Cam Thomas vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Cam Thomas, 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.

Cam Thomas played 5 years in the NBA, 13 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 18. Cam Thomas had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Cam Thomas	Russell Westbrook
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Cam Thomas	67	17.6	8.5	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.0	3.3	7.5	.433	0.7	2.6	.270	1.3	1.6	.829
difference:	+15	+14.9	+6.8	+2.0	+0.5	+2.5	+4.1	+0.8	+0.1	-2.5	-1.3	+2.0	+5.9	+.035	+0.3	+1.0	+.001	+3.0	+3.6	+.014
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cam Thomas	1	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	0.0	-
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Cam Thomas	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Brooklyn Nets	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		%
Cam Thomas	66	31.4	22.5	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.9	0.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	8.0	18.0	.442	2.2	6.0	.364	4.3	5.1	.856
difference:	+16	+3.3	+0.6	+1.1	+0.3	+1.4	+5.3	+1.2	+0.2	-2.0	-0.4	+0.5	+1.0		+1.8	+4.7	+.034	+2.2	+2.6	+.014
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		%
Cam Thomas	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

Season 4
	Cam Thomas	Russell Westbrook
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Cam Thomas	25	31.2	24.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.8	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.8	8.0	18.2	.438	2.7	7.8	.349	5.3	6.0	.881
difference:	+41	+4.1	+0.4	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+1.1	+0.2	-1.1	-0.4	+0.8	+1.0	+.019	+1.8	+4.8	+.033	+0.1	+0.3	+.058
Russell Westbrook	66	35.3	23.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.5	1.7	0.3	3.6	2.2	8.8	19.2	.457	0.9	3.0	.316	5.2	6.3	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cam Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	20	38.4	23.1	1.1	4.4	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.4	2.3	2.5	8.9	20.4	.435	0.9	3.3	.277	4.5	5.6	.802

Season 5
	Cam Thomas	Russell Westbrook
Season	2025-26	2012-13
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Cam Thomas	8	28.3	21.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.6	0.5	0.1	2.0	1.9	6.6	16.5	.402	2.0	5.6	.356	6.1	7.0	.875
difference:	+74	+6.6	+1.8	+1.0	+2.9	+3.8	+4.8	+1.3	+0.2	-1.3	-0.4	+1.6	+2.2	+.036	+0.8	+1.9	+.033	+0.5		+.075
Russell Westbrook	82	34.9	23.2	1.4	3.9	5.2	7.4	1.8	0.3	3.3	2.3	8.2	18.7	.438	1.2	3.7	.323	5.6	7.0	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cam Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	2	34.0	24.0	0.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	2.5	8.5	20.5	.415	1.0	4.5	.222	6.0	7.0	.857

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 13 seasons more than Cam Thomas in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 18, from 2014 to 2026—Russell Westbrook played in 10 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Cam Thomas, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 6 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP