Bill Russell
William Felton Russell
Born: February 12, 1934
Monroe, LA USA
Position: C
High School: McClymonds
College: San Francisco
Drafted: 1956, Round 1 Pick 2, #2 Overall
Height: 6'9"
Weight: 215
Career: 1956-57-1968-69
Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975.
Coaching Career
Bill Russell averaged 15.1 points, 22.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in his 963-game career with the Boston Celtics. He began playing during the 1956-57 season and last took the court during the 1968-69 campaign. Russell was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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1956-57 | Boston Celtics | 48 | 1695 | 649 | 277 | 309 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 943 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 706 | ||
1957-58 | Boston Celtics | 69 | 2640 | 1032 | 456 | 443 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 1564 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 1142 | ||
1958-59 | Boston Celtics | 70 | 2979 | 997 | 456 | 428 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 1612 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 1168 | ||
1959-60 | Boston Celtics | 74 | 3146 | 1189 | 555 | 392 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 1778 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 1350 | ||
1960-61 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 3458 | 1250 | 532 | 469 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 1868 | 268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 1322 | ||
1961-62 | Boston Celtics | 76 | 3433 | 1258 | 575 | 481 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 1790 | 341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 1436 | ||
1962-63 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 3500 | 1182 | 511 | 517 | 287 | 0 | 0 | 1843 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 1309 | ||
1963-64 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 3482 | 1077 | 466 | 429 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 1930 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 1168 | ||
1964-65 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 3466 | 980 | 429 | 426 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 1878 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 1102 | ||
1965-66 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 3386 | 943 | 391 | 405 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 1779 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 1005 | ||
1966-67 | Boston Celtics | 81 | 3297 | 870 | 395 | 467 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 1700 | 472 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 1075 | ||
1967-68 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 2953 | 858 | 365 | 460 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 1451 | 357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 242 | 977 | ||
1968-69 | Boston Celtics | 77 | 3291 | 645 | 279 | 388 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 1484 | 374 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 231 | 762 | ||
Totals | 963 | 40726 | 12930 | 5687 | 0 | 0 | 5614 | 3148 | 0 | 0 | 21620 | 4100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2592 | 14522 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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1956-57 | Boston Celtics | 48 | 35.3 | 42.7 | 49.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.6 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 14.7 | |
1957-58 | Boston Celtics | 69 | 38.3 | 44.2 | 51.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.7 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 16.6 | |
1958-59 | Boston Celtics | 70 | 42.6 | 45.7 | 59.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 16.7 | |
1959-60 | Boston Celtics | 74 | 42.5 | 46.7 | 61.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 18.2 | |
1960-61 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 44.3 | 42.6 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.9 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 16.9 | |
1961-62 | Boston Celtics | 76 | 45.2 | 45.7 | 59.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 18.9 | |
1962-63 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 44.9 | 43.2 | 55.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 16.8 | |
1963-64 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 44.6 | 43.3 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 15.0 | |
1964-65 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 44.4 | 43.8 | 57.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 14.1 | |
1965-66 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 43.4 | 41.5 | 55.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.8 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 12.9 | |
1966-67 | Boston Celtics | 81 | 40.7 | 45.4 | 61.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 13.3 | |
1967-68 | Boston Celtics | 78 | 37.9 | 42.5 | 53.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 12.5 | |
1968-69 | Boston Celtics | 77 | 42.7 | 43.3 | 52.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.3 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 9.9 | |
Averages | 963 | 42.3 | 44.0 | 56.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.5 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 15.1 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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1956-57 | Boston Celtics | 10 | 409 | 148 | 54 | 61 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 139 | ||
1957-58 | Boston Celtics | 9 | 355 | 133 | 48 | 66 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 136 | ||
1958-59 | Boston Celtics | 11 | 496 | 159 | 65 | 67 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 305 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 171 | ||
1959-60 | Boston Celtics | 13 | 572 | 206 | 94 | 75 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 336 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 241 | ||
1960-61 | Boston Celtics | 10 | 462 | 171 | 73 | 86 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 191 | ||
1961-62 | Boston Celtics | 14 | 672 | 253 | 116 | 113 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 370 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 314 | ||
1962-63 | Boston Celtics | 13 | 617 | 212 | 96 | 109 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 264 | ||
1963-64 | Boston Celtics | 10 | 451 | 132 | 47 | 67 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 272 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 131 | ||
1964-65 | Boston Celtics | 12 | 561 | 150 | 79 | 76 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 198 | ||
1965-66 | Boston Celtics | 17 | 814 | 261 | 124 | 123 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 428 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 324 | ||
1966-67 | Boston Celtics | 9 | 390 | 86 | 31 | 52 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 95 | ||
1967-68 | Boston Celtics | 19 | 869 | 242 | 99 | 130 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 434 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 274 | ||
1968-69 | Boston Celtics | 18 | 829 | 182 | 77 | 81 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 369 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 195 | ||
Totals | 165 | 7497 | 2335 | 1003 | 0 | 0 | 1106 | 667 | 0 | 0 | 4104 | 770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 536 | 2673 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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1956-57 | Boston Celtics | 10 | 40.9 | 36.5 | 50.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 13.9 | |
1957-58 | Boston Celtics | 9 | 39.4 | 36.1 | 60.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 15.1 | |
1958-59 | Boston Celtics | 11 | 45.1 | 40.9 | 61.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 15.5 | |
1959-60 | Boston Celtics | 13 | 44.0 | 45.6 | 70.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.8 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 18.5 | |
1960-61 | Boston Celtics | 10 | 46.2 | 42.7 | 52.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.9 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 19.1 | |
1961-62 | Boston Celtics | 14 | 48.0 | 45.8 | 72.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.4 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 22.4 | |
1962-63 | Boston Celtics | 13 | 47.5 | 45.3 | 66.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 20.3 | |
1963-64 | Boston Celtics | 10 | 45.1 | 35.6 | 55.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 13.1 | |
1964-65 | Boston Celtics | 12 | 46.8 | 52.7 | 52.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.2 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 16.5 | |
1965-66 | Boston Celtics | 17 | 47.9 | 47.5 | 61.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.2 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 19.1 | |
1966-67 | Boston Celtics | 9 | 43.3 | 36.0 | 63.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 10.6 | |
1967-68 | Boston Celtics | 19 | 45.7 | 40.9 | 58.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.8 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 14.4 | |
1968-69 | Boston Celtics | 18 | 46.1 | 42.3 | 50.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 10.8 | |
Averages | 963 | 45.4 | 43.0 | 60.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.9 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 16.2 |
Awards
1957 - NBA All-NBA Second Team
1957 - NBA Most Valuable Player
1958 - NBA All-NBA First Team
1959 - NBA All-NBA Second Team
1960 - NBA All-NBA Second Team
1960 - NBA Most Valuable Player
1961 - NBA All-NBA Second Team
1961 - NBA Most Valuable Player
1962 - NBA Most Valuable Player
1962 - NBA All-NBA First Team
1963 - NBA All-NBA Second Team
1964 - NBA All-NBA First Team
1964 - NBA Most Valuable Player
1965 - NBA All-NBA Second Team
1966 - NBA All-NBA Second Team
1967 - NBA All-NBA Second Team
1968 - NBA All-Defensive First Team