D'Angelo Russell vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton 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 / Stats Rankings

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 11 years in the NBA, 8 less than John Stockton, who played 19. D'Angelo Russell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while John Stockton had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
D'Angelo Russell	11	4	2015-16 to 2025-26
John Stockton	19	19	1984-85 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2015-16	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+10.0	+7.6	+0.3	+1.8	+2.1	+1.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.7	+3.0	+7.9	+.061	+1.6	+4.5	+.169	+0.1		+.001
John Stockton	82	18.2	5.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.8	2.5	1.9	4.1	.471	0.0	0.1	.182	1.7	2.4	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	10	18.6	6.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	3.0	2.1	4.5	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.5	.743


Season 2
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2016-17	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd 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	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
difference:	+19	+5.1	+7.9	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+2.6	+0.5	+0.2	-0.8	-0.7	+2.8	+8.1	+.084	+2.1	+5.9	+.219	+0.2	+0.5	+.057
John Stockton	82	23.6	7.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	2.0	2.8	2.8	5.7	.489	0.0	0.2	.133	2.1	2.5	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	4	18.3	6.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.3	4.3	.529	0.3	0.3	1.000	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 3
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2017-18	1986-87
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+34	+3.0	+7.6	+0.2	+1.8	+2.1	+3.0	+1.4	+0.2	-1.1	-0.8	+3.0	+8.4	+.085	+1.8	+5.3	+.145	+0.2	+0.1	+.042
John Stockton	82	22.7	7.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	8.2	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.7	2.8	5.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.179	2.2	2.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	5	31.4	10.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	8.0	3.0	0.2	2.2	3.6	3.6	5.8	.621	0.8	1.0	.800	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 4
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2018-19	1987-88
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+4.5	+6.4		+1.0	+1.0	+6.8	+1.8		-0.1	-1.3	+2.6	+9.1	+.140	+2.6	+7.0	+.011	+1.3	+1.5	+.060
John Stockton	82	34.7	14.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.5	9.6	.574	0.3	0.8	.358	3.3	4.0	.840

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:	+6	+13.9	+0.1	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	+11.2	+2.0	+0.1	-1.6	-0.9	+1.2	+8.4	+.148	+2.0	+6.1	+.038	+4.6	+5.7	+.022
John Stockton	11	43.5	19.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	14.8	3.4	0.3	4.4	3.3	6.2	12.2	.507	0.4	1.3	.286	6.8	8.3	.824


Season 5
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2019-20	1988-89
Team	Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th 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	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
difference:	+37	+6.4	+6.0	+0.6	+1.6	+0.9	+7.3	+2.1	+0.1	-0.5	-1.0	+1.9	+7.5	+.112	+3.3	+8.8	+.125	+1.2	+1.1	+.054
John Stockton	82	38.7	17.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	3.8	2.9	6.1	11.3	.538	0.2	0.8	.242	4.8	5.5	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	3	46.3	27.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	13.7	3.7	1.7	3.7	5.0	10.0	19.7	.508	1.0	1.3	.750	6.3	7.0	.905


Season 6
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th 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	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
difference:	+36	+8.9	+1.8	+0.3	+0.4		+8.7	+1.6	+0.2	-0.8	-1.4	+0.6	+3.7	+.083	+2.3	+6.0	+.029	+1.8	+2.0	+.054
John Stockton	78	37.4	17.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	3.0	6.1	11.8	.514	0.6	1.4	.416	4.5	5.5	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	5	38.8	15.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	15.0	1.2	0.0	2.8	4.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.2	2.6	.077	3.2	4.0	.800


Season 7
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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7th 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	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
difference:	+17	+5.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+7.1	+1.9	+0.1	-1.1	-0.8	+0.2	+3.1	+.096	+2.0	+6.0	+.005	+1.4	+1.6	+.011
John Stockton	82	37.8	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.0	11.9	.507	0.7	2.0	.345	4.4	5.3	.836

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
difference:	+3	+8.7	+6.2	+1.1	+1.1	+2.2	+7.1	+0.7	+0.2	-0.8	-0.9	+2.4		+.204	+0.8	+2.2	+.020	+2.1	+2.2	+.091
John Stockton	9	41.4	18.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	13.8	2.2	0.2	3.6	3.7	6.4	12.0	.537	1.2	3.0	.407	4.1	4.9	.841


Season 8
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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8th 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	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
difference:	+11	+4.1	+2.0	+0.3		+0.3	+7.5	+2.0	+0.1	-0.9	-0.9	+0.8	+1.9	+.013	+1.7	+4.4	+.011	+1.3	+1.5	+.013
John Stockton	82	36.6	15.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	13.7	3.0	0.3	3.5	2.9	5.5	11.5	.482	1.0	2.5	.407	3.8	4.5	.842

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
difference:		+9.3	+1.5				+9.0	+1.4		-1.8	-0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+.003	+0.6	+1.8		+2.8	+3.3	+.064
John Stockton	16	38.9	14.8	0.6	2.3	2.9	13.6	2.1	0.3	3.6	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	1.1	3.6	.310	4.1	4.9	.833


Season 9
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2023-24	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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9th 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	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
difference:	+6	+2.2	+2.9	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	+5.7	+1.5	+0.2	-1.1	-0.6	+1.2	+3.2	+.030	+2.1	+4.9	+.030	+1.5	+2.0	+.030
John Stockton	82	34.9	15.1	0.8	2.1	2.9	12.0	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.7	5.3	11.0	.486	0.9	2.3	.385	3.6	4.5	.798

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
difference:		+1.6	+1.0	+0.8	+1.2	+0.4	+6.8	+1.6	+0.2	-1.2	-2.0	+1.0	+4.4	+.067	+1.8	+6.2	+.067	+2.8	+3.2	+.333
John Stockton	5	38.6	13.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	11.0	2.4	0.0	3.0	3.2	4.6	10.2	.451	1.0	2.6	.385	3.0	3.6	.833


Season 10
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2024-25	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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10th 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	58	25.5	12.6	0.3	2.4	2.8	5.1	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.0	4.3	11.0	.390	1.9	6.2	.314	2.1	2.5	.834
difference:	+24	+10.7	+2.5	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	+7.5	+1.4	+0.1	-1.3	-0.9	+1.3	+0.4	+.138	+1.3	+4.4	+.008	+1.2	+1.6	+.029
John Stockton	82	36.2	15.1	0.9	2.3	3.1	12.6	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.9	5.6	10.6	.528	0.6	1.8	.322	3.3	4.1	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	16	37.3	14.4	0.9	2.4	3.3	9.8	1.7	0.5	2.5	2.8	5.5	12.1	.456	0.3	1.5	.167	3.2	3.9	.810


Season 11
	D'Angelo Russell	John Stockton
Season	2025-26	1994-95
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th 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	25	19.0	10.2	0.3	2.0	2.4	4.0	0.5	0.1	1.9	1.2	3.6	8.9	.405	1.3	4.4	.300	1.7	2.4	.717
difference:	+57	+16.0	+4.5	+0.4	+0.4	+0.7	+8.3	+1.9	+0.2	-1.4	-1.4	+1.6	+0.7	+.137	+0.1	+1.6	+.149	+1.3	+1.3	+.087
John Stockton	82	35.0	14.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	12.3	2.4	0.3	3.3	2.6	5.2	9.6	.542	1.2	2.8	.449	3.0	3.7	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	5	38.6	17.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	10.2	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.6	6.8	14.8	.459	1.6	4.0	.400	2.6	3.4	.765


Additional Years
* John Stockton played 8 seasons more than D'Angelo Russell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 19, from 1996 to 2003—John Stockton played in 8 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over D'Angelo Russell, John Stockton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 3 All-Star Game

D'Angelo Russell vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years