Dereck Lively II vs. Tony Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Parker 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, 15 less than Tony Parker, who played 18. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Tony Parker had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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	Tony Parker
Season	2023-24	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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:	+22	+5.9	+0.4	+2.1	+2.3	+4.3	+3.2	+0.5	+1.3	-1.1	-0.4	+0.5	+2.9	+.328	+0.8	+2.5		+0.7	+0.6	+.169
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675
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	+12.1	+7.6	+2.2	+2.3	+4.5	+2.7	+0.5	+0.9	-1.2	-0.1	+3.2	+9.1	+.218	+1.0	+2.7		+0.4	+0.1	+.160
Tony Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750

Season 2
	Dereck Lively II	Tony Parker
Season	2024-25	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
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:	+46	+10.7	+6.8	+2.5	+2.4	+4.9	+2.9	+0.3	+1.6	-1.3	-0.7	+2.2	+7.4	+.238	+1.0	+3.0		+1.4	+1.5	+.125
Tony Parker	82	33.8	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.1	5.9	12.7	.464	1.0	3.0	.337	2.7	3.5	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	24	33.9	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.1	5.6	14.0	.403	0.6	2.3	.268	2.8	3.9	.713

Additional Years
* Tony Parker played 15 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 18, from 2005 to 2019—Tony Parker played in 14 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 15 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Tony Parker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game