Christian Braun Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — DEN 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 14

Braun is averaging 2.2 steals a game, second in the NBA, up from 0.7 last season, the league's biggest increase.

He's 64th in the site's Player Rankings, at +1.2 points per 100 possessions against an average player, after 108th last season. He's averaging 12.8 points a game, about what he scored last season (12.0), and his true shooting is 57.7%, down from 60.7%.

Last night at New Orleans

The Nuggets beat the Pelicans 116-108.Box score

He had 17 points on 6 for 14 shooting, 1 assist, 7 rebounds and 4 steals in 28 minutes.

Tomorrow against the Suns

Last time, Oct. 30: 31 points on 11 for 16 shooting, 1 assist and 3 rebounds in a 127-120 win.
In 14 games against the Suns, he has averaged 11.6 points, 2.3 assists and 3.9 rebounds.
Of the Suns, Devin Booker has guarded him the most in their careers: 177 possessions over 14 games. Braun has 43 points on 15 for 23 shooting against him, well above his usual scoring rate.
Corner 3s are 23% of his shots, against 11% for the league. The Suns have allowed 35.8% on them over the last two seasons, the second lowest rate in the league.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	38.9%	48.6%	68.2%	71.4%
Rest of the paint	10.6%	9.8%	33.3%	50.0%
Midrange	6.2%	4.9%	42.9%	26.3%
Corner threes	23.0%	17.2%	23.1%	35.8%
Threes above the break	21.2%	19.5%	45.8%	25.0%

What changed from last season

His shots have moved away from the basket: fewer at the rim, 38.9%, down from 48.6%, and more from three, 44.2%, up from 36.8%. Fewer of his shots are going in: he's making 58.7% of his twos, down from 64.6%. He's making more of his own baskets: 22.2% are unassisted, up from 15.3%, and he's getting to the line less, 18.6 free throws per 100 shots, down from 26.0.

With him on the floor

The Nuggets have outscored teams by 5.0 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 116.7 to 111.8, with garbage time left out. They're plus 1.4 overall.

Lineup numbers leave garbage time out and count points per 100 the NBA’s way; ages are exact, game by game, from 2015-16 on.

Inside his season

His last game

Nov. 14, a 116-108 win at New Orleans

Christian Braun

4-5 FT27:46 min

Points1st 22nd 33rd 74th 5

His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Season high in steals (4; his best before, 3). Before this game he averaged 12.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 10 regular-season games.

Shot making: 13 points from the field on 14 shots3.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made an alley oop layup3rd quarter, 4:21 leftchance to win 81% to 85%
Rating: Performance Score +4.2+0.02 wins added52.5% true shooting23.2% usage

His last game

Impact

His Player Rankings card

+1.2

points per 100 possessions against an average player, from this season’s lineup data

64th of 271 players with 317 possessions or more, likely 21st to 186th.
Offense +0.1 (102nd), defense +1.1 (36th).
0.7 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely 0.1 to 1.3, 57th in the league.
The Nuggets are 12.9 points per 100 better with him on the floor than off it (769 and 334 possessions).
11 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 90% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at +0.3, 110th.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

83% of Braun’s baskets since 2025-26 came off a pass, 59% of those from Nikola Jokić, who still plays beside him.

Career

5 seasons

Champion once.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2022-23DEN	DEN	76	15.5	4.7	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.5	.495	0.4	.354	.625	.568	−1.5	Champion
2023-24DEN	DEN	82	20.2	7.3	3.7	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	.460	0.8	.384	.694	.554	−0.2
2024-25DEN	DEN	79	33.9	15.4	5.2	2.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	.580	1.1	.397	.827	.665	+6.1
2025-26DEN	DEN	44	31.8	12.0	4.8	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	.519	1.0	.301	.782	.607	+6.6
2026-27so farDEN, so far	DEN	11	33.8	12.8	4.4	2.3	2.2	0.3	1.1	.478	1.5	.340	.762	.577	+4.3
NBA rank			23rd	97th	112th	121st	2nd	165th		49th		118th		68th	57th
Career5 seasons	5 seasons	292	24.9	9.7	4.0	1.9	0.8	0.4	0.8	.524	0.8	.363	.758	.611	+2.4

Blue: his best season in each column (20 games or more, four in the playoffs; 3P% with two tries a game, FT% with one).

Career bests

Performance Score, 343 games

Best game+11.231 points and 3 steals on 11 for 16 shooting at Phoenix, Oct. 30, 2026The story Best four games+24.420.8 points a game, Feb. 5 to 10, 2025Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Braun	NBA avg
Paint	48.2%	41.2%
Mid-range	4.3%	6.3%
Threes	36.2%	35.2%
Free throws	11.3%	17.2%
Fast break	19.9%	12.7%
Off turnovers	22.7%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	22.2%	34.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup his career

Toughest defenders on him

Norman Powell

Braun scored 25 points on 11 for 22 shooting in 304 possessions against him, over 17 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 5, 2025	0	0-0	14.6
May 3, 2025	0	0-1	11.3
May 1, 2025	0	0-0	15.7
April 29, 2025	2	1-1	22.3
April 26, 2025	3	1-3	28.3
April 24, 2025	3	1-2	25.1
April 21, 2025	0	0-1	23.0
April 19, 2025	4	2-3	33.8
Jan. 8, 2025	2	1-1	13.6
Dec. 13, 2024	0	0-1	18.1
Dec. 1, 2024	0	0-0	21.3
Oct. 26, 2024	3	1-1	26.9
April 4, 2024	0	0-3	20.6
Dec. 6, 2023	2	1-1	6.0
Nov. 27, 2023	0	0-0	5.5
Nov. 14, 2023	6	3-4	11.9
Nov. 25, 2022	0	0-0	5.8

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Braun scored 65 points on 25 for 50 shooting in 438 possessions against him, over 22 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Oct. 22, 2026	2	1-4	26.1
March 9, 2026	0	0-1	35.4
Feb. 27, 2026	3	1-2	22.7
May 18, 2025	4	2-6	26.6
May 15, 2025	8	4-6	30.1
May 13, 2025	0	0-3	34.4
May 11, 2025	10	2-3	36.7
May 9, 2025	3	1-2	44.5
May 7, 2025	0	0-1	24.3
May 5, 2025	0	0-0	39.5
March 10, 2025	2	1-3	22.8
March 9, 2025	13	5-6	16.7
Nov. 6, 2024

Scorers he held down most

Anthony Edwards

Scored 73 points on 26 for 59 shooting in 465 possessions with Braun guarding him, over 29 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 25, 2026	0	0-1	10.7
April 23, 2026	0	0-1	16.9
April 20, 2026	3	1-5	38.6
April 18, 2026	2	0-1	35.0
March 1, 2026	7	3-6	32.1
April 1, 2025	8	2-5	31.3
March 12, 2025	3	1-4	24.4
Jan. 25, 2025	16	7-8	23.6
Nov. 1, 2024	11	4-7	30.4
May 19, 2024	0	0-1	19.7
May 16, 2024	2	0-1	11.4
May 14, 2024	2	1-3

The NBA’s matchup counts: possessions one man guarded another, and the points and shots that came of them. Usual is a scorer’s rate on everyone else who guarded him in the same years. Ranked with 250 possessions or more, about four full games of one man on the other, and a long record counts for more than a short one.

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 14	@ NOP	W116–108	27:46	17	7	1	4	1	6–14	1–3	4–5	0	3	+12
Nov 11	@ MEM	W123–118	37:03	12	5	4	1	1	5–13	2–6	0–0	0	2	−2
Nov 9	@ HOU	L100–110	32:24	4	5	3	3	0	2–7	0–4	0–2	1	1	−1
Nov 7	@ IND	W114–102	28:31	6	4	1	1	0	2–8	0–4	2–2	0	4	+4
Nov 4	vs TOR	W128–109

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	32–53	46.9%	38.9%	60.4%	59.1%
8–16 ft	3–5	4.4%	13.4%	60.0%	43.9%
16–24 ft	2–5	4.4%	4.6%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	2.6	34th
Contested shots	5.5	50th
Twos contested	2.7	72nd
Threes contested	2.8	13th
Charges drawn	0.00	75th
Loose balls recovered	0.6	51st
Box outs	0.1	246th
Screen assists	1.0	58th
Points from screen assists	2.4	59th

Per game	Braun	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	2.60	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.41	4.43
Touches	45.1	38.0
Passes	40.6	29.0
Potential assists	5.2

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	4	12.3	4.5	2.5	59.4%	30.0%	80.0%	67.3%	+7.5
Away	6	14.3	4.3	2.3	45.2%	38.9%	66.7%	55.9%	+2.2
Neutral site	1	6.0	4.0	1.0	25.0%

Usage rate	15.3%	197th
Assist rate	9.4%	194th
Assists per turnover	2.08	100th
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	7.5	62nd
Offensive rating	115.6	76th
Defensive rating	110.8	127th
Net rating	+4.8	92nd
Offensive rebound rate	3.2%	164th
Defensive rebound rate	9.0%	182nd
Effective FG%	55.3%	51st
Fouls drawn a game	1.5	152nd

Zone	Braun	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	38.9%	27.7%	68.2%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	10.6%	19.0%	33.3%	44.4%
Mid-range	6.2%	10.2%	42.9%	40.0%
Corner three	23.0%	11.7%	23.1%	36.1%
Above-break three	21.2%	31.4%	45.8%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 14	@ NOP	W116–108	27:46	17	7	1	6–14	1–3	4–5	0	+12
Nov 11	@ MEM	W123–118	37:03	12	5	4	5–13	2–6	0–0	0	−2
Nov 9	@ HOU	L100–110	32:24	4	5	3	2–7	0–4	0–2	1	−1
Nov 7	@ IND	W114–102	28:31	6	4	1	2–8	0–4	2–2	0	+4
Nov 4	vs TOR	W128–109	28:21	11	3	3	4–5	1–1	2–2	1	+22
Nov 2	vs POR	L110–118	36:57	14	3	3	4–7	1–2	5–6	1	+6
Oct 30	@ PHX	W127–120	37:29	31	3	1	11–16	7–9	2–2	1	+9
Oct 28	@ NOP	W104–91	35:57	15	0	4	6–13	3–8	0–0	2	+15
Oct 26	vs GSW	L114–134	34:08	9	4	2	4–9	1–4	0–0	3	−13
Oct 24	vs NOP	W141–135	40:25	15	8	2	7–11	0–3	1–2	1	+15

24+ ft	17–50	44.2%	43.1%	34.0%	35.1%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	6–7	6.2%	5.8%	85.7%	88.4%
Layups	25–44	38.9%	25.7%	56.8%	56.0%
Floaters	1–2	1.8%	8.8%	50.0%	45.3%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	2.1%	—	47.5%
Pull-up jumpers	4–10	8.8%	13.7%	40.0%	37.6%
Step-backs	1–2	1.8%	5.2%	50.0%	37.9%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	0–0	0.0%	5.2%	—	40.3%
Other jump shots	17–48	42.5%	33.5%	35.4%	36.2%

Secondary assists	0.4	0.4

Offensive rebound chances	3.1	2.6

Defensive rebound chances	6.6	5.9

Stat	Braun	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	2.3	2.1
Opponent FG% at the rim	81.0%	64.4%

Games	Min	Pts	FG	FG%	3P	FT	+/−
4	13.7	1	0–3	0.0%	0–1	1–1	+1

Result
Wins	7	15.3	4.3	2.3	51.2%	41.2%	84.6%	62.4%	+10.7
Losses	4	8.5	4.5	2.3	39.4%	18.8%	62.5%	46.5%	−7.0

Result

Wins

15.3

4.3

2.3

51.2%

41.2%

84.6%

62.4%

+10.7

Losses

8.5

4.5

2.3

39.4%

18.8%

62.5%

46.5%

−7.0

Month
Oct	5	15.4	4.2	2.0	52.5%	40.0%	75.0%	63.4%	+1.2
Nov	6	10.7	4.5	2.5	42.6%	25.0%	76.5%	52.0%	+6.8

Month

Oct

15.4

4.2

2.0

52.5%

40.0%

75.0%

63.4%

+1.2

Nov

10.7

4.5

2.5

42.6%

25.0%

76.5%

52.0%

+6.8

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 9, 2026	0	0-1	19.5
Nov. 12, 2025	7	2-4	21.8
May 3, 2025	2	1-3	40.8
May 1, 2025	11	3-8	39.9
April 29, 2025	3	1-5	35.1
April 26, 2025	4	1-4	50.9
April 24, 2025	4	1-3	25.4
April 21, 2025	11	4-8	38.2
April 19, 2025	11	3-4	35.0
Jan. 8, 2025	5	1-3	6.6
Dec. 13, 2024	2	1-4	17.1
Dec. 1, 2024	2	0-3	9.3
Oct. 26, 2024	2	1-4	28.5
April 4, 2024	5	2-4	15.1
Dec. 6, 2023	0	0-0	1.7
Nov. 27, 2023	0	0-0	2.0
Nov. 14, 2023	3	1-2	4.7

Christian Braun

Inside his season

Last night at New Orleans

Tomorrow against the Suns

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

Impact

His season

His game

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

Hustle

Movement and touches

Pick your games

Splits

Advanced

Shot profile

Last 10 games

By shot type

Rim defense

Clutch

Trends

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

His game

Career bests

His last game

Impact

Inside his season

Last night at New Orleans

Tomorrow against the Suns

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor