DeMar DeRozan vs. Jaylen Wells Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Wells 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, 15 more than Jaylen Wells, who played 1. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Jaylen Wells had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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
	DeMar DeRozan	Jaylen Wells
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
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
difference:	+2	+4.3	+1.8	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+1.0		+0.1	-0.1	-0.5	+0.3	+2.0	+.073	+1.6	+4.8	+.102	+0.5	+0.8	+.059
Jaylen Wells	79	25.9	10.4	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.8	3.6	8.6	.425	1.7	5.0	.352	1.4	1.7	.822
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Jaylen Wells played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 15 seasons more than Jaylen Wells in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 16, from 2011 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan played in 7 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Jaylen Wells, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game