Michael Jordan vs. Dereck Lively II Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dereck Lively II and Michael Jordan, 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.

Michael Jordan played 15 years in the NBA, 13 more than Dereck Lively II, who played 2. Michael Jordan had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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.

Rookie Season
	Michael Jordan	Dereck Lively II
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	38.3	28.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	.515	0.1	0.6	.173	7.7	9.1	.845
difference:	+27	+14.8	+19.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+4.8	+1.7	+0.6	-2.6	-0.9	+6.2	+14.4	+.232	+0.1	+0.6		+7.0	+7.6	+.339
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	4	42.8	29.3	1.8	4.0	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	3.8	8.5	19.5	.436	0.3	2.0	.125	12.0	14.5	.828
difference:	+17	+20.8	+21.4	+0.9	+0.7	+1.6	+7.2	+2.4		-2.8	-1.5	+5.5	+15.0	+.238	+0.3	+2.0		+10.3	+11.6	+.238
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

Season 2
	Michael Jordan	Dereck Lively II
Season	1985-86	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Michael Jordan	18	25.1	22.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.6	8.3	18.2	.457	0.2	1.0	.167	5.8	6.9	.840
difference:	+18	+2.0	+14.0	+1.6	+2.3	+3.9	+0.5	+1.5	+0.4	-1.4	-0.2	+4.6	+12.9	+.245	+0.2	+1.0		+4.5	+4.9	+.210
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	3	45.0	43.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.3	16.0	31.7	.505	0.3	0.3	1.000	11.3	13.0	.872
Dereck Lively II	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Michael Jordan played 13 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 15, from 1987 to 2003—Michael Jordan played in 11 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Michael Jordan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	6 Finals MVP 5 Season MVP 10 All-NBA First Team 9 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 10 Scoring Leader 3 Steals Leader 12 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP