Shane Battier vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo and Shane Battier, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Shane Battier played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Rajon Rondo, who played 16. Shane Battier had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Rajon Rondo had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
Shane Battier	13	10	2001-02 to 2013-14
Rajon Rondo	16	10	2006-07 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2001-02	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Shane Battier	78	39.7	14.4	2.3	3.1	5.4	2.8	1.6	1.0	2.0	2.8	5.3	12.3	.429	1.3	3.5	.373	2.5	3.6	.700
Rajon Rondo	78	23.5	6.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	3.8	1.6	0.1	1.8	2.3	2.4	5.8	.418	0.1	0.4	.207	1.5	2.4	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2002-03	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Shane Battier	78	30.6	9.7	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.3	1.3	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	7.3	.483	1.1	2.8	.398	1.5	1.9	.828
Rajon Rondo	77	29.9	10.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	5.1	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.6	9.3	.492	0.1	0.2	.263	1.4	2.3	.611

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	26	32.0	10.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	6.6	1.7	0.3	1.8	2.8	4.1	10.1	.407	0.2	0.8	.250	1.8	2.6	.691


Season 3
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2003-04	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Shane Battier	79	24.6	8.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.9	.446	0.8	2.4	.349	1.5	2.1	.732
Rajon Rondo	80	33.0	11.9	1.3	4.0	5.2	8.2	1.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	4.8	9.5	.505	0.2	0.6	.313	2.2	3.4	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	18.0	4.8	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	4.3	1.5	3.8	.400	0.8	1.8	.429	1.0	1.5	.667
Rajon Rondo	14	41.2	16.9	2.3	7.4	9.7	9.8	2.5	0.2	2.7	3.4	6.6	15.9	.417	0.4	1.7	.250	3.1	4.8	.657


Season 4
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2004-05	2009-10
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Shane Battier	80	31.5	9.9	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.6	1.1	1.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.7	.442	0.9	2.2	.395	2.3	2.9	.789
Rajon Rondo	81	36.6	13.7	1.2	3.2	4.4	9.8	2.3	0.1	3.0	2.4	5.7	11.2	.508	0.2	1.0	.213	2.2	3.5	.621

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	29.5	7.3	2.5	4.3	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	3.3	7.8	.419	0.3	1.8	.143	0.5	1.3	.400
Rajon Rondo	24	40.6	15.8	1.6	4.0	5.6	9.3	1.9	0.1	3.0	2.4	6.3	13.6	.463	0.4	1.0	.375	2.8	4.8	.596


Season 5
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2005-06	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Shane Battier	81	35.0	10.1	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.7	1.1	1.4	1.1	2.8	3.7	7.7	.488	0.8	2.0	.394	1.8	2.6	.707
Rajon Rondo	68	37.2	10.6	1.3	3.1	4.4	11.2	2.3	0.2	3.4	1.8	4.7	9.9	.475	0.1	0.6	.233	1.1	1.9	.568

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	32.3	6.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.5	1.8	.286	0.5	1.5	.333
Rajon Rondo	9	38.3	14.0	1.2	4.2	5.4	9.6	1.1	0.0	3.7	1.8	5.7	11.9	.477	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	4.2	.632


Season 6
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2006-07	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shane Battier	82	36.4	10.1	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.1	1.0	0.7	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.0	.446	1.9	4.5	.421	1.1	1.4	.779
Rajon Rondo	53	36.9	11.9	1.2	3.7	4.8	11.7	1.8	0.1	3.6	1.9	4.8	10.8	.448	0.2	0.8	.238	2.0	3.4	.597

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	7	38.9	10.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	2.1	1.7	1.0	1.1	2.9	3.3	7.3	.451	2.7	6.1	.442	1.0	1.1	.875
Rajon Rondo	19	42.6	17.3	1.8	4.9	6.7	11.9	2.4	0.1	3.8	2.1	7.4	15.8	.468	0.4	1.6	.267	2.1	2.9	.696


