Christian Braun vs. Kobe Bryant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kobe Bryant 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, 17 less than Kobe Bryant, who played 20. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Kobe Bryant had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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	Kobe Bryant
Season	2022-23	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		+2.9	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.2	+0.1	-1.1	-0.1	+0.6	+2.1	+.078	+0.3	+0.6	+.021	+1.4	+1.5	+.194
Kobe Bryant	71	15.5	7.6	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.4	2.5	5.9	.417	0.7	1.9	.375	1.9	2.3	.819
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:	+10	+1.8	+5.0	+0.5	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+0.3		-1.1	-1.1	+1.0	+3.7	+.151	+0.6	+2.1	+.061	+2.3	+2.3	+.288
Kobe Bryant	9	14.8	8.2	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.6	2.6	2.3	6.1	.382	0.7	2.6	.261	2.9	3.3	.867

Season 2
	Christian Braun	Kobe Bryant
Season	2023-24	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+5.8	+8.1		+0.7	+0.6	+0.9	+0.4	+0.1	-1.3	-0.6	+2.2	+5.7	+.032	+0.1	+0.8	+.043	+3.5	+4.2	+.100
Kobe Bryant	79	26.0	15.4	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.5	0.9	0.5	2.0	2.3	4.9	11.6	.428	0.9	2.8	.341	4.6	5.8	.794
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:	+1	+3.2	+3.6	+0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+0.7	+0.1	+0.3	-0.9	-1.0	+0.9	+2.4	+.018		+0.2	+.008	+1.9	+2.8	+.001
Kobe Bryant	11	20.2	8.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.5	2.8	6.9	.408	0.3	1.3	.214	2.8	4.1	.689

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Kobe Bryant
Season	2024-25	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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:	+29	+4.0	+4.5	+0.1	+0.3	+0.1	+1.2	+0.3	+0.5	-2.1	-0.9	+1.2	+5.2	+.115	+0.6	+0.8	+.130	+2.7	+3.1	+.012
Kobe Bryant	50	37.9	19.9	1.1	4.2	5.3	3.8	1.4	1.0	3.1	3.1	7.2	15.6	.465	0.5	2.0	.267	4.9	5.8	.839
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:	+6	+0.7	+7.2	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+2.2	+0.7	+0.6	-2.9	-0.4	+2.8	+7.2	+.023	+0.5	+2.1	+.048	+1.9	+2.2	+.090
Kobe Bryant	8	39.6	19.8	1.6	5.3	6.9	4.6	1.9	1.3	3.9	3.0	7.6	17.8	.430	1.0	2.9	.348	3.5	4.4	.800

Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 17 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 20, from 2000 to 2016—Kobe Bryant played in 12 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 17 extra years over Christian Braun, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 11 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 9 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 17 All-Star Game 4 All-Star Game MVP