Jordan Poole vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Jordan Poole, 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.

Jordan Poole played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Bill Russell, who played 13. Jordan Poole had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Jordan Poole	Bill Russell
Season	2019-20	1956-57
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Jordan Poole	57	22.4	8.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	8.8	.333	1.3	4.6	.279	1.7	2.1	.798
difference:	+9	+12.9	+5.9			+17.5	+0.6				-1.4	+2.9	+4.7	+.094				+1.5	+4.3	+.306
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		%
Jordan Poole	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
	Jordan Poole	Bill Russell
Season	2020-21	1957-58
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jordan Poole	51	19.4	12.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.9	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.7	4.0	9.3	.432	1.9	5.4	.351	2.1	2.3	.882
difference:	+18	+18.9	+4.6			+20.9	+1.0				-0.9	+2.6	+5.7	+.010				+1.2	+4.1	+.363
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		%
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jordan Poole	Bill Russell
Season	2021-22	1958-59
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jordan Poole	76	30.0	18.5	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.0	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.7	6.2	13.9	.448	2.8	7.6	.364	3.2	3.5	.925
difference:	+6	+12.6	+1.8			+19.6	+0.8				-0.4	+0.3	+0.3	+.009				+0.5	+2.6	+.327
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		%
Jordan Poole	22	27.5	17.0	0.5	2.4	2.8	3.8	0.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.9	11.5	.508	2.3	5.8	.391	3.0	3.2	.915
difference:	+11	+17.6	+1.5			+24.9	+0.2				-0.3		+3.0	+.099				+0.7	+2.9	+.303
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
	Jordan Poole	Bill Russell
Season	2022-23	1959-60
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Jordan Poole	82	30.0	20.4	0.4	2.4	2.7	4.5	0.8	0.3	3.1	2.6	6.7	15.6	.430	2.6	7.8	.336	4.4	5.1	.870
difference:	+8	+12.5	+2.2			+21.3	+0.8				-0.2	+0.8	+0.5	+.037				+1.2	+0.2	+.258
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		%
Jordan Poole	13	21.8	10.3	0.3	1.8	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.5	3.5	10.4	.341	1.2	4.8	.254	2.0	2.6	.765
difference:		+22.2	+8.2			+23.6	+0.6				-0.4	+3.7	+5.4	+.115				+2.1	+3.2	+.058
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
	Jordan Poole	Bill Russell
Season	2023-24	1960-61
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Jordan Poole	78	30.1	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.1	6.3	15.2	.413	2.4	7.2	.326	2.5	2.8	.877
difference:		+14.2	+0.5			+21.2	+1.0				-1.1	+0.5	+0.8	+.013				+0.8	+3.2	+.327
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		%
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	46.2	19.1	-	-	29.9	4.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.1	.427	-	-	-	4.5	8.6	.523

Season 6
	Jordan Poole	Bill Russell
Season	2024-25	1961-62
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Jordan Poole	68	29.4	20.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.5	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.0	6.7	15.5	.432	3.5	9.1	.378	3.6	4.0	.883
difference:	+8	+15.8	+1.6			+20.6					-0.3	+0.9	+1.1	+.025				+0.2	+2.3	+.288
Bill Russell	76	45.2	18.9	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	16.6	.457	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.595
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	14	48.0	22.4	-	-	26.4	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.3	18.1	.458	-	-	-	5.9	8.1	.726

Season 7
	Jordan Poole	Bill Russell
Season	2025-26	1962-63
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Jordan Poole	4	32.3	17.3	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	3.0	5.3	14.8	.356	2.5	7.8	.323	4.3	4.3	1.000
difference:	+74	+12.6	+0.5			+21.8	+1.2				-0.6	+1.3	+0.4	+.076				+0.6	+2.3	+.445
Bill Russell	78	44.9	16.8	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.4	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	.555
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	13	47.5	20.3	-	-	25.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.4	16.3	.453	-	-	-	5.5	8.4	.661

Additional Years
* Bill Russell played 6 seasons more than Jordan Poole in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 1964 to 1969—Bill Russell played in 6 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Jordan Poole, Bill Russell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 Rebounds Leader 6 All-Star Game