D'Angelo Russell vs. Herb Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Herb Williams 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 9 less than Herb Williams, who played 18. D'Angelo Russell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Herb Williams had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Herb Williams	18	8	1981-82 to 1998-99

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
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	2015-16	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
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
Herb Williams	82	27.8	11.5	2.1	5.2	7.4	1.7	0.6	2.2	1.7	2.4	5.0	10.4	.477	0.0	0.1	.286	1.5	2.3	.670

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
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	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
Herb Williams	78	32.2	16.9	1.9	5.5	7.5	3.4	0.7	2.2	2.9	2.9	7.4	14.9	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.8	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
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	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
Herb Williams	69	33.0	14.9	2.2	5.8	8.0	3.1	0.9	1.6	3.0	2.8	6.0	12.5	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Herb Williams	75	34.1	18.3	2.1	6.4	8.5	3.4	0.7	1.8	3.5	2.9	7.7	16.1	.475	0.0	0.1	.111	3.0	4.5	.657

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
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	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
Herb Williams	78	35.5	19.9	2.2	6.9	9.1	2.2	0.6	2.4	2.7	3.1	8.0	16.3	.492	0.0	0.2	.083	3.8	5.2	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Herb Williams	74	34.1	14.9	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.4	0.8	1.3	2.0	3.4	6.1	12.7	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	4	33.5	11.8	0.8	4.3	5.0	1.8	0.0	0.3	2.8	3.0	5.0	8.5	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.3	.538


Season 7
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Herb Williams	75	26.2	10.0	1.5	4.7	6.3	1.3	0.5	1.9	1.6	3.3	4.1	9.8	.425	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.3	.737

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Herb Williams	76	32.5	10.2	1.8	6.0	7.8	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.0	3.1	4.2	9.7	.436	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.6	.686

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
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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
Herb Williams	81	27.1	8.6	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.5	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.0	3.6	8.2	.444	0.0	0.1	.222	1.3	2.0	.679

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
Herb Williams	3	27.0	13.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	5.3	4.7	7.7	.609	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.3	.813


Season 10
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	60	30.5	12.5	1.4	4.5	6.0	1.6	0.5	1.5	1.9	3.3	5.5	10.9	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.2	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	75	27.2	11.5	1.4	4.6	6.1	1.3	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.5	4.9	11.3	.431	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.3	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost East Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	55	10.4	2.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	1.4	1.3	3.2	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	7	9.9	2.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.3	1.9	0.7	2.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 13
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	70	11.1	3.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.5	1.5	3.3	.442	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	19	6.7	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.6	.419	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.667


Season 14
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost East Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	56	13.3	3.3	0.4	1.9	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.7	1.9	1.5	3.2	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	8	6.9	1.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.4	1.6	.231	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 15
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost East Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	44	13.0	3.1	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.4	3.5	.408	0.0	0.1	.250	0.3	0.5	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	5	6.6	1.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 16
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost East Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	21	8.8	1.9	0.4	1.0	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.9	2.2	.391	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	3	7.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 17
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	27	6.6	1.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.7	1.6	.419	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.125

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	D'Angelo Russell	Herb Williams
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	6	5.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herb Williams	8	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

D'Angelo Russell vs. Herb Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Herb Williams 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18