Rolando Blackman vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard and Rolando Blackman, 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.

Rolando Blackman played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kawhi Leonard, who played 12. Rolando Blackman had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Kawhi Leonard had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Rolando Blackman	13	8	1981-82 to 1993-94
Kawhi Leonard	12	11	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1981-82	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Rolando Blackman	82	24.1	13.3	1.2	1.9	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.4	1.5	5.4	10.4	.513	0.0	0.0	.250	2.6	3.4	.768
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813


Season 2
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1982-83	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Rolando Blackman	75	31.3	17.7	1.4	2.5	3.9	2.5	0.5	0.4	1.6	1.5	6.8	13.9	.492	0.0	0.2	.200	4.0	5.1	.780
Kawhi Leonard	58	31.2	11.9	1.1	4.9	6.0	1.6	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.5	9.1	.494	1.1	3.0	.374	1.8	2.2	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	21	36.9	13.5	2.4	6.7	9.0	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.9	5.5	10.0	.545	1.1	2.8	.390	1.5	2.3	.633


Season 3
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1983-84	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	81	37.3	22.4	1.5	3.1	4.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	2.1	1.6	8.9	16.3	.546	0.0	0.1	.091	4.6	5.7	.812
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	10	39.7	23.9	1.5	2.6	4.1	4.0	0.6	0.4	2.4	1.5	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.3	.841
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736


Season 4
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1984-85	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Rolando Blackman	81	35.0	19.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.2	7.7	15.2	.508	0.1	0.2	.300	4.2	5.1	.828
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	4	42.3	32.8	2.8	3.8	6.5	4.8	0.5	0.5	3.5	2.0	11.8	23.0	.511	0.3	0.5	.500	9.0	9.5	.947
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771


Season 5
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Rolando Blackman	82	34.0	21.5	1.1	2.5	3.5	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	1.7	8.3	16.1	.514	0.0	0.4	.138	4.9	5.9	.836
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	10	37.1	20.8	1.5	2.0	3.5	3.2	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.6	8.3	16.7	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	5.3	.792
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824


Season 6
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1986-87	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Rolando Blackman	80	34.5	21.0	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.3	0.8	0.3	2.2	1.8	7.8	15.8	.495	0.1	0.2	.333	5.2	5.9	.884
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	4	38.3	23.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	4.3	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	9.0	18.3	.493	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.0	.917
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931


Season 7
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Rolando Blackman	71	36.3	18.7	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.7	0.9	0.3	2.0	1.6	7.0	14.8	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	5.3	.873
Kawhi Leonard	9	23.3	16.2	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	1.8	1.0	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.9	.314	3.4	4.2	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	17	39.5	18.1	1.5	1.7	3.2	4.5	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.6	7.4	15.4	.483	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	3.6	.887
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	78	37.8	19.7	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.7	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.8	7.6	16.0	.476	0.4	1.1	.353	4.1	4.7	.854
Kawhi Leonard	60	34.0	26.6	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.3	1.8	0.4	2.0	1.5	9.3	18.8	.496	1.9	5.0	.371	6.1	7.1	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	24	39.1	30.5	2.3	6.8	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	3.1	2.3	10.1	20.7	.490	2.3	6.0	.379	8.0	9.0	.884


Season 9
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
Rolando Blackman	80	36.7	19.4	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.6	1.0	0.3	2.2	1.6	7.8	15.7	.498	0.2	0.5	.302	3.6	4.3	.844
Kawhi Leonard	57	32.4	27.1	0.9	6.1	7.1	4.9	1.8	0.6	2.6	2.0	9.3	19.9	.470	2.2	5.7	.378	6.2	7.1	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	3	42.3	20.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.3	2.0	0.7	4.3	2.3	8.0	18.0	.444	0.7	1.7	.400	3.3	3.3	1.000
Kawhi Leonard	13	39.3	28.2	1.8	7.5	9.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	2.5	2.2	10.1	20.6	.489	1.8	5.6	.329	6.2	7.2	.862


Season 10
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Rolando Blackman	80	37.1	19.9	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.8	0.9	0.2	2.0	1.9	7.9	16.5	.482	0.5	1.4	.351	3.5	4.1	.865
Kawhi Leonard	52	34.1	24.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	5.2	1.6	0.4	2.0	1.6	8.9	17.5	.512	1.9	4.9	.398	5.0	5.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	11	39.3	30.4	2.0	5.7	7.7	4.4	2.1	0.8	2.2	2.6	11.1	19.4	.573	2.2	5.5	.393	6.0	6.8	.880

Note: Kawhi Leonard didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 11
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Rolando Blackman	75	33.7	18.3	1.0	2.1	3.2	2.7	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.8	7.1	15.5	.461	0.9	2.3	.385	3.2	3.5	.898
Kawhi Leonard	52	33.6	23.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	3.9	1.4	0.5	1.7	1.6	8.6	16.8	.512	2.0	4.8	.416	4.7	5.4	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	2	40.0	34.5	1.5	5.0	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	12.0	22.0	.545	3.0	5.0	.600	7.5	8.5	.882


Season 12
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers 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		%
Rolando Blackman	60	23.9	9.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.0	9.0	.443	0.5	1.2	.425	1.2	1.5	.789
Kawhi Leonard	68	34.3	23.7	1.2	4.9	6.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.8	1.4	9.0	17.1	.525	2.1	4.9	.417	3.7	4.2	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	15	14.3	4.2	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.5	4.3	.344	0.3	1.0	.267	1.0	1.2	.833
Kawhi Leonard	2	29.5	12.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	5.5	12.0	.458	0.0	2.5	.000	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 13
	Rolando Blackman	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1993-94	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Rolando Blackman	55	17.6	7.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.5	1.5	.357	0.9	1.0	.906
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	6	5.7	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.5	1.8	.273	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rolando Blackman vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard and Rolando Blackman, 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