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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou 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.

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, 6 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. D'Angelo Russell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Lou Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Lou Williams
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+50	+23.4	+11.3	+0.5	+2.3	+2.8	+3.0	+1.0	+0.2	-2.1	-1.4	+4.1	+10.3	+.032	+1.5	+4.3	+.129	+1.5	+2.0	+.122
Lou Williams	30	4.8	1.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	.442	0.1	0.3	.222	0.3	0.4	.615
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher D'Angelo Russell nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	D'Angelo Russell	Lou Williams
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+6.5	+8.3	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9	+4.0	+0.2		-1.2	-0.1	+4.0	+8.3	+.036	+2.1	+5.1	+.083	+1.8	+2.3	+.010
Lou Williams	81	23.7	12.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.9	1.6	4.1	10.4	.398	0.8	2.7	.286	3.8	4.8	.790
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:	+1	+4.8	+9.7	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+0.8	+0.9		-0.8	-0.7	+3.9	+12.1	+.053	+1.4	+4.7	+.051	+0.5	+0.1	+.179
Lou Williams	6	24.8	9.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.7	3.5	8.5	.412	1.0	2.7	.375	1.7	2.5	.667

Season 9
	D'Angelo Russell	Lou Williams
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East 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:	+16	+8.6	+7.6	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+2.8	+0.1	+0.4	-0.6	-1.0	+3.2	+6.0	+.056	+1.7	+3.3	+.073	+0.4	+0.5	+.021
Lou Williams	60	24.1	10.4	0.2	1.9	2.1	3.5	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.1	3.3	8.2	.400	1.3	3.9	.342	2.5	3.0	.849
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:	+2	+18.0	+5.9	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+3.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+2.9	+7.5	+.004	+2.1	+6.5	+.005	+1.9	+1.9	+.438
Lou Williams	7	19.0	8.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.1	1.0	0.1	1.9	1.4	2.7	7.1	.380	0.7	2.3	.313	2.1	2.3	.938

Season 10
	D'Angelo Russell	Lou Williams
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+22	+0.3	+2.9		+0.8	+0.9	+3.0	+0.1	+0.3	-0.6	-0.7	+0.4	+0.6	+.014		+0.6	+.026	+2.2	+2.4	+.027
Lou Williams	80	25.2	15.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.1	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.3	4.7	11.6	.404	1.9	5.6	.340	4.3	4.9	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lou Williams	4	25.5	12.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	4.0	12.8	.314	1.0	5.3	.190	3.8	4.5	.833

Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 6 seasons more than D'Angelo Russell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 17, from 2017 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over D'Angelo Russell, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Sixth Man of the Year