Bill Russell vs. Tim Thomas Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Thomas and Bill Russell, 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.
Bill Russell and Tim Thomas both played 13 years in the NBA. Bill Russell had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Tim Thomas had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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 |
Bill Russell |
13 |
13 |
1956-57 to 1968-69 |
Tim Thomas |
13 |
7 |
1997-98 to 2009-10 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
48 |
35.3 |
14.7 |
- |
- |
19.6 |
1.8 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
5.8 |
13.5 |
.427 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
6.4 |
.492 |
Tim Thomas |
77 |
23.1 |
11.0 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
3.7 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
2.4 |
4.0 |
8.9 |
.447 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
.363 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
.740 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
10 |
40.9 |
13.9 |
- |
- |
24.4 |
3.2 |
- |
- |
- |
4.1 |
5.4 |
14.8 |
.365 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
6.1 |
.508 |
Tim Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
69 |
38.3 |
16.6 |
- |
- |
22.7 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
6.6 |
15.0 |
.442 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
6.4 |
.519 |
Tim Thomas |
50 |
16.2 |
7.2 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
5.6 |
.473 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
.309 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
.652 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
9 |
39.4 |
15.1 |
- |
- |
24.6 |
2.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
5.3 |
14.8 |
.361 |
- |
- |
- |
4.4 |
7.3 |
.606 |
Tim Thomas |
3 |
19.7 |
7.7 |
1.3 |
2.7 |
4.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
3.7 |
2.7 |
6.0 |
.444 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
.000 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
.583 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
70 |
42.6 |
16.7 |
- |
- |
23.0 |
3.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
6.5 |
14.2 |
.457 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
6.1 |
.598 |
Tim Thomas |
80 |
26.2 |
11.8 |
1.3 |
2.9 |
4.2 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.6 |
2.8 |
4.3 |
9.4 |
.461 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
.346 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
.774 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
11 |
45.1 |
15.5 |
- |
- |
27.7 |
3.6 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
5.9 |
14.5 |
.409 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
6.1 |
.612 |
Tim Thomas |
5 |
28.4 |
15.4 |
1.2 |
3.6 |
4.8 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
2.8 |
5.8 |
11.8 |
.492 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
.333 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
.824 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
74 |
42.5 |
18.2 |
- |
- |
24.0 |
3.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
7.5 |
16.1 |
.467 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
5.3 |
.612 |
Tim Thomas |
76 |
27.4 |
12.6 |
1.0 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
4.3 |
10.0 |
.430 |
1.4 |
3.4 |
.412 |
2.6 |
3.3 |
.771 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
13 |
44.0 |
18.5 |
- |
- |
25.8 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
7.2 |
15.8 |
.456 |
- |
- |
- |
4.1 |
5.8 |
.707 |
Tim Thomas |
18 |
26.5 |
11.3 |
1.2 |
3.3 |
4.5 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
7.9 |
.448 |
1.2 |
2.8 |
.431 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.815 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
78 |
44.3 |
16.9 |
- |
- |
23.9 |
3.4 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
6.8 |
16.0 |
.426 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
6.0 |
.550 |
Tim Thomas |
74 |
26.9 |
11.7 |
0.9 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
4.3 |
10.2 |
.420 |
1.3 |
3.9 |
.326 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
.793 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
10 |
46.2 |
19.1 |
- |
- |
29.9 |
4.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
7.3 |
17.1 |
.427 |
- |
- |
- |
4.5 |
8.6 |
.523 |
Tim Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
76 |
45.2 |
18.9 |
- |
- |
23.6 |
4.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
7.6 |
16.6 |
.457 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
6.3 |
.595 |
Tim Thomas |
80 |
29.5 |
13.3 |
1.2 |
3.7 |
4.9 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
3.2 |
5.2 |
11.6 |
.443 |
1.2 |
3.3 |
.366 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
.780 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
14 |
48.0 |
22.4 |
- |
- |
26.4 |
5.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
8.3 |
18.1 |
.458 |
- |
- |
- |
5.9 |
8.1 |
.726 |
Tim Thomas |
6 |
31.8 |
17.8 |
1.3 |
3.5 |
4.8 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
4.5 |
6.0 |
13.0 |
.462 |
2.0 |
3.5 |
.571 |
3.8 |
