Donald Royal vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Donald Royal, 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.

Donald Royal played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Derrick White, who played 7. Donald Royal had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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 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.

Note: Donald Royal didn't play in 1990-91.

Season 6
	Donald Royal	Derrick White
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Donald Royal	64	15.0	5.3	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.5	1.7	3.4	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.6	.762
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		%
Donald Royal	7	13.1	3.6	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.7	.583	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.688
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