Dillon Brooks vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Dillon Brooks, 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.

Dillon Brooks played 8 years in the NBA, 9 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 17. Dillon Brooks had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	Dillon Brooks	Russell Westbrook
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Dillon Brooks	82	28.7	11.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.8	4.1	9.4	.440	1.1	3.2	.356	1.5	2.0	.747
difference:		+3.8	+4.3	+1.6	+0.2	+1.8	+3.7	+0.4		-1.8	-0.5	+1.2	+4.0	+.042	+0.7	+1.6	+.085	+2.8	+3.2	+.068
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 Dillon Brooks nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Dillon Brooks	Russell Westbrook
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Dillon Brooks	73	28.9	16.2	0.9	2.4	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.7	3.8	6.0	14.6	.407	2.0	5.6	.358	2.2	2.8	.808
difference:	+9	+5.8	+5.7	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+6.1	+1.0		-2.2	-1.3	+1.5	+2.4	+.035	+1.6	+4.3	+.028	+4.3	+4.9	+.034
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		%
Dillon Brooks	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
	Dillon Brooks	Russell Westbrook
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dillon Brooks	67	29.8	17.2	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.5	6.4	15.4	.419	1.9	5.6	.344	2.4	2.9	.815
difference:	+1	+5.5	+6.4	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+3.2	+0.5	+0.1	-1.8	-1.3	+2.4	+3.8	+.038	+1.0	+2.6	+.028	+2.8	+3.4	+.008
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		%
Dillon Brooks	5	35.0	25.8	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.2	1.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	10.0	19.4	.515	1.6	4.0	.400	4.2	5.2	.808
difference:	+15	+3.4	+2.7	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+3.7	+0.2		-0.5	-0.9	+1.1	+1.0	+.080	+0.7	+0.7	+.123	+0.3	+0.4	+.006
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
	Dillon Brooks	Russell Westbrook
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dillon Brooks	32	27.7	18.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.3	7.1	16.4	.432	1.4	4.7	.309	2.8	3.3	.849
difference:	+50	+7.2	+4.8	+0.5	+1.6	+2.0	+4.6	+0.7		-1.7	-1.0	+1.1	+2.3	+.006	+0.2	+1.0	+.014	+2.8	+3.7	+.049
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		%
Dillon Brooks	11	30.5	14.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	5.5	15.6	.349	2.3	6.5	.347	1.5	2.3	.640
difference:	+9	+3.5	+9.4	+0.2	+4.0	+3.8	+4.3	+2.0	+0.3	-2.0	-0.8	+3.0	+4.9	+.066	+1.3	+2.0	+.125	+4.5	+4.7	+.217
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 6
	Dillon Brooks	Russell Westbrook
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	73	30.3	14.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.3	5.4	13.6	.396	2.0	6.0	.326	1.6	2.1	.779
difference:	+27	+0.4	+7.5	+0.6	+1.8	+2.4	+4.3	+1.0		-2.4	-1.0	+2.1	+3.6	+.041	+0.5	+1.3	+.008	+3.7	+4.3	+.047
Russell Westbrook	46	30.7	21.8	1.2	4.5	5.7	6.9	1.9	0.2	3.8	2.3	7.5	17.2	.437	1.5	4.7	.318	5.3	6.4	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	6	27.8	10.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.0	12.8	.312	1.7	7.0	.238	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+13	+10.9	+16.2	+1.9	+2.4	+4.3	+6.3	+2.0	+0.3	-3.2		+4.8	+8.1	+.108	+0.2	+1.7	+.042	+6.8	+7.4	+.170
Russell Westbrook	19	38.7	26.7	2.4	4.9	7.3	8.1	2.2	0.3	4.4	3.3	8.8	20.9	.420	1.5	5.3	.280	7.6	8.6	.884

Season 7
	Dillon Brooks	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Dillon Brooks	72	30.9	12.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	10.7	.428	1.8	5.1	.359	1.7	2.0	.844
difference:	+5	+3.5	+15.4	+1.2	+2.7	+3.9	+6.9	+1.2	+0.1	-3.2	-0.6	+4.8	+11.3	+.002	+0.5	+0.8	+.060	+6.4	+7.8	+.009
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 Dillon Brooks nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Dillon Brooks	Russell Westbrook
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	75	31.8	14.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.2	5.1	11.9	.429	2.5	6.3	.397	1.3	1.6	.818
difference:	+5	+2.6	+9.5	+0.8	+3.3	+4.1	+8.7	+1.2	+0.1	-3.3	-0.7	+3.1	+6.2	+.025	+1.2	+2.0	+.101	+4.5	+5.6	+.006
Russell Westbrook	80	34.4	23.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	10.4	2.0	0.3	4.3	2.5	8.2	18.1	.454	1.3	4.3	.296	5.8	7.2	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	7	29.4	12.3	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.3	3.9	4.0	9.0	.444	1.4	4.1	.345	2.9	3.4	.833
difference:	+11	+8.0	+13.7	+1.0	+2.7	+3.8	+9.7	+1.9	+0.2	-3.0	-1.5	+4.8	+12.8	+.039	+0.5	+1.7	+.021	+3.5	+4.4	+.004
Russell Westbrook	18	37.4	26.0	2.3	4.6	6.9	11.0	2.6	0.1	4.3	2.4	8.8	21.8	.405	1.9	5.8	.324	6.4	7.8	.829

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 9 seasons more than Dillon Brooks in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2017 to 2025—Russell Westbrook played in 8 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Dillon Brooks, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 4 All-Star Game