Andre Miller vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Andre Miller, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Andre Miller played 17 years in the NBA, 4 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Andre Miller had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Bill Russell had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Andre Miller	17	11	1999-00 to 2015-16
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	1999-00	1956-57
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Andre Miller	82	25.5	11.1	1.0	2.4	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.4	4.1	9.2	.449	0.1	0.6	.204	2.8	3.6	.774
Bill Russell	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	40.9	13.9	-	-	24.4	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	14.8	.365	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	.508


Season 2
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2000-01	1957-58
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	82	34.7	15.8	1.1	3.2	4.4	8.0	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.8	5.5	12.2	.452	0.2	0.8	.266	4.6	5.5	.833
Bill Russell	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	9	39.4	15.1	-	-	24.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	14.8	.361	-	-	-	4.4	7.3	.606


Season 3
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2001-02	1958-59
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Assists Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Andre Miller	81	37.3	16.5	1.3	3.3	4.7	10.9	1.6	0.4	3.0	2.8	5.9	12.9	.454	0.3	1.1	.253	4.5	5.5	.817
Bill Russell	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	11	45.1	15.5	-	-	27.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	14.5	.409	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.612


Season 4
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2002-03	1959-60
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Andre Miller	80	36.4	13.6	1.1	2.9	4.0	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.7	11.6	.406	0.3	1.4	.213	3.9	4.9	.795
Bill Russell	74	42.5	18.2	-	-	24.0	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	16.1	.467	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.612

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	13	44.0	18.5	-	-	25.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	7.2	15.8	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.707


Season 5
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2003-04	1960-61
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andre Miller	82	34.6	14.8	1.5	2.9	4.5	6.1	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.4	5.2	11.5	.457	0.1	0.8	.185	4.2	5.0	.832
Bill Russell	78	44.3	16.9	-	-	23.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	6.8	16.0	.426	-	-	-	3.3	6.0	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	35.0	15.4	3.0	1.6	4.6	3.2	1.6	0.0	2.0	3.2	6.8	14.4	.472	0.0	0.4	.000	1.8	2.2	.818
Bill Russell	10	46.2	19.1	-	-	29.9	4.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.1	.427	-	-	-	4.5	8.6	.523


Season 6
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2004-05	1961-62
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andre Miller	82	34.8	13.6	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.9	1.5	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.2	10.9	.477	0.1	0.5	.154	3.1	3.7	.838
Bill Russell	76	45.2	18.9	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	16.6	.457	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	37.2	16.2	1.8	3.4	5.2	5.2	2.0	0.2	2.4	4.4	5.6	13.2	.424	0.4	0.8	.500	4.6	6.4	.719
Bill Russell	14	48.0	22.4	-	-	26.4	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.3	18.1	.458	-	-	-	5.9	8.1	.726


Season 7
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2005-06	1962-63
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andre Miller	82	35.8	13.7	1.1	3.2	4.3	8.2	1.3	0.2	3.1	2.6	4.9	10.6	.463	0.1	0.3	.185	3.8	5.2	.738
Bill Russell	78	44.9	16.8	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.4	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	.555

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	36.4	16.4	1.6	2.8	4.4	7.2	1.0	0.2	3.2	2.4	6.8	15.4	.442	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.4	.824
Bill Russell	13	47.5	20.3	-	-	25.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.4	16.3	.453	-	-	-	5.5	8.4	.661


Season 8
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2006-07	1963-64
Team	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Andre Miller	80	37.1	13.4	1.2	3.2	4.4	7.8	1.4	0.1	2.8	2.3	5.3	11.4	.466	0.1	0.4	.143	2.8	3.5	.784
Bill Russell	78	44.6	15.0	-	-	24.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.8	.433	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	45.1	13.1	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.2	.356	-	-	-	3.7	6.7	.552


