Dereck Lively II vs. Mitch Richmond Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mitch Richmond 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 Mitch Richmond, who played 14. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Mitch Richmond had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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: | +24 | +10.9 | +13.2 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +3.1 | +0.3 | +1.2 | -2.5 | -0.2 | +4.2 | +12.1 | +.279 | +0.4 | +1.1 | | +4.5 | +4.9 | +.304 |
| Mitch Richmond |
79 |
34.4 |
22.0 |
2.0 |
3.9 |
5.9 |
4.2 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
3.4 |
2.8 |
8.2 |
17.5 |
.468 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
.367 |
5.2 |
6.4 |
.810 |
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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 |
| difference: | +13 | +17.3 | +12.2 | +1.4 | +1.3 | +0.1 | +3.1 | +1.4 | +0.9 | -2.0 | -0.8 | +4.8 | +12.4 | +.215 | +0.4 | +2.0 | | +2.6 | +1.9 | +.305 |
| Mitch Richmond |
8 |
39.3 |
20.1 |
1.3 |
6.0 |
7.3 |
4.4 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
7.8 |
16.9 |
.459 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
.188 |
4.3 |
4.8 |
.895 |
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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: | +42 | +12.8 | +13.4 | +1.6 | +1.2 | +2.9 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +1.3 | -1.5 | -0.1 | +4.5 | +11.2 | +.205 | +0.4 | +1.2 | | +3.9 | +4.0 | +.236 |
| Mitch Richmond |
78 |
35.9 |
22.1 |
1.3 |
3.4 |
4.6 |
2.9 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
8.2 |
16.5 |
.497 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
.358 |
5.2 |
6.0 |
.866 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Dereck Lively II nor Mitch Richmond played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* Mitch Richmond played 12 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1991 to 2002—Mitch Richmond played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Mitch Richmond got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  3 All-NBA Second Team
2 All-NBA Third Team
6 All-Star Game
1 All-Star Game MVP
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