Bernard King vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose and Bernard King, 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 / 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.

Bernard King played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Derrick Rose, who played 15. Bernard King 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 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
Bernard King	14	5	1977-78 to 1992-93
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


Rookie Season
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1977-78	2008-09
Team	New Jersey Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
difference:	+2	+2.1	+7.4	+2.2	+3.5	+5.6	+3.9	+0.7	+0.3	-1.4	-2.3	+3.0	+6.2	+.004				+1.6	+2.7	+.111
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		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1978-79	2009-10
Team	New Jersey Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Bernard King	82	34.9	21.6	3.1	5.1	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	3.9	4.0	8.7	16.6	.522	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.564
difference:	+4	+1.9	+0.8	+2.3	+2.2	+4.4	+2.4	+0.7	+0.2	-1.1	-2.8	+0.1	+1.0	+.033				+1.0	+3.2	+.202
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		%
Bernard King	2	40.5	26.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	10.5	21.0	.500	-	-	-	5.0	12.0	.417
difference:	+3	+1.9	+0.8	+1.7	+0.4	+2.1	+3.7	+1.2		-0.4	-3.4	+0.9	+4.0	+.044				+1.4	+7.6	+.401
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
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1979-80	2010-11
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Bernard King	19	22.1	9.3	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.7	0.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	3.7	7.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.3	.540
difference:	+62	+15.3	+15.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	+5.0	+0.6	+0.4	-0.8	-1.8	+5.1	+12.5	+.073	+1.6	+4.8		+4.1	+3.6	+.318
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		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1980-81	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Bernard King	81	36.0	21.9	2.2	4.6	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	3.3	3.8	9.0	15.4	.588	0.0	0.1	.333	3.8	5.4	.703
difference:	+42	+0.7	+0.1	+1.5	+1.9	+3.4	+4.4		+0.3	-0.2	-2.5	+1.3	+2.4	+.153	+1.4	+4.3	+.021	+1.2	+0.7	+.109
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		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
difference:	+69	+5.1	+7.3	+0.9	+1.9	+2.7	+0.7	+0.5	+0.2		-2.1	+3.6	+0.1	+.212	+1.6	+4.6	+.140	+1.8	+3.1	+.139
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
* Neiher Bernard King nor Derrick Rose played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Bernard King	68	32.5	21.9	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	8.9	16.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.7	.722
difference:	+17	+2.5	+4.2	+0.8	+0.8	+1.6	+2.0	+0.6	+0.1	-0.3	-2.2	+2.3	+0.4	+.123	+1.5	+5.2	+.280	+1.1	+2.0	+.091
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		%
Bernard King	6	30.7	23.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.7	9.3	16.2	.577	0.2	0.5	.333	4.7	5.8	.800
difference:	+6	+7.1	+3.2	+0.2	+1.1	+0.8	+4.3	+0.9	+0.5	-1.5	-0.9	+1.5	+3.4	+.181	+1.7	+5.0	+.015	+1.8	+2.5	+.097
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
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
difference:	+11	+2.8	+9.9	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+2.6	+0.3		-0.1	-2.2	+3.5	+2.2	+.145	+0.7	+2.2	+.293	+3.5	+4.6	+.014
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		%
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756
Derrick Rose	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
difference:	+9	+5.0	+14.9	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	+0.7	+0.6		-1.4	-2.2	+5.4	+8.4	+.059	+0.2	+0.7	+.117	+4.2	+6.0	+.102
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
* Neiher Bernard King nor Derrick Rose played in the postseason in their season 8

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.


Season 9
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	6	35.7	22.7	2.2	3.2	5.3	3.2	0.3	0.0	2.5	2.3	8.7	17.5	.495	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.2	.744
difference:	+19	+18.9	+14.3	+1.7	+2.3	+3.9	+1.7		+0.2	-1.1	-1.7	+5.5	+10.1	+.060	+0.3	+1.2		+3.7	+5.4	+.126
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		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Washington Bullets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	69	29.6	17.2	1.2	2.8	4.1	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.1	2.9	6.8	13.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	4.7	.762
difference:	+18	+2.3	+0.8	+0.6	+0.7	+1.4	+1.5	+0.1	+0.1	-1.5	-1.8	+0.3	+1.2	+.019	+1.1	+2.8	+.203	+0.9	+1.6	+.094
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		%
Bernard King	5	33.6	13.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.8	0.6	0.0	2.8	3.4	5.2	10.6	.491	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.2	.810
Derrick Rose	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Washington Bullets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	81	31.6	20.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	2.8	2.7	8.1	16.9	.477	0.1	0.4	.167	4.5	5.4	.819
difference:	+31	+5.6	+2.6	+1.1	+1.2	+2.3	+2.0		+0.1	-0.3	-1.7	+0.7	+1.8	+.013	+0.8	+2.5	+.139	+2.1	+2.6	+.052
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
* Neiher Bernard King nor Derrick Rose played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Washington Bullets	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	82	32.8	22.4	1.6	3.4	4.9	4.6	0.6	0.1	3.0	2.8	8.7	17.8	.487	0.0	0.3	.130	5.0	6.3	.803
difference:	+32	+7.2	+7.7	+1.2	+1.2	+2.3	+0.4	+0.4	+0.3	-1.4	-1.7	+3.0	+5.6	+.017	+1.0	+2.3	+.258	+2.8	+3.8	+.063
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		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1990-91	2021-22
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
difference:	+38	+13.0	+16.4	+1.0	+1.0	+2.0	+0.6	+0.1	+0.2	-2.5	-2.3	+6.4	+13.1	+.027	+1.3	+2.9	+.186	+4.8	+6.4	+.178
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
* Neiher Bernard King nor Derrick Rose played in the postseason in their season 13

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.


Season 14
	Bernard King	Derrick Rose
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	32	13.4	7.0	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.8	5.5	.514	0.1	0.2	.286	1.2	1.8	.684
difference:	+5	+0.9	+1.4	+0.8	+0.1	+0.9	+1.1		+0.1	-0.1	-1.0	+0.5	+0.4	+.130	+0.6	+2.1	+.016	+0.8	+1.4	+.233
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		%
Bernard King	3	8.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+2	+5.0	+2.7	+0.3		+0.3	+1.0	+0.3		-0.3	-1.0	+1.3	+1.7	+.571		+1.0
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	-

Additional Years

* Derrick Rose played 1 season more than Bernard King in the NBA.

In that period—his season 15 in 2024—Derrick Rose didn't play in the postseason.

Bernard King vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

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

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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

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years