Wilt Chamberlain vs. Bryon Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bryon Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, 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.

Wilt Chamberlain played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bryon Russell, who played 13. Wilt Chamberlain had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, while Bryon Russell had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Wilt Chamberlain	14	13	1959-60 to 1972-73
Bryon Russell	13	11	1993-94 to 2005-06

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1959-60	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Jazz 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	72	46.4	37.6	-	-	27.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.1	14.8	32.1	.461	-	-	-	8.0	13.8	.582
Bryon Russell	67	16.7	5.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.0	4.2	.484	0.0	0.3	.091	0.9	1.5	.614

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	9	46.1	33.2	-	-	25.8	2.1	-	-	-	1.9	13.9	28.0	.496	-	-	-	5.4	12.2	.445
Bryon Russell	6	6.0	2.7	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.7	.400	0.3	0.5	.667	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 2
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1960-61	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Jazz 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	79	47.8	38.4	-	-	27.2	1.9	-	-	-	1.6	15.8	31.1	.509	-	-	-	6.7	13.3	.504
Bryon Russell	63	13.7	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.6	1.7	3.8	.437	0.2	0.7	.295	1.0	1.5	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	3	48.0	37.0	-	-	23.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	15.0	32.0	.469	-	-	-	7.0	12.7	.553
Bryon Russell	2	6.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.5	.571	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 3
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1961-62	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Jazz 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	80	48.5	50.4	-	-	25.7	2.4	-	-	-	1.5	20.0	39.5	.506	-	-	-	10.4	17.0	.613
Bryon Russell	59	9.8	2.9	0.5	1.1	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.1	0.9	2.4	.394	0.2	0.7	.350	0.8	1.1	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	48.0	35.0	-	-	26.6	3.1	-	-	-	2.3	13.5	28.9	.467	-	-	-	8.0	12.6	.636
Bryon Russell	18	25.5	9.6	0.9	3.2	4.2	1.2	1.3	0.5	0.6	2.3	3.2	6.9	.468	1.4	2.9	.472	1.7	2.1	.816


Season 4
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1962-63	1996-97
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	80	47.6	44.8	-	-	24.3	3.4	-	-	-	1.7	18.3	34.6	.528	-	-	-	8.3	13.9	.593
Bryon Russell	81	31.2	10.8	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.5	1.6	0.3	1.2	2.9	3.7	7.7	.479	1.3	3.3	.409	2.1	3.0	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryon Russell	20	38.0	12.3	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.4	1.1	0.3	1.0	3.0	4.5	9.7	.461	1.8	5.1	.356	1.6	2.2	.721


Season 5
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1963-64	1997-98
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Jazz 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	80	46.1	36.9	-	-	22.3	5.0	-	-	-	2.3	15.1	28.7	.524	-	-	-	6.8	12.7	.531
Bryon Russell	82	27.1	9.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.8	6.4	.430	0.9	2.6	.341	2.6	3.4	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	46.5	34.7	-	-	25.2	3.3	-	-	-	2.3	14.6	26.8	.543	-	-	-	5.5	11.6	.475
Bryon Russell	20	35.0	11.0	0.6	4.1	4.7	1.1	1.1	0.3	0.9	2.5	3.5	7.4	.469	1.2	3.2	.365	2.9	4.1	.716


Season 6
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1964-65	1998-99
Team	San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Jazz 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	73	45.2	34.7	-	-	22.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	14.6	28.5	.510	-	-	-	5.6	12.1	.464
Bryon Russell	50	35.4	12.4	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.5	1.5	0.3	1.5	3.1	4.3	9.4	.464	1.0	2.9	.354	2.7	3.4	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	11	48.7	29.3	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.6	11.2	21.1	.530	-	-	-	6.9	12.4	.559
Bryon Russell	11	35.2	12.1	1.5	4.5	6.1	1.2	1.8	0.2	1.0	3.4	4.5	10.5	.426	0.8	3.3	.250	2.4	3.3	.722


