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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall 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, 1 less than John Wall, who played 11. D'Angelo Russell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while John Wall had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	John Wall
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
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:	+11	+9.6	+3.2	+0.1	+1.3	+1.2	+5.0	+0.6	+0.3	-1.3	-0.7	+0.9	+2.1	+.001	+1.1	+2.9	+.055	+2.6	+3.3	+.029
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher D'Angelo Russell nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	D'Angelo Russell	John Wall
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East 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	+6.1	+1.8	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+1.8	+0.6	+0.3	-0.5	-1.0	+1.0	+2.4	+.001	+1.6	+4.0	+.018	+1.9	+2.3	+.025
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805
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	+8.6	+3.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+3.5	+0.2	+0.5	-0.5	-0.2	+1.9	+5.7	+.007	+1.8	+4.5	+.105	+2.5	+3.6	+.081
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765

Season 5
	D'Angelo Russell	John Wall
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+34	+3.6	+5.5	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+3.7	+0.6	+0.3	-0.5	-0.4	+1.4	+4.0	+.019	+2.7	+6.9	+.067		+0.2	+.024
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846

Season 6
	D'Angelo Russell	John Wall
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+35	+7.7	+0.9	+0.1	+2.1	+2.3	+4.4	+0.8	+0.4	-1.4	-0.5	+0.7	+2.0	+.007	+1.4	+3.1	+.036	+0.8	+1.0	+.026
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher D'Angelo Russell nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	D'Angelo Russell	John Wall
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East 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:	+13	+4.4	+5.0	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	+3.6	+1.0	+0.3	-1.6	-0.1	+2.1	+3.4	+.040	+1.6	+4.5	+.013	+2.4	+3.1	+.024
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801
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:	+7	+6.3	+15.2	+0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+3.6	+0.2	+1.2	-1.4	-0.8	+5.8	+9.6	+.119	+0.4	+0.5	+.043	+4.0	+4.5	+.089
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839

Season 8
	D'Angelo Russell	John Wall
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+30	+1.9	+1.6		+0.6	+0.7	+3.4	+0.4	+0.7	-1.3		+0.5	+2.9	+.049	+1.2	+2.8	+.025	+1.8	+2.9	+.103
John Wall	41	34.4	19.4	0.5	3.1	3.7	9.6	1.4	1.1	3.9	2.0	6.8	16.3	.420	1.5	4.1	.371	4.3	5.9	.726
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:	+10	+9.4	+12.7	+0.1	+2.9	+2.8	+6.9	+1.6	+1.0	-2.7	-0.7	+4.1	+9.0	+.015	+1.0	+1.9	+.120	+5.4	+6.2	+.082
John Wall	6	39.0	26.0	0.5	5.2	5.7	11.5	2.3	1.3	4.5	2.7	9.3	21.2	.441	0.7	3.5	.190	6.7	7.8	.851

Season 9
	D'Angelo Russell	John Wall
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
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:	+44	+1.8	+2.7	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+2.4	+0.6	+0.4	-1.7	-0.1	+1.2	+3.1	+.012	+1.4	+1.9	+.113	+1.7	+3.0	+.131
John Wall	32	34.5	20.7	0.5	3.2	3.6	8.7	1.5	0.9	3.8	2.2	7.7	17.3	.444	1.6	5.3	.302	3.8	5.5	.697
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
John Wall	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2019-20.