RJ Barrett vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and RJ Barrett, 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.

RJ Barrett played 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than D'Angelo Russell, who played 11. RJ Barrett had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	RJ Barrett	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
RJ Barrett	56	30.4	14.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	2.6	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.2	13.0	.402	1.1	3.5	.320	2.8	4.5	.614
difference:	+24	+2.2	+1.1	+0.3	+1.3	+1.6	+0.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+0.3	+1.0	+.008	+0.5	+1.1	+.031	+1.0	+2.1	+.123
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 RJ Barrett nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	RJ Barrett	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
RJ Barrett	73	33.9	19.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.0	16.1	.434	1.7	5.3	.310	4.0	5.4	.740
difference:	+8	+3.7	+1.5	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+4.2	+0.8		-0.9	-0.8	+1.1	+2.6		+1.2	+2.5	+.059	+2.0	+2.9	+.040
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		%
RJ Barrett	11	34.3	19.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.5	14.9	.433	1.8	5.5	.328	4.5	5.9	.769
difference:	+6	+4.7	+0.1	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+0.8	+0.6		-0.5	-0.1	+0.9	+5.7	+.074	+0.6	+1.9	+.004	+2.3	+3.3	+.077
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