Season 7
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1965-66	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Jazz 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	79	47.3	33.5	-	-	24.6	5.2	-	-	-	2.2	13.6	25.2	.540	-	-	-	6.3	12.4	.513
Bryon Russell	82	35.4	14.1	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.9	1.6	0.3	1.2	3.1	5.0	11.1	.446	1.3	3.3	.396	2.9	3.9	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	5	48.0	28.0	-	-	30.2	3.0	-	-	-	2.0	11.2	22.0	.509	-	-	-	5.6	13.6	.412
Bryon Russell	10	37.4	14.0	0.9	4.3	5.2	2.1	1.6	0.5	1.5	2.7	4.8	11.4	.421	1.3	4.5	.289	3.1	4.1	.756


Season 8
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1966-67	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	81	45.5	24.1	-	-	24.2	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	9.7	14.2	.683	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	.441
Bryon Russell	78	31.7	12.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.1	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.9	3.9	9.0	.440	1.2	2.9	.413	2.8	3.7	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	15	47.9	21.7	-	-	29.1	9.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.8	15.2	.579	-	-	-	4.1	10.7	.388
Bryon Russell	5	43.0	14.2	0.8	6.4	7.2	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.4	2.6	5.0	11.2	.446	2.0	4.4	.455	2.2	2.4	.917


Season 9
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1967-68	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Jazz 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	46.8	24.3	-	-	23.8	8.6	-	-	-	2.0	10.0	16.8	.595	-	-	-	4.3	11.4	.380
Bryon Russell	66	30.3	9.6	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.1	3.4	8.8	.380	1.2	3.4	.341	1.7	2.1	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	13	48.5	23.7	-	-	24.7	6.5	-	-	-	2.2	9.5	17.8	.534	-	-	-	4.6	12.2	.380
Bryon Russell	4	30.0	7.0	1.5	2.8	4.3	1.8	1.0	0.0	2.3	3.8	2.3	9.0	.250	1.5	3.8	.400	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 10
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1968-69	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	81	45.3	20.5	-	-	21.1	4.5	-	-	-	1.8	7.9	13.6	.583	-	-	-	4.7	10.6	.446
Bryon Russell	70	19.8	4.5	0.6	2.4	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.9	1.5	4.4	.353	0.7	2.0	.329	0.8	1.0	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	18	46.2	13.9	-	-	24.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	9.8	.545	-	-	-	3.2	8.2	.392
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1969-70	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	42.1	27.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.6	10.8	18.9	.568	-	-	-	5.8	13.1	.446
Bryon Russell	72	13.1	4.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.4	3.4	.402	0.6	1.6	.384	0.7	0.9	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	18	47.3	22.1	-	-	22.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.3	8.8	16.0	.549	-	-	-	4.6	11.2	.406
Bryon Russell	6	2.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1970-71	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	44.3	20.7	-	-	18.2	4.3	-	-	-	2.1	8.1	15.0	.545	-	-	-	4.4	8.2	.538
Bryon Russell	70	14.7	4.4	0.7	1.7	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.6	.377	0.8	2.1	.376	0.9	1.1	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	46.2	18.3	-	-	20.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.8	7.1	15.6	.455	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	.515
Bryon Russell	3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 13
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1971-72	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	42.3	14.8	-	-	19.2	4.0	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	9.3	.649	-	-	-	2.7	6.4	.422
Bryon Russell	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	15	46.9	14.7	-	-	21.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	9.5	.563	-	-	-	4.0	8.1	.492
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Wilt Chamberlain	Bryon Russell
Season	1972-73	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	43.2	13.2	-	-	18.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	7.1	.727	-	-	-	2.8	5.5	.510
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wilt Chamberlain	17	47.1	10.4	-	-	22.5	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	6.8	.552	-	-	-	2.9	5.8	.500
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wilt Chamberlain vs. Bryon Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bryon Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, 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