Daniel Gafford vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Daniel Gafford, 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.

Daniel Gafford played 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 18. Daniel Gafford had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Russell Westbrook had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
	Daniel Gafford	Russell Westbrook
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Daniel Gafford	43	14.2	5.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.7	2.3	2.2	3.1	.701	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.533
difference:	+39	+18.3	+10.2	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+4.8	+1.0	+1.1	-2.6		+3.1	+10.3	+.303	+0.4	+1.6		+3.6	+3.8	+.282
Russell Westbrook	82	32.5	15.3	2.2	2.7	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.3	5.3	13.4	.398	0.4	1.6	.271	4.3	5.2	.815
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Daniel Gafford nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Daniel Gafford	Russell Westbrook
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Daniel Gafford	72	20.1	9.4	2.2	3.5	5.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	5.7	.693	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.699
difference:	+10	+14.6	+12.5	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+7.3	+1.5	+1.0	-3.0	-0.1	+3.5	+11.3	+.251	+0.4	+1.3		+5.0	+5.6	+.143
Russell Westbrook	82	34.7	21.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.5	7.5	17.0	.442	0.4	1.3	.330	6.5	7.7	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Daniel Gafford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	17	37.5	23.8	2.1	3.2	5.4	6.4	1.4	0.4	4.6	3.3	7.9	20.2	.394	0.8	2.8	.292	7.1	8.4	.852

Season 4
	Daniel Gafford	Russell Westbrook
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Daniel Gafford	78	20.6	9.0	2.1	3.5	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.4	3.7	5.1	.732	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.679
difference:	+12	+14.7	+14.6	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+4.4	+1.3	+1.0	-2.5	-0.2	+5.1	+14.1	+.275	+0.9	+3.0		+3.6	+3.9	+.144
Russell Westbrook	66	35.3	23.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.5	1.7	0.3	3.6	2.2	8.8	19.2	.457	0.9	3.0	.316	5.2	6.3	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Daniel Gafford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	20	38.4	23.1	1.1	4.4	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.4	2.3	2.5	8.9	20.4	.435	0.9	3.3	.277	4.5	5.6	.802

Season 5
	Daniel Gafford	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Daniel Gafford	74	24.5	11.0	2.6	5.0	7.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	1.0	3.1	4.7	6.5	.725	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.674
difference:	+8	+10.4	+12.2	+1.2	+1.1	+2.4	+5.8	+0.9	+1.8	-2.3	-0.8	+3.5	+12.2	+.287	+1.2	+3.7		+4.0	+4.6	+.126
Russell Westbrook	82	34.9	23.2	1.4	3.9	5.2	7.4	1.8	0.3	3.3	2.3	8.2	18.7	.438	1.2	3.7	.323	5.6	7.0	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Daniel Gafford	22	20.2	9.0	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	5.6	.634	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.631
difference:	+20	+13.8	+15.0	+1.4	+2.4	+1.0	+6.3	+2.7	+1.5	-3.1	-0.8	+5.0	+14.9	+.219	+1.0	+4.5		+4.1	+4.0	+.226
Russell Westbrook	2	34.0	24.0	0.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	2.5	8.5	20.5	.415	1.0	4.5	.222	6.0	7.0	.857

Season 7
	Daniel Gafford	Russell Westbrook
Season	2025-26	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Daniel Gafford	2	21.0	10.5	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	2.5	4.5	6.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000
difference:	+65	+13.4	+17.6	+0.1	+3.4	+3.3	+6.6	+1.1	+1.3	-4.4	-0.2	+4.9	+16.0	+.324	+1.3	+4.3		+6.6	+8.3	+.165
Russell Westbrook	67	34.4	28.1	1.9	5.4	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	4.4	2.7	9.4	22.0	.426	1.3	4.3	.299	8.1	9.8	.835
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Daniel Gafford nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 11 seasons more than Daniel Gafford in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2016 to 2026—Russell Westbrook played in 9 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Daniel Gafford, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP