Walter Davis vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Walter Davis, 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.

Walter Davis played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Walter Davis had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Bill Russell had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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
Walter Davis	15	10	1977-78 to 1991-92
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1977-78	1956-57
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	81	32.0	24.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.0	9.7	18.4	.526	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	.830
Bill Russell	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	2	33.0	25.0	2.0	6.5	8.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	3.0	4.0	9.5	20.0	.475	-	-	-	6.0	8.0	.750
Bill Russell	10	40.9	13.9	-	-	24.4	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	14.8	.365	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	.508


Season 2
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1978-79	1957-58
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Walter Davis	79	30.8	23.6	1.4	3.3	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	3.7	3.2	9.7	17.2	.561	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.831
Bill Russell	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	15	32.7	22.1	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	1.7	0.3	4.4	2.7	8.5	16.3	.520	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.813
Bill Russell	9	39.4	15.1	-	-	24.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	14.8	.361	-	-	-	4.4	7.3	.606


Season 3
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1979-80	1958-59
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	75	30.8	21.5	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.7	8.8	15.5	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	4.9	.819
Bill Russell	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	8	30.6	20.8	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.4	0.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	8.6	17.1	.504	0.0	0.4	.000	3.5	4.8	.737
Bill Russell	11	45.1	15.5	-	-	27.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	14.5	.409	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.612


Season 4
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1980-81	1959-60
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	78	28.0	18.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.8	2.5	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.2	.412	2.7	3.2	.836
Bill Russell	74	42.5	18.2	-	-	24.0	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	16.1	.467	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.612

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	7	28.4	16.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.4	.588
Bill Russell	13	44.0	18.5	-	-	25.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	7.2	15.8	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.707


Season 5
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1981-82	1960-61
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	55	21.5	14.4	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.9	0.8	0.1	2.0	1.9	6.4	12.2	.523	0.1	0.3	.188	1.7	2.0	.820
Bill Russell	78	44.3	16.9	-	-	23.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	6.8	16.0	.426	-	-	-	3.3	6.0	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	7	24.7	18.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.3	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.7	7.4	16.6	.448	0.1	0.4	.333	3.1	3.4	.917
Bill Russell	10	46.2	19.1	-	-	29.9	4.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.1	.427	-	-	-	4.5	8.6	.523


Season 6
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1982-83	1961-62
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	80	31.1	19.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.0	1.5	0.2	2.4	2.3	8.3	16.1	.516	0.1	0.3	.304	2.3	2.8	.818
Bill Russell	76	45.2	18.9	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	16.6	.457	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	37.7	26.0	1.7	3.3	5.0	4.3	2.0	1.7	1.7	2.0	10.0	23.0	.435	0.3	0.7	.500	5.7	7.0	.810
Bill Russell	14	48.0	22.4	-	-	26.4	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.3	18.1	.458	-	-	-	5.9	8.1	.726


Season 7
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1983-84	1962-63
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	78	32.6	20.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.5	1.4	0.2	2.7	2.6	8.4	16.3	.512	0.3	1.1	.230	3.0	3.5	.863
Bill Russell	78	44.9	16.8	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.4	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	.555

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	17	36.6	24.9	0.9	1.8	2.7	6.4	1.7	0.2	2.5	3.2	10.3	19.2	.535	0.2	0.6	.273	4.1	4.6	.897
Bill Russell	13	47.5	20.3	-	-	25.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.4	16.3	.453	-	-	-	5.5	8.4	.661


Season 8
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1984-85	1963-64
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	23	24.8	15.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	4.3	0.8	0.0	2.2	1.8	6.0	13.4	.450	0.1	0.4	.300	2.8	3.2	.877
Bill Russell	78	44.6	15.0	-	-	24.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.8	.433	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	45.1	13.1	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.2	.356	-	-	-	3.7	6.7	.552


Season 9
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1985-86	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	70	32.0	21.8	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.2	1.4	0.0	3.1	2.2	8.9	18.4	.485	0.3	1.1	.237	3.7	4.4	.843
Bill Russell	78	44.4	14.1	-	-	24.1	5.3	-	-	-	2.6	5.5	12.6	.438	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.573

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	12	46.8	16.5	-	-	25.2	6.3	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	12.5	.527	-	-	-	3.3	6.3	.526


Season 10
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1986-87	1965-66
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	79	33.5	23.6	1.1	1.9	3.1	4.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.3	9.9	19.2	.514	0.3	1.0	.259	3.6	4.2	.862
Bill Russell	78	43.4	12.9	-	-	22.8	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.9	5.2	.551

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	17	47.9	19.1	-	-	25.2	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	15.4	.475	-	-	-	4.5	7.2	.618


Season 11
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1987-88	1966-67
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Walter Davis	68	28.7	17.9	0.5	1.9	2.3	4.1	1.3	0.0	1.9	1.9	7.2	15.2	.473	0.5	1.4	.375	3.0	3.4	.887
Bill Russell	81	40.7	13.3	-	-	21.0	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	4.9	10.7	.454	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.610

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	9	43.3	10.6	-	-	22.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	3.4	9.6	.360	-	-	-	3.7	5.8	.635


Season 12
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1988-89	1967-68
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	81	22.9	15.6	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.3	6.6	13.3	.498	0.2	0.9	.290	2.2	2.5	.879
Bill Russell	78	37.9	12.5	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	11.0	.425	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	.537

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	31.3	25.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	2.7	3.7	10.3	20.0	.517	0.0	1.3	.000	5.0	5.0	1.000
Bill Russell	19	45.7	14.4	-	-	22.8	5.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	12.7	.409	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	.585


Season 13
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1989-90	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Walter Davis	69	23.7	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	2.2	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.3	7.2	15.0	.481	0.1	0.7	.130	3.0	3.3	.912
Bill Russell	77	42.7	9.9	-	-	19.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	23.3	14.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.3	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506


Season 14
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Walter Davis	71	20.9	13.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.8	1.1	0.0	1.2	2.1	5.7	12.1	.468	0.2	0.5	.306	1.5	1.6	.915
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	13	8.5	3.3	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.4	1.5	3.7	.396	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.833
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Walter Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Walter Davis	46	16.1	9.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.5	4.0	8.8	.459	0.1	0.3	.313	1.8	2.0	.872
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Walter Davis vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Walter Davis, 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