Russell Westbrook III is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Known for his quickness, explosiveness and intensity, he is considered one of the greatest point guards in NBA history. A nine-time All-Star and the 2017 NBA MVP, Westbrook holds the NBA record for most career triple-doubles and was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. He also won a gold medal with the U.S. national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In 2017, the year he won the league MVP award, Westbrook became one of two players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season, along with Oscar Robertson in 1962. He also set a record for the most triple-doubles in a season, with 42. He went on to average a triple-double the following two seasons as well as lead the league in assists and become the first player to lead the league in points and assists in multiple seasons. In 2020–21, Westbrook averaged a triple-double for the fourth time in five seasons, and he passed Robertson for the most career triple-doubles in NBA history.
Westbrook played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and earned third-team all-conference honors in the Pac-10. He was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, who then relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder that same week. Westbrook has represented the United States national team twice, winning gold medals in the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics. In 2019, he was traded to the Houston Rockets, playing one season for the organization before being traded again to the Washington Wizards in 2020. After a season in Washington, he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021. After two relatively disappointing seasons with the Lakers, Westbrook was traded to the Utah Jazz in 2023 and was bought out of his contract, joining the Los Angeles Clippers afterwards. In the summer of 2024, he was traded to the Utah Jazz and waived; he then signed with the Denver Nuggets for the 2024–25 season.
| Sacramento Kings Current Roster |
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| 0 Monk • 5 Clifford • 7 McDermott • 8 LaVine • 9 Achiuwa • 10 DeRozan • 11 Sabonis • 13 Murray • 17 Schröder • 18 Westbrook • 19 Eubanks • 20 Šarić • 22 Carter • 23 Ellis • 29 Plowden (TW) • 32 Cardwell (TW) • 40 Stevens (TW) • 42 Raynaud |
| Players who left during the season: Not yet applicable |
| Head coach: Christie • Assistant coaches: Barbosa • Miller • Jackson • Darnell • Woodson |