Derek Fisher vs. Earl Watson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Watson and Derek Fisher, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Derek Fisher played 18 years in the NBA, 5 more than Earl Watson, who played 13. Derek Fisher had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Earl Watson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Derek Fisher	18	16	1996-97 to 2013-14
Earl Watson	13	3	2001-02 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	1996-97	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Derek Fisher	80	11.5	3.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.3	.397	0.3	0.9	.301	1.0	1.5	.658
Earl Watson	64	15.1	3.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.5	3.3	.453	0.3	0.7	.364	0.4	0.6	.639

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	6	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.8	.273	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.5	.667
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	1997-98	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	21.5	5.8	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.1	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.5	2.0	4.6	.434	0.4	1.0	.383	1.4	1.9	.757
Earl Watson	79	17.3	5.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	1.1	0.2	1.1	1.7	2.2	4.9	.435	0.4	1.2	.341	0.8	1.1	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	13	21.5	6.0	0.2	1.8	1.9	3.8	1.3	0.0	1.2	2.5	2.1	5.2	.397	0.5	1.5	.300	1.4	2.2	.621
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	1998-99	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Grizzlies 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		%
Derek Fisher	50	22.6	5.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.9	1.2	0.0	1.5	1.9	2.0	5.3	.376	0.8	1.9	.392	1.2	1.6	.759
Earl Watson	81	20.6	5.7	0.6	1.6	2.2	5.0	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.2	2.1	5.7	.371	0.3	1.3	.245	1.1	1.7	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	8	29.8	9.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	4.9	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.5	3.5	8.4	.418	1.3	3.6	.345	1.5	1.9	.800
Earl Watson	4	15.8	4.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.8	1.3	0.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	3.8	.533	0.0	0.8	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 4
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	1999-00	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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		%
Derek Fisher	78	23.1	6.3	0.3	1.6	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.9	2.1	6.2	.346	0.7	2.1	.313	1.3	1.9	.724
Earl Watson	80	22.6	7.7	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.5	1.0	0.2	2.1	2.3	3.0	6.9	.426	0.7	2.0	.319	1.1	1.7	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	21	15.3	4.7	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.8	.430	0.6	1.4	.414	0.9	1.2	.760
Earl Watson	4	18.5	4.8	0.8	1.8	2.5	3.8	0.8	0.3	0.5	2.8	2.0	6.0	.333	0.3	2.3	.111	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 5
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2000-01	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	20	35.5	11.5	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.4	2.0	0.1	1.5	2.5	3.9	9.4	.412	1.3	3.2	.397	2.5	3.1	.806
Earl Watson	70	22.5	8.9	0.3	1.9	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.1	1.9	2.3	3.1	7.3	.430	1.6	3.9	.404	1.1	1.6	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	16	35.8	13.4	0.3	3.5	3.8	3.0	1.3	0.1	0.8	2.8	4.8	9.9	.484	2.2	4.3	.515	1.6	2.1	.765
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2001-02	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	70	28.2	11.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.6	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.9	9.5	.411	2.1	5.0	.413	1.3	1.6	.847
Earl Watson	77	27.9	9.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.7	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.0	3.4	8.9	.383	1.2	3.6	.329	1.4	1.9	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	19	34.2	10.2	0.5	2.7	3.3	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.1	2.6	3.2	8.8	.357	1.5	4.3	.358	2.3	2.9	.786
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2002-03	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Derek Fisher	82	34.5	10.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.6	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.4	4.1	9.5	.437	1.0	2.6	.401	1.2	1.5	.800
Earl Watson	78	29.1	10.7	0.6	2.3	2.9	6.8	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.0	4.3	9.6	.454	0.6	1.7	.371	1.4	1.9	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	12	35.4	12.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.8	1.5	0.1	1.5	3.3	4.4	8.5	.520	2.4	3.9	.617	1.5	1.8	.818
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2003-04	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	21.6	7.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.3	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.4	2.5	7.0	.352	0.6	2.2	.291	1.5	1.9	.797
Earl Watson	68	26.1	6.6	0.5	2.2	2.7	5.8	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.0	2.6	6.7	.384	0.3	1.3	.235	1.2	1.6	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	22	23.1	7.5	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.2	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.1	2.7	6.7	.405	1.0	2.5	.418	1.0	1.6	.657
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2004-05	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Indiana Pacers
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		%
Derek Fisher	74	30.0	11.9	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.1	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.4	4.0	10.2	.393	1.5	3.9	.371	2.4	2.7	.862
Earl Watson	79	29.4	7.8	0.7	2.4	3.0	5.1	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	2.8	6.6	.426	0.7	2.3	.288	1.5	2.1	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2005-06	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
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		%
Derek Fisher	82	31.6	13.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.5	0.1	1.9	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.4	3.6	.397	3.0	3.6	.833
Earl Watson	80	19.6	4.3	0.7	1.6	2.3	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.8	1.6	3.8	.410	0.5	1.3	.336	0.7	1.0	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2006-07	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.9	10.1	0.4	1.5	1.8	3.3	1.0	0.1	1.5	2.9	3.1	8.2	.382	0.6	1.9	.308	3.2	3.7	.853
Earl Watson	50	20.7	3.0	0.6	1.8	2.4	4.3	1.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.1	3.2	.338	0.2	1.0	.192	0.6	0.9	.674

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	16	27.8	9.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	1.2	3.2	3.1	7.6	.405	0.8	2.0	.375	2.6	2.8	.933
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2007-08	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.4	11.7	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.9	1.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	4.1	9.5	.436	1.4	3.4	.406	2.0	2.3	.883
Earl Watson	48	17.3	2.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.0	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.0	0.8	2.5	.308	0.1	0.6	.179	0.4	0.5	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	21	31.6	10.2	0.1	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.0	0.1	1.0	3.0	3.1	7.0	.452	1.0	2.4	.440	2.9	3.5	.836
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2008-09	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	29.8	9.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.2	1.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.4	.424	1.5	3.7	.397	1.3	1.6	.846
Earl Watson	24	6.7	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.4	0.1	0.5	.273	0.1	0.3	.286	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	22	28.9	8.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.2	1.0	0.0	1.1	2.8	2.9	7.3	.394	0.9	3.0	.284	1.4	1.6	.861
Earl Watson	4	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.2	7.5	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.5	1.1	0.1	1.0	2.5	2.6	6.8	.380	1.0	2.7	.348	1.4	1.6	.856
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	23	32.8	10.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.0	1.6	3.6	3.6	8.0	.448	1.2	3.3	.360	2.0	2.4	.821
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	28.0	6.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.7	1.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	2.5	6.5	.389	0.8	1.9	.396	1.0	1.3	.806
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	10	32.5	8.2	0.1	2.6	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.2	0.8	2.5	2.9	6.7	.433	0.7	1.7	.412	1.7	2.1	.810
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Derek Fisher	63	23.9	5.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.0	5.5	.371	0.6	1.7	.321	0.9	1.1	.851
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	20	22.3	6.3	0.1	1.5	1.6	1.3	0.9	0.1	0.3	1.9	2.5	5.9	.415	0.9	2.4	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Oklahoma City Thunder	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	33	17.4	5.3	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.7	1.7	4.9	.342	0.9	2.4	.375	1.1	1.2	.921
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	11	23.7	8.7	0.1	1.5	1.5	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.7	3.0	2.9	6.4	.457	2.2	4.6	.471	0.7	1.1	.667
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Derek Fisher	Earl Watson
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Derek Fisher	81	17.6	5.2	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.0	0.6	1.9	1.7	4.5	.391	1.1	2.8	.384	0.7	0.9	.775
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	19	15.7	3.8	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.4	1.2	3.8	.315	0.6	2.2	.293	0.8	0.8	1.000
Earl Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Derek Fisher vs. Earl Watson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Watson and Derek Fisher, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18