Chet Holmgren vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 3 years in the NBA, 12 less than Derrick Rose, who played 15. Chet Holmgren 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
	Chet Holmgren	Derrick Rose
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
difference:	+1	+7.6	+0.3	+0.4	+3.6	+4.0	+3.9	+0.2	+2.1	-0.9	-0.9	+0.9	+3.3	+.055	+1.4	+3.4	+.148	+0.3	+0.3	+.005
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		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
difference:	+3	+10.2	+4.1	+0.3	+1.2	+0.9	+4.3	+0.1	+1.8	-3.1	-1.0	+2.5	+5.2	+.004	+1.3	+4.4	+.260	+0.4	+0.3	+.042
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
	Chet Holmgren	Derrick Rose
Season	2024-25	2009-10
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+46	+9.4	+5.8	+0.7	+3.6	+4.2	+4.0		+1.9	-1.0	-1.1	+3.4	+6.9	+.001	+1.2	+2.8	+.112	+0.1	+0.1	+.012
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		%
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784
difference:	+18	+12.6	+11.6	+1.0	+4.2	+5.3	+6.2	+0.1	+1.9	-1.4	-0.4	+6.1	+13.4	+.006	+0.8	+2.8	+.036	+0.3	+0.2	+.034
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
	Chet Holmgren	Derrick Rose
Season	2025-26	2010-11
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Chet Holmgren	5	33.4	20.6	1.8	7.4	9.2	2.0	1.2	1.6	3.0	4.0	6.6	11.8	.559	2.0	5.0	.400	5.4	6.4	.844
difference:	+76	+4.0	+4.4	+0.8	+4.3	+5.1	+5.7	+0.2	+1.0	-0.4	-2.3	+2.2	+7.9	+.114	+0.4	+0.2	+.068	+0.5	+0.5	+.014
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		%
Chet Holmgren	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 Chet Holmgren 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 Chet Holmgren, Derrick Rose got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game