D'Angelo Russell vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis 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 11 years in the NBA, 10 less than Kevin Willis, who played 21. D'Angelo Russell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Kevin Willis 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.

Rookie Season
	D'Angelo Russell	Kevin Willis
Season	2015-16	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	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:	+2	+6.4	+3.9	+1.6	+1.4	+3.0	+2.9	+0.8	+0.4	-1.2	-1.0	+1.0	+3.6	+.057	+1.6	+4.5	+.129	+0.3	+0.2	+.080
Kevin Willis	82	21.8	9.3	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.8	3.9	8.4	.467	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.2	.657
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher D'Angelo Russell nor Kevin Willis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	D'Angelo Russell	Kevin Willis
Season	2018-19	1987-88
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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:	+6	+2.3	+9.5	+2.4	+1.0	+3.4	+6.6	+0.3	+0.3	-1.3	-1.5	+3.4	+9.5	+.084	+2.9	+7.8		+0.1	+0.8	+.131
Kevin Willis	75	27.9	11.6	3.1	4.2	7.3	0.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	3.2	4.7	9.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.649
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:	+7	+8.9	+3.2	+2.6	+2.8	+5.4	+2.7	+0.6	+0.6	-0.7	-1.9	+0.7	+9.1	+.221	+2.4	+7.3	+.324	+0.6	+1.6	+.166
Kevin Willis	12	38.5	16.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	2.1	4.3	6.7	11.5	.580	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	4.2	.680

Note: Kevin Willis didn't play in 1988-89.

Season 7
	D'Angelo Russell	Kevin Willis
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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:	+16	+4.6	+0.2	+4.8	+7.5	+12.2	+5.0	+0.1	+0.4	-0.1	-0.8	+1.1	+0.1	+.072	+2.6	+7.5	+.178	+0.6	+0.8	+.021
Kevin Willis	81	36.6	18.3	5.2	10.4	15.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	2.4	2.8	7.3	15.1	.483	0.1	0.5	.162	3.6	4.5	.804
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
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	D'Angelo Russell	Kevin Willis
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis
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:	+4	+3.1	+1.1	+3.8	+5.2	+8.9	+4.4	+0.1		-0.3	-1.0	+1.3	+1.5	+.043	+2.9	+6.9	+.040	+1.3	+2.2	+.115
Kevin Willis	80	35.8	19.1	4.2	7.9	12.0	1.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	3.1	7.8	15.7	.499	0.1	0.3	.375	3.4	4.7	.713
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:	+6	+4.1	+2.0	+3.3	+4.8	+8.0	+3.2	+0.1	+0.3	-0.1	-2.2	+0.2	+2.9	+.073	+2.8	+8.3	+.318	+1.3	+1.5	+.262
Kevin Willis	11	32.9	12.2	3.5	7.4	10.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.7	3.4	5.4	11.7	.457	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	1.9	.762