Dyson Daniels vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Dyson Daniels, 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.

Dyson Daniels played 4 years in the NBA, 9 less than Bill Russell, who played 13. Dyson Daniels had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Bill Russell had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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
	Dyson Daniels	Bill Russell
Season	2022-23	1956-57
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Dyson Daniels	59	17.7	3.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	1.5	3.5	.418	0.5	1.5	.314	0.4	0.7	.650
difference:	+11	+17.6	+10.9			+16.4	+0.5				-1.3	+4.3	+10.0	+.009				+2.8	+5.7	+.158
Bill Russell	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	40.9	13.9	-	-	24.4	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	14.8	.365	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	.508

Season 2
	Dyson Daniels	Bill Russell
Season	2023-24	1957-58
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	61	22.3	5.8	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.7	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.7	2.3	5.1	.447	0.7	2.2	.311	0.6	0.9	.642
difference:	+8	+16.0	+10.8			+18.8	+0.2				-0.9	+4.3	+9.9	+.005				+2.7	+5.5	+.123
Bill Russell	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	3	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+6	+33.7	+13.8			+23.9	+2.7				-2.7	+4.6	+12.8	+.028				+4.4	+7.3
Bill Russell	9	39.4	15.1	-	-	24.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	14.8	.361	-	-	-	4.4	7.3	.606

Season 3
	Dyson Daniels	Bill Russell
Season	2024-25	1958-59
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Dyson Daniels	76	33.8	14.1	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	6.0	12.1	.493	1.1	3.1	.340	1.1	1.8	.593
difference:	+6	+8.8	+2.6			+17.1	+1.2					+0.5	+2.1	+.036				+2.6	+4.3	+.005
Bill Russell	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	11	45.1	15.5	-	-	27.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	14.5	.409	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.612

Season 4
	Dyson Daniels	Bill Russell
Season	2025-26	1959-60
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Dyson Daniels	5	30.0	5.4	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.0	2.2	0.6	1.8	3.4	2.2	7.0	.314	0.2	0.6	.333	0.8	1.6	.500
difference:	+69	+12.5	+12.8			+18.6	+0.7				-0.6	+5.3	+9.1	+.153				+2.4	+3.7	+.112
Bill Russell	74	42.5	18.2	-	-	24.0	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	16.1	.467	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.612
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	13	44.0	18.5	-	-	25.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	7.2	15.8	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.707

Additional Years
* Bill Russell played 9 seasons more than Dyson Daniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 13, from 1961 to 1969—Bill Russell played in 9 Playoffs and won 8 NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Dyson Daniels, Bill Russell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 6 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 Rebounds Leader 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP