Brandon Miller vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose and Brandon Miller, 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.

Brandon Miller played 3 years in the NBA, 12 less than Derrick Rose, who played 15. Brandon Miller had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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.

Rookie Season
	Brandon Miller	Derrick Rose
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	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		%
Brandon Miller	74	32.2	17.3	0.8	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.5	6.4	14.6	.440	2.5	6.7	.373	1.9	2.3	.827
difference:	+7	+4.8	+0.5	+0.4	+0.7	+0.4	+3.9	+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-1.0	+0.7	+0.3	+.035	+2.3	+5.8	+.151	+0.5	+0.8	+.039
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		%
Brandon Miller	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
	Brandon Miller	Derrick Rose
Season	2024-25	2009-10
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Brandon Miller	27	34.2	21.0	0.9	3.9	4.9	3.6	1.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	7.3	18.2	.403	3.9	10.9	.355	2.5	2.9	.861
difference:	+51	+2.6	+0.2	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+2.4	+0.4	+0.4		-1.5	+1.3	+0.6	+.086	+3.7	+10.1	+.088	+0.8	+1.4	+.095
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		%
Brandon Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Miller	Derrick Rose
Season	2025-26	2010-11
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Brandon Miller	2	20.0	14.5	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.5	5.0	12.5	.400	1.0	5.5	.182	3.5	5.0	.700
difference:	+79	+17.4	+10.5	+1.0	+3.1	+4.1	+3.7	+0.5	+0.1	-1.9	-0.8	+3.8	+7.2	+.045	+0.6	+0.7	+.150	+2.4	+1.9	+.158
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		%
Brandon Miller	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

Additional Years
* Derrick Rose played 12 seasons more than Brandon Miller in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 15, from 2012 to 2024—Derrick Rose played in 5 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Brandon Miller, Derrick Rose got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game