Derek Fisher vs. Tyrese Maxey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Maxey 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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, 12 more than Tyrese Maxey, who played 6. Derek Fisher had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Tyrese Maxey 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
Derek Fisher	18	16	1996-97 to 2013-14
Tyrese Maxey	6	4	2020-21 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derek Fisher	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East 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		%
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:	+19	+3.8	+4.1	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.2	+1.9	+3.7	+.065	+0.2	+0.8			+0.4	+.213
Tyrese Maxey	61	15.3	8.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.3	3.2	7.0	.462	0.5	1.7	.301	1.0	1.1	.871

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:	+6	+7.3	+5.0	+0.1	+1.3	+1.3	+0.3	+0.1	+0.5	-0.6	-0.6	+1.9	+3.7	+.166	+0.3	+0.2	+.333	+0.9	+1.3	+.031
Tyrese Maxey	12	13.0	6.3	0.1	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	5.5	.439	0.3	1.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.636


Season 2
	Derek Fisher	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Derek Fisher	82	21.5	5.8	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.1	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.5	2.0	4.6	.434	0.4	1.0	.383	1.4	1.9	.757
difference:	+7	+13.8	+11.7	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	-0.3	-0.6	+4.4	+8.7	+.051	+1.4	+3.1	+.044	+1.4	+1.4	+.109
Tyrese Maxey	75	35.3	17.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	4.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.1	6.4	13.3	.485	1.8	4.1	.427	2.8	3.3	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	13	21.5	6.0	0.2	1.8	1.9	3.8	1.3	0.0	1.2	2.5	2.1	5.2	.397	0.5	1.5	.300	1.4	2.2	.621
difference:	+1	+18.9	+14.8	+0.3	+1.2	+1.6	+0.1	+0.5	+0.2	-0.6	-0.5	+5.2	+10.0	+.087	+1.7	+4.3	+.077	+2.5	+2.0	+.319
Tyrese Maxey	12	40.4	20.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	7.3	15.2	.484	2.2	5.8	.377	3.9	4.2	.940


Season 3
	Derek Fisher	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd 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	50	22.6	5.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.9	1.2	0.0	1.5	1.9	2.0	5.3	.376	0.8	1.9	.392	1.2	1.6	.759
difference:	+10	+11.0	+14.4		+1.2	+1.1	+0.4	+0.4	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3	+5.3	+9.9	+.105	+1.9	+4.3	+.042	+1.8	+2.0	+.086
Tyrese Maxey	60	33.6	20.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	3.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.2	7.3	15.2	.481	2.7	6.2	.434	3.0	3.6	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	8	29.8	9.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	4.9	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.5	3.5	8.4	.418	1.3	3.6	.345	1.5	1.9	.800
difference:	+3	+8.7	+10.7		+1.1	+1.2	+2.6	+0.4	+0.5	-0.7	-0.1	+4.0	+9.1	+.009	+1.8	+4.1	+.055	+1.0	+0.9	+.103
Tyrese Maxey	11	38.5	20.5	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	2.4	7.5	17.5	.427	3.1	7.7	.400	2.5	2.8	.903


Season 4
	Derek Fisher	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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:	+8	+14.4	+19.6	+0.2	+1.6	+1.9	+3.4		+0.5	-0.7	-0.3	+7.0	+14.1	+.104	+2.3	+6.0	+.060	+3.4	+3.5	+.144
Tyrese Maxey	70	37.5	25.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.450	3.0	8.1	.373	4.7	5.4	.868

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:	+15	+29.2	+25.1		+4.1	+4.2	+4.8	+0.3	+0.3	-1.8	-1.3	+9.4	+19.2	+.048	+3.1	+7.8	+.014	+3.3	+3.5	+.133
Tyrese Maxey	6	44.5	29.8	0.2	5.0	5.2	6.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.7	11.0	23.0	.478	3.7	9.2	.400	4.2	4.7	.893


Season 5
	Derek Fisher	Tyrese Maxey
Season	2000-01	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+32	+2.2	+14.8		+0.4	+0.3	+1.7	+0.2	+0.3	-0.9	-0.3	+5.3	+11.6	+.025	+1.8	+6.0	+.060	+2.4	+2.5	+.073
Tyrese Maxey	52	37.7	26.3	0.3	3.1	3.3	6.1	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.2	9.2	21.0	.437	3.1	9.2	.337	4.9	5.6	.879

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
Tyrese Maxey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Derek Fisher	Tyrese Maxey
Season	2001-02	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+66	+14.8	+26.3	+0.1	+1.6	+1.7	+5.7	+0.1	+0.7	-1.1	-1.3	+7.6	+15.8	+.044	+2.4	+4.5	+.061	+8.7	+9.9	+.023
Tyrese Maxey	4	43.0	37.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	8.3	1.0	0.8	2.0	3.0	11.5	25.3	.455	4.5	9.5	.474	10.0	11.5	.870

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
Tyrese Maxey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Derek Fisher played 12 seasons more than Tyrese Maxey in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 7 to 18, from 2003 to 2014—Derek Fisher played in 10 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships.

Derek Fisher vs. Tyrese Maxey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Maxey 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years