Kyrie Irving vs. Dereck Lively II Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dereck Lively II and Kyrie Irving, 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.
Kyrie Irving played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Dereck Lively II, who played 3. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Dereck Lively II had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Kyrie Irving |
51 |
30.5 |
18.5 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.7 |
5.4 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
6.9 |
14.6 |
.469 |
1.4 |
3.6 |
.399 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
.872 |
| difference: | +4 | +7.0 | +9.7 | +1.6 | +1.5 | +3.2 | +4.3 | +0.4 | +1.0 | -2.2 | -0.4 | +2.9 | +9.2 | +.278 | +1.4 | +3.6 | | +2.7 | +2.3 | +.366 |
| Dereck Lively II |
55 |
23.5 |
8.8 |
2.5 |
4.4 |
6.9 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
5.4 |
.747 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
1.5 |
.506 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Kyrie Irving |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dereck Lively II |
21 |
22.0 |
7.9 |
2.7 |
4.7 |
7.4 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
.674 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.7 |
2.9 |
.590 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Kyrie Irving |
59 |
34.7 |
22.5 |
0.6 |
3.1 |
3.7 |
5.9 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
8.2 |
18.1 |
.452 |
1.8 |
4.7 |
.391 |
4.2 |
4.9 |
.855 |
| difference: | +23 | +11.6 | +13.8 | +2.3 | +1.5 | +3.8 | +3.5 | +0.9 | +1.2 | -2.1 | -0.3 | +4.5 | +12.8 | +.250 | +1.8 | +4.7 | | +2.9 | +2.9 | +.225 |
| Dereck Lively II |
36 |
23.1 |
8.7 |
2.9 |
4.6 |
7.5 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
5.3 |
.702 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.3 |
2.0 |
.630 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Dereck Lively II played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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3rd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Kyrie Irving |
71 |
35.2 |
20.8 |
0.7 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
6.1 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
7.5 |
17.4 |
.430 |
1.7 |
4.8 |
.358 |
4.1 |
4.8 |
.861 |
| difference: | +64 | +18.8 | +16.5 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +1.7 | +4.2 | +0.9 | +1.3 | -1.3 | -0.7 | +5.9 | +14.8 | +.181 | +1.7 | +4.8 | | +3.0 | +3.4 | +.061 |
| Dereck Lively II |
7 |
16.4 |
4.3 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
5.3 |
1.9 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
3.0 |
1.6 |
2.6 |
.611 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.1 |
1.4 |
.800 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Dereck Lively II played in the postseason in their season 3 |
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Additional Years |
* Kyrie Irving played 11 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 2015 to 2025—Kyrie Irving played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Kyrie Irving got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-NBA Second Team
2 All-NBA Third Team
7 All-Star Game
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