DeMar DeRozan vs. Spencer Dinwiddie Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Dinwiddie 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, 5 more than Spencer Dinwiddie, who played 11. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Spencer Dinwiddie had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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 5
	DeMar DeRozan	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+11	+10.1	+5.9	+0.2	+1.6	+1.9	+0.6	+0.5	+0.1		-0.3	+2.2	+5.6	+.013	+1.0	+2.7	+.030	+2.4	+2.8	+.018
Spencer Dinwiddie	68	28.1	16.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.8	5.4	12.2	.442	1.8	5.4	.335	4.2	5.2	.806
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	+14.1	+9.3	+0.4	+1.9	+1.5	+2.0	+0.7	+0.3	-1.0	-1.3	+1.0	+4.3	+.050	+0.9	+2.2	+.042	+8.1	+8.5	+.185
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	26.2	14.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.375	2.0	2.8	.714

Season 7
	DeMar DeRozan	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+75	+14.6	+16.8	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	+1.0	+0.3		-0.5	-0.8	+5.9	+12.4	+.071	+0.1	+0.5	+.052	+5.1	+6.4	+.150
Spencer Dinwiddie	3	21.3	6.7	0.0	4.3	4.3	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	2.0	5.3	.375	0.7	2.3	.286	2.0	2.0	1.000
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
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	DeMar DeRozan	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 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:	+7	+5.8	+13.6	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+1.3	+0.4		-0.8	-0.4	+5.1	+9.9	+.051	+1.3	+3.2	+.073	+4.5	+4.9	+.068
Spencer Dinwiddie	67	29.6	13.7	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.6	11.0	.416	1.7	4.9	.339	2.9	3.8	.774
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:	+8	+9.5	+8.2		+2.5	+2.5	+0.2	+0.6	+0.3	-0.9	-0.3	+3.2	+6.8	+.017	+2.1	+3.8	+.350	+4.0	+4.3	+.067
Spencer Dinwiddie	18	27.8	14.2	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.4	10.7	.417	2.2	5.3	.417	3.1	3.7	.821

Season 9
	DeMar DeRozan	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Nets Lost East 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:	+1	+0.6	+5.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.5	+1.3	+0.3		-0.4	-0.5	+2.3	+4.4	+.018	+1.2	+2.6	+.059	+2.4	+2.8	+.013
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	34.5	17.3	0.4	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	5.8	13.3	.438	2.3	6.2	.369	3.4	4.2	.812
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	+4.4	+6.2	+0.3		+0.3	+2.5	+0.8	+0.3	-0.7	-0.6	+3.2	+7.1	+.006	+0.8	+1.0	+.103	+0.5	+0.2	+.129
Spencer Dinwiddie	4	39.8	16.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.5	1.3	0.3	3.0	1.8	5.5	12.8	.431	1.8	4.5	.389	3.8	5.5	.682

Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 5 seasons more than Spencer Dinwiddie in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 16, from 2021 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan played in one postseason. In those 5 extra years over Spencer Dinwiddie, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game