Evan Mobley vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Evan Mobley, 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.

Evan Mobley played 5 years in the NBA, 8 less than Bill Russell, who played 13. Evan Mobley had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Evan Mobley	Bill Russell
Season	2021-22	1956-57
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
difference:	+21	+1.5	+0.3			+11.3	+0.7				-0.9	+0.3	+1.5	+.081				+0.8	+2.7	+.171
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		%
Evan Mobley	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
	Evan Mobley	Bill Russell
Season	2022-23	1957-58
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
difference:	+10	+3.9	+0.4			+13.7	+0.1				-0.2		+3.0	+.112				+0.7	+2.6	+.155
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		%
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625
difference:	+4	+1.8	+5.3			+14.6	+0.7				-0.1	+0.9	+5.2	+.097				+3.4	+5.7	+.019
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
	Evan Mobley	Bill Russell
Season	2023-24	1958-59
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Evan Mobley	50	30.6	15.7	2.2	7.1	9.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	1.8	2.7	6.4	11.0	.580	0.4	1.2	.373	2.5	3.4	.719
difference:	+20	+12.0	+1.0			+13.6					-0.4	+0.1	+3.2	+.123				+1.2	+2.7	+.121
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		%
Evan Mobley	12	35.2	16.0	2.5	6.8	9.3	2.3	0.8	2.2	1.8	2.8	6.8	12.2	.555	0.4	1.5	.278	2.1	3.0	.694
difference:	+1	+9.9	+0.5			+18.4	+1.3				-0.3	+0.9	+2.3	+.146				+1.6	+3.1	+.082
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
	Evan Mobley	Bill Russell
Season	2024-25	1959-60
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Evan Mobley	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
difference:	+3	+12.0	+0.3			+14.7	+0.5				-0.8	+0.4	+3.3	+.090				+0.1	+1.0	+.113
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		%
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840
difference:	+5	+11.9	+1.4			+17.7	+1.3				-1.6	+0.8	+4.9	+.130				+1.5	+2.7	+.133
Bill Russell	13	44.0	18.5	-	-	25.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	7.2	15.8	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.707

Season 5
	Evan Mobley	Bill Russell
Season	2025-26	1960-61
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Evan Mobley	6	34.0	20.2	2.2	6.8	9.0	4.3	1.8	1.8	2.7	2.5	6.8	14.8	.461	1.8	5.8	.314	4.7	6.7	.700
difference:	+72	+10.3	+3.3			+14.9	+0.9				-0.5		+1.2	+.035				+1.4	+0.7	+.150
Bill Russell	78	44.3	16.9	-	-	23.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	6.8	16.0	.426	-	-	-	3.3	6.0	.550
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	46.2	19.1	-	-	29.9	4.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.1	.427	-	-	-	4.5	8.6	.523

Additional Years
* Bill Russell played 8 seasons more than Evan Mobley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 1962 to 1969—Bill Russell played in 8 Playoffs and won 7 NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Evan Mobley, Bill Russell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 Rebounds Leader 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP