Tony Allen vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Tony Allen, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Derrick White, who played 8. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tony Allen	14	10	2004-05 to 2017-18
Derrick White	8	6	2017-18 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tony Allen	Derrick White
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tony Allen	77	16.4	6.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.2	0.4	.387	1.5	2.0	.737
difference:	+60	+8.2	+3.2	+0.8	+0.6	+1.4	+0.3	+0.8	+0.1	-0.6	-1.5	+1.5	+3.1	+.010	+0.3	+0.4	+.228	+0.7	+0.8	+.037
Derrick White	17	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.9	.485	0.5	0.8	.615	0.8	1.2	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	12.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.4	1.1	2.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.429
difference:	+4	+6.4	+0.4	+0.6	+1.1	+1.7		+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-2.4	+0.1	+0.6	+.056	+0.3	+0.7		+0.4	+1.0
Derrick White	3	6.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Tony Allen	Derrick White
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tony Allen	51	19.2	7.2	0.6	1.5	2.2	1.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.4	.471	0.2	0.7	.324	2.0	2.6	.746
difference:	+16	+6.6	+2.7	+0.1	+1.7	+1.5	+2.6		+0.3	-0.1	-0.3	+1.4	+2.7	+.008	+0.5	+1.4	+.014	+0.6	+0.8	+.026
Derrick White	67	25.8	9.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.9	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.2	3.9	8.1	.479	0.7	2.1	.338	1.4	1.8	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	7	27.3	15.1	0.1	2.9	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.4	5.9	10.7	.547	0.7	2.4	.294	2.7	3.7	.731


Season 3
	Tony Allen	Derrick White
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	33	24.4	11.5	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.7	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.0	7.8	.514	0.2	1.0	.242	3.2	4.1	.784
difference:	+35	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.1	+0.5	+1.8	+0.9	+0.5	-1.0	-0.4	+0.3	+0.3	+.056	+1.0	+2.2	+.124	+0.6	+1.0	+.069
Derrick White	68	24.7	11.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	3.7	8.1	.458	1.2	3.2	.366	2.6	3.1	.853

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tony Allen nor Derrick White played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Tony Allen	Derrick White
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762
difference:	+39	+11.3	+8.8	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+2.0	+0.1	+0.7	-0.2	-0.3	+2.9	+7.4	+.023	+2.1	+6.0	+.030	+0.9	+0.8	+.089
Derrick White	36	29.6	15.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.5	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.5	5.2	12.6	.411	2.3	6.8	.346	2.7	3.2	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400
Derrick White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tony Allen	Derrick White
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	46	19.3	7.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	6.2	.482	0.1	0.6	.222	1.7	2.4	.725
difference:	+29	+10.0	+5.4		+1.2	+1.2	+3.5	+0.3	+0.3	-0.1	-0.2	+1.5	+4.5	+.061	+1.4	+4.3	+.090	+1.0	+0.7	+.139
Derrick White	75	29.3	13.2	0.5	3.0	3.5	4.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.5	10.7	.421	1.5	4.9	.312	2.7	3.1	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	10	6.0	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
difference:	+13	+19.4	+7.6	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+2.4	+0.7	+0.6	-1.2	-1.6	+2.4	+6.9	+.136	+1.1	+3.6		+1.7	+2.1	+.176
Derrick White	23	25.4	8.5	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.3	2.0	2.8	7.7	.364	1.1	3.6	.313	1.8	2.2	.824


Season 6
	Tony Allen	Derrick White
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Tony Allen	54	16.5	6.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.605
difference:	+28	+11.8	+6.3	+0.4	+1.2	+0.9	+2.6	+0.4	+0.5		-0.2	+1.9	+4.5	+.048	+1.8	+4.7	+.381	+0.7	+0.1	+.270
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		%
Tony Allen	24	16.3	5.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.0	4.1	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778
difference:	+4	+13.4	+8.3	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+1.4	+0.4	+0.4	-0.1	-0.5	+2.7	+5.1	+.025	+2.5	+5.3	+.455	+0.4	+0.2	+.134
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
	Tony Allen	Derrick White
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753
difference:	+1	+11.8	+6.3	+0.3	+1.8	+1.5	+3.8	+0.8	+0.6	-0.3	-0.1	+1.8	+4.7	+.049	+2.6	+6.5	+.222		+0.4	+.148
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		%
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659
difference:	+6	+8.7	+7.9	+0.2	+1.5	+1.4	+2.6	+1.0	+0.8	-1.0	-1.0	+2.4	+4.9	+.026	+3.3	+8.0	+.261	+0.3	+1.2	+.262
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


Season 8
	Tony Allen	Derrick White
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+18	+7.6	+6.6	+0.8	+1.3	+0.5	+3.4	+0.9	+0.5	-0.1	-0.6	+2.0	+4.9	+.027	+3.4	+8.7	+.076	+0.6	+0.9	+.039
Derrick White	76	33.9	16.4	0.9	3.6	4.5	4.8	0.9	1.1	1.7	1.8	5.6	12.6	.442	3.5	9.1	.384	1.8	2.1	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706
difference:	+4	+13.4	+11.9	+0.2	+1.8	+2.0	+2.8	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2	-1.0	+3.6	+7.0	+.063	+3.6	+8.8	+.385	+1.1	+0.9	+.155
Derrick White	11	37.7	18.8	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.5	0.6	1.1	1.2	2.0	6.2	13.4	.463	3.6	9.5	.385	2.8	3.3	.861


Additional Years
* Tony Allen played 6 seasons more than Derrick White in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2013 to 2018—Tony Allen played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Derrick White, Tony Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team

Tony Allen vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Tony Allen, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years