Season 7
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2007-08	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Shane Battier	80	36.3	9.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.0	2.5	3.3	7.7	.428	1.7	4.6	.377	0.9	1.3	.743
Rajon Rondo	38	37.4	13.7	1.1	4.4	5.6	11.1	1.8	0.2	3.9	2.5	5.9	12.2	.484	0.3	1.3	.240	1.6	2.4	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	6	41.0	10.0	1.2	2.7	3.8	0.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.2	3.3	7.5	.444	2.0	4.2	.480	1.3	1.8	.727
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2008-09	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shane Battier	60	33.9	7.3	0.9	3.9	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	2.4	5.9	.410	1.5	4.0	.384	0.9	1.1	.821
Rajon Rondo	30	33.3	11.7	0.7	4.7	5.5	9.8	1.3	0.1	3.3	2.2	4.7	11.7	.403	0.9	3.0	.289	1.4	2.2	.627

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	13	38.2	8.1	1.6	3.3	4.9	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.2	2.5	2.5	6.2	.407	1.3	4.2	.315	1.7	1.8	.957
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2009-10	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Shane Battier	67	32.4	8.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	2.4	0.8	1.1	1.0	2.1	2.7	6.7	.398	1.5	4.2	.362	1.1	1.6	.726
Rajon Rondo	68	29.7	8.9	1.1	4.4	5.5	7.9	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.3	4.0	9.5	.426	0.4	1.3	.314	0.5	1.1	.397

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	2	18.5	9.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	4.5	10.0	.450	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2010-11	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shane Battier	82	29.0	7.6	1.1	3.5	4.5	2.3	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.8	6.2	.450	1.2	3.3	.382	0.8	1.1	.688
Rajon Rondo	72	35.2	11.9	1.1	5.0	6.0	11.7	2.0	0.1	3.9	2.4	4.9	10.9	.454	0.9	2.4	.365	1.2	2.1	.580

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	13	26.1	5.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.1	2.2	5.1	.439	0.6	2.2	.276	0.5	0.7	.667
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Shane Battier	65	23.1	4.8	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	4.5	.387	1.0	2.8	.339	0.4	0.6	.622
Rajon Rondo	69	26.7	7.8	1.1	4.1	5.1	6.7	1.4	0.2	2.4	2.1	3.3	8.1	.408	0.7	1.9	.376	0.4	0.7	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	23	33.4	7.0	0.7	2.6	3.2	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.7	3.0	2.3	6.1	.379	1.8	4.8	.382	0.6	0.7	.813
Rajon Rondo	2	33.5	11.5	3.5	5.0	8.5	10.0	3.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	5.5	13.0	.423	0.0	3.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 12
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pelicans 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		%
Shane Battier	72	24.8	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.1	5.0	.420	1.9	4.4	.430	0.4	0.5	.842
Rajon Rondo	65	26.2	8.3	0.5	3.6	4.0	8.2	1.1	0.2	2.3	1.8	3.6	7.6	.468	0.8	2.3	.333	0.4	0.7	.543

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	22	17.8	4.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.2	1.2	4.2	.290	1.2	4.0	.295	1.0	1.3	.821
Rajon Rondo	9	33.6	10.3	1.0	6.6	7.6	12.2	1.4	0.2	3.7	2.2	4.2	10.2	.413	0.9	2.1	.421	1.0	1.6	.643


Season 13
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Shane Battier	73	20.1	4.1	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.4	3.8	.382	1.0	2.9	.348	0.2	0.3	.652
Rajon Rondo	46	29.8	9.2	0.7	4.5	5.3	8.0	1.2	0.2	2.8	2.2	3.8	9.4	.405	1.1	3.1	.359	0.5	0.8	.639

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	16	12.6	2.3	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.6	.462	0.6	1.3	.450	0.3	0.3	.800
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	48	20.5	7.1	0.5	2.5	3.0	5.0	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.2	2.9	6.8	.418	0.9	2.6	.328	0.6	0.9	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	16	24.7	8.9	0.8	3.5	4.3	6.6	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.3	3.4	7.6	.455	1.3	3.1	.400	0.8	1.2	.684


Season 15
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	45	17.1	5.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.2	2.1	4.8	.442	0.8	2.0	.404	0.4	0.4	.941

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	13	16.9	4.2	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.8	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.4	1.4	4.1	.340	0.8	2.2	.393	0.6	0.9	.667


Season 16
	Shane Battier	Rajon Rondo
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	39	17.9	4.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	4.4	0.8	0.2	1.7	1.4	1.7	4.5	.386	0.8	2.3	.352	0.5	0.7	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Shane Battier vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo and Shane Battier, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 16