Quinn Buckner vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Quinn Buckner, 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.

Quinn Buckner played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than D'Angelo Russell, who played 9. Quinn Buckner had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while D'Angelo Russell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Quinn Buckner	10	6	1976-77 to 1985-86
D'Angelo Russell	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Quinn Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1976-77	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Quinn Buckner	79	26.5	8.6	1.2	2.2	3.3	4.7	2.4	0.3	-	3.7	3.8	8.7	.434	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.539
D'Angelo Russell	80	28.2	13.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.5	1.8	4.9	12.0	.410	1.6	4.6	.351	1.8	2.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Quinn Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1977-78	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Quinn Buckner	82	25.3	9.3	1.0	2.1	3.0	5.6	2.3	0.2	2.8	3.5	3.8	8.2	.468	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.645
D'Angelo Russell	63	28.7	15.6	0.5	3.0	3.5	4.8	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.1	5.6	13.8	.405	2.1	6.1	.352	2.3	3.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	9	28.6	11.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	6.9	2.0	0.1	4.3	3.3	4.8	9.6	.500	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.652
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Quinn Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1978-79	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Quinn Buckner	81	21.7	7.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.8	1.9	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.1	6.8	.454	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.632
D'Angelo Russell	48	25.7	15.5	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.2	0.8	0.4	3.1	1.9	5.8	14.0	.414	1.9	5.8	.324	2.0	2.7	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Quinn Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1979-80	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Nets Lost East 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		%
Quinn Buckner	67	25.2	10.7	1.0	2.5	3.6	5.7	2.0	0.1	2.2	3.0	4.6	9.8	.467	0.0	0.1	.400	1.6	2.1	.734
D'Angelo Russell	81	30.2	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.0	1.2	0.2	3.1	1.7	8.1	18.7	.434	2.9	7.8	.369	2.0	2.5	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	7	23.6	6.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	4.4	2.1	0.0	1.9	2.9	2.6	7.6	.340	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.6	.636
D'Angelo Russell	5	29.6	19.4	0.4	3.2	3.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.4	20.6	.359	2.4	7.4	.324	2.2	2.6	.846


Season 5
	Quinn Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Quinn Buckner	82	29.1	13.3	1.1	2.6	3.6	4.7	2.4	0.0	2.9	3.3	5.7	11.7	.493	0.0	0.1	.167	1.8	2.5	.734
D'Angelo Russell	45	32.3	23.1	0.4	3.6	3.9	6.3	1.1	0.3	3.3	1.9	8.0	18.8	.426	3.5	9.6	.367	3.6	4.4	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	7	26.1	9.0	0.7	2.1	2.9	5.0	1.6	0.0	2.0	3.7	3.7	8.6	.433	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.688
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Quinn Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Quinn Buckner	70	30.8	12.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	4.7	2.5	0.0	2.6	3.1	5.7	11.7	.482	0.1	0.2	.267	1.6	2.4	.655
D'Angelo Russell	42	28.5	19.0	0.4	2.3	2.6	5.8	1.1	0.4	2.7	1.6	6.7	15.5	.431	2.9	7.4	.387	2.7	3.5	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Quinn Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1982-83	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves 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		%
Quinn Buckner	72	21.7	7.9	0.9	1.7	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.7	3.4	7.8	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.6	.632
D'Angelo Russell	65	32.0	18.1	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.1	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.0	6.2	15.0	.411	2.7	8.0	.340	3.0	3.7	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	7	14.0	4.6	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.7	2.6	2.3	5.3	.432	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000
D'Angelo Russell	6	32.7	12.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	6.7	1.5	0.0	2.8	2.8	4.0	12.0	.333	2.0	5.2	.387	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 8
	Quinn Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1983-84	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Quinn Buckner	79	15.8	4.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.0	1.3	2.4	1.7	4.1	.427	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.649
D'Angelo Russell	71	32.5	17.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.2	1.0	0.4	2.6	2.0	6.3	13.4	.469	2.7	6.9	.396	2.5	3.0	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	23	11.7	3.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.4	3.4	.405	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.545
D'Angelo Russell	16	29.6	13.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.6	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.2	12.2	.426	1.7	5.4	.310	1.3	1.6	.769


Season 9
	Quinn Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	In-Season Tournament 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		%
Quinn Buckner	75	11.4	2.4	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.9	1.9	1.0	2.6	.383	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.640
D'Angelo Russell	76	32.7	18.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.5	2.1	2.1	6.5	14.2	.456	3.0	7.2	.415	2.1	2.5	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	15	5.7	2.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.6	0.9	1.5	.591	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.625
D'Angelo Russell	5	37.0	14.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.2	5.6	14.6	.384	2.8	8.8	.318	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 10
	Quinn Buckner	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
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		%
Quinn Buckner	32	13.1	3.7	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.7	1.3	0.1	1.7	2.5	1.5	3.3	.471	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.704
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Quinn Buckner vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Quinn Buckner, 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