Greg Buckner vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Greg Buckner, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Greg Buckner played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than D'Angelo Russell, who played 9. Greg Buckner had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Greg Buckner	10	6	1999-00 to 2008-09
D'Angelo Russell	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Greg Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	48	19.2	5.7	1.2	2.5	3.6	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	3.1	2.3	4.9	.476	0.2	0.5	.385	0.9	1.3	.683
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Greg Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	37	22.2	6.2	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.7	3.2	2.3	5.2	.438	0.1	0.2	.286	1.6	2.2	.728
D'Angelo Russell	63	28.7	15.6	0.5	3.0	3.5	4.8	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.1	5.6	13.8	.405	2.1	6.1	.352	2.3	3.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	5	15.2	6.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.6	1.0	0.0	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.6	.478	0.2	0.6	.333	1.4	2.0	.700
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Greg Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	44	20.1	5.8	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.8	2.4	4.5	.525	0.1	0.4	.313	0.9	1.3	.690
D'Angelo Russell	48	25.7	15.5	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.2	0.8	0.4	3.1	1.9	5.8	14.0	.414	1.9	5.8	.324	2.0	2.7	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	7	15.1	3.9	1.9	1.9	3.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.4	2.1	1.7	3.6	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.750
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Greg Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	75	20.2	6.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.8	2.7	2.5	5.3	.465	0.2	0.7	.273	0.9	1.1	.802
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		%
Greg Buckner	10	11.0	2.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.8	1.0	3.1	.323	0.2	0.9	.222	0.4	0.4	1.000
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
	Greg Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	53	13.3	3.1	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.2	3.3	.377	0.2	0.8	.273	0.4	0.5	.741
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Greg Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	70	21.7	6.2	0.9	2.0	3.0	1.9	1.1	0.1	0.7	2.4	2.3	4.3	.528	0.7	1.7	.405	0.9	1.2	.778
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		%
Greg Buckner	5	20.2	2.0	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	2.8	0.8	3.6	.222	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Greg Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2005-06	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	73	24.1	6.7	0.4	2.4	2.9	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	2.5	2.5	5.7	.434	1.2	3.3	.354	0.6	0.8	.782
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		%
Greg Buckner	5	27.4	12.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.2	2.4	4.6	11.0	.418	2.0	6.4	.313	1.4	1.6	.875
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 8
	Greg Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	76	18.1	4.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.0	1.6	3.9	.411	0.4	1.4	.311	0.4	0.4	.794
D'Angelo Russell	71	32.5	17.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.2	1.0	0.4	2.6	2.0	6.3	13.4	.469	2.7	6.9	.396	2.5	3.0	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	6	7.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.2	0.0	1.2	.000	0.0	0.7	.000	0.2	0.3	.500
D'Angelo Russell	16	29.6	13.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.6	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.2	12.2	.426	1.7	5.4	.310	1.3	1.6	.769


Season 9
	Greg Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2007-08	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	In-Season Tournament Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	31	16.8	4.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.9	2.0	1.5	3.8	.385	0.5	1.6	.300	0.6	0.7	.864
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		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Greg Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	63	13.9	2.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.0	2.5	.384	0.2	0.8	.255	0.3	0.4	.800
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Greg Buckner vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Greg Buckner, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10