Doug Christie vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Doug Christie, 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.

Doug Christie played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Doug Christie had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, 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
Doug Christie	15	7	1992-93 to 2006-07
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	1992-93	1956-57
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Doug Christie	23	14.4	6.2	1.0	1.2	2.2	2.3	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.3	2.0	4.6	.425	0.1	0.5	.167	2.2	2.9	.758
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		%
Doug Christie	5	7.8	1.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.0	0.8	2.2	.364	0.2	0.6	.333	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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	1993-94	1957-58
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Doug Christie	65	23.3	10.3	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.1	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.9	3.8	8.6	.434	0.6	1.8	.328	2.2	3.2	.697
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		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	1994-95	1958-59
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Doug Christie	12	6.6	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.5	0.4	1.8	.227	0.1	0.6	.143	0.3	0.4	.800
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		%
Doug Christie	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	1995-96	1959-60
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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		%
Doug Christie	55	18.8	7.5	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.6	2.7	6.1	.445	0.8	1.9	.434	1.3	1.7	.742
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		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	1996-97	1960-61
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Doug Christie	81	38.6	14.5	1.0	4.3	5.3	3.9	2.5	0.6	2.5	3.0	4.9	11.7	.417	1.8	4.7	.384	2.9	3.8	.775
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		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	1997-98	1961-62
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Doug Christie	78	37.7	16.5	1.2	4.0	5.2	3.6	2.4	0.7	2.9	2.5	5.9	13.7	.428	1.3	3.9	.326	3.5	4.2	.829
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		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	1998-99	1962-63
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Doug Christie	50	35.4	15.2	1.2	3.0	4.1	3.7	2.3	0.5	2.4	2.2	5.0	13.0	.388	1.0	3.2	.304	4.1	4.9	.841
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		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	1999-00	1963-64
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Doug Christie	73	31.0	12.4	0.9	3.0	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.3	10.5	.407	1.4	3.8	.360	2.5	3.0	.843
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		%
Doug Christie	3	20.7	4.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.3	1.0	4.3	.231	1.0	2.7	.375	1.0	2.0	.500
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	2000-01	1964-65
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Doug Christie	81	36.3	12.3	1.2	3.2	4.4	3.6	2.3	0.6	1.9	2.8	3.8	9.7	.395	1.2	3.1	.376	3.5	3.9	.897
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		%
Doug Christie	8	38.1	9.9	0.9	3.5	4.4	3.3	2.5	1.1	2.4	3.9	3.1	8.5	.368	0.6	2.1	.294	3.0	3.6	.828
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	2001-02	1965-66
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Doug Christie	81	34.5	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	4.2	2.0	0.3	2.0	2.6	4.2	9.1	.460	1.1	3.2	.352	2.5	3.0	.851
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		%
Doug Christie	16	40.3	11.1	1.2	4.6	5.8	4.9	2.1	0.6	2.8	4.0	3.4	8.3	.409	1.1	4.0	.266	3.3	4.1	.800
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	2002-03	1966-67
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Doug Christie	80	33.9	9.4	0.8	3.5	4.3	4.7	2.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.3	7.0	.479	0.9	2.3	.395	1.8	2.2	.810
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		%
Doug Christie	12	31.8	9.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	4.6	1.0	0.3	1.8	1.8	3.1	8.3	.374	0.5	2.0	.250	2.4	2.6	.935
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	2003-04	1967-68
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Doug Christie	82	33.9	10.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.2	1.8	0.5	1.9	2.3	3.9	8.4	.461	0.6	1.7	.345	1.8	2.1	.860
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		%
Doug Christie	12	38.5	13.8	1.4	4.8	6.2	3.9	1.8	0.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	11.8	.397	1.1	2.8	.394	3.4	4.0	.854
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	2004-05	1968-69
Team	Sacramento Kings, Orlando Magic	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		%
Doug Christie	52	29.3	6.6	0.7	2.7	3.4	3.8	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.0	2.5	6.4	.392	0.3	1.2	.242	1.3	1.5	.897
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		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Doug Christie	7	26.4	3.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	1.3	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.3	3.7	.346	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.7	.667
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Doug Christie	Bill Russell
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
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		%
Doug Christie	7	11.7	1.9	0.4	1.1	1.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	0.7	2.4	.294	0.1	0.9	.167	0.3	0.4	.667
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Doug Christie vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Doug Christie, 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