DeMar DeRozan vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 4 more than Klay Thompson, who played 12. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Klay Thompson had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
DeMar DeRozan	16	7	2009-10 to 2024-25
Klay Thompson	12	9	2011-12 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
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:	+11	+2.8	+3.9	+0.5	+0.1	+0.5	+1.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.8		+1.5	+4.3	+.055	+1.6	+3.9	+.164	+0.7	+1.1	+.105
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2010-11	2012-13
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
DeMar DeRozan	82	34.8	17.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.4	1.8	2.6	6.6	14.1	.467	0.1	0.6	.096	4.0	4.9	.813
difference:		+1.0	+0.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.4		+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+0.4	+0.6	+.045	+2.5	+5.8	+.305	+2.4	+3.0	+.028
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833


Season 3
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2011-12	2013-14
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
DeMar DeRozan	63	35.0	16.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.0	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.0	14.3	.422	0.4	1.5	.261	4.3	5.3	.810
difference:	+18	+0.4	+1.7	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+.022	+2.4	+5.1	+.156	+2.5	+3.0	+.015
Klay Thompson	81	35.4	18.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	6.9	15.5	.444	2.8	6.6	.417	1.8	2.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	7	36.7	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.4	5.7	14.0	.408	2.3	6.3	.364	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 4
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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4th 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	82	36.7	18.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	6.7	15.0	.445	0.4	1.5	.283	4.3	5.2	.831
difference:	+5	+4.8	+3.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.7	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	-0.1	-0.5	+1.1	+1.9	+.018	+2.7	+5.6	+.156	+1.4	+1.9	+.048
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800


Season 5
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost NBA 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:	+1	+4.9	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+1.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+.041	+2.7	+5.4	+.120	+4.2	+5.2	+.049
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873

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:	+17	+4.9	+0.4	+0.2	+0.7	+0.4	+1.3		+0.1	-0.6	-1.1	+2.0	+2.2	+.059	+3.2	+7.0	+.091	+6.7	+7.3	+.045
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854


Season 6
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2014-15	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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6th 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	60	35.0	20.1	0.7	3.9	4.6	3.5	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.8	16.5	.413	0.4	1.5	.284	6.0	7.2	.832
difference:	+18	+1.0	+2.2	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+1.4	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-0.2	+1.5	+1.1	+.055	+3.0	+6.8	+.130	+3.6	+4.4	+.021
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	4	39.8	20.3	1.3	5.0	6.3	5.8	1.5	0.0	2.5	3.0	8.0	20.0	.400	0.8	2.0	.375	3.5	4.3	.824
difference:	+13	+4.7	+5.3	+0.7	+1.8	+2.4	+3.7	+0.7	+0.3	-1.1	-0.4	+2.5	+6.1	+.003	+1.6	+4.2	+.012	+2.0	+2.4	+.036
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788


Season 7
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+5	+1.6	+3.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+1.5	+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.5		+1.5	+.042	+2.5	+5.3	+.102	+6.0	+7.1	+.013
Klay Thompson	73	34.3	20.0	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.6	7.9	16.2	.488	3.1	7.1	.440	1.1	1.3	.837

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:	+1	+0.5	+1.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+0.9	+0.3	+0.1	-0.8	-0.3	+0.3	+3.6	+.071	+3.0	+6.2	+.273	+3.7	+4.7	+.058
Klay Thompson	21	37.8	19.6	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.6	16.3	.465	3.2	7.5	.427	1.3	1.5	.871


Season 8
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+4	+1.4	+5.8	+0.4	+0.9	+1.4	+1.5		+0.4	-0.9	-0.2	+1.3	+2.9		+2.7	+6.0	+.136	+5.7	+6.7	+.026
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	21.5	0.5	3.4	3.8	2.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.467	3.1	7.7	.402	1.7	2.0	.816

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:	+11	+1.7	+1.7	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+1.3	+0.1	+0.7	-0.7	-0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+.022	+3.2	+6.0	+.376	+5.3	+6.0	+.014
Klay Thompson	21	39.0	20.7	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.8	17.1	.456	3.3	7.5	.443	1.8	2.0	.902

Note: Klay Thompson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 9
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+48	+4.5	+2.6	+0.2	+0.2		+2.4	+0.6	+0.2	-0.9	-0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+.027	+2.5	+5.7	+.075	+4.4	+5.4	+.077
Klay Thompson	32	29.4	20.4	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.7	17.9	.429	3.6	9.3	.385	1.4	1.6	.902

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:	+12	+0.6	+3.7	+0.3	+0.6	+0.3	+1.7	+0.6	+0.1	-1.0	-0.3	+1.5	+3.2	+.008	+2.5	+5.6	+.099	+3.1	+3.9	+.056
Klay Thompson	22	36.0	19.0	0.3	3.6	3.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	7.2	16.7	.429	3.5	9.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.867


Season 10
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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10th 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	34.9	21.2	0.7	5.3	6.0	6.2	1.1	0.5	2.6	2.3	8.2	17.1	.481	0.1	0.6	.156	4.8	5.7	.830
difference:	+8	+1.9	+0.7	+0.1	+1.7	+1.9	+3.8	+0.4	+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+0.3	+1.0	+.045	+4.3	+10.0	+.256	+3.1	+3.8	+.049
Klay Thompson	69	33.0	21.9	0.6	3.6	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.9	7.9	18.1	.436	4.4	10.6	.412	1.7	1.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	7	35.9	22.0	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.6	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.3	8.3	17.0	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	6.3	.864
difference:	+6	+0.1	+3.5	+1.3	+1.2	+2.5	+2.4	+0.6	+0.2	-0.3	-0.1	+1.8	+0.2	+.099	+3.8	+10.4	+.368	+3.8	+4.5	+.011
Klay Thompson	13	36.0	18.5	0.1	4.1	4.2	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.5	16.8	.388	3.8	10.5	.368	1.6	1.8	.875


Season 11
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th 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	68	34.1	22.1	0.6	4.9	5.5	5.6	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.6	8.2	15.4	.531	0.1	0.5	.257	5.6	6.6	.845
difference:	+9	+4.4	+4.2	+0.1	+2.1	+2.2	+3.3	+0.4	+0.2	-0.9	-1.0	+1.8	+0.7	+.099	+3.4	+8.5	+.130	+4.0	+4.8	+.082
Klay Thompson	77	29.7	17.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	6.4	14.7	.432	3.5	9.0	.387	1.6	1.8	.927

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	DeMar DeRozan	Klay Thompson
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th 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	61	33.7	21.6	0.7	3.6	4.2	6.9	0.9	0.2	2.0	2.1	7.5	15.1	.495	0.3	1.2	.257	6.3	7.2	.880
difference:	+11	+6.4	+7.6	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+4.9	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-1.0	+2.5	+2.9	+.083	+2.7	+6.5	+.134	+5.4	+6.2	+.025
Klay Thompson	72	27.3	14.0	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	5.0	12.2	.412	3.0	7.7	.391	0.9	1.0	.905

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 12


Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 4 seasons more than Klay Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 16, from 2022 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Klay Thompson, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game

DeMar DeRozan vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years