Bill Russell vs. Jack Sikma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Sikma and Bill Russell, 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.

Bill Russell played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jack Sikma, who played 14. Bill Russell had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Jack Sikma had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69
Jack Sikma	14	11	1977-78 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1956-57	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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		%
Bill Russell	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492
Jack Sikma	82	27.3	10.7	2.4	5.9	8.3	1.6	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.2	9.2	.455	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	10	40.9	13.9	-	-	24.4	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	14.8	.365	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	.508
Jack Sikma	22	31.9	13.7	2.3	5.8	8.1	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.6	4.6	5.2	11.2	.466	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.780


Season 2
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1957-58	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Bill Russell	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519
Jack Sikma	82	36.1	15.6	2.8	9.5	12.4	3.2	1.0	0.8	3.1	3.6	5.8	12.6	.460	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	9	39.4	15.1	-	-	24.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	14.8	.361	-	-	-	4.4	7.3	.606
Jack Sikma	17	38.5	14.9	2.3	9.4	11.7	2.5	0.9	1.4	2.4	4.1	6.0	13.2	.455	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.787


Season 3
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1958-59	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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		%
Bill Russell	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598
Jack Sikma	82	34.1	14.3	2.4	8.7	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	5.7	12.1	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	11	45.1	15.5	-	-	27.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	14.5	.409	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.612
Jack Sikma	15	35.6	11.7	2.0	6.4	8.4	3.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	3.7	4.3	10.9	.399	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.6	.852


Season 4
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1959-60	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Russell	74	42.5	18.2	-	-	24.0	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	16.1	.467	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.612
Jack Sikma	82	35.6	18.7	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.0	1.0	1.1	2.5	3.4	7.3	16.0	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.0	.823

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


Season 5
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1960-61	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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		%
Bill Russell	78	44.3	16.9	-	-	23.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	6.8	16.0	.426	-	-	-	3.3	6.0	.550
Jack Sikma	82	37.2	19.6	2.7	9.9	12.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.3	7.1	14.8	.479	0.0	0.2	.154	5.5	6.4	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	10	46.2	19.1	-	-	29.9	4.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.1	.427	-	-	-	4.5	8.6	.523
Jack Sikma	8	39.4	20.5	2.6	9.5	12.1	3.0	1.1	1.0	2.0	4.3	7.1	16.0	.445	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	7.3	.862


Season 6
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1961-62	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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		%
Bill Russell	76	45.2	18.9	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	16.6	.457	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.595
Jack Sikma	75	34.2	18.2	2.8	8.6	11.4	3.1	1.2	0.9	2.5	3.5	6.5	13.9	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	6.4	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	14	48.0	22.4	-	-	26.4	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.3	18.1	.458	-	-	-	5.9	8.1	.726
Jack Sikma	2	37.5	15.0	3.0	10.0	13.0	5.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	5.5	15.5	.355	0.0	0.5	.000	4.0	6.0	.667


Season 7
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1962-63	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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		%
Bill Russell	78	44.9	16.8	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.4	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	.555
Jack Sikma	82	36.5	19.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	4.0	1.2	1.1	2.9	3.7	7.0	14.1	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	5.9	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	13	47.5	20.3	-	-	25.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.4	16.3	.453	-	-	-	5.5	8.4	.661
Jack Sikma	5	38.6	22.0	2.2	8.0	10.2	1.0	0.6	1.4	1.8	4.4	9.8	19.6	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.8	.857


Season 8
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1963-64	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Russell	78	44.6	15.0	-	-	24.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.8	.433	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	.550
Jack Sikma	68	35.3	18.5	2.4	8.2	10.6	4.2	1.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	6.8	13.9	.489	0.0	0.1	.200	4.9	5.8	.852

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


Season 9
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1964-65	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Russell	78	44.4	14.1	-	-	24.1	5.3	-	-	-	2.6	5.5	12.6	.438	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.573
Jack Sikma	80	34.9	17.1	1.8	7.5	9.4	3.8	1.2	0.9	2.7	3.7	6.4	13.8	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.1	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	12	46.8	16.5	-	-	25.2	6.3	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	12.5	.527	-	-	-	3.3	6.3	.526
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1965-66	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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		%
Bill Russell	78	43.4	12.9	-	-	22.8	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.9	5.2	.551
Jack Sikma	82	30.9	12.7	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.5	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	4.8	10.3	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	3.8	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	17	47.9	19.1	-	-	25.2	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	15.4	.475	-	-	-	4.5	7.2	.618
Jack Sikma	12	35.5	16.2	2.8	8.1	10.8	1.9	1.3	0.8	1.5	4.7	6.1	12.5	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	4.1	.980


Season 11
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1966-67	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Bill Russell	81	40.7	13.3	-	-	21.0	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	4.9	10.7	.454	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.610
Jack Sikma	82	35.6	16.5	2.4	6.3	8.6	3.4	1.1	1.0	1.9	3.9	6.3	12.9	.486	0.0	0.2	.214	3.9	4.2	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	9	43.3	10.6	-	-	22.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	3.4	9.6	.360	-	-	-	3.7	5.8	.635
Jack Sikma	5	38.0	19.0	4.8	7.6	12.4	2.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.6	7.0	15.2	.461	0.0	0.6	.000	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 12
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1967-68	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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		%
Bill Russell	78	37.9	12.5	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	11.0	.425	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	.537
Jack Sikma	80	32.3	13.4	1.8	6.0	7.8	3.6	1.1	0.8	1.8	3.8	4.5	10.4	.431	1.0	2.7	.380	3.3	3.7	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	19	45.7	14.4	-	-	22.8	5.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	12.7	.409	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	.585
Jack Sikma	9	33.4	11.7	1.0	4.6	5.6	3.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	4.6	4.1	10.4	.394	0.9	3.1	.286	2.6	3.1	.821


Season 13
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	1968-69	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Bill Russell	77	42.7	9.9	-	-	19.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	.526
Jack Sikma	71	31.7	13.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.0	3.4	4.8	11.6	.416	1.0	2.8	.342	3.2	3.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506
Jack Sikma	4	29.3	5.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.8	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.8	1.5	5.8	.261	0.5	1.8	.286	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 14
	Bill Russell	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	77	25.2	10.4	1.4	4.3	5.7	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.7	2.8	3.8	9.0	.427	0.6	1.8	.341	2.2	2.6	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	3	17.0	4.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	1.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500

Bill Russell vs. Jack Sikma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Sikma and Bill Russell, 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