Christian Braun vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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, 4 less than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 7. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West 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:	+6	+11.0	+6.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+2.5	+0.7	+0.3	-1.2	-0.8	+2.3	+4.9	+.019	+0.2	+0.4	+.013	+1.4	+1.6	+.175
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	82	26.5	10.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	3.3	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.1	4.2	8.7	.476	0.6	1.7	.367	1.9	2.4	.800
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:	+13	+15.8	+10.5	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+2.6	+0.4	+0.6	-0.3	-1.3	+3.4	+7.6	+.066	+1.4	+2.5	+.300	+2.2	+2.3	+.271
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	6	28.8	13.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	2.8	4.7	10.0	.467	1.5	3.0	.500	2.8	3.3	.850

Additional Years
* Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played 4 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 7, from 2022 to 2025—Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over Christian Braun, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Steals Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 3 All-Star Game