9 9.7 .506 1.6 4.4 .350 2.6 3.3 .767

Season 4

Christian Braun Jaylen Brown
Season 2025-262019-20
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+46+4.4+8.9+0.5+2.6+2.0+0.9+0.3+0.1-0.9-0.7+3.1+6.8+.014+1.8+3.4+.168+1.0+1.7+.069
Jaylen Brown 57 33.9 20.3 1.1 5.3 6.4 2.1 1.1 0.4 2.2 2.9 7.5 15.6 .481 2.3 5.9 .382 3.1 4.3 .724
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Christian Braun DNP------ --- ----------
Jaylen Brown 17 39.5 21.8 1.4 6.1 7.5 2.3 1.5 0.5 2.4 2.8 8.1 16.9 .476 2.5 7.1 .358 3.1 3.7 .841

Additional Years

* Jaylen Brown played 6 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 2021 to 2026—Jaylen Brown played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 6 extra years over Christian Braun, Jaylen Brown got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 Finals MVP
Achievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 4 All-Star Game