Derrick Rose vs. Cody Zeller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cody Zeller and Derrick Rose, 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.

Derrick Rose played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Cody Zeller, who played 11. Derrick Rose had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Cody Zeller had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Derrick Rose	15	8	2008-09 to 2023-24
Cody Zeller	11	3	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2008-09	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bobcats 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		%
Derrick Rose	81	37.0	16.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	2.5	1.5	7.1	14.9	.475	0.2	0.9	.222	2.4	3.1	.788
Cody Zeller	82	17.3	6.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.1	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.1	2.1	4.9	.426	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.4	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	7	44.7	19.7	1.7	4.6	6.3	6.4	0.6	0.7	5.0	3.6	8.4	17.1	.492	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	3.6	.800
Cody Zeller	4	13.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 2
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2009-10	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick Rose	78	36.8	20.8	0.8	2.9	3.8	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.8	1.2	8.6	17.6	.489	0.2	0.8	.267	3.3	4.3	.766
Cody Zeller	62	24.0	7.6	1.6	4.3	5.8	1.6	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.5	2.8	6.0	.461	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.0	2.6	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	5	42.4	26.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.6	11.4	25.0	.456	0.4	1.2	.333	3.6	4.4	.818
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2010-11	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Hornets 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		%
Derrick Rose	81	37.4	25.0	1.0	3.1	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	3.4	1.7	8.8	19.7	.445	1.6	4.8	.332	5.9	6.9	.858
Cody Zeller	73	24.3	8.7	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.9	2.8	3.2	6.0	.529	0.0	0.1	.100	2.4	3.2	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	16	40.6	27.1	1.3	3.1	4.3	7.7	1.4	0.7	3.7	2.1	9.3	23.5	.396	1.6	6.3	.248	6.9	8.4	.828
Cody Zeller	7	19.6	8.4	1.3	4.0	5.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	5.4	.553	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.810


Season 4
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick Rose	39	35.3	21.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	7.9	0.9	0.7	3.1	1.3	7.7	17.8	.435	1.4	4.4	.312	5.0	6.1	.812
Cody Zeller	62	27.8	10.3	2.2	4.4	6.5	1.6	1.0	0.9	1.0	3.0	4.1	7.1	.571	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.2	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	1	37.0	23.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	9.0	23.0	.391	3.0	6.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Derrick Rose didn't play in 2012-13.


Season 5
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Derrick Rose	10	31.1	15.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	4.3	0.5	0.1	3.4	1.5	5.8	16.4	.354	1.6	4.7	.340	2.7	3.2	.844
Cody Zeller	33	19.0	7.1	2.0	3.3	5.4	0.9	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.5	2.6	4.7	.545	0.1	0.1	.667	1.8	2.6	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Derrick Rose	51	30.0	17.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.9	0.7	0.3	3.2	1.2	6.6	16.4	.405	1.5	5.3	.280	3.0	3.7	.813
Cody Zeller	49	25.4	10.1	2.2	4.6	6.8	2.1	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	3.9	7.0	.551	0.1	0.4	.273	2.3	2.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	12	37.8	20.3	1.1	3.8	4.8	6.5	1.2	0.5	3.2	1.8	7.8	19.6	.396	1.9	5.5	.348	2.9	3.3	.897
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Derrick Rose	66	31.8	16.4	0.7	2.7	3.4	4.7	0.7	0.2	2.7	1.3	6.8	15.9	.427	0.7	2.3	.293	2.2	2.7	.793
Cody Zeller	58	23.1	11.1	2.8	4.3	7.1	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.3	2.4	4.3	8.3	.524	0.3	1.3	.240	2.1	3.1	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Derrick Rose	64	32.5	18.0	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.4	0.7	0.3	2.3	1.3	7.2	15.3	.471	0.2	0.9	.217	3.5	4.0	.874
Cody Zeller	48	20.9	9.4	2.5	4.4	6.8	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.5	3.8	6.8	.559	0.1	0.6	.143	1.8	2.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick Rose	25	16.8	8.4	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.5	0.3	0.2	1.4	0.6	3.2	7.4	.435	0.3	1.2	.233	1.6	1.8	.870
Cody Zeller	27	13.1	5.2	1.9	2.8	4.6	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.1	1.9	3.3	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	5	23.8	14.2	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.8	5.8	11.4	.509	1.4	2.0	.700	1.2	1.4	.857
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Derrick Rose	51	27.3	18.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	4.3	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.1	7.1	14.8	.482	1.1	2.9	.370	2.7	3.1	.856
Cody Zeller	15	14.5	6.5	1.7	2.6	4.3	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.2	2.5	3.9	.627	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.3	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody Zeller	21	8.3	2.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.3	1.0	1.7	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.400


Season 11
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Derrick Rose	50	26.0	18.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.6	0.8	0.3	2.5	1.0	7.4	15.1	.490	0.9	2.9	.306	2.4	2.8	.871
Cody Zeller	43	7.4	1.8	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.4	.419	0.0	0.1	.333	0.5	0.9	.605

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Derrick Rose	50	25.6	14.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	4.2	1.0	0.4	1.6	1.1	5.7	12.2	.470	1.0	2.6	.388	2.2	2.5	.866
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	5	35.0	19.4	0.8	3.2	4.0	5.0	0.4	0.2	1.6	1.0	8.0	16.8	.476	1.6	3.4	.471	1.8	1.8	1.000
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2021-22	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Derrick Rose	26	24.5	12.0	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.0	0.8	0.5	1.5	0.6	4.7	10.5	.445	1.4	3.5	.402	1.2	1.2	.968
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2022-23	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Derrick Rose	27	12.5	5.6	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.7	2.3	5.9	.384	0.7	2.3	.302	0.4	0.4	.917
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Derrick Rose	Cody Zeller
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Derrick Rose	24	16.6	8.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.1	1.3	0.9	3.2	6.9	.461	0.6	1.7	.366	1.0	1.1	.889
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Derrick Rose vs. Cody Zeller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cody Zeller and Derrick Rose, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15