DeMar DeRozan vs. Stephon Marbury Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephon Marbury 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, 3 more than Stephon Marbury, who played 13. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Stephon Marbury had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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.

Rookie Season
	DeMar DeRozan	Stephon Marbury
Season	2009-10	1996-97
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+13.1	+7.2	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+7.1	+0.4	+0.1	-2.3	-0.1	+2.0	+6.4	+.090	+1.4	+4.1	+.104	+1.8	+2.5	+.036
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600

Season 4
	DeMar DeRozan	Stephon Marbury
Season	2012-13	1999-00
Team	Toronto Raptors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+8	+2.2	+4.1	+0.2	+0.9	+0.7	+5.9	+0.6	+0.1	-1.8	-0.5	+1.0	+2.8	+.013	+0.5	+1.6		+1.6	+2.0	+.018
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Stephon Marbury played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	DeMar DeRozan	Stephon Marbury
Season	2013-14	2000-01
Team	Toronto Raptors	New Jersey Nets
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:	+12		+1.2	+0.2	+1.4	+1.2	+3.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.3	+0.8	+1.3	+.012	+0.8	+2.3	+.023	+1.2	+1.2	+.034
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
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
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	DeMar DeRozan	Stephon Marbury
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Toronto Raptors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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:	+3	+4.1	+1.2	+0.1	+1.1	+1.3	+4.1	+0.3	+0.1	-1.0	-0.4	+0.4	+1.2	+.007	+0.5	+1.9	+.037	+2.5	+2.6	+.047
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803
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:	+14	+8.0	+1.1	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+3.0	+0.1	+0.2	-1.5	-1.7	+0.6	+2.8	+.019	+0.6	+2.4	+.073	+0.8	+0.7	+.055
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758

Season 8
	DeMar DeRozan	Stephon Marbury
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	Toronto Raptors	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+4.8	+7.1	+0.2	+1.8	+2.0	+5.0	+0.5	+0.1	-0.7	-0.3	+2.3	+3.8	+.036	+0.7	+1.7	+.052	+3.0	+3.3	+.025
Stephon Marbury	81	40.2	20.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	2.1	7.4	17.1	.431	1.1	3.4	.318	4.4	5.4	.817
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:	+6	+6.5	+1.1	+0.9	+1.5	+0.6	+3.1	+0.4		-1.0	-0.3	+0.2	+3.3	+.061	+1.4	+3.5	+.233	+2.8	+1.7	+.208
Stephon Marbury	4	43.8	21.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.5	1.8	0.0	3.5	2.3	7.8	20.8	.373	1.5	5.0	.300	4.3	6.3	.680

Season 9
	DeMar DeRozan	Stephon Marbury
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+6.1	+1.3	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+2.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.6	-0.4	+0.7	+1.7	+.006	+0.3	+0.4	+.044	+0.2	+0.3	+.009
Stephon Marbury	82	40.0	21.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	8.1	1.5	0.1	2.8	2.3	7.4	16.0	.462	1.4	4.0	.354	5.6	6.7	.834
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
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	DeMar DeRozan	Stephon Marbury
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+53	+18.1	+24.1	+0.6	+3.3	+4.0	+1.6	+0.5	+0.2	-0.8	-0.8	+8.5	+15.4	+.162	+0.4	+0.8	+.112	+6.5	+7.2	+.415
Stephon Marbury	23	18.0	3.8	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.3	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.5	1.7	4.8	.342	0.3	1.1	.240	0.3	0.6	.462
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:	+9	+28.7	+17.1	+0.1	+4.4	+4.5	+3.0	+1.7	+0.4	-1.5	-1.3	+6.4	+14.3	+.108	+0.2	+0.9	+.250	+4.6	+5.4	+.133
Stephon Marbury	14	11.9	3.7	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.4	4.7	.303	0.2	0.9	.250	0.6	0.6	1.000

Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 3 seasons more than Stephon Marbury in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 16, from 2023 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan didn't play in the postseason. In those 3 extra years over Stephon Marbury, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game