DeMar DeRozan vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal 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 17 years in the NBA, 2 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Shaquille O'Neal had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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	17	7	2009-10 to 2025-26
Shaquille O'Neal	19	17	1992-93 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2009-10	1992-93
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+4	+16.3	+14.8	+3.3	+7.6	+11.0	+1.2	+0.1	+3.3	-3.0	-1.7	+5.7	+9.5	+.064	+0.1	+0.2		+3.4	+6.4	+.171
Shaquille O'Neal	81	37.9	23.4	4.2	9.6	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.8	4.0	9.0	16.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.9	.592

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Shaquille O'Neal played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2010-11	1993-94
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East 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:	+1	+5.0	+12.1	+3.8	+5.6	+9.4	+0.6	+0.1	+2.5	-0.9	-0.9	+5.2	+5.5	+.132	+0.1	+0.6		+1.8	+5.6	+.259
Shaquille O'Neal	81	39.8	29.3	4.7	8.5	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	2.7	3.5	11.8	19.6	.599	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	10.5	.554

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	3	42.0	20.7	5.7	7.7	13.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.0	.511	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	11.3	.471


Season 3
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2011-12	1994-95
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+16	+2.0	+12.6	+3.6	+4.6	+8.1	+0.7	+0.1	+2.1	-0.6	-0.7	+5.8	+5.9	+.161	+0.4	+1.4	+.261	+1.5	+5.5	+.277
Shaquille O'Neal	79	37.0	29.3	4.2	7.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	2.6	3.3	11.8	20.2	.583	0.0	0.1	.000	5.8	10.8	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	21	38.3	25.7	4.5	7.4	11.9	3.3	0.9	1.9	3.5	4.0	9.3	16.1	.577	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	12.4	.571


Season 4
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2012-13	1995-96
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East 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:	+28	+0.7	+8.5	+2.8	+4.4	+7.1	+0.4	+0.3	+1.8	-1.1	-1.5	+4.3	+4.1	+.128	+0.4	+1.5		+0.3	+4.3	+.344
Shaquille O'Neal	54	36.0	26.6	3.4	7.7	11.0	2.9	0.6	2.1	2.9	3.6	11.0	19.1	.573	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	9.5	.487

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	12	38.3	25.8	4.1	5.9	10.0	4.6	0.8	1.3	3.7	3.3	10.9	18.0	.606	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	10.2	.393


Season 5
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2013-14	1996-97
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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:	+28	+0.1	+3.5	+3.2	+5.0	+8.2	+0.9	+0.2	+2.5	-0.7	-1.0	+3.2	+1.6	+.128	+0.8	+2.6	+.305	+2.1	+1.4	+.340
Shaquille O'Neal	51	38.1	26.2	3.8	8.7	12.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	2.9	3.5	10.8	19.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	9.4	.484

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:	+2	+4.1	+3.0	+3.8	+2.6	+6.5	+0.4	+0.5	+1.6	-0.2	-0.8	+3.5	+2.5	+.129	+0.9	+2.6		+3.0	+0.4	+.289
Shaquille O'Neal	9	36.2	26.9	4.2	6.3	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.1	9.9	19.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	11.7	.610


Season 6
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2014-15	1997-98
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 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:		+1.3	+8.2	+2.8	+4.0	+6.8	+1.1	+0.5	+2.2	-0.6	-1.2	+4.4	+2.6	+.171	+0.4	+1.5			+4.2	+.305
Shaquille O'Neal	60	36.3	28.3	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	11.2	19.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	11.4	.527

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:	+9	+1.3	+10.2	+2.4	+1.5	+3.9	+2.9	+1.0	+2.6	-0.8	-0.2	+4.2	+0.2	+.212	+0.8	+2.0		+2.7	+7.9	+.321
Shaquille O'Neal	13	38.5	30.5	3.7	6.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	3.3	3.2	12.2	19.8	.612	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	12.2	.503


Season 7
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2015-16	1998-99
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+29	+1.1	+2.8	+3.0	+3.2	+6.2	+1.7	+0.3	+1.4	-0.3	-1.1	+2.5	+0.4	+.130	+0.6	+1.8		+1.6	+1.8	+.310
Shaquille O'Neal	49	34.8	26.3	3.8	6.9	10.7	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.2	10.4	18.1	.576	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.2	.540

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:	+12	+2.1	+5.7	+4.8	+2.6	+7.4	+0.4	+0.2	+2.7		-1.0	+2.0	+0.5	+.116	+0.2	+1.3		+1.9	+8.6	+.347
Shaquille O'Neal	8	39.4	26.6	5.5	6.1	11.6	2.3	0.9	2.9	2.3	3.6	9.9	19.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	6.9	14.8	.466


Season 8
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+5	+4.6	+2.4	+3.4	+5.1	+8.4	+0.1	+0.6	+2.8	-0.4	-1.4	+2.4	+0.2	+.107	+0.4	+1.7		+1.9	+1.7	+.318
Shaquille O'Neal	79	40.0	29.7	4.3	9.4	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	2.8	3.2	12.1	21.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.4	.524

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:	+13	+6.2	+8.3	+4.8	+5.8	+10.5	+0.3	+0.8	+2.4	-0.1	-0.3	+4.8	+4.5	+.132	+0.1	+1.5		+1.2	+4.9	+.432
Shaquille O'Neal	23	43.5	30.7	5.2	10.3	15.4	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.4	2.9	12.4	22.0	.566	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	12.9	.456


Season 9
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	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:	+6	+5.6	+5.7	+3.2	+5.6	+8.8	+1.5	+0.5	+2.5	-0.7	-1.6	+2.9	+1.5	+.116	+1.1	+3.6		+0.9	+6.1	+.312
Shaquille O'Neal	74	39.5	28.7	3.9	8.8	12.7	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	3.5	11.0	19.2	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	13.1	.513

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:	+6	+6.9	+7.7	+5.1	+6.8	+11.8	+0.8	+0.1	+1.8	-1.3	-1.0	+3.2	+1.6	+.118	+1.0	+3.5		+2.3	+7.2	+.286
Shaquille O'Neal	16	42.3	30.4	5.7	9.8	15.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	3.6	3.4	11.9	21.5	.555	0.0	0.0	-	6.6	12.5	.525


Season 10
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+10	+1.2	+6.0	+2.8	+1.9	+4.7	+3.2	+0.5	+1.5		-0.7	+2.4	+1.2	+.098	+0.1	+0.6		+1.1	+5.0	+.275
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.1	27.2	3.5	7.2	10.7	3.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	10.6	18.3	.579	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	10.7	.555

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:	+12	+4.9	+6.5	+2.1	+3.8	+5.9	+1.8	+0.6	+2.4	-1.6	-1.0	+2.4	+3.2	+.042		+0.1		+1.7	+4.6	+.215
Shaquille O'Neal	19	40.8	28.5	3.5	9.1	12.6	2.8	0.5	2.5	3.3	3.3	10.7	20.2	.529	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	10.9	.649


Season 11
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+3.7	+5.4	+3.3	+2.3	+5.6	+2.5	+0.4	+2.1	-0.5	-0.8	+2.2	+2.7	+.043	+0.1	+0.5		+1.1	+4.2	+.223
Shaquille O'Neal	67	37.8	27.5	3.9	7.2	11.1	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.4	10.4	18.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	10.8	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	12	40.1	27.0	5.3	9.6	14.8	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	2.8	10.1	18.8	.535	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	11.0	.621


Season 12
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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:	+6	+3.1	+0.1	+3.0	+4.2	+7.3	+4.0	+0.4	+2.3	-0.9	-1.3	+0.8	+1.0	+.089	+0.3	+1.2		+1.4	+2.9	+.390
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.8	21.5	3.7	7.8	11.5	2.9	0.5	2.5	2.9	3.4	8.3	14.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	10.1	.490

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	22	41.9	21.5	4.1	9.1	13.2	2.5	0.3	2.8	2.5	4.1	8.3	14.0	.593	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	11.5	.429


