Bill Russell vs. Danny Schayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Schayes and Bill Russell, 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.

Bill Russell played 13 years in the NBA, 5 less than Danny Schayes, who played 18. Bill Russell had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Danny Schayes had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1956-57	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bill Russell	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492
Danny Schayes	82	19.8	7.9	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.8	0.6	0.9	1.8	3.6	3.1	6.4	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	10	40.9	13.9	-	-	24.4	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	14.8	.365	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	.508
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1957-58	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Russell	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519
Danny Schayes	82	27.9	11.1	2.4	5.3	7.7	2.5	0.7	1.2	3.1	4.0	4.2	9.1	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	9	39.4	15.1	-	-	24.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	14.8	.361	-	-	-	4.4	7.3	.606
Danny Schayes	8	20.4	7.1	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.8	0.3	0.6	2.1	3.1	2.6	5.4	.488	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	1.9	1.000

Season 3
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1958-59	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Russell	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598
Danny Schayes	82	17.3	7.1	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.1	0.4	0.7	1.5	3.8	2.2	4.5	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.3	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	11	45.1	15.5	-	-	27.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	14.5	.409	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.612
Danny Schayes	5	16.2	5.6	0.6	4.2	4.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	4.0	2.2	3.6	.611	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.750

Season 4
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1959-60	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Russell	74	42.5	18.2	-	-	24.0	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	16.1	.467	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.612
Danny Schayes	56	9.7	3.6	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.8	1.1	2.3	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	13	44.0	18.5	-	-	25.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	7.2	15.8	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.707
Danny Schayes	9	13.1	4.0	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.4	1.2	2.9	.423	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.700

Season 5
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1960-61	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Russell	78	44.3	16.9	-	-	23.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	6.8	16.0	.426	-	-	-	3.3	6.0	.550
Danny Schayes	80	20.7	8.2	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.7	2.8	5.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.5	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	10	46.2	19.1	-	-	29.9	4.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.1	.427	-	-	-	4.5	8.6	.523
Danny Schayes	10	29.5	11.6	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.7	4.6	8.6	.535	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.800

Season 6
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1961-62	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Russell	76	45.2	18.9	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	16.6	.457	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.595
Danny Schayes	76	20.5	8.5	1.6	3.4	5.0	1.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.5	2.8	5.3	.519	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.9	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	14	48.0	22.4	-	-	26.4	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.3	18.1	.458	-	-	-	5.9	8.1	.726
Danny Schayes	3	25.0	10.0	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.3	4.0	5.7	.706	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 7
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1962-63	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Russell	78	44.9	16.8	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.4	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	.555
Danny Schayes	81	26.7	13.9	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	4.5	8.2	.540	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.0	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	13	47.5	20.3	-	-	25.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.4	16.3	.453	-	-	-	5.5	8.4	.661
Danny Schayes	11	28.5	16.4	2.7	4.5	7.2	1.6	0.3	0.9	2.2	4.2	5.0	8.0	.625	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	7.5	.843

Season 8
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1963-64	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Russell	78	44.6	15.0	-	-	24.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.8	.433	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	.550
Danny Schayes	76	25.2	12.8	1.9	4.7	6.6	1.4	0.6	1.1	2.1	4.2	4.2	8.0	.522	0.0	0.1	.333	4.4	5.3	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	10	45.1	13.1	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.2	.356	-	-	-	3.7	6.7	.552
Danny Schayes	2	18.0	4.0	1.0	4.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750

Season 9
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1964-65	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA 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		%
Bill Russell	78	44.4	14.1	-	-	24.1	5.3	-	-	-	2.6	5.5	12.6	.438	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.573
Danny Schayes	53	22.5	10.4	2.2	4.2	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	3.8	3.1	6.2	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	5.0	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	12	46.8	16.5	-	-	25.2	6.3	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	12.5	.527	-	-	-	3.3	6.3	.526
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1965-66	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Russell	78	43.4	12.9	-	-	22.8	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.9	5.2	.551
Danny Schayes	82	27.2	10.6	2.1	4.4	6.5	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.2	3.6	7.3	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.0	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	17	47.9	19.1	-	-	25.2	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	15.4	.475	-	-	-	4.5	7.2	.618
Danny Schayes	3	23.7	9.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.7	3.0	7.7	.391	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	3.7	.909

Season 11
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1966-67	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Bill Russell	81	40.7	13.3	-	-	21.0	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	4.9	10.7	.454	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.610
Danny Schayes	43	16.9	5.6	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.4	1.0	2.3	1.9	4.6	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	9	43.3	10.6	-	-	22.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	3.4	9.6	.360	-	-	-	3.7	5.8	.635
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1967-68	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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		%
Bill Russell	78	37.9	12.5	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	11.0	.425	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	.537
Danny Schayes	70	16.1	4.6	1.0	2.5	3.6	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.9	2.1	1.5	3.8	.399	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	19	45.7	14.4	-	-	22.8	5.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	12.7	.409	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	.585
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Bill Russell	Danny Schayes
Season	1968-69	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	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		%
Bill Russell	77	42.7	9.9	-	-	19.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	.526
Danny Schayes	36	10.1	2.4	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	2.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.9	.906
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-