D'Angelo Russell vs. Jaylen Wells Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Wells 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, 9 more than Jaylen Wells, who played 1. D'Angelo Russell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Jaylen Wells had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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	Jaylen Wells
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
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	+2.3	+2.8	+0.5	+0.5		+1.6	+0.6	+0.1	-1.6		+1.3	+3.4	+.015	+0.1	+0.4	+.001	+0.4	+0.7	+.085
Jaylen Wells	79	25.9	10.4	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.8	3.6	8.6	.425	1.7	5.0	.352	1.4	1.7	.822
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher D'Angelo Russell nor Jaylen Wells played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* D'Angelo Russell played 9 seasons more than Jaylen Wells in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 10, from 2017 to 2025—D'Angelo Russell played in 4 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 9 extra years over Jaylen Wells, D'Angelo Russell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game