Derrick Rose vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Derrick Rose, 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.

Derrick Rose played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Derrick White, who played 8. Derrick Rose had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Derrick White had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Derrick Rose	Derrick White
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Derrick Rose	81	37.0	16.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	2.5	1.5	7.1	14.9	.475	0.2	0.9	.222	2.4	3.1	.788
difference:	+64	+28.8	+13.6	+0.9	+1.5	+2.4	+5.8	+0.6		-2.1	-1.0	+6.2	+13.0	+.010	+0.3	+0.1	+.393	+1.6	+1.9	+.088
Derrick White	17	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.9	.485	0.5	0.8	.615	0.8	1.2	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	7	44.7	19.7	1.7	4.6	6.3	6.4	0.6	0.7	5.0	3.6	8.4	17.1	.492	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	3.6	.800
difference:	+4	+38.7	+17.4	+1.7	+4.6	+6.3	+6.1	+0.3		-5.0	-3.6	+7.4	+15.1	+.008	+0.3	+0.1	+.500	+2.9	+3.6
Derrick White	3	6.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Derrick Rose	Derrick White
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Derrick Rose	78	36.8	20.8	0.8	2.9	3.8	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.8	1.2	8.6	17.6	.489	0.2	0.8	.267	3.3	4.3	.766
difference:	+11	+11.0	+10.9	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	+2.1	+0.3	+0.4	-1.4	-1.0	+4.7	+9.5	+.010	+0.5	+1.3	+.071	+1.9	+2.5	+.006
Derrick White	67	25.8	9.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.9	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.2	3.9	8.1	.479	0.7	2.1	.338	1.4	1.8	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	5	42.4	26.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.6	11.4	25.0	.456	0.4	1.2	.333	3.6	4.4	.818
difference:	+2	+15.1	+11.7	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+4.2	+0.1	+0.7	-0.5	-0.8	+5.5	+14.3	+.091	+0.3	+1.2	+.039	+0.9	+0.7	+.087
Derrick White	7	27.3	15.1	0.1	2.9	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.4	5.9	10.7	.547	0.7	2.4	.294	2.7	3.7	.731

Season 3
	Derrick Rose	Derrick White
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Derrick Rose	81	37.4	25.0	1.0	3.1	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	3.4	1.7	8.8	19.7	.445	1.6	4.8	.332	5.9	6.9	.858
difference:	+13	+12.7	+13.7	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+4.2	+0.4	+0.3	-2.1	-0.5	+5.1	+11.6	+.013	+0.4	+1.6	+.034	+3.3	+3.8	+.005
Derrick White	68	24.7	11.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	3.7	8.1	.458	1.2	3.2	.366	2.6	3.1	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	16	40.6	27.1	1.3	3.1	4.3	7.7	1.4	0.7	3.7	2.1	9.3	23.5	.396	1.6	6.3	.248	6.9	8.4	.828
Derrick White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Derrick Rose	Derrick White
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Derrick Rose	39	35.3	21.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	7.9	0.9	0.7	3.1	1.3	7.7	17.8	.435	1.4	4.4	.312	5.0	6.1	.812
difference:	+3	+5.7	+6.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+4.4	+0.2	+0.3	-1.8	-1.2	+2.5	+5.2	+.024	+0.9	+2.4	+.034	+2.3	+2.9	+.039
Derrick White	36	29.6	15.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.5	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.5	5.2	12.6	.411	2.3	6.8	.346	2.7	3.2	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	1	37.0	23.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	9.0	23.0	.391	3.0	6.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000
Derrick White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Derrick Rose didn't play in 2012-13.

Season 6
	Derrick Rose	Derrick White
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Derrick Rose	51	30.0	17.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.9	0.7	0.3	3.2	1.2	6.6	16.4	.405	1.5	5.3	.280	3.0	3.7	.813
difference:	+31	+1.7	+5.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+1.0		+0.6	-2.0	-1.0	+2.3	+7.2	+.057	+0.3	+0.5	+.101	+1.0	+1.4	+.062
Derrick White	82	28.3	12.4	0.6	2.9	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.9	1.2	2.2	4.3	9.2	.462	1.8	4.8	.381	2.0	2.3	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	12	37.8	20.3	1.1	3.8	4.8	6.5	1.2	0.5	3.2	1.8	7.8	19.6	.396	1.9	5.5	.348	2.9	3.3	.897
difference:	+8	+8.1	+6.9	+0.4	+1.5	+1.8	+4.4	+0.6	+0.5	-2.3	-0.1	+3.1	+10.4	+.109	+0.6		+.107	+1.3	+1.6	+.015
Derrick White	20	29.7	13.4	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	1.9	4.7	9.2	.505	2.5	5.5	.455	1.6	1.7	.912

Season 7
	Derrick Rose	Derrick White
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	66	31.8	16.4	0.7	2.7	3.4	4.7	0.7	0.2	2.7	1.3	6.8	15.9	.427	0.7	2.3	.293	2.2	2.7	.793
difference:	+7	+0.8	+1.2		+0.8	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	+1.0	-1.2	-0.8	+1.5	+4.4	+.034	+2.0	+4.5	+.103	+0.3	+0.6	+.108
Derrick White	73	32.6	15.2	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	2.1	5.3	11.5	.461	2.7	6.8	.396	1.9	2.1	.901
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	19	35.6	16.7	1.0	3.3	4.3	4.1	0.9	1.2	0.8	2.3	5.7	12.7	.452	3.4	8.5	.404	1.8	2.0	.921