DeMar DeRozan vs. Ivica Zubac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ivica Zubac and DeMar DeRozan, 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.

DeMar DeRozan played 16 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ivica Zubac, who played 9. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Ivica Zubac had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
	DeMar DeRozan	Ivica Zubac
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+7	+15.9	+13.7	+2.0	+0.9	+2.9	+2.7	+0.8	+0.5	-1.1	-0.1	+4.0	+12.3	+.223	+0.8	+2.6	+.055	+4.7	+5.6	+.035
Ivica Zubac	72	22.3	9.0	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.6	3.6	5.5	.652	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	2.4	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+10	+22.6	+17.6	+2.1	+0.4	+1.7	+3.2	+1.0	+0.4	-1.7	-1.4	+4.4	+13.3	+.211	+0.9	+2.6		+7.8	+8.4	+.103
Ivica Zubac	17	17.7	6.3	2.5	3.3	5.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.0	3.4	.596	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.9	.796

Season 7
	DeMar DeRozan	Ivica Zubac
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+7.3	+12.7	+2.3	+3.1	+5.4	+3.0	+0.6	+1.0	-0.7	-0.8	+3.6	+10.9	+.188	+0.6	+1.8		+4.9	+5.3	+.153
Ivica Zubac	76	28.6	10.8	3.1	6.8	9.9	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.5	2.9	4.3	6.8	.634	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.1	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+15	+11.3	+11.7	+2.5	+2.9	+5.4	+2.1	+0.5		-0.1	-1.0	+4.5	+13.9	+.173	+0.2	+1.3		+2.6	+3.0	+.063
Ivica Zubac	5	26.0	9.2	3.2	6.4	9.6	0.6	0.6	0.2	2.2	1.6	3.4	6.0	.567	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.2	.750

Season 8
	DeMar DeRozan	Ivica Zubac
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+9.0	+15.6	+2.0	+2.0	+4.0	+2.5	+0.8	+1.0	-1.2	-0.8	+4.7	+13.3	+.182	+0.4	+1.7		+5.6	+6.3	+.119
Ivica Zubac	68	26.4	11.7	2.9	6.3	9.2	1.4	0.3	1.2	1.2	2.6	5.0	7.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+5.3	+6.2	+2.6	+1.8	+4.4	+2.4	+0.6	+0.5	-1.2	-0.9	+0.6	+5.8	+.166	+0.1	+1.5		+4.9	+4.7	+.238
Ivica Zubac	6	32.0	16.2	3.0	6.3	9.3	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	3.5	7.0	11.7	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.650

Season 9
	DeMar DeRozan	Ivica Zubac
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:		+1.1	+6.2	+3.1	+5.7	+8.7	+2.5	+0.4	+0.8	-0.6	-0.2	+0.7	+5.9	+.172	+1.1	+3.6		+3.8	+4.0	+.164
Ivica Zubac	80	32.8	16.8	3.8	8.9	12.6	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.6	2.1	7.4	11.8	.628	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+1.2	+5.3	+3.3	+3.3	+6.5	+1.7	+0.2	+0.4	-0.7	-0.3	+1.0	+8.2	+.222	+1.0	+3.5		+2.3	+1.6	+.273
Ivica Zubac	7	36.6	17.4	3.9	6.3	10.1	2.3	0.7	1.0	1.6	2.7	7.7	11.7	.659	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538

Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 7 seasons more than Ivica Zubac in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2019 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan played in two Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Ivica Zubac, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game