Mark Jackson vs. Cazzie Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cazzie Russell and Mark Jackson, 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.

Mark Jackson played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Cazzie Russell, who played 12. Mark Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Cazzie Russell had his rookie season in 1966-67. 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
	Mark Jackson	Cazzie Russell
Season	1987-88	1966-67
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	39.6	13.6	1.5	3.4	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	3.1	3.0	5.3	12.4	.432	0.4	1.5	.254	2.5	3.2	.774
Cazzie Russell	77	22.0	11.3	-	-	3.3	2.4	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	10.2	.436	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	4	42.8	14.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	9.8	2.5	0.0	3.5	3.3	5.5	15.0	.367	1.3	3.0	.417	2.0	2.8	.727
Cazzie Russell	4	22.3	15.5	-	-	4.8	2.8	-	-	-	4.0	6.5	16.5	.394	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.769

Season 2
	Mark Jackson	Cazzie Russell
Season	1988-89	1967-68
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Mark Jackson	72	34.4	16.9	1.5	3.3	4.7	8.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.3	6.7	14.2	.467	1.1	3.3	.338	2.5	3.6	.698
Cazzie Russell	82	28.0	16.9	-	-	4.6	2.4	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	14.5	.462	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	9	37.3	14.7	0.8	2.7	3.4	10.1	1.1	0.3	3.1	1.0	5.7	11.1	.510	1.2	3.1	.393	2.1	3.1	.679
Cazzie Russell	6	34.8	21.7	-	-	3.8	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	9.2	16.3	.561	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 4
	Mark Jackson	Cazzie Russell
Season	1990-91	1969-70
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Mark Jackson	72	22.2	8.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	6.3	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.1	3.5	7.1	.492	0.2	0.7	.255	1.6	2.2	.731
Cazzie Russell	78	20.0	11.5	-	-	3.0	1.7	-	-	-	1.8	4.9	9.9	.498	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	3	12.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	2.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Cazzie Russell	19	16.1	9.4	-	-	2.5	0.8	-	-	-	1.6	4.2	8.7	.485	-	-	-	0.9	1.0	.947

Season 6
	Mark Jackson	Cazzie Russell
Season	1992-93	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	38.0	14.4	1.6	3.2	4.7	8.8	1.7	0.1	2.7	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	0.3	1.0	.268	2.9	3.7	.803
Cazzie Russell	79	36.7	21.4	-	-	5.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.2	8.7	19.2	.455	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	37.6	15.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	7.6	1.6	0.2	2.6	1.6	5.6	12.8	.438	0.2	0.4	.500	3.8	4.4	.864
Cazzie Russell	5	32.2	14.2	-	-	4.4	1.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.2	12.6	.492	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.750

Season 10
	Mark Jackson	Cazzie Russell
Season	1996-97	1975-76
Team	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
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		%
Mark Jackson	82	37.2	9.9	1.1	3.7	4.8	11.4	1.2	0.1	3.3	2.0	3.5	8.3	.426	0.8	2.2	.371	2.0	2.6	.789
Cazzie Russell	74	22.0	11.8	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.6	0.7	0.0	-	1.6	5.0	10.8	.463	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	.892
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cazzie Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-