Aaron McKie vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Aaron McKie, 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.

Aaron McKie and Bill Russell both played 13 years in the NBA. Aaron McKie 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
Aaron McKie	13	10	1994-95 to 2006-07
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	1994-95	1956-57
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Aaron McKie	45	18.4	6.5	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.6	5.8	.444	0.2	0.6	.393	1.1	1.6	.685
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		%
Aaron McKie	3	11.3	5.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.7	4.7	.571	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	1995-96	1957-58
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Aaron McKie	81	27.9	10.7	1.1	2.7	3.8	2.5	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.5	4.2	8.9	.467	0.5	1.4	.325	1.9	2.5	.764
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		%
Aaron McKie	5	26.8	6.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.8	2.6	2.2	6.0	.367	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.8	.778
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	1996-97	1958-59
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Aaron McKie	83	19.6	5.2	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.1	1.6	1.8	4.4	.411	0.5	1.2	.398	1.1	1.3	.836
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		%
Aaron McKie	5	19.2	3.0	0.2	1.8	2.0	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.6	2.4	1.4	4.0	.350	0.2	1.0	.200	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	1997-98	1959-60
Team	Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Aaron McKie	81	22.4	4.1	0.7	2.1	2.9	2.2	1.2	0.2	0.9	2.0	1.7	4.7	.365	0.1	0.8	.190	0.5	0.7	.764
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		%
Aaron McKie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	1998-99	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Aaron McKie	50	19.2	4.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.0	1.3	0.1	1.1	1.8	1.9	4.7	.401	0.1	0.6	.194	0.9	1.2	.710
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		%
Aaron McKie	6	16.3	3.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.8	0.7	0.0	0.2	2.8	1.2	3.8	.304	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.2	.857
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	1999-00	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Aaron McKie	82	23.8	8.0	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.0	7.2	.411	0.5	1.5	.364	1.5	1.8	.829
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		%
Aaron McKie	10	33.2	13.8	0.4	3.2	3.6	4.6	0.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	5.0	10.3	.485	1.2	3.5	.343	2.6	3.1	.839
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	2000-01	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Aaron McKie	76	31.5	11.6	0.4	3.7	4.1	5.0	1.4	0.1	2.7	2.3	4.4	9.4	.473	0.7	2.2	.312	2.0	2.6	.768
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		%
Aaron McKie	23	38.7	14.6	1.0	4.1	5.2	5.3	1.5	0.1	2.0	2.9	5.4	13.1	.415	1.2	2.8	.422	2.6	3.3	.787
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	2001-02	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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		%
Aaron McKie	48	30.6	12.2	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	1.9	1.5	4.6	10.2	.449	1.1	2.7	.398	2.0	2.5	.787
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		%
Aaron McKie	5	29.4	10.6	0.4	3.2	3.6	2.4	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.4	4.0	9.2	.435	1.2	3.2	.375	1.4	2.0	.700
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	2002-03	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 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		%
Aaron McKie	80	29.7	9.0	0.8	3.6	4.4	3.5	1.6	0.1	1.4	2.2	3.6	8.3	.429	0.5	1.4	.330	1.4	1.7	.836
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		%
Aaron McKie	12	26.5	7.8	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.6	3.2	5.9	.535	0.4	0.8	.556	1.0	1.2	.857
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	2003-04	1965-66
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Aaron McKie	75	28.2	9.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.6	1.1	0.3	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.7	.459	1.0	2.3	.436	1.1	1.5	.757
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		%
Aaron McKie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	2004-05	1966-67
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Aaron McKie	68	16.4	2.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.7	0.9	2.1	.430	0.3	0.9	.323	0.1	0.2	.625
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		%
Aaron McKie	5	16.8	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.2	1.8	0.6	1.4	.429	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	2005-06	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Aaron McKie	14	8.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	.250	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	.500
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		%
Aaron McKie	1	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	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
	Aaron McKie	Bill Russell
Season	2006-07	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Aaron McKie	10	13.1	2.2	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.4	1.1	1.7	.647	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Aaron McKie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506

Aaron McKie vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Aaron McKie, 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