Christian Braun vs. Oscar Robertson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Oscar Robertson 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, 11 less than Oscar Robertson, who played 14. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Oscar Robertson had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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	Oscar Robertson
Season	2022-23	1960-61
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
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:	+5	+27.2	+25.8			+7.7	+8.9				-1.8	+8.7	+18.7	+.022				+8.7	+10.4	+.197
Oscar Robertson	71	42.7	30.5	-	-	10.1	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.6	22.5	.473	-	-	-	9.2	11.2	.822
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
Oscar Robertson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Christian Braun	Oscar Robertson
Season	2023-24	1961-62
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Royals Lost West Div 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:	+3	+24.1	+23.5			+8.8	+9.8				-1.6	+8.3	+17.0	+.018				+7.8	+9.4	+.109
Oscar Robertson	79	44.3	30.8	-	-	12.5	11.4	-	-	-	3.3	11.0	22.9	.478	-	-	-	8.9	11.0	.803
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:	+8	+29.3	+23.7			+8.3	+10.2				-3.0	+8.6	+15.8	+.093				+6.9	+8.5	+.107
Oscar Robertson	4	46.3	28.8	-	-	11.0	11.0	-	-	-	4.5	10.5	20.3	.519	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.795

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Oscar Robertson
Season	2024-25	1962-63
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Royals Lost East Div Finals

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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:	+1	+10.1	+12.9			+5.2	+6.9				-1.5	+4.3	+9.5	+.062				+5.5	+6.8	+.017
Oscar Robertson	80	44.0	28.3	-	-	10.4	9.5	-	-	-	3.7	10.3	19.9	.518	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.810
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:	+2	+8.6	+19.2			+6.6	+6.6					+5.5	+11.4	+.017				+9.5	+10.6	+.154
Oscar Robertson	12	47.5	31.8	-	-	13.0	9.0	-	-	-	3.4	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	11.1	12.8	.864

Additional Years
* Oscar Robertson played 11 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1964 to 1974—Oscar Robertson played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Christian Braun, Oscar Robertson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 Assists Leader 9 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP