
Statistical Profile
Despite a general lack of full game video from his career, we have a little bit of shooting data for Russell.
Shooting Data
Regular Season + Postseason
(1% Complete)
Head to Head
vs. Wilt Chamberlain
WOWYR
1957-2016
(100% Complete)
Shooting Data
Regular Season + Postseason Shooting – By Zone (From Dipper13 on RealGM. * denotes partial data.)
| Year | Rim | Paint (w/o Rim) | Midrange | Games |
| 1962-1969 | 21/28 (75.0%) | 3/8 (37.5%) | 1/6 (16.7%) | 9* |
Head to Head
(From NBAStats.net.)
vs. Wilt Chamberlain
1960 RS (11 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 39.1 ppg, 29.7 rpg, 1.3 apg on 46.5 %FG/48.5 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 19.8 ppg, 23.7 rpg, 3.5 apg on 39.7 %FG/42.1 %TS — 7 wins
1960 EDF (6 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 30.5 ppg, 27.5 rpg, 2.0 apg on 50.0 %FG/51.0 %TS — 2 wins
Bill Russell: 20.7 ppg, 27.0 rpg, 2.8 apg on 44.6 %FG/47.6 %TS — 4 wins
1961 RS (13 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 35.5 ppg, 30.6 rpg, 1.8 apg on 49.2 %FG/50.2 %TS — 5 wins
Bill Russell: 18.8 ppg, 25.4 rpg, 3.6 apg on 39.8 %TS/40.2 %TS — 8 wins
1962 RS (10 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 39.7 ppg, 28.8 rpg, 2.1 apg on 46.8 %FG/48.3 %TS — 2 wins
Bill Russell: 18.5 ppg, 24.4 rpg, 4.6 apg on 38.3 %FG/41.6 %TS — 8 wins
1962 EDF (7 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 33.6 ppg, 26.9 rpg, 2.9 apg on 46.8 %FG/51.5 %TS — 3 wins
Bill Russell: 22.0 ppg, 25.9 rpg, 4.6 apg on 39.9 %TS/45.2 %TS — 4 wins
1963 RS (9 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 38.1 ppg, 28.9 rpg, 2.9 apg on 51.4 %FG/55.1 %TS — 1 win
Bill Russell: 15.3 ppg, 27.2 rpg, 5.0 apg on 39.3 %FG/41.3 %TS — 8 wins
1964 RS (8 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 29.1 ppg, 26.9 rpg, 3.1 apg on 53.0 %FG/52.1 %TS — 3 wins
Bill Russell: 14.4 ppg, 25.4 rpg, 5.0 apg on 38.2 %FG/39.0 %TS — 5 wins
1964 FIN (5 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 29.2 ppg, 27.6 rpg, 2.4 apg on 51.7 %FG/50.9 %TS — 1 win
Bill Russell: 11.2 ppg, 25.2 rpg, 5.0 apg on 38.6 %FG/41.5 %TS — 4 wins
1965 RS (11 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 25.4 ppg, 26.5 rpg, 4.2 apg on 47.3 %FG/46.9 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 12.6 ppg, 22.2 rpg, 4.5 apg on 30.5 %FG/37.4 %TS — 7 wins
1965 EDF (7 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 30.1 ppg, 31.4 rpg, 3.3 apg on 55.5 %FG/57.5 %TS — 3 wins
Bill Russell: 15.6 ppg, 25.3 rpg, 6.7 apg on 44.7 %FG/45.3 %TS — 4 wins
1966 RS (9 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 28.3 ppg, 30.7 rpg, 4.3 apg on 47.3 %FG/50.1 %TS — 6 wins
Bill Russell: 9.6 ppg, 22.3 rpg, 4.9 apg on 30.1 %FG/33.1 %TS — 3 wins
1966 EDF (5 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 28.0 ppg, 30.2 rpg, 3.0 apg on 50.9 %FG/50.0 %TS — 1 win
Bill Russell: 14.0 ppg, 26.2 rpg, 5.6 apg on 42.4 %FG/47.0 %TS — 4 wins
1967 RS (9 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 20.3 ppg, 26.7 rpg, 6.6 apg on 54.9 %TS/54.1 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 12.2 ppg, 21.1 rpg, 4.1 apg on 43.3 %FG/47.4 %TS — 5 wins
1967 EDF (5 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 21.6 ppg, 32.0 rpg, 10.0 apg on 55.6 %FG/56.1 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 11.4 ppg, 23.4 rpg, 6.0 apg on 35.8 %FG/43.6 %TS — 1 win
1968 RS (8 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 17.1 ppg, 26.1 rpg, 8.5 apg on 47.4 %FG/44.9 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 7.8 ppg, 17.5 rpg, 5.1 apg on 27.9 %FG/31.8 %TS — 4 wins
1968 EDF (7 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 22.1 ppg, 25.1 rpg, 6.7 apg on 48.7 %FG/48.5 %TS — 3 wins
Bill Russell: 13.7 ppg, 23.9 rpg, 4.1 apg on 44.0 %FG/47.9 %TS — 4 wins
1969 RS (6 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 16.3 ppg, 24.0 rpg, 4.8 apg on 50.7 %FG/50.8 %TS — 4 wins
Bill Russell: 6.7 ppg, 15.8 rpg, 5.8 apg on 34.0 %FG/35.1 %TS — 2 wins
1969 FIN (7 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 11.7 ppg, 25.0 rpg, 3.0 apg on 50.0 %FG/47.1 %TS — 3 wins
Bill Russell: 9.1 ppg, 21.1 rpg, 5.1 apg on 39.7 %FG/43.5 %TS — 4 wins
Career RS (94 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 30.0 ppg, 28.2 rpg, 3.8 apg on 48.8 %FG/50.1 %TS — 37 wins
Bill Russell: 14.2 ppg, 22.9 rpg, 4.5 apg on 37.1 %FG/39.9 %TS — 57 wins
Career PS (49 games)
Wilt Chamberlain: 25.7 ppg, 28.0 rpg, 4.1 apg on 50.8 %FG/51.7 %TS — 20 wins (1 series win)
Bill Russell: 14.9 ppg, 24.7 rpg, 5.0 apg on 41.7 %FG/45.6 %TS — 29 wins (7 series wins)
Man Defense vs. Wilt Chamberlain
| Series | PPG Change | FG% Change | TS% Change |
| 1960 RS | +1.5 | +0.4% | -0.8% |
| 1960 EDF | -7.1 | +3.9% | +1.7% |
| 1961 RS | -2.9 | -1.7% | -1.7% |
| 1962 RS | -10.7 | -3.8% | -5.3% |
| 1962 EDF | -16.8 | -3.8% | -2.1% |
| 1963 RS | -6.7 | -1.4% | +0.1% |
| 1964 RS | -7.8 | +0.6% | -1.6% |
| 1964 FIN | -7.7 | -0.7% | -2.8% |
| 1965 RS | -9.3 | -3.7% | -4.4% |
| 1965 EDF | -4.6 | +4.5% | +6.2% |
| 1966 RS | -5.2 | -6.7% | -4.6% |
| 1966 EDF | -5.5 | -3.1% | -4.7% |
| 1967 RS | -3.8 | -13.4% | -9.6% |
| 1967 EDF | -2.5 | -12.7% | -7.6% |
| 1968 RS | -7.2 | -12.1% | -10.8% |
| 1968 EDF | -2.2 | -10.8% | -7.2% |
| 1969 RS | -4.2 | -7.6% | -5.6% |
| 1969 FIN | -8.8 | -8.3% | -9.3% |
WOWYR
1957-2016 WOWYR (From Thinking Basketball.)
| Player | Scaled WOWYR | Alt Scaled | 10-Year GPM | Average | Variability | Rank |
| Bill Russell | 5.9 | 4.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 11th |
