Steve Kerr vs. Derik Queen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derik Queen and Steve Kerr, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Steve Kerr played 15 years in the NBA, 14 more than Derik Queen, who played 1. Steve Kerr had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Steve Kerr 15 11 1988-89 to 2002-03
Derik Queen 1 0 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Steve Kerr Derik Queen
Season 1988-892025-26
Team Phoenix SunsNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did not playDid not play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Steve Kerr 26 6.0 2.1 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.8 .435 0.3 0.7 .471 0.2 0.3 .667
difference:+7+19.8+11.4+1.5+4.8+6.3+3.1+0.7+0.8-2.2-2.7+4.3+8.2+.074+0.1+0.2+.245+2.9+3.6+.116
Derik Queen 33 25.8 13.5 1.6 5.3 7.0 4.0 1.0 0.8 2.4 3.2 5.1 10.0 .509 0.2 0.9 .226 3.1 3.9 .783
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Kerr nor Derik Queen played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years

* Steve Kerr played 14 seasons more than Derik Queen in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 2 to 15, from 1990 to 2003—Steve Kerr played in 11 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships.

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