Derrick Bernard Favors[1] (born July 15, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League.

Favors played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets for one season before being selected by the New Jersey Nets with the third overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft.

[5] Favors was selected to participate in the 2009 Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon but pulled out for personal reasons[6] and he was also selected to play in the 2009 Jordan Brand Classic at Madison Square Garden where he scored a game-high 21 points and was named MVP for the black team, while Renardo Sidney was named MVP for the white team.

[8] On April 9, 2010, Favors announced he would forgo his final three years of college eligibility to enter the 2010 NBA draft[10] where he was subsequently selected with the third overall pick by the New Jersey Nets.

Favors was 19 years 104 days when he made his NBA debut, thus becoming the youngest player ever to set foot on court for the Nets.

[12] On February 23, 2011, Favors was traded, along with Devin Harris, two future first-round picks, and cash considerations to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Deron Williams.

[20] On April 11, 2018, in a 102–93 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Favors played in his 500th game with the Jazz, becoming the 12th player in franchise history to reach the milestone.

[26] He made his Pelicans debut on October 22, recording six points, seven rebounds and two assists in a 130–122 overtime loss to the Toronto Raptors.

[30][31] On December 23, he made his season debut for the Jazz, recording ten points, seven rebounds and three assists in a 120–100 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.

[32] On January 1, 2021, Favors scored a season-high 14 points, alongside eleven rebounds and two assists, in a 106–100 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

[34] On April 8, Favors moved into tenth place on the Jazz's all-time scoring list, passing Mehmet Okur with 7,257 points.

[39] On November 4, Favors grabbed a season-high twelve rebounds, alongside ten points, in a 107–104 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

[42] On September 30, 2022, Favors was traded, alongside Ty Jerome, Maurice Harkless, Théo Maledon and a future second-round pick, to the Houston Rockets in exchange for David Nwaba, Sterling Brown, Trey Burke, and Marquese Chriss.