Reggie Miller vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Reggie Miller, 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.

Reggie Miller played 18 years in the NBA, 8 more than D'Angelo Russell, who played 10. Reggie Miller had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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
	Reggie Miller	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1987-88	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Reggie Miller	82	22.4	10.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.7	7.6	.488	0.7	2.1	.355	1.8	2.3	.801
difference:	+2	+5.8	+3.2	+0.6	+1.6	+1.1	+1.7	+0.6		-1.3	-0.1	+1.2	+4.4	+.078	+0.9	+2.5	+.004		+0.1	+.064
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 Reggie Miller nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Reggie Miller	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
difference:	+34	+13.2	+9.1	+0.6	+0.9	+0.3	+1.4	+0.5	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+2.3	+1.7	+.100	+0.1	+1.4	+.090	+4.6	+4.9	+.128
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		%
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Reggie Miller	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Reggie Miller	82	36.2	22.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	7.3	14.2	.512	1.4	3.9	.348	6.7	7.3	.918
difference:	+1	+6.0	+1.5	+0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+3.0	+0.1		-1.1	-0.3	+0.8	+4.5	+.078	+1.5	+3.9	+.021	+4.7	+4.8	+.138
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		%
Reggie Miller	5	38.6	21.6	1.0	2.2	3.2	2.8	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.8	6.8	14.0	.486	1.6	3.8	.421	6.4	7.4	.865
difference:		+9.0	+2.2	+0.6	+1.0	+0.4	+0.8	+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+0.6	+6.6	+.127	+0.8	+3.6	+.097	+4.2	+4.8	+.019
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 8
	Reggie Miller	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Reggie Miller	81	32.9	19.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	6.2	13.5	.462	2.4	5.8	.415	4.7	5.3	.897
difference:	+10	+0.4	+1.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+3.2	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+.007	+0.3	+1.1	+.019	+2.2	+2.3	+.068
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		%
Reggie Miller	17	37.7	25.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.1	8.1	17.1	.476	3.2	7.5	.422	6.1	7.1	.860
difference:	+1	+8.1	+12.2	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+2.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+2.9	+4.9	+.050	+1.5	+2.1	+.112	+4.8	+5.5	+.091
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
	Reggie Miller	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Reggie Miller	76	34.5	21.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.6	14.0	.473	2.2	5.4	.410	5.7	6.6	.863
difference:		+1.8	+3.1	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+3.0	+0.1	+0.3	-0.4	-0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+.017	+0.8	+1.8	+.005	+3.6	+4.1	+.035
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		%
Reggie Miller	1	31.0	29.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	17.0	.412	2.0	6.0	.333	13.0	15.0	.867
difference:	+4	+6.0	+14.8	+0.8	+2.6	+1.8	+3.2	+0.2	+0.2	-1.8	-0.2	+1.4	+2.4	+.028	+0.8	+2.8	+.015	+12.8	+14.6	+.367
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

Additional Years
* Reggie Miller played 8 seasons more than D'Angelo Russell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 18, from 1998 to 2005—Reggie Miller played in 8 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over D'Angelo Russell, Reggie Miller got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game