Aaron Gordon vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Aaron Gordon, 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.

Aaron Gordon played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Aaron Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Dennis Rodman had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 3
	Aaron Gordon	Dennis Rodman
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	80	28.7	12.7	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.2	4.9	10.8	.454	1.0	3.3	.288	2.0	2.7	.719
difference:	+2	+1.8	+3.7	+2.5	+1.8	+4.3	+0.7	+0.1	+0.4	-0.4	-1.4	+1.0	+4.3	+.141	+0.9	+3.0	+.057	+0.8	+0.8	+.093
Dennis Rodman	82	26.9	9.0	4.0	5.4	9.4	1.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	3.6	3.9	6.5	.595	0.1	0.3	.231	1.2	1.9	.626
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	17	24.1	5.8	3.3	6.7	10.0	0.9	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.4	2.2	4.1	.529	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.1	.686

Season 4
	Aaron Gordon	Dennis Rodman
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	58	32.9	17.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	2.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	1.9	6.5	14.9	.434	2.0	5.9	.336	2.7	3.9	.698
difference:	+24	+3.9	+8.8	+2.6	+0.8	+1.8	+1.4	+0.4	+0.1	-0.7	-1.5	+3.0	+8.9	+.147	+2.0	+5.8	+.225	+1.0	+1.3	+.044
Dennis Rodman	82	29.0	8.8	4.1	5.6	9.7	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.4	3.5	6.0	.581	0.0	0.1	.111	1.7	2.6	.654
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	19	29.5	6.6	2.9	5.6	8.5	0.9	0.5	0.7	1.6	3.3	2.8	5.0	.568	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.514

Season 5
	Aaron Gordon	Dennis Rodman
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	78	33.8	16.0	1.7	5.7	7.4	3.7	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.2	6.0	13.4	.449	1.6	4.4	.349	2.4	3.2	.731
difference:	+4	+0.3	+7.8	+2.7	+2.4	+5.1	+2.7	+0.1		-1.0	-1.2	+2.6	+6.6	+.044	+1.5	+4.0	+.149	+1.0	+1.1	+.100
Dennis Rodman	82	33.5	8.2	4.4	8.1	12.5	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.1	3.4	3.4	6.8	.493	0.1	0.4	.200	1.4	2.1	.631
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.8	15.2	2.2	5.0	7.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.6	3.2	5.8	12.4	.468	1.6	4.0	.400	2.0	3.8	.526
difference:	+10	+0.2	+8.9	+2.3	+2.3	+4.6	+2.7	+0.5	+0.5	-1.7	-0.5	+3.1	+6.3	+.017	+1.5	+3.4	+.178	+1.3	+2.2	+.109
Dennis Rodman	15	33.0	6.3	4.5	7.3	11.8	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.9	3.7	2.7	6.1	.451	0.1	0.6	.222	0.7	1.6	.417

Season 6
	Aaron Gordon	Dennis Rodman
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	62	32.5	14.4	1.7	5.9	7.7	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.437	1.2	3.8	.308	2.4	3.6	.674
difference:	+20	+7.8	+4.6	+4.7	+6.4	+11.0	+1.4		+0.3	-0.1	-1.0	+1.2	+4.7	+.102	+0.8	+2.6	+.009	+1.4	+1.9	+.074
Dennis Rodman	82	40.3	9.8	6.4	12.3	18.7	2.3	0.8	0.9	1.7	3.0	4.2	7.7	.539	0.4	1.2	.317	1.0	1.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	5	31.2	7.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.4	3.4	3.2	5.4	.593	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 7
	Aaron Gordon	Dennis Rodman
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	50	27.7	12.4	1.5	4.1	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.9	1.8	4.6	10.0	.463	1.2	3.5	.335	1.9	3.0	.651
difference:	+12	+11.2	+4.9	+4.4	+8.2	+12.6	+1.6	+0.1		-0.2	-1.4	+1.6	+3.1	+.036	+1.0	+2.3	+.130	+0.5	+0.4	+.117
Dennis Rodman	62	38.9	7.5	5.9	12.3	18.3	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.7	3.2	3.0	6.9	.427	0.2	1.2	.205	1.4	2.6	.534
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	10	29.9	11.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.0	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.3	9.9	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	1.6	2.5	.640
Dennis Rodman	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Aaron Gordon	Dennis Rodman
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	75	31.7	15.0	1.7	4.2	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	1.8	2.0	5.8	11.1	.520	1.2	3.5	.335	2.3	3.1	.743
difference:	+4	+6.1	+10.3	+4.0	+7.4	+11.4	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.9	+3.8	+7.4	+.014	+1.1	+3.2	+.127	+1.6	+1.8	+.223
Dennis Rodman	79	37.8	4.7	5.7	11.6	17.3	2.3	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.9	2.0	3.7	.534	0.1	0.3	.208	0.7	1.3	.520
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.0	13.8	3.6	3.6	7.2	2.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.6	10.8	.426	0.6	3.0	.200	4.0	5.6	.714
difference:	+2	+6.0	+5.5	+4.4	+4.4	+8.8	+1.9	+1.6	+0.1	-0.4	-1.9	+0.6	+2.8	+.074	+0.6	+1.3	+.200	+3.7	+3.6	+.547
Dennis Rodman	3	38.0	8.3	8.0	8.0	16.0	0.7	2.0	1.3	2.0	4.7	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	1.7	.000	0.3	2.0	.167

