Andrew Bogut vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Andrew Bogut, 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.

Andrew Bogut played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Andrew Bogut had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, 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 achievements, 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
Andrew Bogut	14	5	2005-06 to 2018-19
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2005-06	1956-57
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	82	28.6	9.4	2.3	4.7	7.0	2.3	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.2	3.9	7.4	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.4	.629
difference:	+34	+6.7	+5.3			+12.6	+0.5				-0.2	+1.9	+6.1	+.106				+1.7	+4.0	+.137
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		%
Andrew Bogut	5	34.4	8.6	1.8	4.4	6.2	3.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	4.2	4.0	9.2	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.375
difference:	+5	+6.5	+5.3			+18.2	+0.2				-0.1	+1.4	+5.6	+.070				+2.5	+4.5	+.133
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2006-07	1957-58
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	66	34.2	12.3	2.5	6.3	8.8	3.0	0.7	0.5	2.3	3.3	5.3	9.5	.553	0.0	0.1	.200	1.7	2.9	.577
difference:	+3	+4.1	+4.3			+13.9	+0.1				-0.7	+1.3	+5.5	+.111				+1.6	+3.5	+.058
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2007-08	1958-59
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	78	34.9	14.3	3.1	6.6	9.8	2.6	0.8	1.7	2.2	3.3	6.0	11.7	.511	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.1	.587
difference:	+8	+7.7	+2.4			+13.2	+0.6				-1.0	+0.5	+2.5	+.054				+1.3	+2.0	+.011
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2008-09	1959-60
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	36	31.2	11.7	3.3	7.0	10.3	2.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	3.6	5.1	8.8	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.7	.571
difference:	+38	+11.3	+6.5			+13.7	+1.7				-0.8	+2.4	+7.3	+.110				+1.6	+2.6	+.041
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2009-10	1960-61
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	69	32.3	15.9	3.0	7.1	10.2	1.8	0.6	2.5	1.9	3.2	6.9	13.2	.520	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.4	.629
difference:	+9	+12.0	+1.0			+13.7	+1.6				-1.2	+0.1	+2.8	+.094				+1.1	+2.6	+.079
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2010-11	1961-62
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	65	35.3	12.8	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.0	0.7	2.6	1.9	3.3	5.6	11.4	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	3.3	.442
difference:	+11	+9.9	+6.1			+12.5	+2.5				-0.6	+2.0	+5.2	+.038				+2.3	+3.0	+.153
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2011-12	1962-63
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	12	30.3	11.3	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.6	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	5.1	11.3	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.9	.609
difference:	+66	+14.6	+5.5			+15.3	+1.9				-0.6	+1.5	+3.9	+.017				+2.5	+4.7	+.054
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2012-13	1963-64
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	32	24.6	5.8	2.1	5.5	7.7	2.1	0.6	1.7	1.1	2.7	2.6	5.8	.451	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.500
difference:	+46	+20.0	+9.2			+17.0	+2.6				-0.3	+3.4	+8.0	+.018				+2.4	+4.3	+.050
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		%
Andrew Bogut	12	27.3	7.2	3.3	7.7	10.9	1.8	0.5	1.5	1.8	3.3	3.3	5.6	.582	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.9	.348
difference:	+2	+17.8	+5.9			+16.3	+2.6					+1.4	+7.6	+.226				+3.0	+4.8	+.204
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2013-14	1964-65
Team	Golden State Warriors	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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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	67	26.4	7.3	2.7	7.3	10.0	1.7	0.7	1.8	1.4	3.1	3.5	5.6	.627	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.344
difference:	+11	+18.0	+6.8			+14.1	+3.6				-0.5	+2.0	+7.0	+.189				+2.8	+4.5	+.229
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2014-15	1965-66
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	67	23.6	6.3	2.1	6.0	8.1	2.7	0.6	1.7	1.6	2.8	3.0	5.3	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.524
difference:	+11	+19.8	+6.6			+14.7	+2.1					+2.0	+6.8	+.148				+2.6	+4.6	+.027
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		%
Andrew Bogut	19	23.2	4.7	2.2	5.9	8.1	1.9	0.6	1.8	1.4	3.6	2.2	3.9	.560	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.7	.385
difference:	+2	+24.7	+14.4			+17.1	+3.1				-0.1	+5.1	+11.5	+.085				+4.2	+6.5	+.233
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2015-16	1966-67
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	70	20.7	5.4	1.7	5.3	7.0	2.3	0.5	1.6	1.2	3.2	2.5	4.0	.627	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.480
difference:	+11	+20.0	+7.9			+14.0	+3.5					+2.4	+6.7	+.173				+3.2	+5.1	+.130
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		%
Andrew Bogut	22	16.6	4.6	2.1	3.5	5.7	1.4	0.6	1.6	0.9	3.3	2.2	3.5	.623	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.6	.357
difference:	+13	+26.7	+6.0			+16.3	+4.2				-0.3	+1.2	+6.1	+.263				+3.5	+5.2	+.278
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2016-17	1967-68
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	27	21.6	2.9	2.1	6.0	8.1	1.8	0.5	0.9	1.6	3.2	1.4	3.0	.469	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.4	.273
difference:	+51	+16.3	+9.6			+10.5	+2.8				-0.1	+3.3	+8.0	+.044				+3.1	+5.5	+.264
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrew Bogut	Bill Russell
Season	2017-18	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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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bogut	24	9.0	1.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.7	0.7	1.0	.680	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
difference:	+53	+33.7	+8.4			+16.0	+4.3				-1.3	+2.9	+7.4	+.247				+2.5	+4.9	+.474
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		%
Andrew Bogut	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506

Additional Years

* Andrew Bogut played 1 season more than Bill Russell in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 2019—Andrew Bogut played in the Playoffs.

Andrew Bogut vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Andrew Bogut, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years