Ron Harper vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Ron Harper, 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.

Ron Harper played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Ron Harper had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Bill Russell had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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
Ron Harper	15	10	1986-87 to 2000-01
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1986-87	1956-57
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684
Bill Russell	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	40.9	13.9	-	-	24.4	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	14.8	.365	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	.508

Season 2
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1987-88	1957-58
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	57	32.1	15.4	1.1	2.8	3.9	4.9	2.1	0.9	2.8	2.8	6.0	12.8	.464	0.1	0.4	.150	3.4	4.9	.705
Bill Russell	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	4	33.5	17.8	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.8	2.8	1.0	2.8	2.3	7.5	15.8	.476	0.0	0.5	.000	2.8	4.0	.688
Bill Russell	9	39.4	15.1	-	-	24.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	14.8	.361	-	-	-	4.4	7.3	.606

Season 3
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1988-89	1958-59
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	82	34.8	18.6	1.5	3.5	5.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	2.8	2.7	7.2	14.0	.511	0.4	1.4	.250	3.9	5.2	.751
Bill Russell	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.4	4.0	7.8	13.8	.565	0.0	0.4	.000	4.0	5.2	.769
Bill Russell	11	45.1	15.5	-	-	27.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	14.5	.409	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.612

Season 4
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1989-90	1959-60
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	35	39.1	22.8	2.1	3.8	5.9	5.2	2.3	1.2	2.9	3.0	8.6	18.2	.473	0.4	1.5	.275	5.2	6.6	.788
Bill Russell	74	42.5	18.2	-	-	24.0	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	16.1	.467	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.612

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	13	44.0	18.5	-	-	25.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	7.2	15.8	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.707

Season 5
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1990-91	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	39	35.5	19.6	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	3.3	2.8	7.3	18.7	.391	1.2	3.8	.324	3.7	5.6	.668
Bill Russell	78	44.3	16.9	-	-	23.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	6.8	16.0	.426	-	-	-	3.3	6.0	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	46.2	19.1	-	-	29.9	4.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.1	.427	-	-	-	4.5	8.6	.523

Season 6
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1991-92	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	82	38.3	18.2	1.5	4.0	5.5	5.1	1.9	0.9	3.1	2.4	6.9	15.8	.440	0.8	2.6	.303	3.6	4.9	.736
Bill Russell	76	45.2	18.9	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	16.6	.457	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	41.2	18.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	4.6	1.0	0.8	3.0	2.6	7.8	17.4	.448	0.2	1.8	.111	2.2	2.8	.786
Bill Russell	14	48.0	22.4	-	-	26.4	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.3	18.1	.458	-	-	-	5.9	8.1	.726

Season 7
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1992-93	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	80	37.1	18.0	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.5	2.2	0.9	2.8	2.7	6.8	15.0	.451	0.7	2.3	.280	3.8	5.0	.769
Bill Russell	78	44.9	16.8	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.4	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	.555

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	34.8	18.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	3.0	2.0	2.2	1.4	7.4	15.6	.474	1.0	2.0	.500	2.2	3.4	.647
Bill Russell	13	47.5	20.3	-	-	25.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.4	16.3	.453	-	-	-	5.5	8.4	.661

Season 8
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1993-94	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	75	38.1	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.1	4.6	1.9	0.7	3.2	2.2	7.6	17.8	.426	0.9	3.1	.301	4.0	5.6	.715
Bill Russell	78	44.6	15.0	-	-	24.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.8	.433	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	45.1	13.1	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.2	.356	-	-	-	3.7	6.7	.552

Season 9
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1994-95	1964-65
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	77	19.9	6.9	0.7	1.7	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.7	6.4	.426	0.4	1.4	.282	1.1	1.7	.618
Bill Russell	78	44.4	14.1	-	-	24.1	5.3	-	-	-	2.6	5.5	12.6	.438	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.573

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	6	6.7	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Bill Russell	12	46.8	16.5	-	-	25.2	6.3	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	12.5	.527	-	-	-	3.3	6.3	.526

Season 10
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1995-96	1965-66
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	80	23.6	7.4	0.9	1.7	2.7	2.6	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.3	.467	0.4	1.3	.269	1.2	1.7	.705
Bill Russell	78	43.4	12.9	-	-	22.8	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.9	5.2	.551

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	18	27.4	8.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	7.4	.425	0.8	2.6	.319	1.6	2.3	.690
Bill Russell	17	47.9	19.1	-	-	25.2	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	15.4	.475	-	-	-	4.5	7.2	.618

Season 11
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1996-97	1966-67
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Ron Harper	76	22.9	6.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	2.3	5.3	.436	0.9	2.5	.362	0.8	1.1	.707
Bill Russell	81	40.7	13.3	-	-	21.0	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	4.9	10.7	.454	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.610

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	19	27.1	7.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	2.6	6.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.344	1.1	1.5	.750
Bill Russell	9	43.3	10.6	-	-	22.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	3.4	9.6	.360	-	-	-	3.7	5.8	.635

Season 12
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1997-98	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	82	27.9	9.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	8.1	.441	0.2	1.0	.190	2.0	2.6	.750
Bill Russell	78	37.9	12.5	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	11.0	.425	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	.537

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	21	26.9	6.7	1.0	2.6	3.7	2.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.0	2.7	5.8	.459	0.2	0.9	.263	1.1	1.9	.615
Bill Russell	19	45.7	14.4	-	-	22.8	5.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	12.7	.409	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	.585

Season 13
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1998-99	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	35	31.6	11.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.3	1.7	1.0	1.9	2.3	4.2	11.1	.377	0.8	2.4	.318	2.0	2.9	.703
Bill Russell	77	42.7	9.9	-	-	19.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506

Season 14
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	80	25.5	7.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	2.7	6.6	.399	0.4	1.3	.311	1.3	1.8	.680
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	23	28.0	8.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.2	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.9	.431	0.4	1.7	.231	1.4	2.0	.702
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 15
	Ron Harper	Bill Russell
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA 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		%
Ron Harper	47	24.2	6.5	1.0	2.6	3.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.7	5.8	.469	0.4	1.5	.264	0.7	1.0	.708
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	6	7.3	2.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.5	.667
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ron Harper vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Ron Harper, 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15