Chris Paul vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Chris Paul, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Chris Paul played 21 years in the NBA, 3 more than Russell Westbrook, who played 18. Chris Paul had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Chris Paul	21	15	2005-06 to 2025-26
Russell Westbrook	18	14	2008-09 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2005-06	2008-09
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
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		%
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847
difference:	+4	+3.5	+0.8	+1.4	+1.6	+0.2	+2.5	+0.9	+0.1	-1.0	-0.5	+0.1	+1.3	+.032	+0.2	+0.7	+.011	+0.8	+0.8	+.032
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 Chris Paul nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2006-07	2009-10
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chris Paul	64	36.8	17.3	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	2.5	2.4	6.0	13.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.350	4.6	5.6	.818
difference:	+18	+2.5	+1.2	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	+0.5	+0.4	-0.8	-0.1	+0.1	+0.5	+.019	+0.5	+0.9	+.129	+0.6	+0.5	+.038
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		%
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2007-08	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851
difference:	+2	+2.9	+0.8	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+3.4	+0.8	+0.3	-1.4	-0.2	+0.4	+0.9	+.046	+0.8	+1.8	+.039	+2.3	+2.8	+.009
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		%
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785
difference:	+5	+3.0	+0.3	+0.8	+0.4	+0.5	+4.9	+0.9	+0.2	-2.8	-0.3	+1.4	+1.8	+.108	+0.4	+1.0	+.054	+1.9	+1.8	+.067
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
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868
difference:	+12	+3.2	+0.8	+0.6	+1.6	+0.9	+5.5	+1.1	+0.2	-0.6	-0.5	+0.7	+3.1	+.046	+0.1	+0.7	+.048	+0.6	+0.4	+.045
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		%
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857
difference:	+15	+1.8	+6.5	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+4.5		+0.4	-2.5	-0.9	+2.9	+5.8	+.024	+0.1	+0.1	+.036	+0.9	+1.4	+.055
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
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847
difference:	+37	+3.1	+4.5	+1.0	+0.1	+1.0	+3.3	+0.3	+0.1	-0.8	-0.3	+1.2	+4.5	+.055		+0.9	+.086	+2.0	+2.8	+.047
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		%
Chris Paul	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


Season 6
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878
difference:	+34	+5.3	+5.9	+0.7	+0.9	+1.6	+2.9	+0.5	+0.1	-1.6	-0.2	+2.1	+5.6	+.026	+0.6	+2.4	+.070	+1.1	+1.6	+.052
Russell Westbrook	46	30.7	21.8	1.2	4.5	5.7	6.9	1.9	0.2	3.8	2.3	7.5	17.2	.437	1.5	4.7	.318	5.3	6.4	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796
difference:	+13	+3.0	+4.7	+1.9	+1.3	+0.6	+3.4	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-1.5	+1.8	+8.1	+.125		+2.1	+.194	+1.1	+0.4	+.088
Russell Westbrook	19	38.7	26.7	2.4	4.9	7.3	8.1	2.2	0.3	4.4	3.3	8.8	20.9	.420	1.5	5.3	.280	7.6	8.6	.884


Season 7
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	60	36.4	19.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	9.1	2.5	0.1	2.1	2.3	7.1	14.8	.478	1.3	3.6	.371	4.3	5.0	.861
difference:	+7	+2.0	+8.3	+1.2	+2.5	+3.7	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	-2.3	-0.4	+2.3	+7.2	+.052		+0.7	+.072	+3.8	+4.8	+.026
Russell Westbrook	67	34.4	28.1	1.9	5.4	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	4.4	2.7	9.4	22.0	.426	1.3	4.3	.299	8.1	9.8	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	11	38.5	17.6	0.5	4.5	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	3.9	2.7	6.4	14.9	.427	1.2	3.5	.333	3.7	4.3	.872
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	70	33.4	16.9	0.8	3.0	3.7	9.7	2.4	0.1	2.3	2.0	5.9	12.2	.481	1.1	3.3	.328	4.1	4.6	.885
difference:	+10	+1.0	+6.6	+1.0	+3.0	+4.1	+0.7	+0.4	+0.2	-2.0	-0.5	+2.3	+5.9	+.027	+0.2	+1.0	+.032	+1.7	+2.6	+.073
Russell Westbrook	80	34.4	23.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	10.4	2.0	0.3	4.3	2.5	8.2	18.1	.454	1.3	4.3	.296	5.8	7.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	6	37.3	22.8	0.5	3.5	4.0	6.3	1.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	8.2	15.3	.533	1.0	3.2	.316	5.5	6.2	.892
difference:	+12	+0.1	+3.2	+1.8	+1.1	+2.9	+4.7	+0.8	+0.1	-2.8	-0.4	+0.6	+6.5	+.128	+0.9	+2.6	+.008	+0.9	+1.6	+.063
Russell Westbrook	18	37.4	26.0	2.3	4.6	6.9	11.0	2.6	0.1	4.3	2.4	8.8	21.8	.405	1.9	5.8	.324	6.4	7.8	.829


Season 9
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	62	35.0	19.1	0.6	3.7	4.3	10.7	2.5	0.1	2.3	2.5	6.5	14.0	.467	1.3	3.4	.368	4.8	5.6	.855
difference:	+19	+0.4	+12.5	+1.1	+5.3	+6.4	+0.3	+0.9	+0.3	-3.1	-0.2	+3.7	+10.0	+.042	+1.2	+3.8	+.025	+4.0	+4.8	+.010
Russell Westbrook	81	34.6	31.6	1.7	9.0	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4	2.3	10.2	24.0	.425	2.5	7.2	.343	8.8	10.4	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	13	36.3	19.8	0.9	3.3	4.2	10.3	2.8	0.0	3.0	3.8	7.1	15.2	.467	2.5	5.4	.457	3.2	4.1	.774
difference:	+8	+2.5	+17.6	+0.9	+6.5	+7.4	+0.5	+0.4	+0.4	-3.0	-0.6	+4.7	+15.2	+.079	+0.1	+4.4	+.192	+8.0	+9.9	+.026
Russell Westbrook	5	38.8	37.4	1.8	9.8	11.6	10.8	2.4	0.4	6.0	3.2	11.8	30.4	.388	2.6	9.8	.265	11.2	14.0	.800


Season 10
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	82	34.8	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.6	10.2	1.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	6.9	14.3	.485	1.7	4.3	.398	3.5	3.9	.900
difference:	+2	+1.6	+6.3	+1.3	+4.2	+5.5	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	-2.5		+2.6	+6.8	+.036	+0.5	+0.2	+.100	+1.7	+3.2	+.163
Russell Westbrook	80	36.4	25.4	1.9	8.2	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	4.8	2.5	9.5	21.1	.449	1.2	4.1	.298	5.2	7.1	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	12	37.1	22.1	0.6	3.8	4.4	8.8	1.8	0.3	2.2	3.1	7.9	15.8	.503	2.3	5.4	.415	4.0	4.3	.941
difference:	+6	+2.1	+7.2	+1.2	+6.4	+7.6	+1.3	+0.3	+0.3	-3.0	-0.4	+2.8	+11.0	+.105	+0.2	+1.6	+.058	+1.5	+2.4	+.116
Russell Westbrook	6	39.2	29.3	1.8	10.2	12.0	7.5	1.5	0.0	5.2	3.5	10.7	26.8	.398	2.5	7.0	.357	5.5	6.7	.825


Season 11
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	74	32.7	19.5	0.5	3.7	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.5	7.0	15.1	.462	1.6	4.4	.371	4.0	4.4	.896
difference:	+1	+3.3	+3.4	+1.0	+5.9	+6.9	+0.7	+0.2	+0.3	-1.9	-0.9	+1.6	+5.1	+.034		+1.2	+.081	+0.1	+1.8	+.240
Russell Westbrook	73	36.0	22.9	1.5	9.6	11.1	10.7	1.9	0.5	4.5	3.4	8.6	20.2	.428	1.6	5.6	.290	4.1	6.2	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	4	31.3	23.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	1.0	3.0	9.3	19.0	.487	1.5	5.0	.300	3.8	3.8	1.000
difference:	+1	+8.1	+1.0	+0.4	+4.6	+5.0	+3.3	+1.3	+0.6	-3.6	-0.8	+1.3	+3.2	+.127	+0.7	+1.8	+.024	+0.8	+1.4	+.115
Russell Westbrook	5	39.4	22.8	1.4	7.6	9.0	10.6	1.0	0.6	4.6	3.8	8.0	22.2	.360	2.2	6.8	.324	4.6	5.2	.885


