Christian Braun vs. Paul George Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul George 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 4 years in the NBA, 11 less than Paul George, who played 15. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Paul George had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	Paul George
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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:	+15	+5.2	+3.1		+1.3	+1.3	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	-0.6	-0.8	+1.0	+2.7	+.042	+0.3	+1.0	+.057	+0.8	+0.9	+.137
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762
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:	+14	+13.6	+2.8	+0.4	+2.6	+2.9	+0.4	+0.8	+1.8	-0.9	-0.7	+0.7	+4.2	+.230	+0.5	+2.1	+.031	+0.8	+0.6	+.296
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Paul George
Season	2024-25	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf 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:		+3.7	+2.0	+0.1	+2.6	+2.4	+1.5	+0.7	+0.1	-1.9	-0.7	+0.2	+4.5	+.161	+1.1	+3.1	+.035	+0.6	+0.8	+.020
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807
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:	+5	+2.2	+6.6	+1.0	+2.0	+1.0	+2.7	+0.1	+0.2	-2.9	-0.4	+1.5	+4.0	+.023	+0.3	+0.5	+.027	+3.3	+4.5	+.017
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727

Season 4
	Christian Braun	Paul George
Season	2025-26	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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4th 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	6	31.0	12.7	1.7	2.2	3.8	2.5	0.7	0.3	1.3	3.0	4.8	9.2	.527	0.5	2.3	.214	2.5	3.2	.789
difference:	+74	+5.2	+9.0	+0.9	+3.8	+3.0	+1.0	+1.2		-1.5	-0.5	+2.4	+7.8	+.103	+1.8	+4.0	+.150	+2.5	+2.6	+.075
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789

Additional Years
* Paul George played 11 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 15, from 2015 to 2025—Paul George played in 7 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Christian Braun, Paul George got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 7 All-Star Game