DeMar DeRozan vs. Luka Doncic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luka Doncic 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, 8 more than Luka Doncic, who played 8. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Luka Doncic had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Luka Doncic	8	5	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeMar DeRozan	Luka Doncic
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
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:	+5	+10.6	+12.6	+0.3	+4.6	+4.9	+5.3	+0.5	+0.1	-2.6	-0.4	+3.7	+9.9	+.071	+2.2	+6.9	+.077	+2.9	+4.2	+.050
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Luka Doncic played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	DeMar DeRozan	Luka Doncic
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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:	+21	+1.2	+11.6	+0.4	+5.2	+5.6	+7.0		+0.2	-2.5	-0.1	+2.9	+6.5	+.004	+2.7	+8.3	+.220	+3.0	+4.3	+.055
Luka Doncic	61	33.6	28.8	1.3	8.1	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	4.3	2.5	9.5	20.6	.463	2.8	8.9	.316	7.0	9.2	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	6	35.8	31.0	0.7	9.2	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	5.2	2.8	10.7	21.3	.500	2.7	7.3	.364	7.0	10.7	.656


Season 3
	DeMar DeRozan	Luka Doncic
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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:	+3	+0.7	+11.0	+0.2	+4.5	+4.7	+6.6	+0.2	+0.2	-2.3	-0.3	+3.8	+6.2	+.057	+2.5	+6.8	+.089	+0.9	+1.8	+.080
Luka Doncic	66	34.3	27.7	0.8	7.2	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	4.3	2.3	9.8	20.5	.479	2.9	8.3	.350	5.2	7.1	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	7	40.1	35.7	0.6	7.3	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	4.6	2.4	13.7	28.0	.490	4.4	10.9	.408	3.9	7.3	.529


Season 4
	DeMar DeRozan	Luka Doncic
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+17	+1.3	+10.3	+0.3	+5.0	+5.2	+6.2	+0.3	+0.3	-2.7	-0.1	+3.2	+6.6	+.012	+2.7	+7.3	+.070	+1.3	+2.3	+.087
Luka Doncic	65	35.4	28.4	0.9	8.3	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.5	2.2	9.9	21.6	.457	3.1	8.8	.353	5.6	7.5	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	15	36.8	31.7	0.7	9.1	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	10.7	23.5	.455	3.4	9.9	.345	6.9	9.0	.770


Season 5
	DeMar DeRozan	Luka Doncic
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+13	+2.0	+9.7	+0.2	+4.1	+4.3	+4.0	+0.3	+0.1	-1.4		+3.3	+4.2	+.067	+2.0	+5.5	+.037	+1.2	+2.5	+.082
Luka Doncic	66	36.2	32.4	0.8	7.8	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6	2.5	10.9	22.0	.496	2.8	8.2	.342	7.8	10.5	.742

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
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	DeMar DeRozan	Luka Doncic
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+10	+2.5	+13.8	+0.1	+4.5	+4.6	+6.3	+0.2	+0.3	-1.7	-0.1	+4.7	+7.1	+.074	+3.7	+9.1	+.098	+0.8	+1.5	+.046
Luka Doncic	70	37.5	33.9	0.8	8.4	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0	2.1	11.5	23.6	.487	4.1	10.6	.382	6.8	8.7	.786

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:	+18	+1.1	+8.6	+0.6	+3.7	+3.2	+2.3	+0.4	+0.4	-1.6	-0.5	+2.2	+2.9	+.046	+2.3	+7.6	+.053	+1.8	+2.7	+.059
Luka Doncic	22	40.9	28.9	0.7	8.7	9.5	8.1	1.9	0.4	4.1	2.5	10.2	22.9	.446	3.1	9.6	.322	5.3	7.0	.765


Season 7
	DeMar DeRozan	Luka Doncic
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers 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:	+28	+0.5	+4.7		+3.7	+3.7	+3.7	+0.8	+0.1	-1.4	-0.4	+1.3	+2.8	+.004	+2.9	+7.8	+.030	+0.9	+0.5	+.068
Luka Doncic	50	35.4	28.2	0.8	7.4	8.2	7.7	1.8	0.4	3.6	2.5	9.2	20.5	.450	3.5	9.6	.368	6.2	7.9	.782

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	+4.3	+9.3	+0.3	+3.1	+2.8	+3.1	+0.1	+0.4	-1.7	-0.6	+1.5	+0.9	+.058	+3.0	+7.9	+.194	+3.2	+3.0	+.078
Luka Doncic	5	41.6	30.2	0.4	6.6	7.0	5.8	1.0	0.6	4.0	3.2	9.4	20.8	.452	3.2	9.2	.348	8.2	9.2	.891


Season 8
	DeMar DeRozan	Luka Doncic
Season	2016-17	2025-26
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+73	+5.6	+15.7	+0.9	+7.7	+6.8	+5.1	+0.9	+0.8	-0.6	-0.8	+7.3	+6.1	+.163	+1.6	+8.3	+.066	+0.4	+1.3	+.142
Luka Doncic	1	41.0	43.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	17.0	27.0	.630	2.0	10.0	.200	7.0	10.0	.700

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
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 8 seasons more than Luka Doncic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2018 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan played in 3 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Luka Doncic, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game

DeMar DeRozan vs. Luka Doncic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luka Doncic 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

Additional Years