Christian Braun vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard 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, 10 less than Kawhi Leonard, who played 13. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Kawhi Leonard had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+12	+8.5	+3.2	+1.0	+1.7	+2.7	+0.3	+0.8	+0.2	-0.2	-0.1	+1.2	+2.5	+.002	+0.2	+0.4	+.022	+0.6	+0.6	+.148
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
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:	+5	+14.1	+5.4	+0.7	+3.2	+3.8		+0.6	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+1.9	+4.0	+.033	+1.2	+2.4	+.250	+0.3	+0.1	+.234
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
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:	+13	+4.8	+2.6		+1.2	+1.0	+0.6	+0.6	+0.3	-0.2	-0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+.058	+0.1		+.018	+0.7	+0.8	+.025
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802
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:	+9	+6.9	+1.7	+0.5	+0.8	+0.3	+0.7	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3	-0.5	+0.5	+0.2	+.057	+0.2	+1.8	+.119	+0.7	+0.9	+.026
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736

Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 10 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 2015 to 2025—Kawhi Leonard played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Christian Braun, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Steals Leader 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP