T.R. Dunn vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose and T.R. Dunn, 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.

T.R. Dunn played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Derrick Rose, who played 15. T.R. Dunn had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Derrick Rose had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
T.R. Dunn	14	12	1977-78 to 1990-91
Derrick Rose	15	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1977-78	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
T.R. Dunn	63	12.2	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.8	.417	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.661
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	4	8.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 2
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1978-79	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
T.R. Dunn	80	22.9	7.7	1.8	2.5	4.3	1.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.1	3.1	6.9	.448	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.772
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	17.3	3.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	1.7	3.7	.455	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 3
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1979-80	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	22.5	6.9	1.6	2.3	4.0	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.757
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	8.0	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
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


Season 4
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1980-81	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	17.4	4.5	1.6	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.7	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.653
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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


Season 5
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	30.7	8.2	2.6	4.2	6.8	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.5	2.6	3.1	6.1	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.712
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	27.0	6.3	3.3	2.7	6.0	3.3	2.7	0.3	1.7	3.7	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.7	.875
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	32.2	7.6	2.8	4.7	7.5	2.3	1.8	0.3	1.4	2.7	3.1	6.4	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.730
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	8	37.5	5.1	3.4	6.4	9.8	2.5	1.5	0.4	1.8	2.6	2.3	5.1	.439	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625
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


Season 7
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	80	33.8	5.7	2.4	4.7	7.2	2.9	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.9	2.2	4.6	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.731
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	5	35.6	6.6	4.0	3.8	7.8	1.6	2.0	0.8	1.6	3.8	2.8	5.0	.560	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.714
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	81	28.3	5.4	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.9	1.7	0.2	0.8	2.6	2.2	4.4	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.724
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	15	24.7	4.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.2	0.7	3.0	1.8	4.3	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.737
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	29.3	5.0	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.9	0.2	0.6	2.8	2.1	4.6	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.773
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	10	27.6	4.9	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.3	1.6	0.0	0.3	3.4	2.0	4.6	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.643
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


Season 10
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1986-87	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	81	23.9	3.4	1.1	2.1	3.3	1.8	1.2	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.5	3.4	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.655
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	7.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	18.7	2.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.769
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	11	16.8	2.4	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.4	1.8	1.0	1.8	.550	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.500
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
T.R. Dunn	34	9.4	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.4	1.0	.343	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.750
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	8	9.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.3	1.4	0.4	0.9	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.500
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


Season 13
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	65	10.1	1.8	0.9	1.3	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.5	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.667
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	10.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
T.R. Dunn	17	12.8	3.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.8	1.2	2.8	.447	0.1	0.2	.250	0.5	0.6	.900
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-


Season 15
	T.R. Dunn	Derrick Rose
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		%
T.R. Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

T.R. Dunn vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose and T.R. Dunn, 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