Vinny Del Negro vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Vinny Del Negro, 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.

Vinny Del Negro played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than D'Angelo Russell, who played 9. Vinny Del Negro had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while D'Angelo Russell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Vinny Del Negro	12	7	1988-89 to 2001-02
D'Angelo Russell	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1988-89	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	80	19.5	7.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.3	.475	0.1	0.3	.300	1.1	1.3	.850
D'Angelo Russell	80	28.2	13.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.5	1.8	4.9	12.0	.410	1.6	4.6	.351	1.8	2.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	76	24.4	9.7	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.3	0.8	0.1	1.5	2.4	3.9	8.5	.462	0.1	0.4	.313	1.8	2.0	.871
D'Angelo Russell	63	28.7	15.6	0.5	3.0	3.5	4.8	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.1	5.6	13.8	.405	2.1	6.1	.352	2.3	3.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Vinny Del Negro didn't play in 1990-91 and 1991-92.


Season 3
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	73	20.9	7.4	0.3	2.0	2.2	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.3	2.0	3.0	5.9	.507	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.6	.863
D'Angelo Russell	48	25.7	15.5	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.2	0.8	0.4	3.1	1.9	5.8	14.0	.414	1.9	5.8	.324	2.0	2.7	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	8	14.0	5.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.8	.447	0.3	1.1	.222	0.5	0.5	1.000
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	77	25.3	10.0	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.2	4.0	8.2	.487	0.2	0.6	.349	1.8	2.2	.824
D'Angelo Russell	81	30.2	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.0	1.2	0.2	3.1	1.7	8.1	18.7	.434	2.9	7.8	.369	2.0	2.5	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	4	23.3	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.5	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	6.8	.444	0.5	1.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.600
D'Angelo Russell	5	29.6	19.4	0.4	3.2	3.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.4	20.6	.359	2.4	7.4	.324	2.2	2.6	.846


Season 5
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	75	31.5	12.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.7	2.4	5.0	10.2	.486	0.9	2.2	.407	1.7	2.2	.790
D'Angelo Russell	45	32.3	23.1	0.4	3.6	3.9	6.3	1.1	0.3	3.3	1.9	8.0	18.8	.426	3.5	9.6	.367	3.6	4.4	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	15	25.5	8.7	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.5	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.5	3.4	7.9	.432	0.6	1.3	.450	1.3	1.6	.833
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	82	33.7	14.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	3.8	1.0	0.1	1.2	2.0	5.8	11.7	.497	0.7	1.8	.380	2.2	2.6	.832
D'Angelo Russell	42	28.5	19.0	0.4	2.3	2.6	5.8	1.1	0.4	2.7	1.6	6.7	15.5	.431	2.9	7.4	.387	2.7	3.5	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	10	37.9	14.3	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	0.6	1.9	5.7	12.4	.460	1.6	2.7	.593	1.3	1.9	.684
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	72	31.2	12.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.8	5.1	10.8	.467	0.6	1.9	.314	1.6	1.8	.868
D'Angelo Russell	65	32.0	18.1	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.1	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.0	6.2	15.0	.411	2.7	8.0	.340	3.0	3.7	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	6	32.7	12.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	6.7	1.5	0.0	2.8	2.8	4.0	12.0	.333	2.0	5.2	.387	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 8
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	54	31.9	9.5	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.1	3.9	8.9	.441	0.3	0.7	.436	1.4	1.7	.796
D'Angelo Russell	71	32.5	17.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.2	1.0	0.4	2.6	2.0	6.3	13.4	.469	2.7	6.9	.396	2.5	3.0	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	9	31.6	10.7	0.2	2.4	2.7	3.2	0.9	0.0	1.4	3.3	4.3	9.0	.481	0.2	1.1	.200	1.8	1.9	.941
D'Angelo Russell	16	29.6	13.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.6	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.2	12.2	.426	1.7	5.4	.310	1.3	1.6	.769


Season 9
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	In-Season Tournament 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	48	22.8	5.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	5.6	.422	0.3	0.6	.433	0.8	1.0	.800
D'Angelo Russell	76	32.7	18.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.5	2.1	2.1	6.5	14.2	.456	3.0	7.2	.415	2.1	2.5	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	5	37.0	14.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.2	5.6	14.6	.384	2.8	8.8	.318	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 10
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	67	18.1	5.2	0.1	1.5	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.3	4.9	.471	0.1	0.4	.333	0.5	0.6	.897
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	5	18.6	5.2	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	2.6	6.0	.433	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	65	14.2	3.9	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.6	3.6	.453	0.0	0.2	.077	0.6	0.7	.932
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	3	8.7	2.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Vinny Del Negro	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	2	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Vinny Del Negro vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Vinny Del Negro, 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