Dereck Lively II vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Dereck Lively II, 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.

Dereck Lively II played 2 years in the NBA, 12 less than David Robinson, who played 14. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while David Robinson had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
	Dereck Lively II	David Robinson
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Dereck Lively II	55	23.5	8.8	2.5	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.6	4.0	5.4	.747	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.5	.506
difference:	+27	+13.1	+15.5	+1.2	+3.9	+5.1	+0.9	+1.0	+2.5	-2.2	-0.6	+4.4	+10.5	+.216				+6.8	+8.7	+.226
David Robinson	82	36.6	24.3	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	3.2	8.4	15.9	.531	0.0	0.0	-	7.5	10.2	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	21	22.0	7.9	2.7	4.7	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	4.5	.674	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.590
difference:	+11	+15.5	+16.4	+0.9	+3.7	+4.6	+1.0	+0.7	+3.0	-1.4	-1.2	+5.9	+12.2	+.141				+4.8	+6.7	+.087
David Robinson	10	37.5	24.3	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	8.9	16.7	.533	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.6	.677

Season 2
	Dereck Lively II	David Robinson
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Dereck Lively II	36	23.1	8.7	2.9	4.6	7.5	2.4	0.6	1.6	1.1	2.8	3.7	5.3	.702	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.630
difference:	+46	+14.6	+16.9	+1.2	+4.3	+5.5	+0.1	+0.9	+2.3	-2.2	-0.4	+5.5	+11.4	+.150		+0.1		+5.9	+7.5	+.132
David Robinson	82	37.7	25.6	4.1	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	16.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.143	7.2	9.5	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	41.5	25.8	2.8	10.8	13.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	2.8	8.8	12.8	.686	0.0	0.3	.000	8.3	9.5	.868

Additional Years
* David Robinson played 12 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1992 to 2003—David Robinson played in 10 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Dereck Lively II, David Robinson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Scoring Leader 1 Blocks Leader 8 All-Star Game