Mookie Blaylock vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Mookie Blaylock, 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.

Mookie Blaylock and Bill Russell both played 13 years in the NBA. Mookie Blaylock had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
Mookie Blaylock	13	8	1989-90 to 2001-02
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1989-90	1956-57
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	50	25.3	10.1	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.2	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.2	4.2	11.4	.371	0.4	1.6	.225	1.3	1.6	.778
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1990-91	1957-58
Team	New Jersey Nets	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	72	35.9	14.1	0.9	2.5	3.5	6.1	2.3	0.6	2.9	2.5	6.0	14.4	.416	0.2	1.3	.154	1.9	2.4	.790
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1991-92	1958-59
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	72	35.4	13.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	6.8	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.5	6.0	13.8	.432	0.2	0.8	.222	1.8	2.5	.712
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	4	37.0	9.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	3.8	0.5	1.8	4.0	4.3	13.8	.309	0.3	1.5	.167	0.8	1.0	.750
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1992-93	1959-60
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	80	35.3	13.4	1.1	2.4	3.5	8.4	2.5	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.2	12.1	.429	1.5	3.9	.375	1.5	2.1	.728
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	3	33.0	9.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	4.3	1.0	1.3	3.7	3.0	3.0	8.3	.360	1.3	4.0	.333	1.7	2.0	.833
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1993-94	1960-61
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	81	36.0	13.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	9.7	2.6	0.5	2.4	1.8	5.5	13.3	.411	1.4	4.2	.334	1.4	2.0	.730
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	11	37.7	13.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.9	2.2	0.5	2.9	2.0	4.4	12.8	.340	2.0	5.8	.344	2.3	2.7	.833
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1994-95	1961-62
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	80	38.4	17.2	1.5	3.5	4.9	7.7	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.1	6.4	15.0	.425	2.5	6.9	.359	2.0	2.7	.729
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	3	40.3	18.0	2.3	2.0	4.3	5.7	1.3	0.0	3.0	2.0	6.0	16.3	.367	3.7	9.3	.393	2.3	3.7	.636
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1995-96	1962-63
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	81	35.7	15.7	1.4	2.7	4.1	5.9	2.6	0.2	2.3	1.9	5.6	13.9	.405	2.9	7.7	.371	1.6	2.1	.747
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	10	42.6	17.1	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.4	2.2	0.8	2.9	1.5	6.1	14.5	.421	3.3	8.4	.393	1.6	2.4	.667
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1996-97	1963-64
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	78	39.2	17.4	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	2.4	1.8	6.4	14.9	.432	2.8	7.7	.366	1.7	2.2	.753
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	10	44.2	16.4	1.2	5.8	7.0	6.5	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.5	6.1	15.4	.396	2.8	8.5	.329	1.4	2.1	.667
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1997-98	1964-65
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	70	38.6	13.2	1.2	3.7	4.9	6.7	2.6	0.3	2.5	1.7	5.3	13.4	.392	1.3	4.8	.269	1.4	1.9	.709
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	4	38.3	14.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.3	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.5	13.3	.415	2.0	6.8	.296	1.8	3.0	.583
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1998-99	1965-66
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	48	36.7	13.3	0.9	3.7	4.7	5.8	2.1	0.2	2.4	1.3	5.1	13.6	.379	1.6	5.2	.307	1.4	1.9	.758
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	9	39.6	12.6	0.7	3.3	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.2	3.3	1.2	4.9	15.0	.326	2.0	5.7	.353	0.8	1.7	.467
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	1999-00	1966-67
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	73	33.7	11.3	0.8	2.9	3.7	6.7	2.0	0.3	2.0	1.7	4.5	11.5	.391	1.4	4.1	.336	0.9	1.3	.705
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	2000-01	1967-68
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	69	34.1	11.0	1.0	2.9	3.9	6.7	2.4	0.3	1.9	1.9	4.6	11.6	.396	1.1	3.3	.324	0.8	1.1	.697
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bill Russell
Season	2001-02	1968-69
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	35	17.1	3.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.1	0.6	1.4	4.2	.342	0.4	1.2	.357	0.1	0.2	.500
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506

Mookie Blaylock vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Mookie Blaylock, 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