DeMar DeRozan vs. Tim Hardaway Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway Jr. 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 17 years in the NBA, 4 more than Tim Hardaway Jr., who played 13. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Tim Hardaway Jr. 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.

Rookie Season
	DeMar DeRozan	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2009-10	2013-14
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
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:	+4	+1.5	+1.6	+0.7	+0.7	+1.4	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.5	+0.3	+1.9	+.070	+1.5	+4.2	+.113	+0.6	+0.9	+.065
Tim Hardaway Jr.	81	23.1	10.2	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.6	8.5	.428	1.6	4.4	.363	1.3	1.6	.828
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Tim Hardaway Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	DeMar DeRozan	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	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:	+22	+5.1	+5.2		+0.3	+0.4	+1.3		+0.2	-0.6	-0.3	+1.3	+2.8	+.008	+1.5	+4.5	+.012	+4.0	+4.9	+.008
Tim Hardaway Jr.	57	33.1	17.5	0.6	3.4	3.9	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.2	6.3	15.0	.421	2.3	7.2	.317	2.6	3.1	.816
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
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	DeMar DeRozan	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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:	+7	+6.4	+7.7	+0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+2.1	+0.4	+0.2	-1.2	-0.3	+2.5	+5.2	+.012	+2.3	+5.4	+.060	+5.0	+5.8	+.031
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	29.5	15.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.4	12.5	.434	2.9	7.2	.398	2.1	2.6	.819
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	+3.3	+3.1	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.9	+0.8	+0.2	-1.8	-0.1	+1.2	+4.1	+.027	+3.0	+7.7	+.198	+3.7	+4.4	+.086
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	34.0	17.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.7	6.7	15.8	.421	3.2	9.0	.352	1.3	1.8	.727

Season 8
	DeMar DeRozan	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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:	+4	+7.0	+10.7	+0.6	+1.3	+1.9	+2.1	+0.7		-1.5	-0.2	+3.9	+7.9	+.020	+2.6	+5.9	+.125	+5.4	+6.2	+.026
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	28.4	16.6	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.6	5.8	13.0	.447	3.0	7.6	.391	2.0	2.5	.816
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:	+3	+0.1	+5.4	+0.3	+1.9	+1.6	+2.0	+1.0		-1.6	-0.2	+1.6	+3.1	+.018	+3.2	+6.6	+.337	+5.4	+5.7	+.138
Tim Hardaway Jr.	7	37.4	17.0	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	2.4	6.0	14.4	.416	3.3	8.1	.404	1.7	2.3	.750

Season 9
	DeMar DeRozan	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+38	+4.3	+8.8	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+3.0	+0.2	+0.2	-1.4	-0.1	+3.1	+5.1	+.062	+1.3	+3.6	+.026	+3.9	+4.5	+.068
Tim Hardaway Jr.	42	29.6	14.2	0.3	3.4	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.8	5.0	12.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.336	1.9	2.5	.757
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
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	DeMar DeRozan	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2021-22	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+54	+11.3	+15.8	+0.5	+2.6	+3.2	+3.4	+0.4	+0.2	-2.1	-1.2	+6.1	+11.2	+.044	+1.8	+4.0	+.071	+5.4	+6.2	+.020
Tim Hardaway Jr.	22	24.8	12.1	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.1	4.1	9.0	.460	2.5	5.9	.423	1.4	1.6	.857
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
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 4 seasons more than Tim Hardaway Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 17, from 2023 to 2026—DeMar DeRozan didn't play in the postseason. In those 4 extra years over Tim Hardaway Jr., DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game