Derek Fisher vs. Richard Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Jefferson 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, 1 more than Richard Jefferson, who played 17. Derek Fisher had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Richard Jefferson 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
	Derek Fisher	Richard Jefferson
Season	1996-97	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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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	+12.8	+5.5	+0.8	+1.7	+2.5	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	-0.5	-1.6	+2.1	+4.2	+.060	+0.1	+0.2	+.069	+1.4	+1.9	+.055
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
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
difference:	+14	+16.4	+5.7	+0.8	+3.3	+4.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.5	-0.3	-1.3	+2.2	+3.9	+.192		+0.7		+1.4	+2.5	+.117
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550

Season 4
	Derek Fisher	Richard Jefferson
Season	1999-00	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets 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:	+45	+18.0	+15.9	+1.2	+4.2	+5.5	+1.2		+0.5	-3.0	-1.4	+5.1	+10.9	+.076	+0.2	+0.6	+.024	+5.6	+6.3	+.120
Richard Jefferson	33	41.1	22.2	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	3.3	7.2	17.1	.422	0.9	2.7	.337	6.9	8.2	.844
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:	+17	+20.2	+11.1	+1.8	+2.6	+4.5	+0.3	+0.3		-1.6	-2.1	+3.4	+8.7	+.030	+0.1	+1.1	+.214	+4.4	+6.6	+.083
Richard Jefferson	4	35.5	15.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	3.5	5.0	12.5	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	5.3	7.8	.677

Season 5
	Derek Fisher	Richard Jefferson
Season	2000-01	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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5th 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	20	35.5	11.5	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.4	2.0	0.1	1.5	2.5	3.9	9.4	.412	1.3	3.2	.397	2.5	3.1	.806
difference:	+58	+3.7	+8.0	+0.9	+2.9	+3.8	+0.6	+1.2	+0.1	-0.7		+2.4	+3.5	+.081	+0.5	+0.8	+.078	+3.5	+4.3	+.006
Richard Jefferson	78	39.2	19.5	1.2	5.6	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.3	12.9	.493	0.8	2.4	.319	6.0	7.4	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	16	35.8	13.4	0.3	3.5	3.8	3.0	1.3	0.1	0.8	2.8	4.8	9.9	.484	2.2	4.3	.515	1.6	2.1	.765
difference:	+5	+3.9	+8.8	+0.3		+0.3	+1.1	+0.4	+0.3	-1.9	-0.1	+3.4	+5.1	+.061	+1.1	+1.7	+.101	+3.1	+3.6	+.060
Richard Jefferson	11	39.7	22.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.9	8.2	15.0	.545	1.1	2.6	.414	4.7	5.7	.825

Season 6
	Derek Fisher	Richard Jefferson
Season	2001-02	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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6th 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	70	28.2	11.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.6	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.9	9.5	.411	2.1	5.0	.413	1.3	1.6	.847
difference:	+15	+7.4	+5.1	+0.7	+1.6	+2.3	+0.1	+0.3		-1.3	-0.5	+1.6	+2.6	+.045	+1.2	+2.4	+.054	+3.0	+4.3	+.114
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	19	34.2	10.2	0.5	2.7	3.3	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.1	2.6	3.2	8.8	.357	1.5	4.3	.358	2.3	2.9	.786
difference:	+7	+6.6	+9.5	+0.2	+2.6	+2.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.3	-1.2	-0.6	+3.6	+5.2	+.125	+0.4	+1.0	+.033	+2.8	+2.6	+.138
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924

Season 13
	Derek Fisher	Richard Jefferson
Season	2008-09	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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13th 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	82	29.8	9.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.2	1.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.4	.424	1.5	3.7	.397	1.3	1.6	.846
difference:		+2.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+1.6	+0.5	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3		+0.4	+.026			+.012	+0.2	+0.4	+.105
Richard Jefferson	82	27.0	10.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	2.0	.741
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	22	28.9	8.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.2	1.0	0.0	1.1	2.8	2.9	7.3	.394	0.9	3.0	.284	1.4	1.6	.861
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 14
	Derek Fisher	Richard Jefferson
Season	2009-10	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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14th 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	82	27.2	7.5	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.5	1.1	0.1	1.0	2.5	2.6	6.8	.380	1.0	2.7	.348	1.4	1.6	.856
difference:	+8	+10.4	+1.7		+0.3	+0.4	+1.7	+0.7		-0.3	-0.9	+0.7	+2.4	+.064	+0.1	+0.6	+.078	+0.3	+0.1	+.172
Richard Jefferson	74	16.8	5.8	0.3	2.1	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.4	.444	0.9	2.1	.426	1.1	1.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	23	32.8	10.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.0	1.6	3.6	3.6	8.0	.448	1.2	3.3	.360	2.0	2.4	.821
difference:	+19	+20.0	+6.5	+0.4	+1.6	+2.0	+2.5	+0.7		-0.8	-1.3	+2.3	+4.5	+.091	+0.4	+1.3	+.015	+1.5	+1.9	+.179
Richard Jefferson	4	12.8	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.5	.357	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 15
	Derek Fisher	Richard Jefferson
Season	2010-11	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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15th 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	82	28.0	6.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.7	1.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	2.5	6.5	.389	0.8	1.9	.396	1.0	1.3	.806
difference:	+8	+10.1	+1.3		+0.2	+0.2	+1.9	+0.8	+0.1	-0.3	-0.6	+0.6	+2.3	+.069	+0.1	+0.4	+.014	+0.2	+0.1	+.139
Richard Jefferson	74	17.9	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.9	4.2	.458	0.9	2.3	.382	0.8	1.2	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	10	32.5	8.2	0.1	2.6	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.2	0.8	2.5	2.9	6.7	.433	0.7	1.7	.412	1.7	2.1	.810
difference:	+11	+14.4	+2.8	+0.7	+0.2	+0.8	+2.9	+0.9	+0.2	-0.2	-0.9	+0.8	+2.7	+.091	+0.2	+0.4	+.019	+1.0	+1.1	+.060
Richard Jefferson	21	18.1	5.4	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.0	.524	0.5	1.3	.393	0.7	1.0	.750