Aaron Nesmith vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Aaron Nesmith, 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 Nesmith played 5 years in the NBA, 9 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Aaron Nesmith had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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 Nesmith	Dennis Rodman
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Indiana Pacers	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 Nesmith	73	24.9	10.1	0.8	2.9	3.8	1.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	3.2	3.5	8.1	.427	1.6	4.3	.366	1.6	1.9	.838
difference:	+9	+2.0	+1.1	+3.2	+2.5	+5.6	+0.1	+0.1	+0.4	-0.5	-0.4	+0.4	+1.6	+.168	+1.5	+4.0	+.135	+0.4		+.212
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 Nesmith	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 Nesmith	Dennis Rodman
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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 Nesmith	72	27.7	12.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.9	3.3	4.4	8.8	.496	1.9	4.6	.419	1.5	1.9	.781
difference:	+10	+1.3	+3.4	+3.2	+2.7	+5.9	+0.6	+0.3		-0.2	-0.1	+0.9	+2.8	+.085	+1.9	+4.5	+.308	+0.2	+0.7	+.127
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 Nesmith	17	32.9	10.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.9	3.6	8.3	.433	1.3	4.6	.278	2.0	2.2	.919
difference:	+2	+3.4	+3.9	+1.8	+1.8	+3.6	+1.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.2	-0.6	+0.8	+3.3	+.135	+1.3	+4.6		+1.1	+0.4	+.405
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 Nesmith	Dennis Rodman
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	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 Nesmith	45	25.0	12.0	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.5	4.3	8.4	.507	1.9	4.3	.431	1.6	1.8	.913
difference:	+37	+8.5	+3.8	+3.6	+5.0	+8.5	+0.2		+0.3	-0.3	-0.9	+0.9	+1.6	+.014	+1.8	+3.9	+.231	+0.2	+0.3	+.282
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 Nesmith	23	28.3	12.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.0	4.1	4.3	9.2	.472	2.6	5.3	.492	1.3	1.6	.861
difference:	+8	+4.7	+6.4	+3.3	+2.8	+6.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.4	+1.6	+3.1	+.021	+2.5	+4.7	+.270	+0.6		+.444
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

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 9 seasons more than Aaron Nesmith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 14, from 1992 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in 6 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Aaron Nesmith, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 7 Rebounds Leader 1 All-Star Game