Calvin Natt vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Calvin Natt, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Calvin Natt played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than Derrick White, who played 7. Calvin Natt had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Derrick White had his rookie season in 2017-18. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Calvin Natt	11	7	1979-80 to 1989-90
Derrick White	7	5	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1979-80	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	78	36.6	19.9	3.1	5.8	8.9	2.2	1.3	0.4	2.5	2.6	8.0	16.6	.479	0.0	0.1	.333	3.9	5.4	.730
Derrick White	17	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.9	.485	0.5	0.8	.615	0.8	1.2	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	3	41.7	16.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	3.3	2.3	7.0	16.0	.438	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	3.3	.600
Derrick White	3	6.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1980-81	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	74	28.5	13.4	2.0	3.8	5.8	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.5	5.3	10.7	.497	0.1	0.1	.500	2.7	3.8	.707
Derrick White	67	25.8	9.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.9	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.2	3.9	8.1	.479	0.7	2.1	.338	1.4	1.8	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	3	31.7	10.7	2.0	4.7	6.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	1.3	4.7	10.3	.452	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.500
Derrick White	7	27.3	15.1	0.1	2.9	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.4	5.9	10.7	.547	0.7	2.4	.294	2.7	3.7	.731


Season 3
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1981-82	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	75	34.7	17.7	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.0	0.8	0.5	1.9	2.3	6.9	11.9	.576	0.0	0.1	.250	3.9	5.2	.750
Derrick White	68	24.7	11.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	3.7	8.1	.458	1.2	3.2	.366	2.6	3.1	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1982-83	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	80	36.0	20.4	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.1	0.8	0.4	2.5	2.3	8.1	14.8	.543	0.0	0.3	.150	4.2	5.4	.792
Derrick White	36	29.6	15.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.5	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.5	5.2	12.6	.411	2.3	6.8	.346	2.7	3.2	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	7	39.1	18.9	3.1	6.0	9.1	1.6	1.1	0.1	1.3	2.0	7.1	14.6	.490	0.1	0.3	.500	4.4	6.9	.646
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1983-84	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	79	33.4	16.2	2.1	3.9	6.0	2.3	0.9	0.3	2.1	2.8	6.3	10.8	.583	0.0	0.2	.118	3.5	4.4	.797
Derrick White	75	29.3	13.2	0.5	3.0	3.5	4.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.5	10.7	.421	1.5	4.9	.312	2.7	3.1	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	5	39.0	19.8	2.2	5.4	7.6	1.8	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.0	7.4	14.4	.514	0.0	0.6	.000	5.0	7.2	.694
Derrick White	23	25.4	8.5	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.3	2.0	2.8	7.7	.364	1.1	3.6	.313	1.8	2.2	.824


Season 6
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1984-85	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	78	34.1	23.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.3	8.8	16.1	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	5.7	7.2	.793
Derrick White	82	28.3	12.4	0.6	2.9	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.9	1.2	2.2	4.3	9.2	.462	1.8	4.8	.381	2.0	2.3	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	15	33.9	22.3	2.1	4.5	6.6	3.8	0.5	0.3	2.1	2.3	8.7	15.9	.550	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	5.9	.809
Derrick White	20	29.7	13.4	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	1.9	4.7	9.2	.505	2.5	5.5	.455	1.6	1.7	.912


Season 7
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1985-86	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	69	29.1	17.7	1.8	4.5	6.3	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	6.8	13.5	.504	0.0	0.1	.333	4.0	5.0	.801
Derrick White	73	32.6	15.2	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	2.1	5.3	11.5	.461	2.7	6.8	.396	1.9	2.1	.901

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	10	29.3	17.9	1.7	6.2	7.9	2.8	0.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	6.6	14.2	.465	0.1	0.2	.500	4.6	5.9	.780
Derrick White	17	35.7	17.5	0.9	3.2	4.1	4.4	0.9	1.3	0.8	2.5	6.1	13.1	.462	3.5	8.5	.407	1.9	2.1	.917


Season 8
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	1	20.0	10.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	10.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	27	19.7	9.6	1.3	2.3	3.6	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.6	3.8	7.7	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.7	.740
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	24	14.7	6.3	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.3	1.3	2.0	4.8	.405	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.722
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Calvin Natt	Derrick White
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	14	11.7	4.1	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.2	.645	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.773
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Natt	2	7.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Calvin Natt vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Calvin Natt, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11