Brandon Miller vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Brandon Miller, 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.

Brandon Miller played 3 years in the NBA, 15 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 18. Brandon Miller had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Russell Westbrook had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
	Brandon Miller	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Brandon Miller	74	32.2	17.3	0.8	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.5	6.4	14.6	.440	2.5	6.7	.373	1.9	2.3	.827
difference:	+8	+0.3	+2.0	+1.4	+0.7	+0.6	+2.9	+0.4	+0.4	-1.5	-0.2	+1.1	+1.2	+.042	+2.1	+5.1	+.102	+2.4	+2.9	+.012
Russell Westbrook	82	32.5	15.3	2.2	2.7	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.3	5.3	13.4	.398	0.4	1.6	.271	4.3	5.2	.815
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Miller nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Brandon Miller	Russell Westbrook
Season	2025-26	2010-11
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Brandon Miller	2	20.0	14.5	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.5	5.0	12.5	.400	1.0	5.5	.182	3.5	5.0	.700
difference:	+80	+14.7	+7.4	+1.5	+3.1	+4.6	+4.2	+1.4	+0.1	-2.4		+2.5	+4.5	+.042	+0.6	+4.2	+.148	+3.0	+2.7	+.142
Russell Westbrook	82	34.7	21.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.5	7.5	17.0	.442	0.4	1.3	.330	6.5	7.7	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	17	37.5	23.8	2.1	3.2	5.4	6.4	1.4	0.4	4.6	3.3	7.9	20.2	.394	0.8	2.8	.292	7.1	8.4	.852

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 15 seasons more than Brandon Miller in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 18, from 2012 to 2026—Russell Westbrook played in 12 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Brandon Miller, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 8 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP