Christian Braun vs. Payton Pritchard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Payton Pritchard 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 2 less than Payton Pritchard, who played 6. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Payton Pritchard had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Christian Braun 4 3 2022-23 to 2025-26
Payton Pritchard 6 5 2020-21 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Christian Braun Payton Pritchard
Season 2022-232020-21
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionCeltics 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 TOPF 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:+10+3.7+3.0+0.1+0.1+1.0+0.1+0.1-0.3-0.3+0.9+2.5+.055+1.1+2.5+.057+0.1+0.1+.264
Payton Pritchard 66 19.2 7.7 0.5 1.9 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.6 2.8 6.3 .440 1.5 3.8 .411 0.6 0.7 .889
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+0.4+0.2+0.2+0.3+1.8+0.2+0.2-0.1-0.7+0.1+1.0+.180+0.5+1.5+.100+0.2+0.6+.421
Payton Pritchard 5 13.4 3.4 0.4 1.4 1.8 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.2 3.4 .353 0.6 2.0 .300 0.4 0.4 1.000

Season 2
Christian Braun Payton Pritchard
Season 2023-242021-22
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisCeltics Lost NBA Finals
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+11+6.1+1.1+0.5+1.4+1.8+0.4+0.1+0.3-0.1-0.8+0.4+0.6+.031+0.6+1.5+.028+0.8+1.3+.306
Payton Pritchard 71 14.1 6.2 0.5 1.4 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.9 2.3 5.3 .429 1.4 3.5 .412 0.3 0.3 1.000
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+12+4.1+0.3+0.4+0.4+0.8+0.8+0.1+0.3-0.3-0.5+0.1+0.2+.004+0.7+1.5+.111+0.7+1.0+.021
Payton Pritchard 24 12.9 4.8 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.8 4.3 .422 1.0 3.0 .333 0.2 0.3 .667

Season 3
Christian Braun Payton Pritchard
Season 2024-252022-23
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+31+20.5+9.8+0.7+2.6+3.4+1.3+0.8+0.5-0.2-1.4+3.9+5.3+.168+0.1+0.4+.033+1.9+2.4+.077
Payton Pritchard 48 13.4 5.6 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 2.1 5.1 .412 1.2 3.2 .364 0.3 0.3 .750
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+4+33.2+9.4+1.8+4.0+5.8+1.3+1.1+0.7-0.5-3.1+3.6+8.4+.092+1.1+4.0+.100+1.2+1.7+.090
Payton Pritchard 10 5.7 3.2 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 2.2 .545 0.4 1.0 .400 0.4 0.5 .800

Season 4
Christian Braun Payton Pritchard
Season 2025-262023-24
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayNBA Champion NBA Champion
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Christian Braun 11 29.5 11.4 1.6 2.7 4.4 3.0 0.8 0.3 1.3 2.2 4.4 8.8 .495 0.5 2.5 .214 2.1 2.6 .793
difference:+71+7.2+1.8+0.7+0.3+1.2+0.4+0.3+0.2-0.6-0.9+0.8+1.1+.027+1.3+2.2+.171+1.5+1.9+.028
Payton Pritchard 82 22.3 9.6 0.9 2.4 3.2 3.4 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.3 3.6 7.7 .468 1.8 4.7 .385 0.6 0.7 .821
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Christian Braun DNP------ --- ----------
Payton Pritchard 19 18.7 6.4 0.7 1.2 1.9 2.1 0.2 0.0 0.7 1.2 2.3 5.5 .419 1.2 3.2 .383 0.6 0.6 .917

Additional Years

* Payton Pritchard played 2 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 6, from 2025 to 2026—Payton Pritchard played in one postseason.

In those 2 extra years over Christian Braun, Payton Pritchard got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 Sixth Man of the Year
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