Season 12
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	61	31.5	18.1	0.7	4.3	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	6.1	12.9	.476	2.0	5.0	.411	3.8	4.3	.892
difference:	+4	+4.4	+9.1	+1.1	+1.9	+2.9	+2.2	+0.4	+0.3	-2.1	-1.1	+4.5	+9.6	+.004	+1.0	+1.3	+.153	+1.3	+2.4	+.129
Russell Westbrook	57	35.9	27.2	1.8	6.2	7.9	7.0	1.6	0.4	4.5	3.5	10.6	22.5	.472	1.0	3.7	.258	5.1	6.7	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	7	37.1	25.3	0.6	4.4	5.0	9.9	1.7	0.1	2.7	3.4	9.6	19.3	.496	2.0	5.4	.368	4.1	4.7	.879
difference:	+1	+4.3	+7.4	+0.8	+1.2	+2.0	+5.3	+0.2	+0.2	-1.1	-0.5	+2.2	+1.8	+.075	+1.0	+1.3	+.126	+2.0	+0.7	+.348
Russell Westbrook	8	32.8	17.9	1.4	5.6	7.0	4.6	1.5	0.3	3.8	2.9	7.4	17.5	.421	1.0	4.1	.242	2.1	4.0	.531


Season 13
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	58	31.8	18.6	0.6	4.8	5.4	7.9	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.3	13.8	.460	2.5	6.5	.380	3.5	3.8	.919
difference:	+7	+4.6	+3.6	+1.1	+5.1	+6.1	+3.8	+0.3	+0.2	-2.6	-0.5	+2.1	+5.2	+.021	+1.2	+2.3	+.065	+0.7	+2.6	+.263
Russell Westbrook	65	36.4	22.2	1.7	9.9	11.5	11.7	1.4	0.4	4.8	2.9	8.4	19.0	.439	1.3	4.2	.315	4.2	6.4	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	15	34.5	21.1	0.6	5.3	5.9	5.8	2.0	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.9	17.1	.459	2.5	6.6	.374	2.9	3.5	.830
difference:	+10	+2.7	+2.1	+2.2	+2.3	+4.5	+6.0	+1.6	+0.1	-2.3	-0.3	+2.3	+0.3	+.126	+1.5	+2.6	+.124	+3.9	+5.1	+.039
Russell Westbrook	5	37.2	19.0	2.8	7.6	10.4	11.8	0.4	0.2	4.2	3.4	5.6	16.8	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	6.8	8.6	.791


Season 14
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	58	32.0	15.6	0.6	3.9	4.6	8.2	2.0	0.3	2.6	2.5	5.2	12.4	.419	2.2	6.1	.358	3.0	3.5	.862
difference:	+20	+2.3	+2.9	+0.8	+2.1	+2.8	+1.1	+1.0		-1.2	-0.5	+1.8	+3.4	+.025	+1.2	+2.7	+.060	+0.4	+1.6	+.195
Russell Westbrook	78	34.3	18.5	1.4	6.0	7.4	7.1	1.0	0.3	3.8	3.0	7.0	15.8	.444	1.0	3.4	.298	3.4	5.1	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	11	36.1	17.0	1.3	5.1	6.4	5.5	2.2	0.6	3.4	3.3	6.0	13.5	.446	1.5	5.7	.270	3.5	4.1	.844
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	70	31.5	17.6	0.4	4.6	5.0	6.7	1.6	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.2	12.7	.489	1.6	4.3	.365	3.6	4.0	.907
difference:	+3	+2.4	+1.7	+0.8		+0.8	+0.8	+0.6	+0.3	-1.2	-0.1	+0.3	+0.9	+.053	+0.4	+0.4	+.054	+0.8	+0.3	+.251
Russell Westbrook	73	29.1	15.9	1.2	4.6	5.8	7.5	1.0	0.5	3.5	2.2	5.9	13.6	.436	1.2	3.9	.311	2.8	4.3	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	7	37.3	21.3	0.4	7.0	7.4	5.3	1.6	0.4	3.3	2.6	7.9	16.0	.491	2.3	6.1	.372	3.3	3.7	.885
difference:	+2	+1.1	+2.3	+1.4	+1.2	+0.2	+2.1	+0.4	+1.0	-0.7	-0.4	+0.7	+5.0	+.081	+0.3	+0.5	+.015	+1.1	+1.3	+.005
Russell Westbrook	5	38.4	23.6	1.8	5.8	7.6	7.4	1.2	1.4	4.0	3.0	8.6	21.0	.410	2.0	5.6	.357	4.4	5.0	.880


Season 16
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	70	31.4	16.4	0.4	4.1	4.5	8.9	1.4	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.3	12.6	.499	1.5	3.7	.395	2.4	2.6	.934
difference:	+2	+8.9	+5.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.5	+4.4	+0.3		-0.1	-0.6	+1.9	+2.8	+.045	+0.9	+1.4	+.122	+0.8	+0.2	+.246
Russell Westbrook	68	22.5	11.1	1.4	3.7	5.0	4.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.8	4.4	9.8	.454	0.6	2.3	.273	1.6	2.4	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	20	34.2	19.2	0.5	3.1	3.5	8.6	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	7.5	15.0	.497	1.5	3.3	.446	2.9	3.3	.877
difference:	+14	+15.2	+12.9	+0.5	+0.1	+0.7	+6.9		+0.3	-0.5	-0.6	+5.3	+6.7	+.237	+0.8	+0.5	+.211	+1.6	+1.1	+.262
Russell Westbrook	6	19.0	6.3	1.0	3.2	4.2	1.7	1.2	0.5	1.7	1.8	2.2	8.3	.260	0.7	2.8	.235	1.3	2.2	.615


Season 17
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	65	32.9	14.7	0.3	4.0	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.6	11.3	.493	1.0	3.1	.317	2.6	3.1	.837
difference:	+10	+5.0	+1.4	+1.1	+0.4	+0.5	+4.7	+0.5	+0.2	-0.8	-0.4	+0.6	+0.2	+.044	+0.3	+0.8	+.006	+0.5		+.176
Russell Westbrook	75	27.9	13.3	1.4	3.6	4.9	6.1	1.4	0.5	3.2	2.5	5.0	11.1	.449	1.3	3.9	.323	2.1	3.1	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	13	34.5	17.5	0.5	3.6	4.2	8.3	1.5	0.2	2.4	3.1	6.7	11.9	.561	1.5	3.8	.388	2.7	2.8	.946
difference:		+10.4	+5.8	+1.0	+1.4	+0.5	+5.7	+0.6	+0.1	-0.1	-0.1	+2.7	+1.7	+.170		+1.0	+.071	+0.5	+0.3	+.246
Russell Westbrook	13	24.1	11.7	1.5	2.2	3.7	2.6	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.2	4.0	10.2	.391	1.5	4.8	.317	2.2	3.1	.700


Season 18
	Chris Paul	Russell Westbrook
Season	2022-23	2025-26
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	59	32.0	13.9	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.9	1.5	0.4	1.9	2.1	5.0	11.3	.440	1.7	4.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.831
difference:	+35	+3.2		+1.1	+1.6	+2.7	+1.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.4	-0.3	+0.2	+0.6	+.003	+0.2	+0.7	+.001	+0.8	+0.2	+.214
Russell Westbrook	24	28.8	13.9	1.6	5.4	7.0	7.3	1.4	0.2	3.3	2.4	5.2	11.9	.437	1.9	5.1	.374	1.5	2.5	.617

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	7	35.7	12.4	0.7	4.3	5.0	7.4	1.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	5.4	13.0	.418	1.3	4.0	.321	0.3	0.6	.500
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Chris Paul played 3 seasons more than Russell Westbrook in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 19 to 21, from 2024 to 2026—Chris Paul didn't play in the postseason.

Chris Paul vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Chris Paul, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Rookie Season

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

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Season 17

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Season 18

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