Carlos Boozer vs. DeMar DeRozan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMar DeRozan and Carlos Boozer, 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.

Carlos Boozer played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than DeMar DeRozan, who played 16. Carlos Boozer had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while DeMar DeRozan had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
	Carlos Boozer	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2002-03	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	81	25.3	10.0	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.8	4.1	7.6	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.771
difference:	+4	+3.7	+1.4	+1.6	+3.0	+4.6	+0.6	+0.1	+0.4	-0.5	-0.5	+0.8	+1.0	+.038	+0.1	+0.2		+0.1	+0.1	+.008
DeMar DeRozan	77	21.6	8.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.3	3.3	6.6	.498	0.1	0.2	.250	1.9	2.5	.763
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carlos Boozer nor DeMar DeRozan played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Carlos Boozer	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2006-07	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	74	34.6	20.9	3.2	8.5	11.7	3.0	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.9	8.7	15.6	.561	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.685
difference:	+5	+3.6	+1.8	+2.6	+4.8	+7.4	+1.0	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.4	+1.1	+2.2	+.132	+0.8	+2.7		+3.2	+3.0	+.139
DeMar DeRozan	79	38.2	22.7	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.5	7.6	17.8	.429	0.8	2.7	.305	6.6	8.0	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	17	38.5	23.5	3.2	9.0	12.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	3.0	3.1	9.5	17.8	.536	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.1	.738
difference:	+10	+1.8	+0.4	+2.8	+5.3	+8.1	+0.7	+0.1		-0.4	-0.2	+3.1	+1.1	+.151	+0.9	+2.6		+5.6	+5.2	+.161
DeMar DeRozan	7	40.3	23.9	0.4	3.7	4.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.6	3.3	6.4	16.7	.385	0.9	2.6	.333	10.1	11.3	.899

Season 6
	Carlos Boozer	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2007-08	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	81	34.9	21.1	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.9	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.6	8.8	16.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.9	.738
difference:	+21	+0.1	+1.0	+1.7	+4.1	+5.8	+0.6		+0.3	-0.3	-1.6	+2.0	+0.5	+.134	+0.4	+1.5		+2.4	+2.3	+.094
DeMar DeRozan	60	35.0	20.1	0.7	3.9	4.6	3.5	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.8	16.5	.413	0.4	1.5	.284	6.0	7.2	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	12	36.8	16.0	3.5	8.8	12.3	2.8	0.5	0.2	3.0	3.9	6.3	15.3	.415	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.714
difference:	+8	+3.0	+4.3	+2.2	+3.8	+6.0	+3.0	+1.0	+0.2	-0.5	-0.9	+1.7	+4.7	+.015	+0.8	+2.0		+0.2	+0.4	+.110
DeMar DeRozan	4	39.8	20.3	1.3	5.0	6.3	5.8	1.5	0.0	2.5	3.0	8.0	20.0	.400	0.8	2.0	.375	3.5	4.3	.824

Season 7
	Carlos Boozer	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	37	32.4	16.2	3.0	7.4	10.4	2.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	3.6	6.8	13.8	.490	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.8	.698
difference:	+41	+3.5	+7.3	+2.2	+3.7	+5.9	+1.9	+0.1	+0.1	-0.1	-1.5	+1.1	+3.9	+.044	+0.6	+1.8		+4.5	+4.6	+.152
DeMar DeRozan	78	35.9	23.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.9	17.7	.446	0.6	1.8	.338	7.1	8.4	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	5	37.2	20.6	2.4	10.8	13.2	2.2	1.6	0.4	3.0	3.6	7.6	14.4	.528	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.0	.771
difference:	+15	+0.1	+0.3	+1.7	+7.3	+9.0	+0.5	+0.5	+0.2	-0.7	-1.0	+0.3	+5.5	+.134	+0.2	+1.3		+0.4	+0.8	+.042
DeMar DeRozan	20	37.3	20.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.6	7.9	19.9	.394	0.2	1.3	.154	5.0	6.2	.813

Season 8
	Carlos Boozer	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
Carlos Boozer	78	34.3	19.5	2.3	8.9	11.2	3.2	1.1	0.5	2.7	3.5	7.9	14.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.9	.742
difference:	+4	+1.1	+7.8	+1.4	+4.6	+6.0	+0.7		+0.3	-0.3	-1.7	+1.8	+6.8	+.095	+0.4	+1.7		+3.7	+3.8	+.100
DeMar DeRozan	74	35.4	27.3	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.9	1.1	0.2	2.4	1.8	9.7	20.9	.467	0.4	1.7	.266	7.4	8.7	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	10	40.2	19.7	3.3	9.9	13.2	3.0	0.4	0.7	2.4	3.8	8.9	16.8	.530	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.543
difference:		+2.9	+2.7	+2.9	+5.4	+8.3	+0.4	+1.0	+0.7	-0.1	-1.2	+1.3	+0.7	+.096	+0.1	+1.5		+5.2	+4.5	+.345
DeMar DeRozan	10	37.3	22.4	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.4	1.4	0.0	2.5	2.6	7.6	17.5	.434	0.1	1.5	.067	7.1	8.0	.888

Season 9
	Carlos Boozer	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	59	31.9	17.5	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	3.2	7.3	14.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.1	.701
difference:	+21	+2.0	+5.5	+1.5	+4.2	+5.7	+2.7	+0.3		-0.3	-1.3	+0.8	+3.4	+.054	+1.1	+3.6		+2.9	+2.9	+.124
DeMar DeRozan	80	33.9	23.0	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.2	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.9	8.1	17.7	.456	1.1	3.6	.310	5.8	7.0	.825
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	16	31.7	12.6	2.5	7.2	9.7	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.1	4.8	11.1	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.8	.800
difference:	+6	+3.7	+10.1	+1.9	+4.2	+6.1	+2.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.5	-0.7	+3.9	+8.8	+.004	+1.0	+3.4	+.286	+1.3	+1.5	+.011
DeMar DeRozan	10	35.4	22.7	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.0	0.5	0.6	2.3	2.4	8.7	19.9	.437	1.0	3.5	.286	4.3	5.3	.811

Season 13
	Carlos Boozer	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	71	23.8	11.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.6	5.2	10.5	.499	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.627
difference:	+5	+12.3	+16.1	+0.9	+0.8	+1.6	+3.6	+0.3	+0.1	-1.1	-0.3	+5.0	+9.7	+.005	+0.7	+1.9		+5.5	+5.7	+.250
DeMar DeRozan	76	36.1	27.9	0.7	4.4	5.2	4.9	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.3	10.2	20.2	.504	0.7	1.9	.352	6.8	7.8	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	5	40.6	20.8	0.2	5.2	5.4	4.8	1.8	0.4	2.2	2.4	7.8	19.0	.411	0.0	1.8	.000	5.2	6.0	.867

Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 3 seasons more than Carlos Boozer in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 16, from 2023 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan didn't play in the postseason. In those 3 extra years over Carlos Boozer, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game