Tayshaun Prince vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Tayshaun Prince, 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.

Tayshaun Prince played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Tayshaun Prince had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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
Tayshaun Prince	14	9	2002-03 to 2015-16
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2002-03	1956-57
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	42	10.4	3.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.8	.449	0.5	1.1	.426	0.3	0.4	.647
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	15	25.4	9.4	0.7	3.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.3	7.7	.426	0.9	3.2	.292	1.9	2.5	.763
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2003-04	1957-58
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.9	10.3	1.1	3.6	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	4.1	8.8	.467	0.7	1.9	.363	1.3	1.7	.766
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	23	34.8	9.9	1.8	4.2	6.0	2.3	1.1	1.3	0.8	2.7	3.8	9.2	.410	0.6	2.1	.265	1.8	2.4	.745
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2004-05	1958-59
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	37.1	14.7	1.6	3.7	5.3	3.0	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.0	5.7	11.7	.487	0.6	1.7	.341	2.7	3.3	.807
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	25	40.8	13.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	3.3	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.0	5.3	12.3	.433	0.9	2.4	.367	1.9	2.4	.800
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2005-06	1959-60
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	35.3	14.1	1.3	3.0	4.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.2	5.5	12.2	.455	0.8	2.2	.350	2.2	2.9	.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		%
Tayshaun Prince	18	41.4	16.4	2.4	3.3	5.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	1.7	1.3	5.9	12.8	.459	1.2	2.6	.457	3.5	4.2	.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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2006-07	1960-61
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	36.6	14.3	1.8	3.5	5.2	2.8	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.4	5.6	12.2	.460	1.0	2.6	.386	2.1	2.7	.768
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	16	41.6	14.1	1.7	4.8	6.4	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	1.9	5.2	12.5	.415	1.1	2.8	.409	2.6	3.4	.759
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2007-08	1961-62
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.9	13.2	1.3	3.5	4.9	3.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	1.1	5.1	11.5	.448	0.6	1.8	.363	2.3	2.9	.768
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	17	39.5	13.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	3.2	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.8	5.9	12.2	.481	0.5	1.5	.320	1.6	2.0	.794
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2008-09	1962-63
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	37.3	14.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.1	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.7	1.7	.397	2.3	3.0	.778
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	4	32.3	3.8	0.3	3.3	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	1.8	6.8	.259	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2009-10	1963-64
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	49	34.0	13.5	1.4	3.6	5.1	3.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	5.8	11.8	.486	0.6	1.5	.370	1.4	2.0	.714
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2010-11	1964-65
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	78	32.8	14.1	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.8	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.2	6.1	12.8	.473	0.4	1.3	.347	1.5	2.2	.702
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2011-12	1965-66
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	63	33.1	12.7	1.1	3.3	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.5	1.2	1.2	5.3	12.7	.421	0.6	1.7	.356	1.4	1.8	.774
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2012-13	1966-67
Team	Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.1	10.4	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.0	4.4	10.0	.438	0.5	1.1	.404	1.2	1.6	.738
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	15	30.3	7.0	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.9	8.1	.355	0.3	1.3	.263	0.9	1.5	.609
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2013-14	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	76	25.6	6.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.6	6.5	.407	0.3	0.9	.290	0.4	0.8	.567
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	7	16.1	3.0	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.1	1.4	3.7	.385	0.1	0.6	.250	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2014-15	1968-69
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	58	24.1	7.5	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	3.1	6.9	.440	0.5	1.2	.463	0.8	1.1	.754
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Bill Russell
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	77	19.0	2.9	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.0	.445	0.1	0.3	.174	0.2	0.2	.684
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Tayshaun Prince vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Tayshaun Prince, 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