5.3 |
.719 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
78 |
44.9 |
16.8 |
- |
- |
23.6 |
4.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
6.6 |
15.2 |
.432 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
6.6 |
.555 |
Tim Thomas |
66 |
31.7 |
14.7 |
1.0 |
3.9 |
4.8 |
1.9 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
3.0 |
5.5 |
12.3 |
.446 |
1.1 |
2.9 |
.376 |
2.6 |
3.3 |
.784 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
13 |
47.5 |
20.3 |
- |
- |
25.1 |
5.1 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
7.4 |
16.3 |
.453 |
- |
- |
- |
5.5 |
8.4 |
.661 |
Tim Thomas |
1 |
23.0 |
12.0 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
10.0 |
.400 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
.000 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
.800 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
78 |
44.6 |
15.0 |
- |
- |
24.7 |
4.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
6.0 |
13.8 |
.433 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
5.5 |
.550 |
Tim Thomas |
71 |
27.3 |
12.0 |
0.6 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
4.4 |
10.1 |
.439 |
1.2 |
2.9 |
.409 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
.786 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
10 |
45.1 |
13.1 |
- |
- |
27.2 |
4.4 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
4.7 |
13.2 |
.356 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
6.7 |
.552 |
Tim Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
78 |
44.4 |
14.1 |
- |
- |
24.1 |
5.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
5.5 |
12.6 |
.438 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
5.5 |
.573 |
Tim Thomas |
29 |
23.0 |
10.3 |
0.8 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
3.9 |
9.0 |
.431 |
1.6 |
3.8 |
.414 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
.667 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
12 |
46.8 |
16.5 |
- |
- |
25.2 |
6.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
6.6 |
12.5 |
.527 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
6.3 |
.526 |
Tim Thomas |
20 |
31.8 |
15.1 |
0.8 |
5.5 |
6.3 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
4.5 |
5.4 |
11.0 |
.491 |
2.4 |
5.4 |
.444 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
.776 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
78 |
43.4 |
12.9 |
- |
- |
22.8 |
4.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
5.0 |
12.1 |
.415 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
5.2 |
.551 |
Tim Thomas |
76 |
27.0 |
11.0 |
0.8 |
4.1 |
5.0 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
3.0 |
3.9 |
9.5 |
.414 |
1.8 |
4.7 |
.382 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
.708 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
17 |
47.9 |
19.1 |
- |
- |
25.2 |
5.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
7.3 |
15.4 |
.475 |
- |
- |
- |
4.5 |
7.2 |
.618 |
Tim Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
81 |
40.7 |
13.3 |
- |
- |
21.0 |
5.8 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
4.9 |
10.7 |
.454 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
5.8 |
.610 |
Tim Thomas |
63 |
30.8 |
12.4 |
1.0 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
2.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
4.6 |
11.2 |
.413 |
1.3 |
4.3 |
.306 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
.752 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
9 |
43.3 |
10.6 |
- |
- |
22.0 |
5.6 |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
3.4 |
9.6 |
.360 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
5.8 |
.635 |
Tim Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
78 |
37.9 |
12.5 |
- |
- |
18.6 |
4.6 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
4.7 |
11.0 |
.425 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
5.9 |
.537 |
Tim Thomas |
64 |
19.5 |
8.5 |
0.7 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
6.8 |
.432 |
1.2 |
3.0 |
.413 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
.736 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
19 |
45.7 |
14.4 |
- |
- |
22.8 |
5.2 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
5.2 |
12.7 |
.409 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
6.8 |
.585 |
Tim Thomas |
2 |
7.5 |
3.5 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
5.0 |
.300 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
.250 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
77 |
42.7 |
9.9 |
- |
- |
19.3 |
4.9 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
3.6 |
8.4 |
.433 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
5.0 |
.526 |
Tim Thomas |
18 |
15.8 |
7.5 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
5.9 |
.462 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
.372 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
.875 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bill Russell |
18 |
46.1 |
10.8 |
- |
- |
20.5 |
5.4 |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
4.3 |
10.1 |
.423 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
4.5 |
.506 |
Tim Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |