D'Angelo Russell vs. Don Savage Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don Savage and D'Angelo 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.
D'Angelo Russell played 9 years in the NBA, 7 more than Don Savage, who played 2. D'Angelo Russell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Don Savage had his rookie season in 1951-52. 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 |
D'Angelo Russell |
9 |
4 |
2015-16 to 2023-24 |
Don Savage |
2 |
0 |
1951-52 to 1956-57 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
|
D'Angelo Russell |
Don Savage |
Season |
2015-16 | 1951-52 |
Team |
Los Angeles Lakers | Syracuse Nationals |
Honors & Awards |
All-Rookie Second Team | - |
Playoffs |
Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
80 |
28.2 |
13.2 |
0.6 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
2.5 |
1.8 |
4.9 |
12.0 |
.410 |
1.6 |
4.6 |
.351 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
.737 |
Don Savage |
12 |
9.8 |
3.0 |
- |
- |
2.0 |
1.0 |
- |
- |
- |
1.8 |
0.8 |
3.6 |
.209 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
2.3 |
.643 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Don Savage didn't play in 1952-53, 1953-54, 1954-55 and 1955-56.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
63 |
28.7 |
15.6 |
0.5 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
4.8 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
2.8 |
2.1 |
5.6 |
13.8 |
.405 |
2.1 |
6.1 |
.352 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
.782 |
Don Savage |
5 |
11.0 |
3.6 |
- |
- |
1.4 |
0.4 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
1.2 |
3.8 |
.316 |
- |
- |
- |
1.2 |
1.4 |
.857 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
48 |
25.7 |
15.5 |
0.6 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
5.2 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
1.9 |
5.8 |
14.0 |
.414 |
1.9 |
5.8 |
.324 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
.740 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
81 |
30.2 |
21.1 |
0.7 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
7.0 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
3.1 |
1.7 |
8.1 |
18.7 |
.434 |
2.9 |
7.8 |
.369 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
.780 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
5 |
29.6 |
19.4 |
0.4 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
2.8 |
2.4 |
7.4 |
20.6 |
.359 |
2.4 |
7.4 |
.324 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
.846 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
45 |
32.3 |
23.1 |
0.4 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
6.3 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
3.3 |
1.9 |
8.0 |
18.8 |
.426 |
3.5 |
9.6 |
.367 |
3.6 |
4.4 |
.809 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
42 |
28.5 |
19.0 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
5.8 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
1.6 |
6.7 |
15.5 |
.431 |
2.9 |
7.4 |
.387 |
2.7 |
3.5 |
.765 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
65 |
32.0 |
18.1 |
0.4 |
2.9 |
3.3 |
7.1 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
6.2 |
15.0 |
.411 |
2.7 |
8.0 |
.340 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
.825 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
6 |
32.7 |
12.0 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
6.7 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
4.0 |
12.0 |
.333 |
2.0 |
5.2 |
.387 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
.750 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
71 |
32.5 |
17.8 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
6.2 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
2.6 |
2.0 |
6.3 |
13.4 |
.469 |
2.7 |
6.9 |
.396 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
.829 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
16 |
29.6 |
13.3 |
0.6 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
4.6 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
5.2 |
12.2 |
.426 |
1.7 |
5.4 |
.310 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
.769 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
76 |
32.7 |
18.0 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
6.3 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
6.5 |
14.2 |
.456 |
3.0 |
7.2 |
.415 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
.828 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
D'Angelo Russell |
5 |
37.0 |
14.2 |
0.2 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
4.2 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
5.6 |
14.6 |
.384 |
2.8 |
8.8 |
.318 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.500 |
Don Savage |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |