Clint Capela vs. DeMar DeRozan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMar DeRozan and Clint Capela, 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.

Clint Capela played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than DeMar DeRozan, who played 16. Clint Capela had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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.

Season 5
	Clint Capela	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Clint Capela	67	33.6	16.6	4.4	8.2	12.7	1.4	0.7	1.5	1.4	2.5	7.1	10.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.9	.636
difference:	+12	+4.6	+6.1	+3.8	+4.5	+8.4	+2.6	+0.4	+1.1	-0.8		+0.5	+6.9	+.219	+0.8	+2.7		+4.1	+4.1	+.188
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		%
Clint Capela	11	30.1	9.7	3.7	6.5	10.3	1.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.4	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	3.2	.429
difference:	+4	+10.2	+14.2	+3.3	+2.8	+6.2	+2.1	+0.8	+0.8	-1.1	-0.9	+2.2	+9.2	+.176	+0.9	+2.6		+8.7	+8.1	+.470
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 7
	Clint Capela	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Clint Capela	63	30.1	15.2	4.7	9.6	14.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	2.3	6.6	11.0	.594	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	.573
difference:	+15	+5.8	+8.3	+3.9	+5.9	+9.8	+3.2	+0.3	+1.7	-1.0	-0.2	+1.3	+6.7	+.148	+0.6	+1.8		+5.0	+4.8	+.277
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		%
Clint Capela	18	31.6	10.1	3.4	7.8	11.2	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.6	7.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.2	.436
difference:	+2	+5.7	+10.8	+2.7	+4.3	+7.0	+1.8	+0.4	+0.9	-1.3		+3.3	+12.3	+.209	+0.2	+1.3		+4.1	+4.0	+.377
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
	Clint Capela	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Clint Capela	74	27.6	11.1	3.8	8.1	11.9	1.2	0.7	1.3	0.6	2.2	5.0	8.2	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.3	.473
difference:		+7.8	+16.2	+2.9	+3.8	+6.7	+2.7	+0.4	+1.1	-1.8	-0.4	+4.7	+12.7	+.146	+0.4	+1.7		+6.3	+6.4	+.369
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		%
Clint Capela	2	20.0	2.0	2.0	5.5	7.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+8	+17.3	+20.4	+1.6	+1.0	+2.6	+3.4	+0.9	+0.5	-2.0	-1.6	+6.6	+14.5	+.101	+0.1	+1.5		+7.1	+8.0
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
	Clint Capela	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Clint Capela	65	26.6	12.0	4.0	7.1	11.0	0.9	0.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	5.4	8.2	.653	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.603
difference:	+15	+7.3	+11.0	+3.3	+3.9	+7.1	+4.3	+0.4	+0.9	-1.4	-0.2	+2.7	+9.5	+.197	+1.1	+3.6		+4.6	+5.0	+.222
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		%
Clint Capela	6	25.2	8.3	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.7	0.8	3.8	6.3	.605	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667
difference:	+4	+10.2	+14.4	+1.9	+2.8	+4.7	+3.5	+0.5	+0.1	-1.6	-1.6	+4.9	+13.6	+.168	+1.0	+3.5		+3.6	+4.3	+.144
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

Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 5 seasons more than Clint Capela in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 16, from 2021 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan played in one postseason. In those 5 extra years over Clint Capela, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game