Bill Closs vs. DeMar DeRozan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMar DeRozan and Bill Closs, 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.

Bill Closs played 3 years in the NBA, 12 less than DeMar DeRozan, who played 15. Bill Closs had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while DeMar DeRozan had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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 achivements, 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
Bill Closs	3	3	1949-50 to 1951-52
DeMar DeRozan	15	7	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	1949-50	2009-10
Team	Anderson Packers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Packers Lost Semifinals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	64	-	11.8	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	14.0	.315	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.718
DeMar DeRozan	77	21.6	8.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.3	3.3	6.6	.498	0.1	0.2	.250	1.9	2.5	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	8	-	11.4	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	13.6	.303	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.833
DeMar DeRozan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	1950-51	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	65	-	8.8	-	-	6.2	1.7	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	9.7	.320	-	-	-	2.6	3.4	.744
DeMar DeRozan	82	34.8	17.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.4	1.8	2.6	6.6	14.1	.467	0.1	0.6	.096	4.0	4.9	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	2	-	3.5	-	-	4.0	2.5	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	4.0	.250	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.600
DeMar DeRozan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	1951-52	2011-12
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	57	19.6	6.1	-	-	3.6	1.3	-	-	-	2.2	2.1	6.8	.308	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.682
DeMar DeRozan	63	35.0	16.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.0	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.0	14.3	.422	0.4	1.5	.261	4.3	5.3	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	1	21.0	5.0	-	-	8.0	4.0	-	-	-	0.0	1.0	6.0	.167	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	1.000
DeMar DeRozan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	82	36.7	18.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	6.7	15.0	.445	0.4	1.5	.283	4.3	5.2	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	79	38.2	22.7	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.5	7.6	17.8	.429	0.8	2.7	.305	6.6	8.0	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	7	40.3	23.9	0.4	3.7	4.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.6	3.3	6.4	16.7	.385	0.9	2.6	.333	10.1	11.3	.899


Season 6
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	60	35.0	20.1	0.7	3.9	4.6	3.5	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.8	16.5	.413	0.4	1.5	.284	6.0	7.2	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	4	39.8	20.3	1.3	5.0	6.3	5.8	1.5	0.0	2.5	3.0	8.0	20.0	.400	0.8	2.0	.375	3.5	4.3	.824


Season 7
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	78	35.9	23.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.9	17.7	.446	0.6	1.8	.338	7.1	8.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	20	37.3	20.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.6	7.9	19.9	.394	0.2	1.3	.154	5.0	6.2	.813


Season 8
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	74	35.4	27.3	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.9	1.1	0.2	2.4	1.8	9.7	20.9	.467	0.4	1.7	.266	7.4	8.7	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	10	37.3	22.4	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.4	1.4	0.0	2.5	2.6	7.6	17.5	.434	0.1	1.5	.067	7.1	8.0	.888


Season 9
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	80	33.9	23.0	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.2	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.9	8.1	17.7	.456	1.1	3.6	.310	5.8	7.0	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	10	35.4	22.7	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.0	0.5	0.6	2.3	2.4	8.7	19.9	.437	1.0	3.5	.286	4.3	5.3	.811


Season 10
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	77	34.9	21.2	0.7	5.3	6.0	6.2	1.1	0.5	2.6	2.3	8.2	17.1	.481	0.1	0.6	.156	4.8	5.7	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	7	35.9	22.0	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.6	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.3	8.3	17.0	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	6.3	.864


Season 11
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	68	34.1	22.1	0.6	4.9	5.5	5.6	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.6	8.2	15.4	.531	0.1	0.5	.257	5.6	6.6	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	61	33.7	21.6	0.7	3.6	4.2	6.9	0.9	0.2	2.0	2.1	7.5	15.1	.495	0.3	1.2	.257	6.3	7.2	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	76	36.1	27.9	0.7	4.4	5.2	4.9	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.3	10.2	20.2	.504	0.7	1.9	.352	6.8	7.8	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	5	40.6	20.8	0.2	5.2	5.4	4.8	1.8	0.4	2.2	2.4	7.8	19.0	.411	0.0	1.8	.000	5.2	6.0	.867


Season 14
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	74	36.2	24.5	0.5	4.2	4.6	5.1	1.1	0.5	2.1	2.5	8.9	17.6	.504	0.6	1.9	.324	6.2	7.1	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Bill Closs	DeMar DeRozan
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	79	37.8	24.0	0.5	3.8	4.3	5.3	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.0	8.2	17.2	.480	0.9	2.8	.333	6.6	7.7	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Closs vs. DeMar DeRozan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMar DeRozan and Bill Closs, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15