Alvin Robertson vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Alvin Robertson played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Derrick White, who played 7. Alvin Robertson had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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.

Season 2
	Alvin Robertson	Derrick White
Season	1985-86	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Alvin Robertson	82	35.1	17.0	2.2	4.0	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	3.1	3.6	6.9	13.3	.514	0.1	0.4	.276	3.2	4.0	.795
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		%
Alvin Robertson	3	32.7	9.0	1.7	3.0	4.7	6.3	2.3	0.3	1.7	3.3	2.7	9.7	.276	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.3	.846
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
	Alvin Robertson	Derrick White
Season	1986-87	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Alvin Robertson	81	33.3	17.7	2.3	2.9	5.2	5.2	3.2	0.4	3.0	3.3	7.3	15.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.271	3.0	4.0	.753
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Alvin Robertson	Derrick White
Season	1987-88	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Alvin Robertson	82	36.3	19.6	2.0	4.1	6.1	6.8	3.0	0.8	3.1	3.7	8.0	17.2	.465	0.3	1.2	.284	3.3	4.5	.748
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		%
Alvin Robertson	3	39.7	23.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	9.3	4.0	0.3	3.0	5.0	10.0	17.7	.566	1.0	2.3	.429	2.3	3.0	.778
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Alvin Robertson	Derrick White
Season	1988-89	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Alvin Robertson	65	35.2	17.3	2.4	3.5	5.9	6.0	3.0	0.6	3.6	4.0	7.2	14.8	.483	0.1	0.7	.200	2.8	3.9	.723
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alvin Robertson	Derrick White
Season	1989-90	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alvin Robertson	81	32.1	14.2	2.8	4.1	6.9	5.5	2.6	0.2	2.7	3.5	5.9	11.7	.503	0.0	0.3	.154	2.4	3.3	.741
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		%
Alvin Robertson	4	38.8	23.5	2.5	3.3	5.8	4.8	2.3	0.0	3.8	4.0	8.8	16.8	.522	0.0	0.3	.000	6.0	8.5	.706
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
	Alvin Robertson	Derrick White
Season	1990-91	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alvin Robertson	81	32.1	13.6	2.4	3.3	5.7	5.5	3.0	0.2	2.6	3.4	5.4	11.2	.485	0.3	0.8	.365	2.5	3.2	.757
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		%
Alvin Robertson	3	39.3	23.7	2.3	3.7	6.0	5.0	2.7	0.0	3.3	4.0	9.7	16.3	.592	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	4.3	.769
Derrick White	11	34.4	17.9	0.7	3.3	4.0	4.3	0.5	0.9	0.9	2.0	6.4	13.4	.476	3.6	8.5	.430	1.5	1.7	.895

Note: Alvin Robertson didn't play in 1993-94 and 1994-95.