Alton Lister vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo and Alton Lister, 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.

Alton Lister and Rajon Rondo both played 16 years in the NBA. Alton Lister had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
Alton Lister	16	11	1981-82 to 1997-98
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
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1981-82	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Alton Lister	80	14.8	4.5	1.4	3.5	4.8	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.6	3.0	1.9	3.6	.519	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.520
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		%
Alton Lister	6	18.7	5.5	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	1.5	3.8	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1982-83	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Alton Lister	80	23.6	8.4	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.3	4.1	3.4	6.4	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.0	.537
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		%
Alton Lister	9	22.9	6.4	2.3	4.4	6.8	1.2	1.0	1.7	1.9	3.3	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.800
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
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1983-84	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Alton Lister	82	23.8	7.6	1.9	5.5	7.4	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.9	4.0	3.1	6.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.626
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		%
Alton Lister	16	23.0	6.8	1.6	4.4	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.9	2.4	4.9	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.625
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
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1984-85	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Alton Lister	81	25.8	9.9	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.3	3.5	4.0	7.4	.538	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.2	.588
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		%
Alton Lister	8	25.4	8.6	3.4	4.4	7.8	1.9	0.8	1.9	2.0	4.5	3.4	7.5	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	4.0	.469
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
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1985-86	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Alton Lister	81	22.4	9.8	2.5	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.6	1.8	2.0	3.7	3.9	7.1	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.3	.602
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		%
Alton Lister	14	23.9	11.9	2.6	4.2	6.9	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.5	4.0	4.7	7.4	.641	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	4.1	.603
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
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1986-87	2011-12
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Alton Lister	75	30.5	11.6	3.0	6.4	9.4	1.5	0.4	2.4	2.3	3.9	4.6	9.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.5	.675
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		%
Alton Lister	9	22.9	6.0	3.2	3.0	6.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.1	4.1	2.2	5.6	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.700
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
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1987-88	2012-13
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Alton Lister	82	22.1	5.6	2.4	5.2	7.6	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.1	3.9	2.1	4.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.500	1.4	2.3	.606
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		%
Alton Lister	5	15.4	5.6	1.8	4.0	5.8	1.0	0.2	1.0	0.8	3.4	2.4	3.4	.706	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.800
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1988-89	2013-14
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Alton Lister	82	22.0	8.0	2.5	4.1	6.6	0.7	0.3	2.2	1.4	3.8	3.3	6.6	.499	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.646
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		%
Alton Lister	8	20.0	7.0	1.6	3.1	4.8	0.3	0.3	2.6	1.1	3.5	2.1	4.9	.436	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.3	.846
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1989-90	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Alton Lister	3	13.3	4.0	1.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.7	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.3	.571
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		%
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1990-91	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Alton Lister	77	20.2	6.4	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.2	0.3	1.2	1.4	3.7	2.4	5.1	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.6	.569
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		%
Alton Lister	6	12.0	4.3	1.2	3.5	4.7	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.3	2.5	2.0	4.2	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.400
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1991-92	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alton Lister	26	11.3	3.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.3	1.7	3.0	.557	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.424
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		%
Alton Lister	4	11.8	4.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.3	1.5	3.8	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.800
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
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Alton Lister	20	8.7	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.9	2.0	1.0	2.1	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.538
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		%
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Alton Lister didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 13
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1994-95	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Alton Lister	60	12.9	2.8	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.6	2.4	1.1	2.2	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.500
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		%
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Alton Lister	64	11.5	2.2	1.0	3.3	4.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	2.1	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.641
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		%
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Alton Lister	53	9.7	1.6	1.2	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.8	0.6	1.5	.416	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.742
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		%
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alton Lister	Rajon Rondo
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Alton Lister	7	6.3	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.7	0.4	1.1	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Alton Lister	2	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alton Lister vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo and Alton Lister, 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