Christian Braun vs. Spencer Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Haywood 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, 9 less than Spencer Haywood, who played 12. Christian Braun had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Spencer Haywood had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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	Spencer Haywood
Season	2022-23	1970-71
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
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:	+43	+19.7	+15.9			+9.6	+0.7				-1.2	+6.0	+13.7	+.046				+4.3	+5.8	+.109
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
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
Spencer Haywood	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Christian Braun	Spencer Haywood
Season	2023-24	1971-72
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+23.2	+18.9			+9.0	+0.4				-1.1	+7.1	+15.4	+.001				+5.5	+6.4	+.125
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
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
Spencer Haywood	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Christian Braun	Spencer Haywood
Season	2024-25	1972-73
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+8.4	+13.8			+7.7	+0.1				-0.6	+5.5	+13.9	+.104				+3.9	+4.6	+.012
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
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
Spencer Haywood	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Spencer Haywood played 9 seasons more than Christian Braun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 12, from 1974 to 1983—Spencer Haywood played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Christian Braun, Spencer Haywood got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game