Dereck Lively II vs. Khris Middleton Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Khris Middleton 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, 11 less than Khris Middleton, who played 13. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Khris Middleton had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +28 | +5.9 | +2.7 | +2.4 | +2.7 | +5.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +1.3 | -0.5 | -0.6 | +1.7 | +0.2 | +.307 | +0.5 | +1.7 | | +0.3 | +0.3 | +.338 |
| Khris Middleton |
27 |
17.6 |
6.1 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
5.2 |
.440 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
.311 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
.844 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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 |
| Khris Middleton |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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 | +6.9 | +3.4 | +2.2 | +1.6 | +3.7 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +1.4 | -0.4 | -0.2 | +0.9 | +5.1 | +.262 | +1.5 | +3.5 | | +0.1 | +0.3 | +.231 |
| Khris Middleton |
82 |
30.0 |
12.1 |
0.7 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
2.1 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
4.6 |
10.4 |
.440 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
.414 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
.861 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Dereck Lively II nor Khris Middleton played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* Khris Middleton played 11 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 13, from 2015 to 2025—Khris Middleton played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 11 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Khris Middleton got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  3 All-Star Game
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