Artis Gilmore vs. Dereck Lively II Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dereck Lively II and Artis Gilmore, 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.

Artis Gilmore played 12 years in the NBA, 10 more than Dereck Lively II, who played 2. Artis Gilmore had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Dereck Lively II had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.

Rookie Season
	Artis Gilmore	Dereck Lively II
Season	1976-77	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	35.1	18.6	3.8	9.2	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	-	3.2	7.0	13.3	.522	-	-	-	4.7	7.1	.660
difference:	+27	+11.6	+9.8	+1.3	+4.8	+6.1	+1.3	+0.2	+1.1		-0.6	+3.0	+7.9	+.225				+4.0	+5.6	+.154
Dereck Lively II	55	23.5	8.8	2.5	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.6	4.0	5.4	.747	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.5	.506
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	3	42.0	18.7	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	-	3.0	6.3	13.3	.475	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.783
difference:	+18	+20.0	+10.8	+2.3	+3.3	+5.6	+0.7	+0.6	+1.7		-0.7	+3.3	+8.8	+.199				+4.3	+4.8	+.193
Dereck Lively II	21	22.0	7.9	2.7	4.7	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	4.5	.674	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.590

Season 2
	Artis Gilmore	Dereck Lively II
Season	1977-78	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704
difference:	+46	+14.3	+14.2	+1.0	+4.6	+5.6	+0.8	+0.1	+0.6	-3.4	-0.4	+4.9	+10.1	+.143				+4.4	+6.2	+.074
Dereck Lively II	36	23.1	8.7	2.9	4.6	7.5	2.4	0.6	1.6	1.1	2.8	3.7	5.3	.702	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.630
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Artis Gilmore nor Dereck Lively II played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years
* Artis Gilmore played 10 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 12, from 1979 to 1988—Artis Gilmore played in 5 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Artis Gilmore got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-Star Game