Glen Rice vs. Rudy Tomjanovich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Tomjanovich and Glen Rice, 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.

Glen Rice played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Rudy Tomjanovich, who played 11. Glen Rice had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Rudy Tomjanovich had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Glen Rice	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	1989-90	1970-71
Team	Miami Heat	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734
Rudy Tomjanovich	77	13.8	5.3	-	-	4.9	0.9	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	5.7	.383	-	-	-	0.9	1.5	.652
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Glen Rice	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	1992-93	1973-74
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Glen Rice	82	37.6	19.0	1.1	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.1	0.3	1.9	2.5	7.1	16.1	.440	1.8	4.7	.383	3.0	3.6	.820
Rudy Tomjanovich	80	40.3	24.5	2.9	6.1	9.0	3.1	1.1	0.8	-	2.9	9.9	18.4	.536	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.848
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Glen Rice	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	1993-94	1974-75
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Glen Rice	81	37.0	21.1	0.9	4.4	5.4	2.3	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.3	8.2	17.5	.467	1.6	4.3	.382	3.1	3.5	.880
Rudy Tomjanovich	81	38.7	20.7	2.3	5.3	7.6	2.9	0.9	0.3	-	2.8	8.6	16.3	.525	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Glen Rice	5	39.0	13.0	1.2	6.0	7.2	2.0	2.2	0.4	2.8	2.8	5.2	13.6	.382	1.4	4.6	.304	1.2	1.6	.750
Rudy Tomjanovich	8	38.0	23.0	2.8	5.3	8.0	2.9	0.1	0.5	-	2.1	9.0	16.0	.563	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833

Season 6
	Glen Rice	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	1994-95	1975-76
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Glen Rice	82	36.8	22.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	8.1	17.1	.475	2.3	5.5	.410	3.8	4.5	.855
Rudy Tomjanovich	79	36.9	18.5	2.1	6.3	8.4	2.4	0.5	0.2	-	2.6	7.9	15.2	.517	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Glen Rice	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	1995-96	1976-77
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837
Rudy Tomjanovich	81	38.6	21.6	2.1	6.3	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.3	-	2.4	9.0	17.7	.510	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Tomjanovich	12	38.1	20.3	2.0	3.4	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.3	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.505	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.784

Season 8
	Glen Rice	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	1996-97	1977-78
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867
Rudy Tomjanovich	23	36.9	21.5	1.7	4.3	6.0	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.7	2.7	9.4	19.4	.485	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Glen Rice	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	1997-98	1978-79
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
Glen Rice	82	40.2	22.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	7.7	16.9	.457	1.6	3.7	.433	5.2	6.1	.849
Rudy Tomjanovich	74	35.7	19.0	2.3	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.5	8.4	16.2	.517	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.760
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Glen Rice	9	41.0	22.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	9.1	19.2	.474	1.2	4.0	.306	3.3	4.0	.833
Rudy Tomjanovich	2	32.0	10.0	3.5	3.5	7.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	4.5	11.5	.391	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.400

Season 11
	Glen Rice	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	1999-00	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
Glen Rice	80	31.6	15.9	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.3	.430	1.1	2.9	.367	4.3	5.0	.874
Rudy Tomjanovich	52	24.3	11.6	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.6	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.3	5.1	10.8	.467	0.2	1.0	.235	1.3	1.6	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Glen Rice	23	33.3	12.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.9	.408	1.2	2.9	.418	3.1	3.9	.798
Rudy Tomjanovich	8	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.1	1.1	.111	0.0	0.4	.000	0.5	0.8	.667