Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 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.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker played 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 18. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Russell Westbrook
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	47	12.6	5.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.1	5.7	.368	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.8	.676
difference:	+35	+19.9	+9.6	+2.0	+1.1	+3.1	+3.4	+0.9		-2.2	-1.1	+3.2	+7.7	+.030	+0.6	+1.2	+.075	+3.8	+4.4	+.139
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
* Neiher Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Russell Westbrook
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	65	22.6	10.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.9	10.5	.372	1.6	5.2	.311	1.2	1.7	.743
difference:	+17	+12.1	+11.3	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+5.8	+1.2		-2.5	-0.9	+3.6	+6.5	+.070	+1.2	+3.9	+.019	+5.3	+6.0	+.099
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	1	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+16	+32.5	+18.8	+2.1	+2.2	+4.4	+5.4	+0.4	+0.4	-4.6	-3.3	+5.9	+18.2	+.606	+0.8	+2.8		+6.1	+7.4	+.148
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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Russell Westbrook
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	59	15.0	6.2	0.3	1.5	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.2	5.0	.444	1.0	2.7	.384	0.7	1.0	.667
difference:	+7	+20.3	+17.4	+1.2	+1.6	+2.9	+3.7	+1.2	+0.1	-2.7	-0.7	+6.6	+14.2	+.013	+0.1	+0.3	+.068	+4.5	+5.3	+.156
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	5	29.6	8.4	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.8	3.0	7.0	.429	2.0	5.0	.400	0.4	0.6	.667
difference:	+15	+8.8	+14.7	+0.9	+2.6	+3.5	+4.5	+1.0	+0.2	-1.5	-0.7	+5.9	+13.4	+.006	+1.1	+1.7	+.123	+4.1	+5.0	+.135
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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	82	23.4	8.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.6	.439	1.6	4.1	.391	0.6	0.8	.800
difference:		+11.5	+15.2	+1.0	+2.3	+3.2	+4.9	+1.0	+0.2	-2.4	-0.6	+5.3	+12.1	+.001	+0.4	+0.4	+.068	+5.0	+6.2
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	16	23.6	7.3	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.6	7.0	.366	1.5	5.1	.296	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+14	+10.4	+16.7	+0.2	+4.6	+4.7	+4.7	+2.4	+0.4	-3.1	-1.0	+5.9	+13.5	+.049	+0.5	+0.6	+.074	+5.4	+6.4	+.143
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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Russell Westbrook
Season	2025-26	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	8	31.0	17.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.3	1.1	0.9	2.5	1.8	5.8	13.4	.430	1.9	6.1	.306	3.9	4.5	.861
difference:	+59	+3.4	+10.8	+1.3	+3.4	+4.7	+5.3	+1.0	+0.7	-1.9	-0.9	+3.6	+8.6	+.004	+0.6	+1.8	+.007	+4.2	+5.3	+.026
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
* Neiher Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 11 seasons more than Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2016 to 2026—Russell Westbrook played in 9 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP