Norman Powell vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Norman Powell, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Norman Powell played 10 years in the NBA, 7 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 17. Norman Powell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Norman Powell	10	9	2015-16 to 2024-25
Russell Westbrook	17	14	2008-09 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Norman Powell	Russell Westbrook
Season	2015-16	2008-09
Team	Toronto Raptors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	49	14.8	5.6	0.3	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.0	4.7	.424	0.7	1.8	.404	0.9	1.1	.811
difference:	+33	+17.7	+9.7	+1.9	+0.8	+2.6	+4.3	+0.7		-2.6	-1.1	+3.3	+8.7	+.026	+0.3	+0.2	+.133	+3.4	+4.1	+.004
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		%
Norman Powell	18	11.4	3.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.9	.386	0.4	1.4	.269	0.4	0.4	.875
Russell Westbrook	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Norman Powell	Russell Westbrook
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	Toronto Raptors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	76	18.0	8.4	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.7	3.0	6.7	.449	0.7	2.3	.324	1.7	2.1	.792
difference:	+6	+16.3	+7.7	+1.4	+1.2	+2.7	+6.9	+0.6	+0.2	-2.4	-0.8	+2.9	+7.4	+.031	+0.4	+1.0	+.103	+2.3	+3.0	+.012
Russell Westbrook	82	34.3	16.1	1.7	3.1	4.9	8.0	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.5	5.9	14.1	.418	0.3	1.3	.221	4.0	5.1	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	9	25.2	11.7	0.6	2.6	3.1	1.6	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.8	3.9	9.1	.427	1.7	3.8	.441	2.2	2.7	.833
difference:	+3	+10.1	+8.8	+1.1	+1.7	+2.9	+4.4	+0.6	+0.1	-0.6	-0.6	+3.3	+6.1	+.046	+0.9	+1.8	+.024	+3.1	+3.6	+.009
Russell Westbrook	6	35.3	20.5	1.7	4.3	6.0	6.0	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.2	7.2	15.2	.473	0.8	2.0	.417	5.3	6.3	.842


Season 3
	Norman Powell	Russell Westbrook
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Toronto Raptors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	70	15.2	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.1	5.3	.401	0.8	2.7	.285	0.5	0.6	.821
difference:	+12	+19.5	+16.4	+1.3	+1.6	+2.9	+6.9	+1.4	+0.2	-3.0	-0.9	+5.4	+11.7	+.041	+0.4	+1.4	+.045	+6.0	+7.1	+.021
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		%
Norman Powell	6	6.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.2	1.2	.143	0.5	0.7	.750
difference:	+11	+30.8	+21.8	+2.1	+2.9	+5.1	+6.1	+1.4	+0.4	-4.4	-2.6	+7.2	+17.9	+.108	+0.6	+1.6	+.149	+6.6	+7.7	+.102
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
	Norman Powell	Russell Westbrook
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Toronto Raptors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

more >>

4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	60	18.8	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.6	3.2	6.7	.483	1.1	2.8	.400	1.0	1.3	.827
difference:	+6	+16.5	+15.0	+1.2	+1.0	+2.3	+4.0	+1.0	+0.1	-2.5	-0.6	+5.6	+12.5	+.026	+0.2	+0.2	+.084	+4.2	+5.0	+.004
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		%
Norman Powell	23	15.9	6.5	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.4	5.5	.444	1.0	2.7	.387	0.6	0.8	.737
difference:	+3	+22.5	+16.6	+0.9	+2.4	+3.3	+4.8	+1.2	+0.4	-1.8	-1.2	+6.5	+14.9	+.009	+0.1	+0.6	+.110	+3.9	+4.8	+.065
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
	Norman Powell	Russell Westbrook
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Toronto Raptors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	52	28.4	16.0	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.7	11.5	.495	2.1	5.3	.399	2.5	2.9	.843
difference:	+30	+6.5	+7.2	+0.9	+0.7	+1.5	+5.6	+0.6	+0.1	-1.8	-0.2	+2.5	+7.2	+.057	+0.9	+1.6	+.076	+3.1	+4.1	+.043
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		%
Norman Powell	11	24.8	13.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.6	9.5	.490	2.0	4.7	.423	2.1	2.6	.793
difference:	+9	+9.2	+10.6	+0.1	+4.0	+4.1	+6.0	+2.5	+0.3	-3.0	-0.1	+3.9	+11.0	+.075	+1.0	+0.2	+.201	+3.9	+4.4	+.064
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 6
	Norman Powell	Russell Westbrook
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	69	32.0	18.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.3	13.3	.477	2.5	6.0	.411	3.4	3.9	.871
difference:	+23	+1.3	+3.2	+0.6	+2.0	+2.6	+5.0	+0.7	+0.1	-2.1		+1.2	+3.9	+.040	+1.0	+1.3	+.093	+1.9	+2.5	+.045
Russell Westbrook	46	30.7	21.8	1.2	4.5	5.7	6.9	1.9	0.2	3.8	2.3	7.5	17.2	.437	1.5	4.7	.318	5.3	6.4	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	6	36.0	17.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.2	2.8	6.3	12.7	.500	1.7	4.3	.385	2.7	3.0	.889
difference:	+13	+2.7	+9.7	+1.9	+3.2	+5.1	+6.1	+1.4	+0.7	-3.2	-0.5	+2.5	+8.2	+.080	+0.2	+1.0	+.105	+4.9	+5.6	+.005
Russell Westbrook	19	38.7	26.7	2.4	4.9	7.3	8.1	2.2	0.3	4.4	3.3	8.8	20.9	.420	1.5	5.3	.280	7.6	8.6	.884


Season 7
	Norman Powell	Russell Westbrook
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers	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

more >>

7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	45	32.4	19.0	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.1	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.2	13.4	.461	2.4	5.6	.419	4.2	5.2	.811
difference:	+22	+2.0	+9.1	+1.5	+2.6	+4.1	+6.5	+1.2	+0.3	-2.9	-0.3	+3.2	+8.6	+.035	+1.1	+1.3	+.120	+3.9	+4.6	+.024
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 Norman Powell nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Norman Powell	Russell Westbrook
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	60	26.1	17.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.1	5.7	11.8	.479	1.9	4.8	.397	3.8	4.6	.812
difference:	+20	+8.3	+6.5	+1.4	+3.5	+4.9	+8.6	+1.2		-2.6	-0.4	+2.5	+6.3	+.025	+0.6	+0.5	+.101	+2.0	+2.6
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		%
Norman Powell	5	33.4	21.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	3.2	7.2	15.2	.474	2.6	6.4	.406	4.8	6.2	.774
difference:	+13	+4.0	+4.2	+1.5	+2.4	+3.9	+8.8	+1.8	+0.3	-2.7	-0.8	+1.6	+6.6	+.069	+0.7	+0.6	+.082	+1.6	+1.6	+.055
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


Season 9
	Norman Powell	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	76	26.2	13.9	0.2	2.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.8	4.9	10.1	.486	2.2	5.1	.435	1.9	2.3	.831
difference:	+5	+8.4	+17.7	+1.5	+6.6	+8.1	+9.3	+1.0	+0.1	-4.5	-0.5	+5.3	+13.9	+.061	+0.3	+2.1	+.092	+6.9	+8.1	+.014
Russell Westbrook	81	34.6	31.6	1.7	9.0	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4	2.3	10.2	24.0	.425	2.5	7.2	.343	8.8	10.4	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	6	29.8	12.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.3	10.2	.426	2.2	4.8	.448	2.0	2.5	.800
difference:	+1	+9.0	+24.6	+1.3	+7.5	+8.8	+10.5	+1.9	+0.4	-4.8	-0.1	+7.5	+20.2	+.038	+0.4	+5.0	+.183	+9.2	+11.5
Russell Westbrook	5	38.8	37.4	1.8	9.8	11.6	10.8	2.4	0.4	6.0	3.2	11.8	30.4	.388	2.6	9.8	.265	11.2	14.0	.800


Season 10
	Norman Powell	Russell Westbrook
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	60	32.6	21.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.1	1.2	0.2	1.8	1.9	7.6	15.8	.484	3.0	7.1	.418	3.6	4.4	.804
difference:	+20	+3.8	+3.6	+1.5	+5.4	+6.9	+8.2	+0.6	+0.1	-3.0	-0.6	+1.9	+5.3	+.035	+1.8	+3.0	+.120	+1.6	+2.7	+.067
Russell Westbrook	80	36.4	25.4	1.9	8.2	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	4.8	2.5	9.5	21.1	.449	1.2	4.1	.298	5.2	7.1	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	7	34.0	16.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.1	6.0	12.7	.472	2.0	5.7	.350	2.0	2.6	.778
difference:	+1	+5.2	+13.3	+1.7	+7.9	+9.6	+5.1	+0.4	+0.3	-3.5	-1.4	+4.7	+14.1	+.074	+0.5	+1.3	+.007	+3.5	+4.1	+.047
Russell Westbrook	6	39.2	29.3	1.8	10.2	12.0	7.5	1.5	0.0	5.2	3.5	10.7	26.8	.398	2.5	7.0	.357	5.5	6.7	.825


Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 7 seasons more than Norman Powell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 17, from 2019 to 2025—Russell Westbrook played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Norman Powell, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 2 Assists Leader 2 All-Star Game

Norman Powell vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Norman Powell, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years