Spencer Dinwiddie vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Spencer Dinwiddie, 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.

Spencer Dinwiddie played 11 years in the NBA, 6 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 17. Spencer Dinwiddie had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Russell Westbrook had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Russell Westbrook
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	34	13.4	4.3	0.1	1.3	1.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.5	5.0	.302	0.4	1.9	.185	0.9	1.0	.912
difference:	+48	+19.1	+11.0	+2.1	+1.4	+3.5	+2.2	+0.7		-2.3	-0.7	+3.8	+8.4	+.096		+0.3	+.086	+3.4	+4.2	+.097
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Spencer Dinwiddie nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Russell Westbrook
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	59	22.6	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.3	5.1	.444	0.6	1.7	.376	2.1	2.7	.792
difference:	+23	+12.1	+14.6	+1.0	+0.8	+1.8	+5.1	+1.2		-2.8	-0.5	+5.2	+11.9	+.002	+0.2	+0.4	+.046	+4.4	+5.0	+.050
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Russell Westbrook
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	80	28.8	12.6	0.5	2.7	3.2	6.6	0.9	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.1	10.5	.387	1.8	5.4	.326	2.7	3.4	.813
difference:	+14	+6.5	+11.0	+1.0	+0.4	+1.4	+1.1	+0.8		-2.0	-0.1	+4.7	+8.7	+.070	+0.9	+2.4	+.010	+2.5	+2.9	+.010
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 5
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Russell Westbrook
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	68	28.1	16.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.8	5.4	12.2	.442	1.8	5.4	.335	4.2	5.2	.806
difference:	+14	+6.8	+6.4	+1.0	+1.8	+2.8	+2.8	+1.2		-1.1	-0.5	+2.8	+6.5	+.004	+0.6	+1.7	+.012	+1.4	+1.8	+.006
Russell Westbrook	82	34.9	23.2	1.4	3.9	5.2	7.4	1.8	0.3	3.3	2.3	8.2	18.7	.438	1.2	3.7	.323	5.6	7.0	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	26.2	14.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.375	2.0	2.8	.714
difference:	+3	+7.8	+9.4	+0.3	+4.2	+3.9	+5.4	+2.6		-2.4	-0.5	+3.1	+8.1	+.020	+0.8	+0.3	+.153	+4.0	+4.2	+.143
Russell Westbrook	2	34.0	24.0	0.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	2.5	8.5	20.5	.415	1.0	4.5	.222	6.0	7.0	.857

Season 7
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Russell Westbrook
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	3	21.3	6.7	0.0	4.3	4.3	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	2.0	5.3	.375	0.7	2.3	.286	2.0	2.0	1.000
difference:	+64	+13.1	+21.4	+1.9	+1.1	+3.0	+5.6	+1.4	+0.1	-2.7	-1.4	+7.4	+16.7	+.051	+0.6	+2.0	+.013	+6.1	+7.8	+.165
Russell Westbrook	67	34.4	28.1	1.9	5.4	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	4.4	2.7	9.4	22.0	.426	1.3	4.3	.299	8.1	9.8	.835
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Spencer Dinwiddie nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Russell Westbrook
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder 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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	67	29.6	13.7	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.6	11.0	.416	1.7	4.9	.339	2.9	3.8	.774
difference:	+13	+4.8	+9.8	+1.1	+2.5	+3.6	+5.2	+1.3	+0.1	-2.7	-0.3	+3.6	+7.1	+.038	+0.4	+0.6	+.043	+2.9	+3.4	+.038
Russell Westbrook	80	34.4	23.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	10.4	2.0	0.3	4.3	2.5	8.2	18.1	.454	1.3	4.3	.296	5.8	7.2	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	18	27.8	14.2	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.4	10.7	.417	2.2	5.3	.417	3.1	3.7	.821
difference:		+9.6	+11.8	+1.9	+2.6	+4.5	+7.4	+1.8	+0.2	-2.7	-0.1	+4.4	+11.1	+.012	+0.3	+0.5	+.093	+3.3	+4.1	+.008
Russell Westbrook	18	37.4	26.0	2.3	4.6	6.9	11.0	2.6	0.1	4.3	2.4	8.8	21.8	.405	1.9	5.8	.324	6.4	7.8	.829

Season 9
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Russell Westbrook
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	34.5	17.3	0.4	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	5.8	13.3	.438	2.3	6.2	.369	3.4	4.2	.812
difference:	+2	+0.1	+14.3	+1.3	+5.9	+7.3	+3.9	+0.8	+0.1	-3.6	-0.1	+4.4	+10.7	+.013	+0.2	+1.0	+.026	+5.4	+6.2	+.033
Russell Westbrook	81	34.6	31.6	1.7	9.0	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4	2.3	10.2	24.0	.425	2.5	7.2	.343	8.8	10.4	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	4	39.8	16.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.5	1.3	0.3	3.0	1.8	5.5	12.8	.431	1.8	4.5	.389	3.8	5.5	.682
difference:	+1	+1.0	+20.9	+1.5	+6.8	+8.3	+4.3	+1.1	+0.1	-3.0	-1.4	+6.3	+17.6	+.043	+0.8	+5.3	+.124	+7.4	+8.5	+.118
Russell Westbrook	5	38.8	37.4	1.8	9.8	11.6	10.8	2.4	0.4	6.0	3.2	11.8	30.4	.388	2.6	9.8	.265	11.2	14.0	.800

Season 10
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	76	28.3	10.5	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.7	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.8	3.3	8.4	.392	1.6	4.8	.337	2.2	2.8	.805
difference:	+4	+8.1	+14.9	+1.5	+5.9	+7.4	+5.6	+1.1		-3.6	-0.7	+6.2	+12.7	+.057	+0.4	+0.7	+.039	+3.0	+4.3	+.068
Russell Westbrook	80	36.4	25.4	1.9	8.2	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	4.8	2.5	9.5	21.1	.449	1.2	4.1	.298	5.2	7.1	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	14.6	3.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	1.0	2.8	.357	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.2	.500
difference:	+1	+24.6	+26.3	+1.6	+9.0	+10.6	+5.9	+1.1	+0.2	-5.0	-2.1	+9.7	+24.0	+.041	+2.1	+5.4	+.107	+4.9	+5.5	+.325
Russell Westbrook	6	39.2	29.3	1.8	10.2	12.0	7.5	1.5	0.0	5.2	3.5	10.7	26.8	.398	2.5	7.0	.357	5.5	6.7	.825

Season 11
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Russell Westbrook
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	27.0	11.0	0.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.6	8.6	.416	1.4	4.1	.334	2.5	3.1	.802
difference:	+6	+9.0	+11.9	+1.3	+7.2	+8.5	+6.3	+1.0	+0.3	-3.2	-1.9	+5.0	+11.6	+.012	+0.2	+1.5	+.044	+1.6	+3.1	+.146
Russell Westbrook	73	36.0	22.9	1.5	9.6	11.1	10.7	1.9	0.5	4.5	3.4	8.6	20.2	.428	1.6	5.6	.290	4.1	6.2	.656
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	5	39.4	22.8	1.4	7.6	9.0	10.6	1.0	0.6	4.6	3.8	8.0	22.2	.360	2.2	6.8	.324	4.6	5.2	.885

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 6 seasons more than Spencer Dinwiddie in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 17, from 2020 to 2025—Russell Westbrook played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Spencer Dinwiddie, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Assists Leader 1 All-Star Game