Bill Russell vs. Sedale Threatt Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sedale Threatt 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.

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.

Bill Russell played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Sedale Threatt, who played 14. Bill Russell had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Sedale Threatt had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69
Sedale Threatt	14	12	1983-84 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1956-57	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492
Sedale Threatt	45	10.3	3.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.4	1.4	3.3	.419	0.0	0.2	.125	0.5	0.6	.821

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
Sedale Threatt	3	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1957-58	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	76ers Lost East 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	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519
Sedale Threatt	82	15.9	5.4	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.1	2.3	5.1	.452	0.0	0.3	.182	0.8	1.1	.733

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
Sedale Threatt	4	7.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1958-59	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East 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	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598
Sedale Threatt	70	25.1	9.9	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	1.3	0.1	1.5	2.2	4.4	9.8	.453	0.0	0.3	.042	1.1	1.3	.833

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
Sedale Threatt	12	26.0	13.3	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.5	1.9	0.2	1.3	2.9	5.6	11.9	.469	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	2.8	.788


Season 4
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1959-60	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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	74	42.5	18.2	-	-	24.0	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	16.1	.467	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.612
Sedale Threatt	68	21.3	8.5	0.4	1.2	1.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	7.9	.448	0.1	0.5	.219	1.4	1.8	.798

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
Sedale Threatt	3	23.3	6.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	3.7	2.7	5.7	.471	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 5
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1960-61	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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	44.3	16.9	-	-	23.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	6.8	16.0	.426	-	-	-	3.3	6.0	.550
Sedale Threatt	71	14.9	6.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.4	3.0	6.0	.508	0.0	0.4	.111	0.8	1.0	.803

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
Sedale Threatt	5	16.0	6.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.4	2.8	6.8	.412	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 6
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1961-62	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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	76	45.2	18.9	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	16.6	.457	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.595
Sedale Threatt	63	19.4	8.6	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.8	1.3	0.1	1.2	2.5	3.7	7.6	.494	0.2	0.5	.367	1.0	1.2	.818

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
Sedale Threatt	8	25.1	12.0	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.1	2.1	0.0	1.4	2.8	4.9	10.3	.476	0.1	0.5	.250	2.1	2.5	.850


Season 7
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1962-63	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	44.9	16.8	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.4	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	.555
Sedale Threatt	65	22.8	11.4	0.7	1.1	1.8	3.3	1.0	0.1	1.2	2.5	4.7	9.2	.506	0.1	0.5	.250	2.0	2.4	.828

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
Sedale Threatt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1963-64	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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
Sedale Threatt	80	25.8	12.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	3.4	1.4	0.1	1.7	2.4	5.4	10.4	.519	0.1	0.4	.286	1.7	2.2	.792

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
Sedale Threatt	5	27.2	14.6	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.4	1.0	0.0	1.6	2.8	6.0	11.2	.536	0.8	2.2	.364	1.8	2.0	.900


Season 9
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1964-65	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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	44.4	14.1	-	-	24.1	5.3	-	-	-	2.6	5.5	12.6	.438	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.573
Sedale Threatt	82	37.4	15.1	0.5	2.6	3.1	7.2	2.0	0.2	2.2	2.8	6.2	12.7	.489	0.2	0.8	.323	2.5	3.0	.831

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
Sedale Threatt	4	40.5	14.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.3	0.5	0.0	2.8	2.8	6.0	11.5	.522	0.5	0.8	.667	2.3	3.0	.750


Season 10
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1965-66	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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	43.4	12.9	-	-	22.8	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.9	5.2	.551
Sedale Threatt	82	35.3	15.1	0.6	2.8	3.3	6.9	1.7	0.1	2.1	3.0	6.4	12.5	.508	0.2	0.6	.264	2.2	2.6	.823

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
Sedale Threatt	5	41.0	18.0	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.0	2.6	0.2	2.4	3.8	7.8	17.8	.438	0.6	2.6	.231	1.8	2.4	.750


Season 11
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1966-67	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Sedale Threatt	81	28.1	11.9	0.3	1.5	1.9	4.2	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.3	5.1	10.5	.482	0.1	0.4	.152	1.7	1.9	.890

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
Sedale Threatt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1967-68	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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	37.9	12.5	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	11.0	.425	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	.537
Sedale Threatt	59	23.5	9.5	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.2	0.9	0.2	1.2	2.4	3.7	7.4	.497	0.6	1.6	.379	1.5	1.9	.793

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
Sedale Threatt	1	11.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	1968-69	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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	77	42.7	9.9	-	-	19.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	.526
Sedale Threatt	82	20.6	7.3	0.2	0.9	1.2	3.3	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.2	2.9	6.4	.458	0.7	2.1	.355	0.7	0.9	.761

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
Sedale Threatt	4	14.3	2.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.0	4.5	.222	0.5	2.8	.182	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Bill Russell	Sedale Threatt
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedale Threatt	21	15.9	3.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.9	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.5	.378	0.4	1.0	.400	0.3	0.4	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedale Threatt	16	16.5	3.7	0.1	0.9	1.1	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	1.4	3.5	.393	0.6	1.9	.300	0.4	0.5	.750

Bill Russell vs. Sedale Threatt Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sedale Threatt 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.

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