Bill Russell
William Felton Russell (Bill)
Position: C
Height: 6' 9'' Weight: 215
Born: 2/12/1934, in Monroe, LA, USA
High School:McClymonds, in Oakland, CA
College:University of San Francisco
About bio info
Position: C
Height: 6' 9'' Weight: 215
Born: 2/12/1934, in Monroe, LA, USA
High School:McClymonds, in Oakland, CA
College:University of San Francisco
About bio info
Draft History
1956 NBA - Round 1 by STL
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| Year | Age | Team | Lg | G | Min | Pts | PPG | FGM | FGA | FGP | FTM | FTA | FTP | 3PM | 3PA | 3PP | ORB | DRB | TRB | RPG | AST | APG | STL | BLK | TO | PF | ? | ? |
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| 1956-57 | 22 | BOS | NBA | 48 | 1695 | 706 | 14.7 | 277 | 649 | .427 | 152 | 309 | .492 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 943 | 19.6 | 88 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | ?? | ? |
| 1957-58 | 23 | BOS | NBA | 69 | 2640 | 1142 | 16.6 | 456 | 1032 | .442 | 230 | 443 | .519 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1564 | 22.7 | 202 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 | M A | ? |
| 1958-59 | 24 | BOS | NBA | 70 | 2979 | 1168 | 16.7 | 456 | 997 | .457 | 256 | 428 | .598 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1612 | 23.0 | 222 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | N A | ? |
| 1959-60 | 25 | BOS | NBA | 74 | 3146 | 1350 | 18.2 | 555 | 1189 | .467 | 240 | 392 | .612 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1778 | 24.0 | 277 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | A | ? |
| 1960-61 | 26 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 3458 | 1322 | 16.9 | 532 | 1250 | .426 | 258 | 469 | .550 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1868 | 23.9 | 268 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | M A | ? |
| 1961-62 | 27 | BOS | NBA | 76 | 3433 | 1436 | 18.9 | 575 | 1258 | .457 | 286 | 481 | .595 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1790 | 23.6 | 341 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | M A | ? |
| 1962-63 | 28 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 3500 | 1309 | 16.8 | 511 | 1182 | .432 | 287 | 517 | .555 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1843 | 23.6 | 348 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | M N A | ? |
| 1963-64 | 29 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 3482 | 1168 | 15.0 | 466 | 1077 | .433 | 236 | 429 | .550 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1930 | 24.7 | 370 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | A | ? |
| 1964-65 | 30 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 3466 | 1102 | 14.1 | 429 | 980 | .438 | 244 | 426 | .573 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1878 | 24.1 | 410 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | M N A | ? |
| 1965-66 | 31 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 3386 | 1005 | 12.9 | 391 | 943 | .415 | 223 | 405 | .551 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1779 | 22.8 | 371 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 | A | ? |
| 1966-67 | 32 | BOS | NBA | 81 | 3297 | 1075 | 13.3 | 395 | 870 | .454 | 285 | 467 | .610 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1700 | 21.0 | 472 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 | A | ? |
| 1967-68 | 33 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 2953 | 977 | 12.5 | 365 | 858 | .425 | 247 | 460 | .537 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1451 | 18.6 | 357 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 242 | A | ? |
| 1968-69 | 34 | BOS | NBA | 77 | 3291 | 762 | 9.9 | 279 | 645 | .433 | 204 | 388 | .526 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1484 | 19.3 | 374 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 231 | A | ? |
| 13 Season Totals | ? | ? | 963 | 40726 | 14522 | 15.1 | 5687 | 12930 | .440 | 3148 | 5614 | .561 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 21620 | 22.5 | 4100 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2592 | ? | ? | |
M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star
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| Year | Age | Team | Lg | G | MPG | PPG | EFF | AV | VI | PPFGA | PPR | RbRate |
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| 1956-57 | 22 | BOS | NBA | 48 | 35.3 | 14.7 | 25.17 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 0.899 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1957-58 | 23 | BOS | NBA | 69 | 38.3 | 16.6 | 30.71 | 14.9 | 10.3 | 0.931 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1958-59 | 24 | BOS | NBA | 70 | 42.6 | 16.7 | 32.70 | 15.7 | 10.7 | 0.985 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1959-60 | 25 | BOS | NBA | 74 | 42.5 | 18.2 | 35.39 | 17.4 | 11.7 | 0.992 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1960-61 | 26 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 44.3 | 16.9 | 32.42 | 17.0 | 11.1 | 0.908 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1961-62 | 27 | BOS | NBA | 76 | 45.2 | 18.9 | 35.38 | 17.8 | 12.6 | 0.977 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1962-63 | 28 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 44.9 | 16.8 | 33.32 | 17.3 | 12.1 | 0.929 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1963-64 | 29 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 44.6 | 15.0 | 34.15 | 17.6 | 12.0 | 0.923 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1964-65 | 30 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 44.4 | 14.1 | 34.06 | 17.6 | 12.2 | 0.944 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1965-66 | 31 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 43.4 | 12.9 | 31.04 | 16.4 | 11.2 | 0.896 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1966-67 | 32 | BOS | NBA | 81 | 40.7 | 13.3 | 31.98 | 17.3 | 11.7 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1967-68 | 33 | BOS | NBA | 78 | 37.9 | 12.5 | 26.65 | 14.6 | 10.2 | 0.921 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 1968-69 | 34 | BOS | NBA | 77 | 42.7 | 9.9 | 26.88 | 14.6 | 9.8 | 0.934 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 13 Season Totals | ? | ? | 963 | 42.3 | 15.1 | 31.71 | 110.0 | 11.3 | 0.943 | 6.64 | 0.0 | |
Playoff Stats
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| Year | Team | Lg | G | Min | Pts | PPG | FGM | FGA | FGP | FTM | FTA | FTP | 3PM | 3PA | 3PP | ORB | DRB | TRB | RPG | AST | APG | STL | BLK | TO |
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| 1956-57 | BOS | NBA | 10 | 409 | 139 | 13.9 | 54 | 148 | .365 | 31 | 61 | .508 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 24.4 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957-58 | BOS | NBA | 9 | 355 | 136 | 15.1 | 48 | 133 | .361 | 40 | 66 | .606 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 24.6 | 24 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958-59 | BOS | NBA | 11 | 496 | 171 | 15.5 | 65 | 159 | .409 | 41 | 67 | .612 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 305 | 27.7 | 40 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959-60 | BOS | NBA | 13 | 572 | 241 | 18.5 | 94 | 206 | .456 | 53 | 75 | .707 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 336 | 25.8 | 38 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960-61 | BOS | NBA | 10 | 462 | 191 | 19.1 | 73 | 171 | .427 | 45 | 86 | .523 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 29.9 | 48 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961-62 | BOS | NBA | 14 | 672 | 314 | 22.4 | 116 | 253 | .458 | 82 | 113 | .726 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 370 | 26.4 | 70 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962-63 | BOS | NBA | 13 | 617 | 264 | 20.3 | 96 | 212 | .453 | 72 | 109 | .661 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 25.1 | 66 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963-64 | BOS | NBA | 10 | 451 | 131 | 13.1 | 47 | 132 | .356 | 37 | 67 | .552 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 272 | 27.2 | 44 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964-65 | BOS | NBA | 12 | 561 | 198 | 16.5 | 79 | 150 | .527 | 40 | 76 | .526 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 25.2 | 76 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965-66 | BOS | NBA | 17 | 814 | 324 | 19.1 | 124 | 261 | .475 | 76 | 123 | .618 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 428 | 25.2 | 85 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966-67 | BOS | NBA | 9 | 390 | 95 | 10.6 | 31 | 86 | .360 | 33 | 52 | .635 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 22.0 | 50 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967-68 | BOS | NBA | 19 | 869 | 274 | 14.4 | 99 | 242 | .409 | 76 | 130 | .585 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 434 | 22.8 | 99 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968-69 | BOS | NBA | 18 | 829 | 195 | 10.8 | 77 | 182 | .423 | 41 | 81 | .506 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 369 | 20.5 | 98 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | ? | 165 | 7497 | 2673 | 16.2 | 1003 | 2335 | .430 | 667 | 1106 | .603 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 4104 | 24.9 | 770 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
All Star Stats
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| Year | Team | Lg | G | Min | Pts | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | 3PM | 3PA | OREB | DREB | TREB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | ? |
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| 1957-58 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1958-59 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1959-60 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1960-61 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1961-62 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1962-63 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 5 | - | - | - | - | MVP |
| 1963-64 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1964-65 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1965-66 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1966-67 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1967-68 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1968-69 | BOS | NBA | 1 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | NBA | 12 | ? | 120 | 51 | 111 | 18 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | |
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