Marcus Camby vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Marcus Camby, 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.

Marcus Camby played 17 years in the NBA, 4 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Marcus Camby had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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 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
Marcus Camby	17	11	1996-97 to 2012-13
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	1996-97	1956-57
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	63	30.1	14.8	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.5	1.0	2.1	2.1	3.4	6.0	12.3	.482	0.0	0.2	.143	2.9	4.2	.693
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	1997-98	1957-58
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	63	31.8	12.1	3.2	4.2	7.4	1.8	1.1	3.7	2.1	3.2	4.9	11.9	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.9	.611
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	1998-99	1958-59
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	46	20.5	7.2	2.2	3.3	5.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.0	5.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.2	.553
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		%
Marcus Camby	20	25.5	10.4	2.6	5.1	7.7	0.3	1.2	1.9	0.8	3.8	4.1	7.2	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.7	.616
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
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	1999-00	1959-60
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	59	26.2	10.2	2.9	4.9	7.8	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	3.5	3.8	8.0	.480	0.0	0.0	.500	2.5	3.7	.670
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		%
Marcus Camby	16	24.1	4.8	2.2	4.8	7.0	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	1.8	5.4	.337	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.9	.613
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
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2000-01	1960-61
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	63	33.8	12.0	3.1	8.4	11.5	0.8	1.0	2.2	1.0	3.3	4.8	9.2	.524	0.0	0.1	.125	2.4	3.6	.667
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		%
Marcus Camby	4	35.5	6.3	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.8	0.5	2.3	0.5	4.5	2.5	6.5	.385	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.3	.385
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
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2001-02	1961-62
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	29	34.7	11.1	3.1	8.0	11.1	1.1	1.2	1.7	1.4	3.7	4.5	10.0	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.4	.626
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2002-03	1962-63
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	29	21.2	7.6	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.6	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.4	3.2	7.8	.410	0.1	0.2	.400	1.1	1.7	.660
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	13	47.5	20.3	-	-	25.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.4	16.3	.453	-	-	-	5.5	8.4	.661


Season 8
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2003-04	1963-64
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	72	30.0	8.6	2.9	7.2	10.1	1.8	1.2	2.6	1.4	3.3	3.6	7.6	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.721
Bill Russell	78	44.6	15.0	-	-	24.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.8	.433	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	5	39.0	12.6	2.8	8.6	11.4	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.2	4.2	5.4	11.0	.491	0.2	0.4	.500	1.6	2.8	.571
Bill Russell	10	45.1	13.1	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.2	.356	-	-	-	3.7	6.7	.552


Season 9
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2004-05	1964-65
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	66	30.5	10.3	2.0	8.0	10.0	2.3	0.9	3.0	1.6	2.7	4.2	9.1	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.723
Bill Russell	78	44.4	14.1	-	-	24.1	5.3	-	-	-	2.6	5.5	12.6	.438	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.573

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	5	37.4	10.2	0.8	10.4	11.2	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.2	3.6	3.4	8.2	.415	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630
Bill Russell	12	46.8	16.5	-	-	25.2	6.3	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	12.5	.527	-	-	-	3.3	6.3	.526


Season 10
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2005-06	1965-66
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	56	33.2	12.8	2.4	9.6	11.9	2.1	1.4	3.3	1.6	2.8	5.4	11.6	.465	0.0	0.2	.091	2.0	2.8	.712
Bill Russell	78	43.4	12.9	-	-	22.8	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.9	5.2	.551

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	5	35.0	11.4	2.6	8.4	11.0	2.2	0.8	2.8	0.8	2.8	5.2	12.4	.419	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.8	.556
Bill Russell	17	47.9	19.1	-	-	25.2	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	15.4	.475	-	-	-	4.5	7.2	.618


Season 11
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2006-07	1966-67
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Marcus Camby	70	33.8	11.2	2.3	9.3	11.7	3.2	1.2	3.3	1.7	2.6	4.5	9.4	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.2	.729
Bill Russell	81	40.7	13.3	-	-	21.0	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	4.9	10.7	.454	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.610

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	5	36.8	7.6	2.4	12.4	14.8	2.0	0.8	3.2	2.0	2.8	3.4	9.0	.378	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667
Bill Russell	9	43.3	10.6	-	-	22.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	3.4	9.6	.360	-	-	-	3.7	5.8	.635


Season 12
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2007-08	1967-68
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	79	34.9	9.1	2.9	10.2	13.1	3.3	1.1	3.6	1.5	2.7	3.6	8.0	.450	0.1	0.3	.300	1.8	2.6	.708
Bill Russell	78	37.9	12.5	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	11.0	.425	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	.537

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	4	31.0	3.3	2.8	10.5	13.3	3.0	1.0	3.0	2.5	2.5	1.3	5.3	.238	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	1.5	.333
Bill Russell	19	45.7	14.4	-	-	22.8	5.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	12.7	.409	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	.585


Season 13
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2008-09	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	62	31.0	10.3	2.6	8.5	11.1	2.0	0.8	2.1	1.5	2.1	4.1	8.0	.512	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.9	.725
Bill Russell	77	42.7	9.9	-	-	19.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506


Season 14
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Marcus Camby	74	31.3	7.5	3.4	8.4	11.8	2.5	1.3	2.0	1.2	2.2	3.2	6.8	.475	0.0	0.1	.286	1.1	1.6	.639
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	6	29.7	5.8	2.7	7.3	10.0	2.3	0.7	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	6.3	.421	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	1.0	.500
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Marcus Camby	59	26.1	4.7	3.1	7.2	10.3	2.1	0.7	1.6	1.1	2.4	2.0	5.0	.398	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.2	.614
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	6	27.8	3.5	3.0	6.7	9.7	1.3	0.7	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.7	3.7	.455	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.3	.000
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Marcus Camby	59	22.9	4.9	2.7	6.3	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	1.0	2.1	2.2	4.9	.446	0.0	0.1	.400	0.5	1.1	.453
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Marcus Camby	Bill Russell
Season	2012-13	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	24	10.4	1.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.7	2.2	.321	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.421
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	3	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Marcus Camby vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Marcus Camby, 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17