Season 9
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2007-08	1964-65
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andre Miller	82	36.8	17.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	6.9	1.3	0.1	2.5	2.2	6.9	14.1	.492	0.0	0.4	.088	3.1	4.1	.772
Bill Russell	78	44.4	14.1	-	-	24.1	5.3	-	-	-	2.6	5.5	12.6	.438	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.573

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	38.2	15.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	0.8	0.0	2.3	2.0	6.5	14.8	.438	0.0	0.5	.000	2.3	3.7	.636
Bill Russell	12	46.8	16.5	-	-	25.2	6.3	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	12.5	.527	-	-	-	3.3	6.3	.526


Season 10
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2008-09	1965-66
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andre Miller	82	36.3	16.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	6.5	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.0	12.7	.473	0.2	0.6	.283	4.1	5.0	.826
Bill Russell	78	43.4	12.9	-	-	22.8	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.9	5.2	.551

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	43.0	21.2	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.3	1.2	0.2	3.2	2.8	8.0	16.8	.475	0.5	1.7	.300	4.7	5.7	.824
Bill Russell	17	47.9	19.1	-	-	25.2	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	15.4	.475	-	-	-	4.5	7.2	.618


Season 11
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2009-10	1966-67
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	82	30.5	14.0	1.0	2.3	3.2	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.1	2.1	4.9	11.1	.445	0.2	1.0	.200	3.9	4.8	.821
Bill Russell	81	40.7	13.3	-	-	21.0	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	4.9	10.7	.454	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.610

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	35.0	15.7	0.8	2.3	3.2	6.0	1.2	0.2	3.2	2.0	5.0	12.3	.405	0.5	1.2	.429	5.2	6.7	.775
Bill Russell	9	43.3	10.6	-	-	22.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	3.4	9.6	.360	-	-	-	3.7	5.8	.635


Season 12
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2010-11	1967-68
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andre Miller	81	32.7	12.7	1.2	2.5	3.7	7.0	1.4	0.1	2.4	2.1	4.8	10.4	.460	0.0	0.5	.108	3.1	3.6	.853
Bill Russell	78	37.9	12.5	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	11.0	.425	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	.537

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	32.3	14.8	0.8	2.3	3.2	5.5	0.3	0.0	2.2	2.8	5.5	11.2	.493	0.7	1.7	.400	3.2	4.0	.792
Bill Russell	19	45.7	14.4	-	-	22.8	5.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	12.7	.409	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	.585


Season 13
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2011-12	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andre Miller	66	27.4	9.7	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.7	1.0	0.1	2.7	2.0	3.7	8.4	.438	0.3	1.3	.217	2.1	2.6	.811
Bill Russell	77	42.7	9.9	-	-	19.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	7	28.6	11.3	2.0	3.6	5.6	6.0	1.3	0.1	2.4	2.7	4.4	10.4	.425	0.6	1.0	.571	1.9	2.1	.867
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506


Season 14
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	82	26.2	9.6	0.7	2.2	2.9	5.9	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.9	3.7	7.7	.479	0.2	0.8	.266	2.0	2.4	.840
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	25.7	14.0	1.8	1.5	3.3	3.8	0.3	0.0	2.7	1.3	4.8	11.5	.420	0.8	1.8	.455	3.5	4.5	.778
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	58	16.9	4.9	0.5	1.8	2.2	3.4	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.8	4.0	.459	0.2	0.4	.524	1.0	1.3	.779
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	11	9.8	4.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.7	.463	0.1	0.3	.333	0.5	0.8	.556
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Andre Miller	81	15.5	4.4	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.5	0.4	0.1	1.3	1.3	1.8	3.6	.500	0.1	0.4	.206	0.7	1.0	.753
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Andre Miller	Bill Russell
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	39	11.8	3.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.2	1.5	2.7	.557	0.1	0.2	.250	0.6	0.8	.750
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	7.0	1.8	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	.429	0.2	0.6	.333	0.4	0.4	1.000
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Andre Miller vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Andre Miller, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17