Dereck Lively II vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton 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, 17 less than John Stockton, who played 19. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while John Stockton had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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	John Stockton
Season	2023-24	1984-85
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Jazz 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	+5.3	+3.2	+2.2	+3.4	+5.6	+4.0	+0.6	+1.3	-0.9	-0.1	+2.1	+1.3	+.276		+0.1		+1.0	+0.9	+.230
John Stockton	82	18.2	5.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.8	2.5	1.9	4.1	.471	0.0	0.1	.182	1.7	2.4	.736
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	+3.4	+1.1	+2.0	+2.6	+4.6	+3.0	+0.7	+0.8	-0.6	-0.7	+0.9		+.207		+0.2		+0.9	+0.6	+.153
John Stockton	10	18.6	6.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	3.0	2.1	4.5	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.5	.743

Additional Years
* John Stockton played 17 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 19, from 1987 to 2003—John Stockton played in 17 Playoffs. In those 17 extra years over Dereck Lively II, John Stockton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 6 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive Second Team 9 Assists Leader 2 Steals Leader 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP