Dale Davis vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Dale 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.

Dale Davis played 16 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Dale Davis had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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
Dale Davis	16	14	1991-92 to 2006-07
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1991-92	1956-57
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	64	20.3	6.2	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.5	0.4	1.2	0.8	3.0	2.4	4.4	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.572
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		%
Dale Davis	3	23.0	2.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	0.7	0.0	1.7	0.3	2.7	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1992-93	1957-58
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dale Davis	82	27.6	8.9	3.5	5.3	8.8	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.0	3.3	3.7	6.5	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.7	.529
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		%
Dale Davis	4	29.3	4.3	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1993-94	1958-59
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	66	34.7	11.7	4.2	6.6	10.9	1.5	0.7	1.6	1.5	3.2	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	4.5	.527
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		%
Dale Davis	16	36.1	7.7	3.9	6.0	9.9	0.7	1.1	1.1	1.9	3.3	3.5	6.6	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	2.3	.306
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1994-95	1959-60
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	74	31.7	10.6	3.5	5.9	9.4	0.8	1.0	1.6	1.7	3.0	4.4	7.8	.563	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.5	.533
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		%
Dale Davis	17	28.8	7.9	3.1	4.9	8.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.3	3.3	6.2	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.8	.489
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1995-96	1960-61
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	78	33.6	10.3	3.2	5.9	9.1	1.0	0.7	1.4	1.5	3.1	4.3	7.7	.558	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.7	.467
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		%
Dale Davis	5	36.8	7.2	4.0	7.2	11.2	0.8	0.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	3.2	6.2	.516	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1996-97	1961-62
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Dale Davis	80	32.4	10.4	3.8	5.9	9.7	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.9	4.6	8.6	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.7	.428
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		%
Dale Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1997-98	1962-63
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	78	27.9	8.0	3.0	4.8	7.8	0.9	0.7	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	6.4	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.2	.465
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		%
Dale Davis	16	29.2	8.8	2.8	4.8	7.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.6	3.5	5.4	.651	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	4.0	.453
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1998-99	1963-64
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	50	27.5	8.0	3.1	5.2	8.3	0.4	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.3	3.2	6.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.618
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		%
Dale Davis	13	30.3	9.1	3.5	6.7	10.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.5	5.9	.584	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.8	.560
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	1999-00	1964-65
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA 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		%
Dale Davis	74	28.7	10.0	3.5	6.4	9.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.7	4.1	8.1	.502	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.685
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		%
Dale Davis	23	31.1	8.3	3.6	7.8	11.4	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.8	3.6	3.4	6.6	.523	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.6	.542
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	2000-01	1965-66
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dale Davis	81	26.7	7.2	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.3	0.5	0.9	0.8	2.5	3.0	6.0	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.632
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		%
Dale Davis	2	10.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	2001-02	1966-67
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dale Davis	78	31.4	9.5	3.4	5.5	8.8	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.8	2.5	3.8	7.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.708
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		%
Dale Davis	3	23.7	2.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	5.3	1.0	3.7	.273	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	2002-03	1967-68
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dale Davis	78	29.3	7.4	3.0	4.2	7.2	1.2	0.7	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.0	5.6	.541	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.633
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		%
Dale Davis	6	26.8	7.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.7	1.8	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.654
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	2003-04	1968-69
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Dale Davis	76	22.1	4.4	2.1	3.2	5.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.0	1.8	3.7	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.613
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		%
Dale Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Dale Davis	61	21.4	4.7	2.5	3.7	6.1	0.8	0.5	1.1	0.7	2.7	1.8	3.8	.479	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.606
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	13	24.2	5.3	2.8	3.4	6.2	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.0	4.5	.448	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.680
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Dale Davis	28	6.4	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	.375	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.533
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	8	4.5	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dale Davis	Bill Russell
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Dale Davis	46	10.1	1.8	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.6	.446	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.654
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	8	6.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.4	1.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dale Davis vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Dale 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

Season 16