Carmelo Anthony vs. Dereck Lively II Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dereck Lively II and Carmelo Anthony, 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.
Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 17 more than Dereck Lively II, who played 2. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Carmelo Anthony |
82 |
36.5 |
21.0 |
2.2 |
3.8 |
6.1 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
7.6 |
17.9 |
.426 |
0.8 |
2.6 |
.322 |
5.0 |
6.4 |
.777 |
| difference: | +27 | +13.0 | +12.2 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +1.7 | +0.5 | +0.9 | -2.1 | -0.1 | +3.6 | +12.5 | +.321 | +0.8 | +2.6 | | +4.3 | +4.9 | +.271 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Carmelo Anthony |
4 |
36.3 |
15.0 |
1.8 |
6.5 |
8.3 |
2.8 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
4.3 |
2.8 |
5.3 |
16.0 |
.328 |
0.5 |
2.8 |
.182 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
.800 |
| difference: | +17 | +14.3 | +7.1 | +0.9 | +1.8 | +0.9 | +1.5 | +0.9 | +1.0 | -3.3 | -0.5 | +2.3 | +11.5 | +.346 | +0.5 | +2.8 | | +2.3 | +2.1 | +.210 |
| 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 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Carmelo Anthony |
75 |
34.8 |
20.8 |
1.9 |
3.8 |
5.7 |
2.6 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
7.1 |
16.4 |
.431 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
.266 |
6.1 |
7.6 |
.796 |
| difference: | +39 | +11.7 | +12.1 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +1.8 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +1.2 | -1.9 | -0.3 | +3.4 | +11.1 | +.271 | +0.6 | +2.1 | | +4.8 | +5.6 | +.166 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Carmelo Anthony |
5 |
36.2 |
19.2 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
5.4 |
2.0 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
16.6 |
.422 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
5.2 |
6.4 |
.813 |
| Dereck Lively II |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Additional Years |
* Carmelo Anthony played 17 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 19, from 2006 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 11 Playoffs. In those 17 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  2 All-NBA Second Team
4 All-NBA Third Team
1 Scoring Leader
10 All-Star Game
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