Devin Booker vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Devin Booker, 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.

Devin Booker and D'Angelo Russell both played 10 years in the NBA. Devin Booker had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while D'Angelo Russell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
	Devin Booker	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Devin Booker	76	27.7	13.8	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.6	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.8	11.4	.423	1.3	3.8	.343	2.8	3.4	.840
difference:	+4	+0.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	-0.4	-1.2	+0.1	+0.6	+.013	+0.3	+0.8	+.008	+1.0	+1.0	+.103
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Devin Booker nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Devin Booker	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Devin Booker	64	35.0	26.6	0.6	3.5	4.1	6.8	0.9	0.2	4.1	3.1	9.2	19.6	.467	2.1	6.5	.326	6.1	7.1	.866
difference:	+17	+4.8	+5.5	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3		-1.0	-1.4	+1.1	+0.9	+.033	+0.8	+1.3	+.043	+4.1	+4.6	+.086
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 5
	Devin Booker	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Devin Booker	70	35.9	26.6	0.4	3.8	4.2	6.5	0.7	0.3	3.8	3.0	9.0	18.3	.489	2.0	5.7	.354	6.7	7.3	.919
difference:	+25	+3.6	+3.5		+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4		-0.5	-1.1	+1.0	+0.5	+.063	+1.5	+3.9	+.013	+3.1	+2.9	+.110
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Devin Booker nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Devin Booker	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Devin Booker	67	33.9	25.6	0.5	3.7	4.2	4.3	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.7	9.3	19.2	.484	1.9	5.5	.340	5.1	5.9	.867
difference:	+25	+5.4	+6.6	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6	+1.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-1.1	+2.6	+3.7	+.053	+1.0	+1.9	+.047	+2.4	+2.4	+.102
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	22	40.4	27.3	0.7	5.0	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	3.7	3.5	9.6	21.5	.447	2.0	6.2	.321	6.0	6.7	.905
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Devin Booker	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Devin Booker	68	34.5	26.8	0.7	4.4	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.4	2.6	9.7	20.9	.466	2.7	7.0	.383	4.6	5.3	.868
difference:	+3	+2.5	+8.7	+0.3	+1.5	+1.7	+2.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.1	-0.6	+3.5	+5.9	+.055		+1.0	+.043	+1.6	+1.6	+.043
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	10	36.6	23.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	4.4	0.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	7.9	17.5	.451	2.8	6.5	.431	4.7	5.3	.887
difference:	+4	+3.9	+11.3	+1.0	+1.3	+2.3	+2.3	+1.0	+0.4	-0.4	-0.3	+3.9	+5.5	+.118	+0.8	+1.3	+.044	+2.7	+2.6	+.137
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

Season 9
	Devin Booker	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Devin Booker	68	36.0	27.1	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	9.4	19.2	.492	2.2	6.1	.364	6.0	6.7	.886
difference:	+8	+3.3	+9.1	+0.4	+1.0	+1.4	+0.6		+0.1	-0.5	-0.9	+2.9	+5.0	+.036	+0.8	+1.1	+.051	+3.9	+4.2	+.058
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	4	41.5	27.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.8	0.3	2.8	4.5	8.0	16.3	.492	1.8	5.0	.350	9.8	10.3	.951
difference:	+1	+4.5	+13.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+1.8	+1.0	+0.1	-1.0	-3.3	+2.4	+1.7	+.108	+1.0	+3.8	+.032	+9.6	+9.9	+.451
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