Russell Westbrook vs. Mark Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark 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 18 years in the NBA, 14 more than Mark Williams, who played 4. Russell Westbrook had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Mark 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	Mark Williams
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	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:	+39	+13.2	+6.3		+2.2	+2.2	+4.9	+0.6	+0.8	-2.4	-0.1	+1.6	+7.6	+.239	+0.4	+1.6		+2.7	+2.9	+.124
Mark Williams	43	19.3	9.0	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.2	3.7	5.8	.637	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.691
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Russell Westbrook nor Mark Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Russell Westbrook	Mark Williams
Season	2010-11	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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:	+38	+8.1	+6.6	+1.5	+4.1	+5.6	+5.7	+1.2	+0.8	-2.3	-0.1	+1.4	+6.8	+.162	+0.4	+1.2	+.330	+3.5	+4.0	+.038
Mark Williams	44	26.6	15.3	3.0	7.2	10.2	2.5	0.7	1.2	1.6	2.4	6.1	10.2	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.7	.804
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Russell Westbrook	Mark Williams
Season	2011-12	2025-26
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Russell Westbrook	66	35.3	23.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.5	1.7	0.3	3.6	2.2	8.8	19.2	.457	0.9	3.0	.316	5.2	6.3	.823
difference:	+45	+10.4	+10.6	+1.6	+2.2	+3.8	+4.4	+0.3	+0.5	-2.6	-0.4	+3.8	+11.4	+.193	+0.9	+3.0		+2.3	+2.5	+.064
Mark Williams	21	24.9	13.0	3.1	5.3	8.4	1.1	1.4	0.8	1.0	2.6	5.0	7.8	.650	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.8	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Russell Westbrook	20	38.4	23.1	1.1	4.4	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.4	2.3	2.5	8.9	20.4	.435	0.9	3.3	.277	4.5	5.6	.802
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 14 seasons more than Mark Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 18, from 2013 to 2026—Russell Westbrook played in 11 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Mark Williams, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 7 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP