D'Angelo Russell vs. George Yardley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Yardley 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, 2 more than George Yardley, who played 7. D'Angelo Russell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while George Yardley had his rookie season in 1953-54. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	D'Angelo Russell	George Yardley
Season	2015-16	1953-54
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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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
George Yardley	63	23.6	9.0	-	-	6.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	7.8	.425	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	4	26.8	10.5	-	-	6.0	0.8	-	-	-	2.5	4.0	8.3	.485	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.833

Season 2
	D'Angelo Russell	George Yardley
Season	2016-17	1954-55
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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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
George Yardley	60	35.8	17.3	-	-	9.9	2.1	-	-	-	3.4	6.1	14.5	.418	-	-	-	5.2	6.9	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	11	38.2	15.8	-	-	9.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	13.0	.399	-	-	-	5.5	7.2	.759

Season 3
	D'Angelo Russell	George Yardley
Season	2017-18	1955-56
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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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
George Yardley	71	33.1	17.4	-	-	9.7	2.2	-	-	-	3.0	6.1	15.0	.407	-	-	-	5.1	6.9	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	10	40.6	23.0	-	-	13.9	2.6	-	-	-	2.5	7.7	18.3	.421	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.776

Season 4
	D'Angelo Russell	George Yardley
Season	2018-19	1956-57
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Div Semis

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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
George Yardley	72	37.4	21.5	-	-	10.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	17.7	.410	-	-	-	7.0	8.9	.787
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
George Yardley	2	42.5	28.5	-	-	9.5	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	12.0	26.5	.453	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.818

Season 5
	D'Angelo Russell	George Yardley
Season	2019-20	1957-58
Team	Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost West Div Finals

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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
George Yardley	72	39.5	27.8	-	-	10.7	1.3	-	-	-	3.1	9.3	22.6	.414	-	-	-	9.1	11.2	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	7	36.3	23.4	-	-	10.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.4	18.1	.409	-	-	-	8.6	9.6	.896

Season 6
	D'Angelo Russell	George Yardley
Season	2020-21	1958-59
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons, Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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
George Yardley	61	30.1	19.8	-	-	7.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.6	7.3	17.1	.428	-	-	-	5.2	6.7	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	9	37.0	25.1	-	-	9.7	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	21.0	.439	-	-	-	6.7	7.8	.857

Season 7
	D'Angelo Russell	George Yardley
Season	2021-22	1959-60
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div Semis

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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
George Yardley	73	32.9	20.2	-	-	7.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.1	7.5	16.5	.453	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.816
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
George Yardley	3	29.3	13.3	-	-	5.7	0.3	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	13.0	.385	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 9
	D'Angelo Russell	George Yardley
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-
Others	In-Season Tournament Champion	-

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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
George Yardley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
George Yardley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-