Austin Reaves vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves, 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.

Austin Reaves played 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than D'Angelo Russell, who played 10. Austin Reaves had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while D'Angelo Russell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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.

Rookie Season
	Austin Reaves	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Austin Reaves	61	23.2	7.3	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.2	.459	0.9	2.7	.317	1.6	1.9	.839
difference:	+19	+5.0	+5.9	+0.1	+0.4	+0.2	+1.5	+0.7	+0.1	-1.8	-0.4	+2.5	+6.8	+.049	+0.7	+1.9	+.034	+0.2	+0.5	+.102
D'Angelo Russell	80	28.2	13.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.5	1.8	4.9	12.0	.410	1.6	4.6	.351	1.8	2.4	.737
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Austin Reaves nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Austin Reaves	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup 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		%
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
difference:	+34	+6.4	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.3		+0.1	-1.0		+0.2	+2.5	+.072		+0.7	+.043	+0.8	+0.6	+.113
D'Angelo Russell	48	25.7	15.5	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.2	0.8	0.4	3.1	1.9	5.8	14.0	.414	1.9	5.8	.324	2.0	2.7	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Austin Reaves	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Austin Reaves	73	34.9	20.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.1	6.5	14.2	.460	2.7	7.3	.377	4.4	5.0	.877
difference:	+8	+4.7	+0.9	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+1.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.4	+1.6	+4.5	+.026	+0.2	+0.5	+.008	+2.4	+2.5	+.097
D'Angelo Russell	81	30.2	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.0	1.2	0.2	3.1	1.7	8.1	18.7	.434	2.9	7.8	.369	2.0	2.5	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Reaves	5	39.2	16.2	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.2	0.6	2.8	3.6	6.0	14.6	.411	3.0	9.4	.319	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:		+9.6	+3.2	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8		+1.2	+0.4		-1.2	+1.4	+6.0	+.052	+0.6	+2.0	+.005	+1.0	+1.2	+.011
D'Angelo Russell	5	29.6	19.4	0.4	3.2	3.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.4	20.6	.359	2.4	7.4	.324	2.2	2.6	.846