Christian Braun vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid 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, 6 less than Joel Embiid, who played 10. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Joel Embiid 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.

Rookie Season
	Christian Braun	Joel Embiid
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+45	+9.9	+15.5	+1.4	+4.1	+5.4	+1.3	+0.4	+2.3	-3.3	-2.3	+4.6	+10.0	+.029	+0.8	+1.9	+.013	+5.7	+7.1	+.158
Joel Embiid	31	25.4	20.2	2.0	5.9	7.8	2.1	0.9	2.5	3.8	3.6	6.5	13.8	.466	1.2	3.2	.367	6.2	7.9	.783
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
Joel Embiid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Christian Braun	Joel Embiid
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+19	+10.1	+15.6	+1.3	+5.9	+7.3	+1.6	+0.1	+1.4	-3.0	-1.6	+5.4	+10.9	+.023	+0.2	+1.4	+.076	+4.6	+5.8	+.075
Joel Embiid	63	30.3	22.9	2.3	8.7	11.0	3.2	0.6	1.8	3.7	3.3	8.1	16.8	.483	1.0	3.4	.308	5.7	7.4	.769
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:	+4	+17.8	+16.3	+2.1	+7.9	+9.9	+2.2	+0.7	+1.4	-3.5	-2.4	+5.6	+12.8	+.009	+0.7	+2.1	+.054	+4.5	+6.3	+.017
Joel Embiid	8	34.8	21.4	2.9	9.8	12.6	3.0	0.9	1.8	3.6	3.9	7.5	17.3	.435	1.0	3.6	.276	5.4	7.6	.705

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Joel Embiid
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+15	+0.2	+12.1	+1.3	+7.2	+8.4	+1.1	+0.4	+1.4	-2.5	-1.1	+3.1	+8.3	+.096	+0.1	+1.3	+.097	+6.0	+7.4	+.023
Joel Embiid	64	33.7	27.5	2.5	11.1	13.6	3.7	0.7	1.9	3.5	3.3	9.1	18.7	.484	1.2	4.1	.300	8.2	10.1	.804
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:	+3	+8.5	+7.6	+0.1	+3.9	+4.1	+1.0	+0.5	+1.6	-2.6	-0.3	+1.4	+3.9	+.025	+0.4	+1.5	+.008	+5.1	+6.0	+.112
Joel Embiid	11	30.4	20.2	1.9	8.5	10.5	3.4	0.7	2.3	3.6	3.1	6.2	14.5	.428	1.1	3.5	.308	6.7	8.2	.822

Season 4
	Christian Braun	Joel Embiid
Season	2025-26	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	6	31.0	12.7	1.7	2.2	3.8	2.5	0.7	0.3	1.3	3.0	4.8	9.2	.527	0.5	2.3	.214	2.5	3.2	.789
difference:	+45	+1.5	+10.3	+1.1	+6.7	+7.8	+0.5	+0.2	+1.0	-1.8	-0.4	+2.7	+6.5	+.050	+0.6	+1.1	+.117	+4.4	+5.3	+.018
Joel Embiid	51	29.5	23.0	2.8	8.9	11.6	3.0	0.9	1.3	3.1	3.4	7.5	15.7	.477	1.1	3.4	.331	6.9	8.5	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Embiid	4	36.3	30.0	2.8	9.5	12.3	1.3	1.5	1.3	3.8	4.5	8.5	18.5	.459	1.0	4.0	.250	12.0	14.8	.814

Additional Years
* Joel Embiid played 6 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 2021 to 2026—Joel Embiid played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Christian Braun, Joel Embiid got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 4 All-Star Game