Carl Braun vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Carl 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.

Carl Braun played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. Carl Braun had the first of his seasons in 1947-48, while Lauri Markkanen had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Carl Braun	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1947-48	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	47	-	14.3	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	2.2	5.9	18.2	.323	-	-	-	2.5	3.9	.650
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	3	-	10.0	-	-	-	0.7	-	-	-	2.0	4.0	13.7	.293	-	-	-	2.0	3.3	.600
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Carl Braun didn't play in 1950-51 and 1951-52.

Season 4
	Carl Braun	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1952-53	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	70	33.1	14.0	-	-	3.3	3.5	-	-	-	4.1	4.6	11.5	.400	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.825
Lauri Markkanen	51	25.8	13.6	0.7	4.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.9	10.2	.480	2.3	5.8	.402	1.5	1.8	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	11	34.0	13.5	-	-	4.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.2	4.3	13.2	.324	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.806
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Carl Braun	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1953-54	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	72	33.0	14.8	-	-	3.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.9	12.3	.400	-	-	-	4.9	6.0	.825
Lauri Markkanen	61	30.8	14.8	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.1	11.5	.445	2.2	6.2	.358	2.3	2.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	4	31.3	17.8	-	-	3.0	2.3	-	-	-	5.5	4.5	13.0	.346	-	-	-	8.8	10.0	.875
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Carl Braun	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1954-55	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	71	34.9	15.1	-	-	4.2	3.9	-	-	-	2.9	5.6	14.5	.388	-	-	-	3.9	4.8	.801
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	3	34.3	18.0	-	-	4.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	14.7	.409	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.900
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Carl Braun	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1955-56	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	72	32.2	15.4	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	14.8	.372	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.838
Lauri Markkanen	55	33.1	23.2	2.2	5.9	8.2	2.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	7.8	16.2	.480	3.2	8.0	.399	4.5	5.0	.899
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Carl Braun	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1956-57	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	72	32.6	13.9	-	-	3.6	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	13.8	.381	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.809
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Carl Braun	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1961-62	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	48	8.6	3.7	-	-	1.0	1.5	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	4.3	.377	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.741
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carl Braun	6	7.0	4.2	-	-	1.2	0.3	-	-	-	0.5	1.8	4.7	.393	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.750
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-