Derek Fisher vs. Franz Wagner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Franz Wagner and Derek Fisher, 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.

Derek Fisher played 18 years in the NBA, 14 more than Franz Wagner, who played 4. Derek Fisher had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Franz Wagner had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Derek Fisher	Franz Wagner
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derek Fisher	80	11.5	3.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.3	.397	0.3	0.9	.301	1.0	1.5	.658
difference:	+1	+19.2	+11.3	+0.8	+2.5	+3.3	+1.4	+0.4	+0.3	-0.6	-1.0	+4.5	+9.0	+.071	+0.9	+2.5	+.053	+1.4	+1.3	+.205
Franz Wagner	79	30.7	15.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.4	.354	2.4	2.8	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	6	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.8	.273	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.5	.667
Franz Wagner	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Derek Fisher	Franz Wagner
Season	1999-00	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	78	23.1	6.3	0.3	1.6	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.9	2.1	6.2	.346	0.7	2.1	.313	1.3	1.9	.724
difference:	+18	+10.6	+17.9	+0.6	+3.2	+3.9	+1.9	+0.3	+0.4	-1.3	-0.6	+6.9	+13.2	+.117	+1.0	+3.8	+.018	+3.2	+3.3	+.147
Franz Wagner	60	33.7	24.2	0.9	4.8	5.7	4.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	2.5	9.0	19.4	.463	1.7	5.9	.295	4.5	5.2	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	21	15.3	4.7	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.8	.430	0.6	1.4	.414	0.9	1.2	.760
difference:	+16	+23.7	+21.1	+0.4	+3.3	+3.8	+3.6	+0.7	+0.4	-1.6	-1.8	+8.6	+19.2	+.013	+0.8	+6.0	+.225	+3.1	+4.0	+.009
Franz Wagner	5	39.0	25.8	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.6	1.2	0.4	2.0	3.2	10.2	23.0	.443	1.4	7.4	.189	4.0	5.2	.769