Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 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.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Derrick White, who played 9. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Derrick White had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Derrick White
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	82	25.3	9.4	0.7	2.6	3.2	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	3.3	7.5	.438	1.7	4.5	.381	1.1	1.4	.780
difference:		+3.0	+3.0	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+1.2	+0.1	+0.5		-0.5	+1.0	+1.7	+.024	+0.1	+0.3		+0.9	+0.9	+.095
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	15	20.7	8.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	0.4	0.3	1.5	1.6	2.9	7.5	.389	1.5	4.2	.349	1.0	1.1	.882
difference:	+5	+9.0	+5.1	+0.2	+1.0	+1.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.7	-0.6	-0.3	+1.8	+1.7	+.116	+1.0	+1.3	+.106	+0.6	+0.6	+.030
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

Season 7
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Derrick White
Season	2025-26	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	27	32.7	20.7	0.9	2.9	3.7	3.4	0.9	0.6	2.2	2.2	7.0	15.4	.457	2.9	7.5	.384	3.8	4.4	.864
difference:	+46	+0.1	+5.5	+0.2	+0.6	+0.5	+1.8	+0.1	+0.6	-0.7	-0.1	+1.7	+3.9	+.004	+0.2	+0.7	+.012	+1.9	+2.3	+.037
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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