Dereck Lively II vs. Kevon Looney Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevon Looney 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 3 years in the NBA, 8 less than Kevon Looney, who played 11. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Kevon Looney had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	Kevon Looney
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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:	+50	+19.3	+7.0	+1.7	+3.2	+4.9	+1.1	+0.7	+1.4	-0.7	-2.2	+3.2	+4.0	+.176	+0.2	+0.4		+0.7	+1.5
Kevon Looney	5	4.2	1.8	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.4	.571	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
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
Kevon Looney	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dereck Lively II	Kevon Looney
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+17	+14.7	+6.2	+2.1	+3.1	+5.2	+1.9	+0.3	+1.3	-0.8	-1.6	+2.6	+3.3	+.179		+0.2		+0.9	+1.4	+.012
Kevon Looney	53	8.4	2.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.1	2.0	.523	0.0	0.2	.222	0.4	0.6	.618
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dereck Lively II nor Kevon Looney played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Dereck Lively II	Kevon Looney
Season	2025-26	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd 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	3	17.0	5.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	1.7	3.0	2.3	3.0	.778	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500
difference:	+63	+3.2	+1.3		+1.7	+1.7	+2.4	+0.2	+0.5	-1.2	-1.4	+0.6	+0.1	+.198		+0.1		+0.1	+0.1	+.045
Kevon Looney	66	13.8	4.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.7	2.9	.580	0.0	0.1	.200	0.6	1.2	.545
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevon Looney	21	18.4	4.1	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.9	3.4	.542	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	1.0	.381