Russell Westbrook vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Russell Westbrook, 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.

Russell Westbrook played 17 years in the NBA, 14 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Russell Westbrook had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Russell Westbrook	Jalen Williams
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Russell Westbrook	82	32.5	15.3	2.2	2.7	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.3	5.3	13.4	.398	0.4	1.6	.271	4.3	5.2	.815
difference:	+7	+2.2	+1.2	+1.1	+0.7	+0.4	+2.0	+0.1	+0.3	-1.7	-0.2	+0.2	+2.8	+.123	+0.6	+1.1	+.085	+2.2	+2.7	+.003
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Russell Westbrook nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Russell Westbrook	Jalen Williams
Season	2010-11	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Russell Westbrook	82	34.7	21.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.5	7.5	17.0	.442	0.4	1.3	.330	6.5	7.7	.842
difference:	+13	+2.3	+0.3	+0.6	+1.4	+0.7	+3.1	+0.3	+0.3	-1.7	-0.2	+0.7	+0.1	+.042	+1.4	+3.6	+.035	+3.1	+3.4	+.053
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Russell Westbrook	17	37.5	23.8	2.1	3.2	5.4	6.4	1.4	0.4	4.6	3.3	7.9	20.2	.394	0.8	2.8	.292	7.1	8.4	.852
difference:	+6	+2.9	+2.4	+1.1	+1.3	+0.1	+1.6			-2.8	-1.1	+0.2	+3.0	+.055	+0.7	+2.2	+.012	+2.7	+2.8	+.063
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 14 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 17, from 2012 to 2025—Russell Westbrook played in 12 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Jalen Williams, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 8 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP