Christian Braun vs. Kevin Durant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Durant 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, 14 less than Kevin Durant, who played 17. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Kevin Durant had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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	Kevin Durant
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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:	+4	+19.1	+15.6	+0.3	+1.7	+2.0	+1.6	+0.5	+0.7	-2.4	-0.2	+5.4	+13.3	+.065	+0.3	+1.3	+.066	+4.4	+4.8	+.248
Kevin Durant	80	34.6	20.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	2.9	1.5	7.3	17.1	.430	0.7	2.6	.288	4.9	5.6	.873
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
Kevin Durant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Kevin Durant
Season	2024-25	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+5.6	+14.7	+0.1	+2.4	+2.4	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	-2.3	-0.1	+3.7	+9.9	+.104	+0.5	+1.5	+.032	+7.0	+7.5	+.073
Kevin Durant	82	39.5	30.1	1.3	6.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.1	9.7	20.3	.476	1.6	4.3	.365	9.2	10.2	.900
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:	+8	+0.4	+12.4	+0.5	+1.7	+1.3	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	-2.7	-0.6	+2.4	+9.9	+.103	+0.2	+0.8	+.014	+7.4	+8.1	+.161
Kevin Durant	6	38.5	25.0	1.3	6.3	7.7	2.3	0.5	1.3	3.7	2.8	7.2	20.5	.350	1.7	5.8	.286	9.0	10.3	.871

Additional Years
* Kevin Durant played 14 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 17, from 2011 to 2025—Kevin Durant played in 12 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 14 extra years over Christian Braun, Kevin Durant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 5 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 3 Scoring Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 14 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP