Kenny Rollins vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

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

Kenny Rollins played 3 years in the NBA, 12 less than Derrick Rose, who played 15. Kenny Rollins had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Derrick Rose had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kenny Rollins	Derrick Rose
Season	1948-49	2008-09
Team	Chicago Stags	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Stags Lost West Div Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Rollins	59	-	6.2	-	-	-	2.8	-	-	-	2.5	2.4	8.8	.277	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.740
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Rollins	2	-	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	3.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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

Season 2
	Kenny Rollins	Derrick Rose
Season	1949-50	2009-10
Team	Chicago Stags	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Stags Lost Cent Div Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Rollins	66	-	5.4	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	2.0	2.2	6.4	.342	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.742
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Rollins	2	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	0.0	1.5	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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

Note: Kenny Rollins didn't play in 1950-51 and 1951-52.

Season 3
	Kenny Rollins	Derrick Rose
Season	1952-53	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Rollins	43	9.9	2.3	-	-	1.0	1.1	-	-	-	1.5	0.9	2.7	.330	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.815
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Rollins	6	10.8	3.3	-	-	1.3	1.2	-	-	-	2.3	1.0	2.5	.400	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
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

Season 4
	Kenny Rollins	Derrick Rose
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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