Christian Braun vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook 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, 14 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 18. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Russell Westbrook had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	Russell Westbrook
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	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:	+6	+17.0	+10.6	+1.6	+0.9	+2.5	+4.5	+0.8		-2.8	-1.0	+3.4	+9.6	+.097		+0.3	+.083	+3.8	+4.4	+.190
Russell Westbrook	82	32.5	15.3	2.2	2.7	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.3	5.3	13.4	.398	0.4	1.6	.271	4.3	5.2	.815
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
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Russell Westbrook
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West 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	+0.8	+6.5	+0.3	+0.8	+0.6	+5.6	+0.8	+0.1	-2.9	-0.3	+1.5	+6.6	+.138	+0.7	+1.5	+.067	+4.3	+5.0	+.015
Russell Westbrook	82	34.7	21.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.5	7.5	17.0	.442	0.4	1.3	.330	6.5	7.7	.842
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:	+3	+1.4	+11.2	+0.3	+1.4	+1.0	+4.0	+0.2	+0.3	-3.6	-0.1	+3.1	+9.6	+.059	+0.7	+2.2	+.008	+5.5	+6.2	+.142
Russell Westbrook	17	37.5	23.8	2.1	3.2	5.4	6.4	1.4	0.4	4.6	3.3	7.9	20.2	.394	0.8	2.8	.292	7.1	8.4	.852

Season 4
	Christian Braun	Russell Westbrook
Season	2025-26	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost NBA 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	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:	+55	+5.8	+12.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.2	+2.5	+0.9		-2.3		+4.4	+10.4	+.038	+0.4	+0.5	+.102	+3.1	+3.7	+.030
Russell Westbrook	66	35.3	23.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.5	1.7	0.3	3.6	2.2	8.8	19.2	.457	0.9	3.0	.316	5.2	6.3	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Christian Braun	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	20	38.4	23.1	1.1	4.4	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.4	2.3	2.5	8.9	20.4	.435	0.9	3.3	.277	4.5	5.6	.802

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 14 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 18, from 2013 to 2026—Russell Westbrook played in 11 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Christian Braun, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 7 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP