Ray Allen vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Ray Allen, 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.

Ray Allen played 18 years in the NBA, 7 more than D'Angelo Russell, who played 11. Ray Allen had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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 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
	Ray Allen	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1996-97	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Ray Allen	82	30.9	13.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.7	4.8	11.1	.430	1.4	3.6	.393	2.5	3.0	.823
difference:	+2	+2.7	+0.2	+0.6		+0.6	+0.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.7	-0.9	+0.1	+0.9	+.020	+0.2	+1.0	+.042	+0.7	+0.6	+.086
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
* Neiher Ray Allen nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Ray Allen	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1999-00	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Ray Allen	82	37.4	22.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	7.8	17.2	.455	2.1	5.0	.423	4.3	4.9	.887
difference:	+1	+7.2	+1.0	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+3.2	+0.1		-0.9	-0.6	+0.3	+1.5	+.021	+0.8	+2.8	+.054	+2.3	+2.4	+.107
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		%
Ray Allen	5	37.4	22.0	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.6	1.6	0.0	1.8	2.0	8.0	18.0	.444	2.0	5.2	.385	4.0	4.4	.909
difference:		+7.8	+2.6	+1.6	+1.4	+3.0	+1.0	+0.2	+0.2	-1.0	-0.4	+0.6	+2.6	+.085	+0.4	+2.2	+.061	+1.8	+1.8	+.063
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
	Ray Allen	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2000-01	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Did not play

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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		%
Ray Allen	82	38.2	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.2	2.5	2.3	7.7	16.0	.480	2.5	5.7	.433	4.2	4.8	.888
difference:	+37	+5.9	+1.1	+0.8	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+0.4	+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+0.3	+2.8	+.054	+1.0	+3.9	+.066	+0.6	+0.4	+.079
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		%
Ray Allen	18	42.7	25.1	1.1	3.1	4.1	6.0	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.4	8.8	18.4	.477	3.2	6.6	.479	4.4	4.8	.919
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Ray Allen	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2001-02	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	69	36.6	21.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	3.9	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.3	7.7	16.6	.462	3.3	7.7	.434	3.1	3.6	.873
difference:	+27	+8.1	+2.8	+0.8	+1.0	+1.9	+1.9	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.7	+1.0	+1.1	+.031	+0.4	+0.3	+.047	+0.4	+0.1	+.108
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
* Neiher Ray Allen nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 8
	Ray Allen	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Lakers 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		%
Ray Allen	56	38.4	23.0	1.2	3.9	5.1	4.8	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	6.8	.392	4.4	4.8	.904
difference:	+15	+5.9	+5.2	+0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+1.4	+0.3	+0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+1.7	+4.8	+.029	+0.1	+0.1	+.004	+1.9	+1.8	+.075
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		%
Ray Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ray Allen	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	78	39.3	23.9	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.7	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.1	8.2	19.2	.428	2.7	7.1	.376	4.8	5.5	.883
difference:	+2	+6.6	+5.9	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+2.6	+0.2	+0.4	-0.1		+1.7	+5.0	+.028	+0.3	+0.1	+.039	+2.7	+3.0	+.055
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		%
Ray Allen	11	39.6	26.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.1	2.0	9.3	19.5	.474	2.8	7.5	.378	5.1	5.7	.889
difference:	+6	+2.6	+12.3	+0.9	+0.6	+1.5	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	-1.3	-0.8	+3.7	+4.9	+.090		+1.3	+.060	+4.9	+5.3	+.389
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
	Ray Allen	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2005-06	2024-25
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	78	38.7	25.1	0.9	3.3	4.3	3.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	1.9	8.7	19.2	.454	3.4	8.4	.412	4.2	4.6	.903
difference:	+20	+13.2	+12.5	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+1.4	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.1	+4.4	+8.2	+.064	+1.5	+2.2	+.098	+2.1	+2.1	+.069
D'Angelo Russell	58	25.5	12.6	0.3	2.4	2.8	5.1	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.0	4.3	11.0	.390	1.9	6.2	.314	2.1	2.5	.834
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ray Allen nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 10

Season 11
	Ray Allen	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2006-07	2025-26
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play (season in progress)

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	55	40.3	26.4	1.0	3.5	4.5	4.1	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.1	9.2	21.0	.438	3.0	8.1	.372	5.1	5.6	.903
difference:	+30	+21.3	+16.2	+0.7	+1.5	+2.1	+0.1	+1.0	+0.1	-0.9	-0.9	+5.6	+12.1	+.033	+1.7	+3.7	+.072	+3.4	+3.2	+.186
D'Angelo Russell	25	19.0	10.2	0.3	2.0	2.4	4.0	0.5	0.1	1.9	1.2	3.6	8.9	.405	1.3	4.4	.300	1.7	2.4	.717
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ray Allen nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 11

Additional Years
* Ray Allen played 7 seasons more than D'Angelo Russell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 18, from 2008 to 2014—Ray Allen played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 7 extra years over D'Angelo Russell, Ray Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game