Eddie Jones vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Eddie Jones, 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.

Eddie Jones played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Eddie Jones had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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
Eddie Jones	14	11	1994-95 to 2007-08
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	1994-95	1956-57
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Eddie Jones	64	31.0	14.0	1.2	2.7	3.9	2.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	5.3	11.6	.460	1.4	3.8	.370	1.9	2.6	.722
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		%
Eddie Jones	10	28.6	8.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	2.7	3.0	8.0	.375	1.2	2.7	.444	1.5	2.1	.714
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	1995-96	1957-58
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Eddie Jones	70	31.2	12.8	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.5	1.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	4.8	9.8	.492	1.2	3.2	.366	1.9	2.6	.739
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		%
Eddie Jones	4	38.8	17.3	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.5	2.0	0.3	1.0	4.0	6.8	12.3	.551	2.5	4.8	.526	1.3	2.0	.625
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	1996-97	1958-59
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Eddie Jones	80	37.5	17.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	3.4	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.8	5.9	13.5	.438	1.9	4.9	.391	3.5	4.2	.819
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		%
Eddie Jones	9	31.6	11.2	0.9	2.6	3.4	3.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	1.0	2.7	.375	2.9	3.9	.743
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	1997-98	1959-60
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Eddie Jones	80	36.4	16.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.1	2.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	6.1	12.6	.484	1.8	4.6	.389	2.9	3.8	.765
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		%
Eddie Jones	13	36.6	17.0	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.5	2.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	5.3	11.4	.466	1.5	3.7	.417	4.8	5.8	.829
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	1998-99	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	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		%
Eddie Jones	50	37.6	15.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.7	2.5	1.2	1.9	2.6	5.2	11.9	.437	1.0	2.8	.338	4.2	5.4	.782
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		%
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	1999-00	1961-62
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Eddie Jones	72	39.0	20.1	1.1	3.6	4.8	4.2	2.7	0.7	2.2	2.4	6.6	15.5	.427	1.8	4.7	.375	5.0	5.8	.864
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		%
Eddie Jones	4	42.8	17.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.8	2.5	0.8	1.3	3.0	5.5	14.5	.379	2.3	6.5	.346	3.8	4.0	.938
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	2000-01	1962-63
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Eddie Jones	63	36.2	17.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.7	1.7	0.9	2.1	2.9	6.2	13.8	.445	1.4	3.8	.378	3.6	4.3	.844
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		%
Eddie Jones	3	36.0	19.0	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.0	7.3	14.7	.500	2.3	5.3	.438	2.0	2.3	.857
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	2001-02	1963-64
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Eddie Jones	81	39.0	18.3	0.8	3.9	4.7	3.2	1.4	1.0	1.8	3.2	6.4	14.8	.432	1.8	4.7	.390	3.7	4.4	.837
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		%
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	2002-03	1964-65
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First 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		%
Eddie Jones	47	38.1	18.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.7	1.4	0.7	1.8	2.9	6.2	14.6	.423	2.1	5.1	.407	4.0	4.9	.822
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		%
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	2003-04	1965-66
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Eddie Jones	81	37.0	17.3	0.5	3.3	3.8	3.2	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	5.8	14.3	.409	2.2	5.9	.370	3.4	4.1	.835
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		%
Eddie Jones	13	37.0	13.2	0.2	3.4	3.6	2.2	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.8	4.3	11.8	.366	1.5	5.2	.299	3.1	3.8	.800
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	2004-05	1966-67
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Eddie Jones	80	35.5	12.7	0.5	4.6	5.1	2.7	1.1	0.5	1.2	3.1	4.4	10.3	.428	1.8	4.8	.372	2.2	2.7	.806
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		%
Eddie Jones	15	40.3	13.7	0.7	5.1	5.8	2.6	1.2	0.6	1.5	3.8	4.7	10.4	.455	2.1	5.3	.400	2.1	2.8	.738
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	2005-06	1967-68
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Eddie Jones	75	32.5	11.8	0.5	3.3	3.7	2.4	1.7	0.4	1.2	2.7	3.9	9.6	.404	1.8	5.0	.356	2.2	2.9	.781
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		%
Eddie Jones	4	29.8	10.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.5	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	1.8	.429	2.5	3.8	.667
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	2006-07	1968-69
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Eddie Jones	64	24.9	7.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.7	1.1	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.8	6.6	.422	1.2	3.5	.351	0.9	1.2	.787
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		%
Eddie Jones	3	22.0	3.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	.222	0.3	2.0	.167	1.7	2.0	.833
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
	Eddie Jones	Bill Russell
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Eddie Jones	47	19.6	3.7	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.8	.367	0.7	2.5	.293	0.2	0.3	.714
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Jones	3	7.3	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.3	0.3	1.000
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Eddie Jones vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Eddie Jones, 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