Season 13
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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13th 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	76	36.1	27.9	0.7	4.4	5.2	4.9	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.3	10.2	20.2	.504	0.7	1.9	.352	6.8	7.8	.877
difference:	+3	+2.0	+5.0	+2.8	+2.5	+5.2	+2.2	+0.4	+2.0	-0.4	-1.3	+1.2	+5.2	+.097	+0.7	+1.9		+2.0	+2.7	+.416
Shaquille O'Neal	73	34.1	22.9	3.5	6.9	10.4	2.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.6	9.0	15.0	.601	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	10.5	.461

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	5	40.6	20.8	0.2	5.2	5.4	4.8	1.8	0.4	2.2	2.4	7.8	19.0	.411	0.0	1.8	.000	5.2	6.0	.867
difference:	+8	+7.6	+1.4	+1.3	+1.2	+2.4	+2.9	+1.4	+1.1	-1.0	-1.6		+5.1	+.147		+1.8		+1.4	+2.2	+.395
Shaquille O'Neal	13	33.0	19.4	1.5	6.4	7.8	1.9	0.4	1.5	3.2	4.0	7.8	13.9	.558	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.2	.472


Season 14
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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14th 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	36.2	24.5	0.5	4.2	4.6	5.1	1.1	0.5	2.1	2.5	8.9	17.6	.504	0.6	1.9	.324	6.2	7.1	.872
difference:	+15	+5.6	+4.5	+2.4	+2.1	+4.6	+3.2	+0.7	+1.3	-0.7	-1.4	+0.8	+4.0	+.096	+0.6	+1.9		+2.5	+0.9	+.403
Shaquille O'Neal	59	30.6	20.0	2.9	6.3	9.2	1.9	0.4	1.8	2.8	3.9	8.1	13.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	8.0	.469

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	23	33.0	18.4	3.3	6.5	9.8	1.7	0.5	1.5	3.7	3.7	7.7	12.7	.612	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	7.9	.374


Season 15
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th 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	37.8	24.0	0.5	3.8	4.3	5.3	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.0	8.2	17.2	.480	0.9	2.8	.333	6.6	7.7	.853
difference:	+39	+9.4	+6.7	+1.9	+1.2	+3.1	+3.3	+0.9	+0.8	-0.7	-1.5	+1.1	+5.2	+.111	+0.9	+2.8		+3.5	+0.3	+.431
Shaquille O'Neal	40	28.4	17.3	2.4	5.0	7.4	2.0	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.5	7.1	12.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	7.4	.422

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	4	30.3	18.8	4.0	4.5	8.5	1.3	0.3	1.5	3.5	3.8	8.3	14.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	6.8	.333


Season 16
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2024-25	2007-08
Team	Sacramento Kings	Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th 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	35.9	22.2	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.4	0.8	0.4	1.4	1.9	8.1	17.0	.477	1.1	3.3	.328	4.9	5.7	.857
difference:	+16	+7.2	+8.6	+2.1	+3.2	+5.2	+2.9	+0.3	+1.0	-1.6	-1.8	+2.7	+7.9	+.116	+1.1	+3.3		+2.1	+0.2	+.354
Shaquille O'Neal	61	28.7	13.6	2.7	6.4	9.1	1.5	0.5	1.4	3.0	3.7	5.4	9.1	.593	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	5.5	.503

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	5	30.0	15.2	2.6	6.6	9.2	1.0	1.0	2.6	1.8	4.2	4.4	10.0	.440	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	12.8	.500


Season 17
	DeMar DeRozan	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2025-26	2008-09
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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17th 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	5	36.4	19.0	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.2	1.4	0.2	1.0	1.4	7.2	14.4	.500	0.6	2.0	.300	4.0	5.4	.741
difference:	+70	+6.4	+1.2	+1.9	+2.1	+4.0	+3.5	+0.7	+1.2	-1.2	-2.0	+0.4	+3.2	+.109	+0.6	+2.0		+0.1	+1.5	+.146
Shaquille O'Neal	75	30.0	17.8	2.5	5.9	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.2	3.4	6.8	11.2	.609	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.9	.595

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Shaquille O'Neal played in the postseason in their season 17

Additional Years

* Shaquille O'Neal played 2 seasons more than DeMar DeRozan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 18 to 19, from 2010 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in two Playoffs.

DeMar DeRozan vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal 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

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years