Season 9
	Aaron Gordon	Dennis Rodman
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	68	30.2	16.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.9	6.3	11.2	.564	0.9	2.5	.347	2.8	4.6	.608
difference:	+19	+1.8	+9.2	+3.2	+7.1	+10.2	+1.0	+0.2	+0.3	-0.6	-1.3	+3.5	+6.3	+.007	+0.9	+2.5		+1.3	+2.3	+.068
Dennis Rodman	49	32.0	7.1	5.6	11.2	16.8	2.0	0.6	0.5	2.0	3.2	2.8	4.9	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.676
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	20	35.7	13.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	1.0	2.9	5.1	9.8	.518	0.9	2.3	.391	2.3	3.5	.652
difference:	+6	+2.9	+4.4	+2.4	+6.3	+8.8	+1.3	+0.3	+0.7	-0.8	-0.7	+1.4	+2.9	+.024	+0.9	+1.9	+.391	+0.9	+1.0	+.081
Dennis Rodman	14	32.8	8.9	4.9	9.9	14.8	1.3	0.9	0.0	1.8	3.6	3.7	6.9	.542	0.0	0.4	.000	1.4	2.5	.571

Season 10
	Aaron Gordon	Dennis Rodman
Season	2023-24	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	73	31.5	13.9	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.5	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.9	5.5	9.8	.556	0.5	1.9	.290	2.4	3.7	.658
difference:	+9	+1.1	+8.4	+3.2	+5.2	+8.4	+1.0	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-1.2	+3.2	+5.0	+.076	+0.5	+1.5	+.179	+1.5	+2.0	+.130
Dennis Rodman	64	32.6	5.5	5.6	9.3	14.9	2.5	0.6	0.4	2.2	3.1	2.3	4.8	.480	0.0	0.4	.111	0.9	1.7	.528
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	12	37.1	14.3	3.0	4.3	7.3	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.3	5.8	9.8	.585	0.9	2.3	.407	1.9	2.3	.821
difference:	+6	+2.7	+6.8	+2.4	+4.0	+6.4	+2.3		+0.2	-0.8	-1.9	+3.0	+4.1	+.100	+0.9	+2.3			+1.0	+.228
Dennis Rodman	18	34.4	7.5	5.4	8.3	13.7	2.1	0.8	0.4	2.3	4.2	2.8	5.7	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.3	.593

Season 11
	Aaron Gordon	Dennis Rodman
Season	2024-25	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	51	28.4	14.7	1.6	3.3	4.8	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.6	5.2	9.7	.531	1.5	3.4	.436	2.8	3.5	.810
difference:	+4	+7.0	+9.0	+4.2	+6.9	+11.3	+0.1	+0.1		-0.6	-1.5	+2.9	+4.5	+.083	+1.4	+3.1	+.173	+1.9	+1.9	+.242
Dennis Rodman	55	35.4	5.7	5.8	10.2	16.1	3.1	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.1	2.3	5.2	.448	0.1	0.3	.263	0.9	1.6	.568
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	14	37.3	16.2	3.6	4.0	7.6	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	5.8	11.9	.485	1.6	4.1	.379	3.1	3.6	.860
difference:	+5	+9.2	+12.0	+0.5	+1.3	+0.8	+1.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.4	-1.5	+4.2	+7.6	+.115	+1.4	+3.3	+.129	+2.3	+2.2	+.283
Dennis Rodman	19	28.1	4.2	3.1	5.3	8.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.5	3.9	1.6	4.3	.370	0.2	0.8	.250	0.8	1.4	.577

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 3 seasons more than Aaron Gordon in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 14, from 1998 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in one postseason and won the NBA Championship. In those 3 extra years over Aaron Gordon, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Rebounds Leader