Olden Polynice vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Olden Polynice, 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.

Olden Polynice played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Derrick White, who played 7. Olden Polynice had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Olden Polynice	15	6	1987-88 to 2003-04
Derrick White	7	5	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Olden Polynice	82	13.2	4.1	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.6	1.4	3.1	.465	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.639
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		%
Olden Polynice	5	8.8	2.0	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.4	.000
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
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Olden Polynice	80	10.4	2.9	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	2.1	1.1	2.3	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.593
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		%
Olden Polynice	8	20.3	7.1	3.4	4.4	7.8	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	5.1	.610	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.538
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
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Olden Polynice	79	13.7	4.6	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	2.4	2.0	3.7	.540	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	1.3	.475
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics, Los Angeles Clippers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Olden Polynice	79	26.5	9.8	2.8	4.2	7.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.4	4.0	7.1	.560	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.579
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		%
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Olden Polynice	76	24.1	8.1	2.6	4.5	7.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.2	3.2	6.2	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.622
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		%
Olden Polynice	5	12.6	3.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.2	1.4	2.4	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.333
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
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Olden Polynice	67	19.4	7.3	2.7	3.5	6.2	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.1	6.4	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.1	.465
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		%
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Olden Polynice	68	35.3	11.6	4.4	7.5	11.9	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.8	5.1	9.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.8	.508
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		%
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	7	33.3	21.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.7	0.3	0.9	1.0	1.7	7.6	14.0	.541	4.1	9.1	.453	1.7	2.0	.857


Season 8
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Olden Polynice	81	31.3	10.8	3.4	5.5	9.0	0.8	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.9	4.6	8.5	.544	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.5	2.4	.639
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Olden Polynice	81	30.1	12.2	3.2	6.3	9.4	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.6	3.1	5.3	10.1	.527	0.0	0.0	.333	1.5	2.5	.601
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Olden Polynice	4	35.3	13.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	0.8	0.3	1.8	0.8	3.8	6.0	11.5	.522	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.5	2.3	.667
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Olden Polynice	82	35.3	12.5	3.3	6.1	9.4	2.2	0.6	1.0	2.0	3.6	5.4	11.8	.457	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.1	.562
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Olden Polynice	70	20.8	7.9	2.5	3.8	6.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.6	7.7	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.6	.452
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
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		%
Olden Polynice	48	30.9	7.7	3.8	5.0	8.9	0.9	0.4	0.6	1.0	3.1	3.5	7.5	.472	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.6	2.0	.309
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Olden Polynice	82	22.2	5.3	2.0	3.5	5.5	0.5	0.4	1.0	0.9	3.2	2.5	4.9	.510	0.0	0.0	.500	0.3	1.1	.311
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Olden Polynice	10	25.8	5.9	2.4	4.2	6.6	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.3	3.6	2.8	5.2	.538	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.500
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Olden Polynice	81	20.0	5.3	1.9	2.7	4.7	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.5	5.1	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.8	.262
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Olden Polynice	5	20.0	7.8	3.2	0.6	3.8	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	2.4	3.2	6.0	.533	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.0	.700
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Olden Polynice didn't play in 2001-02 and 2002-03.


Season 15
	Olden Polynice	Derrick White
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
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		%
Olden Polynice	2	6.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Olden Polynice vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Olden Polynice, 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