Wali Jones vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Wali Jones, 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.

Wali Jones played 10 years in the NBA, 6 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 16. Wali Jones had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, 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 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
Wali Jones	10	9	1964-65 to 1975-76
Russell Westbrook	16	13	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	1964-65	2008-09
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Wali Jones	77	16.2	5.3	-	-	1.8	2.6	-	-	-	2.5	2.0	5.3	.375	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.728
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	10	16.2	7.3	-	-	2.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	6.3	.460	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750
Russell Westbrook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	1965-66	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Thunder 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		%
Wali Jones	80	27.5	9.0	-	-	2.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	10.0	.370	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.744
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		%
Wali Jones	5	31.2	13.0	-	-	3.0	3.6	-	-	-	3.6	5.0	15.4	.325	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.682
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


Season 3
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	1966-67	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder 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		%
Wali Jones	81	27.8	13.2	-	-	3.3	3.7	-	-	-	3.0	5.2	12.1	.431	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.838
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		%
Wali Jones	15	31.7	17.5	-	-	2.8	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	7.3	16.3	.447	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.776
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
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	1967-68	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Thunder Lost NBA 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		%
Wali Jones	77	26.7	12.8	-	-	2.8	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.4	13.5	.397	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.787
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		%
Wali Jones	13	29.8	14.1	-	-	2.4	3.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	14.8	.358	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.789
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
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	1968-69	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	81	28.9	13.2	-	-	3.1	3.6	-	-	-	3.5	5.3	12.4	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.2	.809
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		%
Wali Jones	5	20.6	6.4	-	-	3.2	1.8	-	-	-	3.4	2.4	9.0	.267	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.800
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 6
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	1969-70	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Thunder 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		%
Wali Jones	78	22.3	11.8	-	-	2.2	3.5	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	10.9	.430	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.841
Russell Westbrook	46	30.7	21.8	1.2	4.5	5.7	6.9	1.9	0.2	3.8	2.3	7.5	17.2	.437	1.5	4.7	.318	5.3	6.4	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	5	32.0	15.8	-	-	2.2	4.8	-	-	-	3.2	6.8	13.0	.523	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.786
Russell Westbrook	19	38.7	26.7	2.4	4.9	7.3	8.1	2.2	0.3	4.4	3.3	8.8	20.9	.420	1.5	5.3	.280	7.6	8.6	.884


Season 7
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	1970-71	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Wali Jones	41	23.5	10.1	-	-	1.6	3.1	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	10.2	.402	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.782
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	7	16.4	6.9	-	-	1.7	1.6	-	-	-	3.1	2.7	7.4	.365	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.769
Russell Westbrook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	1971-72	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder 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		%
Wali Jones	48	21.5	7.5	-	-	1.6	2.9	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	7.4	.407	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.822
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		%
Wali Jones	9	22.2	10.0	-	-	2.0	2.2	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	9.1	.439	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.857
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
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	1972-73	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Wali Jones	27	15.5	5.0	-	-	1.1	2.1	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	5.4	.407	-	-	-	0.6	0.7	.889
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		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Wali Jones didn't play in 1973-74 and 1974-75.


Season 10
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	1975-76	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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		%
Wali Jones	17	10.4	3.2	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.9	0.4	0.0	-	1.6	1.4	2.9	.469	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.692
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		%
Wali Jones	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Thunder 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		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	57	35.9	27.2	1.8	6.2	7.9	7.0	1.6	0.4	4.5	3.5	10.6	22.5	.472	1.0	3.7	.258	5.1	6.7	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	8	32.8	17.9	1.4	5.6	7.0	4.6	1.5	0.3	3.8	2.9	7.4	17.5	.421	1.0	4.1	.242	2.1	4.0	.531


Season 13
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	65	36.4	22.2	1.7	9.9	11.5	11.7	1.4	0.4	4.8	2.9	8.4	19.0	.439	1.3	4.2	.315	4.2	6.4	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	5	37.2	19.0	2.8	7.6	10.4	11.8	0.4	0.2	4.2	3.4	5.6	16.8	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	6.8	8.6	.791


Season 14
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	78	34.3	18.5	1.4	6.0	7.4	7.1	1.0	0.3	3.8	3.0	7.0	15.8	.444	1.0	3.4	.298	3.4	5.1	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	73	29.1	15.9	1.2	4.6	5.8	7.5	1.0	0.5	3.5	2.2	5.9	13.6	.436	1.2	3.9	.311	2.8	4.3	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	5	38.4	23.6	1.8	5.8	7.6	7.4	1.2	1.4	4.0	3.0	8.6	21.0	.410	2.0	5.6	.357	4.4	5.0	.880


Season 16
	Wali Jones	Russell Westbrook
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	68	22.5	11.1	1.4	3.7	5.0	4.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.8	4.4	9.8	.454	0.6	2.3	.273	1.6	2.4	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	6	19.0	6.3	1.0	3.2	4.2	1.7	1.2	0.5	1.7	1.8	2.2	8.3	.260	0.7	2.8	.235	1.3	2.2	.615

Wali Jones vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook and Wali Jones, 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16