Chet Holmgren vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 3 years in the NBA, 15 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 18. Chet Holmgren 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
	Chet Holmgren	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
difference:		+3.1	+1.2	+0.6	+3.6	+3.0	+2.9	+0.7	+2.1	-1.7	-0.1	+0.9	+1.8	+.132	+1.2	+2.7	+.099	+1.6	+1.8	+.022
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		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	Russell Westbrook
Season	2024-25	2009-10
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+50	+6.9	+1.1	+0.2	+3.4	+3.1	+6.0	+0.6	+1.8	-1.5	-0.2	+0.7	+3.4	+.072	+1.1	+2.3	+.158	+0.8	+0.9	+.026
Russell Westbrook	82	34.3	16.1	1.7	3.1	4.9	8.0	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.5	5.9	14.1	.418	0.3	1.3	.221	4.0	5.1	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784
difference:	+17	+5.5	+5.3	+0.1	+2.5	+2.7	+5.0	+1.0	+1.7	-1.1	-0.2	+1.9	+3.6	+.011	+0.4	+2.0	+.120	+2.0	+2.1	+.058
Russell Westbrook	6	35.3	20.5	1.7	4.3	6.0	6.0	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.2	7.2	15.2	.473	0.8	2.0	.417	5.3	6.3	.842

Season 3
	Chet Holmgren	Russell Westbrook
Season	2025-26	2010-11
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Chet Holmgren	5	33.4	20.6	1.8	7.4	9.2	2.0	1.2	1.6	3.0	4.0	6.6	11.8	.559	2.0	5.0	.400	5.4	6.4	.844
difference:	+77	+1.3	+1.3	+0.3	+4.3	+4.6	+6.2	+0.7	+1.2	-0.9	-1.5	+0.9	+5.2	+.117	+1.6	+3.7	+.070	+1.1	+1.3	+.002
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		%
Chet Holmgren	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 Chet Holmgren 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 Chet Holmgren, 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