Alex English vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Alex English, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Alex English played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Derrick White, who played 8. Alex English had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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 achievements, 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
Alex English	15	10	1976-77 to 1990-91
Derrick White	8	6	2017-18 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alex English	Derrick White
Season	1976-77	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
difference:	+43	+2.6	+2.0	+0.8	+0.5	+1.3	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1		-0.8	+1.3	+2.7	+.008					+0.2	+.067
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		%
Alex English	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alex English	Derrick White
Season	1977-78	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	18.9	9.6	1.8	3.1	4.8	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.7	2.2	4.2	7.7	.542	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.727
difference:	+15	+6.9	+0.3	+1.3	+0.1	+1.1	+2.3	+0.5		-0.3		+0.3	+0.4	+.063				+0.1	+0.1	+.045
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		%
Alex English	9	23.1	13.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.3	8.7	.615	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781
difference:	+2	+4.2	+1.7	+1.7		+1.7	+1.6		+0.1	-0.8	-0.2	+0.6	+2.0	+.068				+0.1	+0.1	+.050
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
	Alex English	Derrick White
Season	1978-79	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	81	33.3	16.0	3.1	5.0	8.1	3.3	0.9	1.0	2.4	2.6	7.0	13.6	.511	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.752
difference:	+13	+8.6	+4.7	+2.6	+2.2	+4.8	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	-1.1	-0.4	+3.3	+5.5	+.053				+0.5	+0.3	+.101
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
* Neiher Alex English nor Derrick White played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Alex English	Derrick White
Season	1979-80	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	78	30.8	16.9	3.4	4.3	7.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.3	.497	0.0	0.1	.333	2.7	3.4	.789
difference:	+42	+1.2	+1.5	+3.0	+1.7	+4.8	+0.6	+0.2	+0.2	-1.4	-0.1	+1.9	+1.7	+.086	+2.3	+6.7	+.013		+0.2	+.062
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
* Neiher Alex English nor Derrick White played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Alex English	Derrick White
Season	1980-81	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	81	38.2	23.8	3.4	4.6	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	3.0	3.1	9.5	19.2	.494	0.0	0.1	.600	4.8	5.7	.850
difference:	+6	+8.9	+10.6	+2.9	+1.6	+4.5	+1.3	+0.4	+0.4	-1.4	-0.8	+5.0	+8.5	+.073	+1.5	+4.8	+.288	+2.1	+2.6	+.014
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		%
Alex English	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alex English	Derrick White
Season	1981-82	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840
difference:		+8.5	+13.0	+2.0	+1.3	+3.2	+1.4	+0.4	+0.6	-2.0	-1.0	+6.1	+9.7	+.089	+1.8	+4.7	+.381	+2.5	+3.1	+.035
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		%
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
difference:	+17	+9.6	+5.9	+2.0	+2.7	+4.7	+3.6	+0.4		-0.4	-0.1	+4.0	+9.1	+.032	+2.5	+5.5		+0.4	+0.6	+.055
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
	Alex English	Derrick White
Season	1982-83	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829
difference:	+9	+3.8	+13.2	+2.5	+0.6	+3.1	+0.4	+0.4	+0.3	-1.7	-0.8	+6.4	+11.1	+.055	+2.7	+6.7	+.229	+3.1	+3.9	+.072
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		%
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887
difference:	+12	+3.0	+9.2	+1.9	+0.1	+2.0	+1.9	+0.3	+0.2	-2.2	-0.7	+3.9	+8.7	+.005	+3.4	+8.2	+.404	+4.9	+5.6	+.034
Derrick White	19	35.6	16.7	1.0	3.3	4.3	4.1	0.9	1.2	0.8	2.3	5.7	12.7	.452	3.4	8.5	.404	1.8	2.0	.921


Season 8
	Alex English	Derrick White
Season	1983-84	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824
difference:	+6	+1.1	+10.0	+1.7	+0.6	+1.2	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0	-1.3	+5.5	+8.3	+.087	+3.5	+9.0	+.241	+2.5	+3.1	+.015
Derrick White	76	33.9	16.4	0.9	3.6	4.5	4.8	0.9	1.1	1.7	1.8	5.6	12.6	.442	3.5	9.1	.384	1.8	2.1	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893
difference:	+6	+2.9	+10.2	+1.9	+1.0	+2.9	+2.1		+0.7	-0.2	-1.4	+5.8	+7.0	+.125	+3.6	+9.3	+.385	+2.2	+2.3	+.032
Derrick White	11	37.7	18.8	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.5	0.6	1.1	1.2	2.0	6.2	13.4	.463	3.6	9.5	.385	2.8	3.3	.861


Additional Years
* Alex English played 7 seasons more than Derrick White in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 1985 to 1991—Alex English played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Derrick White, Alex English got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game

Alex English vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Alex English, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years