DeMar DeRozan vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert 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, 4 more than Rudy Gobert, who played 12. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Rudy Gobert had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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 4
	DeMar DeRozan	Rudy Gobert
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+2.8	+4.1	+3.3	+5.6	+8.9	+1.3	+0.3	+2.3		-0.9	+1.6	+7.3	+.216	+0.4	+1.5		+0.5	+0.7	+.178
Rudy Gobert	81	33.9	14.0	3.9	8.9	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.0	5.1	7.7	.661	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.9	.653
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	9	27.3	11.6	2.4	7.4	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.6	.480

Season 5
	DeMar DeRozan	Rudy Gobert
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+23	+5.8	+9.2	+2.3	+4.1	+6.4	+2.6	+0.3	+1.9	-0.3	-0.2	+2.7	+9.9	+.193	+0.8	+2.7		+3.0	+2.7	+.142
Rudy Gobert	56	32.4	13.5	2.9	7.8	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	2.7	4.9	7.9	.622	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.682
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:	+4	+5.5	+10.7	+3.5	+3.1	+6.6	+2.6	+0.2	+2.0	-0.7	-0.2	+1.4	+9.1	+.270	+0.9	+2.6		+6.9	+6.0	+.296
Rudy Gobert	11	34.8	13.2	3.9	6.8	10.7	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	3.1	5.0	7.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.603

Season 6
	DeMar DeRozan	Rudy Gobert
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+21	+3.2	+4.2	+3.1	+5.1	+8.3	+1.5	+0.4	+2.1	-0.7	-0.9	+0.9	+7.7	+.256	+0.4	+1.5		+1.9	+0.8	+.196
Rudy Gobert	81	31.8	15.9	3.8	9.0	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.9	8.8	.669	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.4	.636
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:	+1	+9.4	+9.1	+3.3	+0.6	+3.9	+4.4	+0.9	+2.6	-0.7	-0.2	+4.2	+13.6	+.194	+0.8	+2.0		+0.1	+0.3	+.041
Rudy Gobert	5	30.4	11.2	4.6	5.6	10.2	1.4	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.2	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.6	.783

Season 7
	DeMar DeRozan	Rudy Gobert
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz 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:	+10	+1.6	+8.4	+2.6	+6.4	+9.0	+2.5	+0.2	+1.7	-0.3	-1.1	+2.2	+9.5	+.247	+0.6	+1.8		+3.4	+2.5	+.220
Rudy Gobert	68	34.3	15.1	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.2	5.7	8.2	.693	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.9	.630
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:	+13	+1.3	+4.0	+2.7	+4.5	+7.2	+1.6	+0.5	+1.2	-1.0	-1.1	+1.0	+9.3	+.255	+0.2	+1.3		+1.9	+0.2	+.289
Rudy Gobert	7	38.6	16.9	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	6.9	10.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	6.0	.524

Season 8
	DeMar DeRozan	Rudy Gobert
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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		%
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:	+3	+4.6	+13.0	+2.5	+5.8	+8.3	+2.6	+0.5	+2.5	-0.7	-0.5	+4.2	+12.7	+.208	+0.4	+1.6	+.266	+4.1	+3.4	+.219
Rudy Gobert	71	30.8	14.3	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.3	5.5	8.2	.675	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.3	.623
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:	+1	+3.1	+7.7	+3.5	+3.9	+7.4	+2.6	+0.9	+2.1	-1.0	-1.6	+2.1	+10.1	+.307	+0.1	+1.4	+.067	+3.3	+2.0	+.252
Rudy Gobert	11	34.2	14.7	3.9	8.4	12.3	0.8	0.5	2.1	1.5	4.2	5.5	7.4	.741	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636

Season 9
	DeMar DeRozan	Rudy Gobert
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz 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:	+14	+1.8	+7.4	+3.0	+7.8	+10.8	+4.1	+0.4	+1.8	-0.4	-0.8	+2.6	+10.0	+.257	+1.1	+3.5	+.310	+1.2	+0.3	+.135
Rudy Gobert	66	32.1	15.6	3.7	11.0	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.5	7.7	.713	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.7	.690
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:	+4	+2.6	+10.7	+2.9	+6.7	+9.6	+3.5	+0.3	+0.4	-1.0	-0.8	+5.2	+14.4	+.199	+1.0	+3.5		+0.7	+2.0	+.129
Rudy Gobert	6	32.8	12.0	3.5	9.7	13.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.5	5.5	.636	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	7.3	.682

Season 11
	DeMar DeRozan	Rudy Gobert
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+8		+8.1	+3.2	+4.3	+7.4	+4.3	+0.3	+1.8	-0.8	-0.5	+2.9	+7.3	+.130	+0.1	+0.5		+2.3	+1.5	+.207
Rudy Gobert	76	34.1	14.0	3.8	9.2	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	8.1	.661	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	5.1	.638
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	15	34.1	12.1	2.7	7.1	9.8	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.5	3.7	4.3	6.9	.615	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.3	.671

Season 12
	DeMar DeRozan	Rudy Gobert
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+0.5	+9.6	+3.0	+3.6	+6.7	+5.1	+0.1	+1.2	-0.8	-0.4	+2.8	+8.0	+.174	+0.3	+1.2		+3.7	+3.4	+.206
Rudy Gobert	72	33.2	12.0	3.7	7.2	10.9	1.8	0.8	1.4	1.2	2.5	4.7	7.1	.669	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.8	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	15	27.4	7.9	3.1	5.5	8.6	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.9	2.5	3.1	5.3	.582	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.3	.520

Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 4 seasons more than Rudy Gobert 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 Rudy Gobert, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game