D'Angelo Russell vs. Franz Wagner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Franz Wagner 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 10 years in the NBA, 6 more than Franz Wagner, who played 4. D'Angelo Russell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Franz Wagner had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	D'Angelo Russell	Franz Wagner
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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
difference:	+1	+2.5	+2.0	+0.5	+0.6	+1.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	-1.0	-0.3	+0.9	+0.3	+.058	+0.4	+1.2	+.003	+0.6	+0.4	+.126
Franz Wagner	79	30.7	15.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.4	.354	2.4	2.8	.863
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher D'Angelo Russell nor Franz Wagner played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	D'Angelo Russell	Franz Wagner
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+21	+3.5	+3.1	+0.2	+1.6	+1.8	+2.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.8	-0.8	+0.9	+0.7	+.029	+1.2	+1.9	+.074	+2.5	+2.7	+.091
Franz Wagner	60	33.7	24.2	0.9	4.8	5.7	4.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	2.5	9.0	19.4	.463	1.7	5.9	.295	4.5	5.2	.871
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
difference:		+9.4	+6.4	+0.2	+1.0	+1.2	+2.0	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-0.8	+2.8	+2.4	+.084	+1.0		+.135	+1.8	+2.6	+.077
Franz Wagner	5	39.0	25.8	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.6	1.2	0.4	2.0	3.2	10.2	23.0	.443	1.4	7.4	.189	4.0	5.2	.769