Markelle Fultz vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Markelle Fultz, 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.

Markelle Fultz played 8 years in the NBA, 9 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 17. Markelle Fultz had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Russell Westbrook had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
	Markelle Fultz	Russell Westbrook
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	14	18.1	7.1	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.2	1.6	3.2	7.9	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.5	.476
difference:	+68	+14.4	+8.2	+1.4	+0.4	+1.8	+1.5	+0.4	+0.1	-2.1	-0.7	+2.1	+5.5	+.007	+0.4	+1.5	+.271	+3.6	+3.7	+.339
Russell Westbrook	82	32.5	15.3	2.2	2.7	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.3	5.3	13.4	.398	0.4	1.6	.271	4.3	5.2	.815
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	3	7.7	1.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Markelle Fultz	Russell Westbrook
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Orlando Magic	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	72	27.7	12.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	5.1	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	5.0	10.7	.465	0.5	1.9	.267	1.6	2.2	.730
difference:	+10	+7.0	+9.8	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+3.1	+0.6	+0.2	-1.9	-0.5	+2.5	+6.3	+.023	+0.1	+0.6	+.063	+4.9	+5.5	+.112
Russell Westbrook	82	34.7	21.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.5	7.5	17.0	.442	0.4	1.3	.330	6.5	7.7	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	5	29.4	12.0	0.0	2.2	2.2	5.2	1.0	0.6	2.6	4.0	4.8	12.0	.400	1.2	3.2	.375	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:	+12	+8.1	+11.8	+2.1	+1.0	+3.2	+1.2	+0.4	+0.2	-2.0	-0.7	+3.1	+8.2	+.006	+0.4	+0.4	+.083	+5.9	+7.0	+.005
Russell Westbrook	17	37.5	23.8	2.1	3.2	5.4	6.4	1.4	0.4	4.6	3.3	7.9	20.2	.394	0.8	2.8	.292	7.1	8.4	.852

Season 4
	Markelle Fultz	Russell Westbrook
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Orlando Magic	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	8	26.9	12.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.4	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.3	5.1	13.0	.394	0.5	2.0	.250	2.1	2.4	.895
difference:	+58	+8.4	+10.7	+0.9	+0.6	+1.5	+0.1	+0.7		-1.3	-0.1	+3.7	+6.2	+.063	+0.4	+1.0	+.066	+3.1	+3.9	+.072
Russell Westbrook	66	35.3	23.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.5	1.7	0.3	3.6	2.2	8.8	19.2	.457	0.9	3.0	.316	5.2	6.3	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	20	38.4	23.1	1.1	4.4	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.4	2.3	2.5	8.9	20.4	.435	0.9	3.3	.277	4.5	5.6	.802

Season 5
	Markelle Fultz	Russell Westbrook
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Orlando Magic	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	18	20.0	10.8	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	4.6	9.7	.474	0.2	0.9	.235	1.4	1.7	.806
difference:	+64	+14.9	+12.4	+1.2	+1.4	+2.5	+1.9	+0.7		-1.1	-1.1	+3.6	+9.0	+.036	+1.0	+2.8	+.088	+4.2	+5.3	+.006
Russell Westbrook	82	34.9	23.2	1.4	3.9	5.2	7.4	1.8	0.3	3.3	2.3	8.2	18.7	.438	1.2	3.7	.323	5.6	7.0	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	2	34.0	24.0	0.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	2.5	8.5	20.5	.415	1.0	4.5	.222	6.0	7.0	.857

Season 7
	Markelle Fultz	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	43	21.2	7.8	1.3	1.9	3.2	2.8	1.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.6	7.6	.472	0.1	0.4	.222	0.5	0.8	.697
difference:	+24	+13.2	+20.3	+0.6	+3.5	+4.1	+5.8	+1.1	+0.1	-3.2	-1.2	+5.8	+14.4	+.046	+1.2	+3.9	+.077	+7.6	+9.0	+.138
Russell Westbrook	67	34.4	28.1	1.9	5.4	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	4.4	2.7	9.4	22.0	.426	1.3	4.3	.299	8.1	9.8	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	7	15.1	6.4	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.1	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.7	2.9	4.9	.588	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.3	.556
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Markelle Fultz	Russell Westbrook
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	21	8.8	2.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.3	3.2	.418	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+59	+25.6	+20.6	+1.5	+5.3	+6.8	+9.1	+1.5	+0.2	-3.6	-1.9	+6.9	+14.9	+.036	+1.1	+3.9	+.204	+5.8	+7.2
Russell Westbrook	80	34.4	23.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	10.4	2.0	0.3	4.3	2.5	8.2	18.1	.454	1.3	4.3	.296	5.8	7.2	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	18	37.4	26.0	2.3	4.6	6.9	11.0	2.6	0.1	4.3	2.4	8.8	21.8	.405	1.9	5.8	.324	6.4	7.8	.829

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 9 seasons more than Markelle Fultz in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2017 to 2025—Russell Westbrook played in 8 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Markelle Fultz, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 4 All-Star Game