Derrick White vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams and Derrick White, 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 White played 9 years in the NBA, 8 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Derrick White had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Lou Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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.

Season 6
	Derrick White	Lou Williams
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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 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
difference:	+7	+5.0	+1.3	+0.2	+1.3	+1.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.7	-0.2	-0.5		+1.4	+.056	+0.6	+1.4	+.033	+1.9	+2.4	+.052
Lou Williams	75	23.3	13.7	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.7	4.3	10.6	.406	1.2	3.4	.348	3.9	4.7	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+15	+3.7	+2.6	+0.7	+0.7	+1.4	+0.9	+0.4	+1.0	-0.1	-0.7	+1.3	+1.2	+.178	+1.3	+1.5	+.155	+1.2	+2.1	+.175
Lou Williams	5	26.0	10.8	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.2	3.4	10.4	.327	1.2	4.0	.300	2.8	3.8	.737

Season 7
	Derrick White	Lou Williams
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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 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
difference:	+9	+6.3	+0.3	+0.2	+1.5	+1.8	+1.7	+0.2	+0.9	-0.4	-0.7	+0.3	+0.7	+.054	+1.4	+3.2	+.034	+1.8	+2.5	+.089
Lou Williams	64	26.3	14.9	0.5	2.0	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	5.0	12.2	.407	1.3	3.6	.362	3.7	4.6	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+6	+8.1	+5.2	+0.8	+1.5	+2.2	+1.1	+0.1	+1.2	-0.4	-1.0	+1.9	+1.8	+.100	+2.8	+4.8	+.237	+1.4	+2.0	+.133
Lou Williams	13	27.5	11.5	0.2	1.8	2.1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.3	3.8	10.9	.352	0.6	3.7	.167	3.2	4.0	.788

Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 8 seasons more than Derrick White in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 2015 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 5 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Derrick White, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Sixth Man of the Year