Dereck Lively II vs. Payton Pritchard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Payton Pritchard 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 3 less than Payton Pritchard, who played 5. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Payton Pritchard had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Dereck Lively II 2 1 2023-24 to 2024-25
Payton Pritchard 5 5 2020-21 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Dereck Lively II Payton Pritchard
Season 2023-242020-21
Team Dallas MavericksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Mavericks Lost NBA FinalsCeltics Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+11+4.3+1.1+2.0+2.5+4.5+0.7+0.1+1.3-0.1-1.0+1.2+0.9+.307+1.5+3.8+0.1+0.8+.383
Payton Pritchard 66 19.2 7.7 0.5 1.9 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.6 2.8 6.3 .440 1.5 3.8 .411 0.6 0.7 .889
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+16+8.6+4.5+2.3+3.3+5.6+1.1+1.0-0.4-1.5+1.8+1.1+.321+0.6+2.0+1.3+2.5+.410
Payton Pritchard 5 13.4 3.4 0.4 1.4 1.8 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.2 3.4 .353 0.6 2.0 .300 0.4 0.4 1.000

Season 2
Dereck Lively II Payton Pritchard
Season 2024-252021-22
Team Dallas MavericksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics Lost NBA Finals
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+35+9.0+2.5+2.4+3.2+5.6+0.4+0.2+1.5-0.5-1.9+1.4+.273+1.4+3.5+1.0+1.7+.370
Payton Pritchard 71 14.1 6.2 0.5 1.4 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.9 2.3 5.3 .429 1.4 3.5 .412 0.3 0.3 1.000
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Dereck Lively II DNP------ --- ----------
Payton Pritchard 24 12.9 4.8 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.8 4.3 .422 1.0 3.0 .333 0.2 0.3 .667

Additional Years

* Payton Pritchard played 3 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 5, from 2023 to 2025—Payton Pritchard played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 3 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Payton Pritchard got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 Sixth Man of the Year
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