Victor Wembanyama vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Victor Wembanyama, 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.

Victor Wembanyama played 2 years in the NBA, 15 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 17. Victor Wembanyama had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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
	Victor Wembanyama	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
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		%
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
difference:	+11	+2.8	+6.1	+0.1	+5.7	+5.7	+1.4	+0.1	+3.4	-0.4	-0.1	+2.5	+3.3	+.067	+1.4	+3.9	+.054	+0.2		+.019
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 Victor Wembanyama nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Victor Wembanyama	Russell Westbrook
Season	2024-25	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
difference:	+36	+1.1	+8.2	+0.1	+6.1	+6.1	+4.3	+0.2	+3.4	-0.1	-0.2	+3.0	+4.5	+.058	+2.8	+7.5	+.131	+0.6	+1.0	+.056
Russell Westbrook	82	34.3	16.1	1.7	3.1	4.9	8.0	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.5	5.9	14.1	.418	0.3	1.3	.221	4.0	5.1	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	6	35.3	20.5	1.7	4.3	6.0	6.0	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.2	7.2	15.2	.473	0.8	2.0	.417	5.3	6.3	.842

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 15 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 17, from 2011 to 2025—Russell Westbrook played in 13 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 9 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP