Christian Braun vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone 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, 16 less than Karl Malone, who played 19. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Karl Malone had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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	Karl Malone
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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:	+5	+15.1	+10.2	+1.5	+4.9	+6.5	+2.1	+0.8	+0.3	-2.9	-2.3	+4.3	+8.7	+.001	+0.4	+1.3		+1.9	+4.2	+.144
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	5.0	.481
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:	+15	+23.0	+18.6	+0.9	+4.6	+5.4	+0.4	+1.4	+0.2	-1.0	-3.0	+8.2	+15.6	+.005	+0.1	+0.5		+2.2	+5.5	+.156
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Karl Malone
Season	2024-25	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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:	+3	+5.1	+12.3	+2.2	+4.7	+6.8	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	-3.0	-1.4	+4.5	+9.7	+.060	+1.1	+2.7	+.397	+4.5	+6.9	+.127
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700
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	+6.0	+17.1	+1.2	+4.2	+5.4	+0.9		+0.1	-2.5	-0.2	+6.4	+12.6	+.029	+1.5	+4.9	+.300	+5.8	+8.0	+.013
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723

Additional Years
* Karl Malone played 16 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 19, from 1989 to 2004—Karl Malone played in 16 Playoffs. In those 16 extra years over Christian Braun, Karl Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Season MVP 11 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 13 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP