Russell Westbrook III is a professional basketball player who is from Long Beach, California. He plays in the NBA as a guard for the Denver Nuggets as of May 2025. Westbrook played varsity basketball for Leuzinger High School, where he averaged 25.1 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 2.3 assists per game as a senior. Westbrook played two seasons of college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he scored 619 points in 75 games along with 181 rebounds, 191 assists and 77 steals, as per his college profile.
Westbrook also served for his country back in 2010 for the first time, where he was part of the American senior basketball team at the FIBA World Championship. In that tournament, he averaged 9.1 points and 2.8 rebounds in nine games, helping his team to lift the championship. He won his second gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics, averaging 8.5 points and 1.6 rebounds per game, as per his FIBA profile.
Russell Westbrook III Career Points
In his career, he has appeared in 1237 NBA regular-season games and also appeared in 135 NBA playoff games. He scored 26,205 points in NBA regular season games along with 8,677 rebounds, 9,925 assists and 1,955 steals from the opponent as of May 2025. During this long career, he posted his career best of 58 points against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 7, 2017. Westbrook's second-best score is 57 points, which came in the same season against the Orlando Magic. He has also won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award in 2017 and has been named an NBA All-Star nine times (2011–2013, 2015–2020).
Russell Westbrook joined the NBA when he was drafted as the fourth overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics, now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder. He played 11 seasons with the Thunder before joining the Houston Rockets for the 2019-20 season. Westbrook also played for teams like the Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers. As of May 22, 2025, he is playing for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA.
| BY YEAR | TEAM | GP | MIN | PTS | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | DEN | 75 | 27.9 | 13.3 | 44.9 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 32.3 |
| 2023-24 | LAC | 68 | 22.5 | 11.9 | 45.4 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 27.3 |
| 2022-23 | TOT | 73 | 29.1 | 15.9 | 43.6 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 31.1 |
| 2022-23 | LAC | 21 | 30.2 | 15.8 | 48.9 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 35.6 |
| 2022-23 | LAL | 52 | 28.7 | 15.9 | 41.7 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 29.6 |
| 2021-22 | LAL | 78 | 34.3 | 18.5 | 44.4 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 29.8 |
| 2020-21 | WAS | 65 | 36.4 | 22.2 | 43.9 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 31.5 |
| 2019-20 | HOU | 57 | 36.0 | 27.2 | 47.2 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 25.8 |
| 2018-19 | OKC | 73 | 36.0 | 22.9 | 42.8 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 29.0 |
| 2017-18 | OKC | 80 | 36.4 | 25.4 | 44.9 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 29.8 |
| 2016-17 | OKC | 81 | 34.6 | 31.6 | 42.5 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 34.3 |
| 2015-16 | OKC | 80 | 34.4 | 23.5 | 45.4 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 29.6 |
| 2014-15 | OKC | 67 | 34.4 | 28.1 | 42.6 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 29.9 |
| 2013-14 | OKC | 46 | 30.7 | 21.8 | 43.7 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 31.8 |
| 2012-13 | OKC | 82 | 34.9 | 23.2 | 43.8 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 32.3 |
| 2011-12 | OKC | 66 | 35.3 | 23.6 | 45.7 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 31.6 |
| 2010-11 | OKC | 82 | 34.7 | 21.9 | 44.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 33.0 |
| 2009-10 | OKC | 82 | 34.3 | 16.1 | 41.8 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 22.1 |
| 2008-09 | OKC | 82 | 32.5 | 15.3 | 39.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 27.1 |
FAQs on Russell Westbrook
A. Russell Westbrook is 36 years old as of May 2025.
A. Russell Westbrook wears jersey number 4 in the Denver Nuggets as of May 2025.
A. Westbrook currently plays for the Denver Nuggets as of May 2025.
A. Russell Westbrook started his professional playing career in 2008.
