Luka Doncic vs. Derik Queen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derik Queen and Luka Doncic, 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.

Luka Doncic played 8 years in the NBA, 7 more than Derik Queen, who played 1. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Derik Queen had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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
	Luka Doncic	Derik Queen
Season	2018-19	2025-26
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
difference:	+45	+7.0	+8.5	+0.4	+1.8	+1.4	+1.9	+0.1	+0.5	-1.1	-1.4	+2.2	+7.0	+.077	+2.2	+6.4	+.216	+1.7	+2.8	+.085
Derik Queen	27	25.2	12.7	1.6	4.8	6.4	4.1	1.0	0.8	2.3	3.3	4.8	9.5	.504	0.1	0.7	.111	3.1	3.9	.798
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Luka Doncic nor Derik Queen played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Luka Doncic played 7 seasons more than Derik Queen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 8, from 2020 to 2026—Luka Doncic played in 5 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Derik Queen, Luka Doncic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 5 All-Star Game