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Illustrated portrait of NBA player Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook advanced stats and career rankings

RoleSF · Age 37
Availability64 games · 58 starts
Workload29.0 MPG · 1,853 minutes
Relative impactSAC #6 of 13 · SF #38 of 68
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #55–#352

Bottom line · 2025–26

In 2025–26, Russell Westbrook ranked 232nd in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 123rd, led by elite passing despite costly turnovers. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court impact was weaker than the box score indicated, lowering his overall rating. Over about 1,900 minutes, he finished in the 44th percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Russell Westbrook's impact

395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value

Impact Rate
41
30.5
Season Value
44
6.8

Scoring role

Usage
87
25.9%
True shooting
16
52.8%
3-point attempt rate
54
45.2%
Free-throw rate
40
21.8%

Creation and control

Assist rate
96
34.3%
Turnover avoidance
5
18.5%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
63
10.5%
Steal rate
83
2.2%
Block rate
13
0.6%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
40
−0.13
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
16
−1.37

Workload

Minutes per game
74
29.0
Games played
53
64
Total minutes
74
1,853

Farther right means more of the named trait, not automatically better basketball. Turnover avoidance reverses turnover rate. Lineup rows exclude players below the 1,000-possession lineup-sample floor.

Every season

Russell Westbrook advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPEra-centered box impactImpact RateRate rankSeason ValueValue percentileEvidence
2025–26live modelSAC37641,853+0.7330.5#2326.844thEstablished
2024–25DEN36752,092-1.1833.5#25935.747thStrong
2023–24LAC35681,529-0.3950.8#18349.754thStrong
2022–23LAC/LAL34732,126+0.0258.2#15989.669thStrong
2021–22LAL33782,678-1.3735.2#25035.447thStrong
2020–21WAS32652,369+3.4592.1#30279.896thStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateHOU31572,049+1.3675.6#87148.686thStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateOKC30732,630+5.4896.7#13421.198thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateOKC29802,914+6.3797.5#10491.699thStrong
2016–17Historical Defense EstimateOKC28812,802+11.14100.0#1750.3100thStrong
2015–16Historical Defense EstimateOKC27802,750+6.5098.3#7471.099thStrong
2014–15Historical Defense EstimateOKC26672,302+7.9298.9#5455.199thStrong
2013–14Historical Defense EstimateOKC25461,412+4.8897.7#9193.190thStrong
2012–13Historical Defense EstimateOKC24822,861+3.1792.6#27287.397thStrong
2011–12Historical Defense EstimateOKC23662,331+1.8781.0#66175.091stStrong
2010–11Historical Defense EstimateOKC22822,847+3.6094.6#20307.897thStrong
2009–10Historical Defense EstimateOKC21822,813+1.1278.0#75170.087thStrong
2008–09Historical Defense EstimateOKC20822,668-0.0660.1#134101.171stStrong

Career movement

Russell Westbrook's career impact by season

Peak +11.14 in 2016–17 · 18 seasons · 43,026 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.

Era-centered box impactMinutes
Across-era box estimateWorkload

Career comparison

Compare the shape, not the calendar

Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.

Russell WestbrookDwyane Wade

NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Russell Westbrook

The score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and trajectory aligned by NBA experience. It describes career shape, not playing style or equal ability.

SG · All-Time Career #25

Dwyane Wade

81%

career match

92% season match · 2016–17 ↔ 2008–09SF · All-Time Career #38

Scottie Pippen

80%

career match

80% season match · 2016–17 ↔ 1993–94SG · All-Time Career #19

James Harden

79%

career match

95% season match · 2016–17 ↔ 2018–19SG · All-Time Career #44

Vince Carter

79%

career match

81% season match · 2016–17 ↔ 2000–01SG · All-Time Career #32

Kobe Bryant

79%

career match

83% season match · 2016–17 ↔ 2005–06SG · All-Time Career #33

Manu Ginóbili

79%

career match

80% season match · 2016–17 ↔ 2007–08

Why this rank?

Why Russell Westbrook ranks #232

The current model starts with box production, checks it against multi-season lineup evidence, caps that correction, then accounts for how many minutes the player was trusted to play each game.

01 · Box-score prior+0.91

Prior rank #123

02 · Multi-season RAPM-1.80

Current total -1.33 ±0.9
Split model · O -0.13 · D -1.37 = -1.51

03 · Bounded correction-0.70

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+0.21

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate30.5

30.6 unadjusted · 99% role factor · rank #232

RAPM estimates lineup impact while controlling for the other nine players on the floor. The multi-season blend, current total model, and current offensive/defensive split are separate estimates, so they need not equal one another. hussEyquation uses the multi-season signal as a bounded correction, not as a standalone verdict.

What the point estimate meansLow precision

The model's 80% impact interval is -2.00 to +2.48. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
4%
Top 50 chance
9%
Top 100 chance
21%
80% rank range
#55–#352
How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played. The career ranking rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →