Marc Gasol vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Marc Gasol, 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.

Marc Gasol and Bill Russell both played 13 years in the NBA. Marc Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
Marc Gasol	13	9	2008-09 to 2020-21
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2008-09	1956-57
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Marc Gasol	82	30.7	11.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.7	0.8	1.1	2.0	3.2	4.3	8.1	.530	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.6	.733
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		%
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2009-10	1957-58
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Marc Gasol	69	35.8	14.6	3.0	6.3	9.3	2.4	1.0	1.6	2.0	3.7	5.5	9.4	.581	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.4	.670
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		%
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2010-11	1958-59
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Marc Gasol	81	31.9	11.7	1.9	5.1	7.0	2.5	0.9	1.7	1.8	3.3	4.5	8.5	.527	0.0	0.1	.429	2.7	3.6	.748
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		%
Marc Gasol	13	39.9	15.0	3.2	8.1	11.2	2.2	1.1	2.2	2.0	3.4	5.5	10.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	3.9	5.6	.699
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2011-12	1959-60
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Marc Gasol	65	36.5	14.6	1.8	7.1	8.9	3.1	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.1	5.5	11.4	.482	0.0	0.2	.083	3.6	4.9	.748
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		%
Marc Gasol	7	37.3	15.1	2.3	4.4	6.7	3.1	0.3	1.9	1.9	3.6	5.1	9.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.1	.791
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2012-13	1960-61
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Marc Gasol	80	35.0	14.1	2.3	5.5	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.0	3.2	5.4	10.9	.494	0.0	0.2	.071	3.4	4.0	.848
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		%
Marc Gasol	15	40.6	17.2	1.7	6.8	8.5	3.2	0.9	2.2	1.2	3.5	6.2	13.7	.454	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.0	.800
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2013-14	1961-62
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Marc Gasol	59	33.4	14.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	3.6	1.0	1.3	1.9	2.5	5.7	12.1	.473	0.0	0.2	.182	3.1	4.1	.768
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		%
Marc Gasol	7	42.7	17.3	1.9	5.9	7.7	4.4	1.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	6.7	16.6	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.9	.794
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2014-15	1962-63
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Marc Gasol	81	33.2	17.4	1.4	6.4	7.8	3.8	0.9	1.6	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.2	.494	0.0	0.2	.176	4.3	5.4	.795
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		%
Marc Gasol	11	37.8	19.7	1.7	8.5	10.3	4.5	0.9	1.7	1.5	3.0	6.5	16.4	.394	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	8.0	.852
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2015-16	1963-64
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	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		%
Marc Gasol	52	34.4	16.6	1.1	5.8	7.0	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.7	6.3	13.6	.464	0.0	0.1	.667	3.9	4.7	.829
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		%
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2016-17	1964-65
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Marc Gasol	74	34.2	19.5	0.8	5.5	6.3	4.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	2.3	7.2	15.7	.459	1.4	3.6	.388	3.8	4.5	.837
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		%
Marc Gasol	6	40.0	19.3	1.2	5.3	6.5	4.2	0.3	0.7	2.5	3.7	6.5	13.8	.470	1.2	2.0	.583	5.2	5.5	.939
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2017-18	1965-66
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Marc Gasol	73	33.0	17.2	1.1	7.0	8.1	4.2	0.7	1.4	2.7	2.5	5.9	14.2	.420	1.5	4.4	.341	3.8	4.6	.834
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		%
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2018-19	1966-67
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Marc Gasol	79	30.8	13.6	1.0	6.9	7.9	4.4	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.7	4.9	11.0	.448	1.3	3.5	.363	2.4	3.2	.759
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		%
Marc Gasol	24	30.6	9.4	0.7	5.8	6.4	3.0	0.9	1.1	0.9	3.5	3.2	7.5	.422	1.4	3.7	.382	1.7	1.9	.870
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2019-20	1967-68
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Marc Gasol	44	26.4	7.5	0.7	5.5	6.3	3.3	0.8	0.9	1.3	2.8	2.7	6.3	.427	1.3	3.4	.385	0.8	1.1	.735
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		%
Marc Gasol	11	20.7	6.0	0.4	4.0	4.4	2.6	0.5	0.6	1.5	2.9	2.3	5.8	.391	0.5	2.5	.185	1.0	1.4	.733
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
	Marc Gasol	Bill Russell
Season	2020-21	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Marc Gasol	52	19.1	5.0	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.1	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.2	1.7	3.7	.454	1.0	2.3	.410	0.7	1.0	.720
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		%
Marc Gasol	5	17.4	5.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	3.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	3.2	1.6	2.6	.615	1.4	2.2	.636	0.6	0.8	.750
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506

Marc Gasol vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Marc Gasol, 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