Alvin Robertson vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Alvin Robertson, 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.

Alvin Robertson played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Alvin Robertson had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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 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
Alvin Robertson	10	4	1984-85 to 1995-96
Dennis Rodman	14	11	1986-87 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1984-85	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Alvin Robertson	79	21.3	9.2	1.5	1.9	3.4	3.5	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.7	3.8	7.6	.498	0.1	0.1	.364	1.6	2.1	.734
Dennis Rodman	77	15.0	6.5	2.1	2.2	4.3	0.7	0.5	0.6	1.2	2.2	2.8	5.1	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.6	.587

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	15	16.3	6.5	2.1	2.6	4.7	0.2	0.4	1.1	1.1	3.2	2.7	4.9	.541	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.1	.563


Season 2
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1985-86	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Alvin Robertson	82	35.1	17.0	2.2	4.0	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	3.1	3.6	6.9	13.3	.514	0.1	0.4	.276	3.2	4.0	.795
Dennis Rodman	82	26.2	11.6	3.9	4.8	8.7	1.3	0.9	0.5	1.9	3.3	4.9	8.6	.561	0.1	0.2	.294	1.9	3.5	.535

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvin Robertson	3	32.7	9.0	1.7	3.0	4.7	6.3	2.3	0.3	1.7	3.3	2.7	9.7	.276	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.3	.846
Dennis Rodman	23	20.6	7.1	2.2	3.7	5.9	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.3	3.8	3.1	5.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.407


Season 3
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1986-87	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Steals Leader	-
	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		%
Alvin Robertson	81	33.3	17.7	2.3	2.9	5.2	5.2	3.2	0.4	3.0	3.3	7.3	15.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.271	3.0	4.0	.753
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1987-88	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alvin Robertson	82	36.3	19.6	2.0	4.1	6.1	6.8	3.0	0.8	3.1	3.7	8.0	17.2	.465	0.3	1.2	.284	3.3	4.5	.748
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		%
Alvin Robertson	3	39.7	23.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	9.3	4.0	0.3	3.0	5.0	10.0	17.7	.566	1.0	2.3	.429	2.3	3.0	.778
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
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Alvin Robertson	65	35.2	17.3	2.4	3.5	5.9	6.0	3.0	0.6	3.6	4.0	7.2	14.8	.483	0.1	0.7	.200	2.8	3.9	.723
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1989-90	1991-92
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Alvin Robertson	81	32.1	14.2	2.8	4.1	6.9	5.5	2.6	0.2	2.7	3.5	5.9	11.7	.503	0.0	0.3	.154	2.4	3.3	.741
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		%
Alvin Robertson	4	38.8	23.5	2.5	3.3	5.8	4.8	2.3	0.0	3.8	4.0	8.8	16.8	.522	0.0	0.3	.000	6.0	8.5	.706
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
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Alvin Robertson	81	32.1	13.6	2.4	3.3	5.7	5.5	3.0	0.2	2.6	3.4	5.4	11.2	.485	0.3	0.8	.365	2.5	3.2	.757
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		%
Alvin Robertson	3	39.3	23.7	2.3	3.7	6.0	5.0	2.7	0.0	3.3	4.0	9.7	16.3	.592	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	4.3	.769
Dennis Rodman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1991-92	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Alvin Robertson	82	30.0	12.3	2.1	2.1	4.3	4.4	2.6	0.4	2.7	3.2	4.8	11.2	.430	0.8	2.6	.319	1.8	2.4	.763
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1992-93	1994-95
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
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		%
Alvin Robertson	69	29.1	9.0	1.6	2.3	3.9	3.8	2.2	0.3	1.9	3.2	3.6	7.8	.458	0.6	1.8	.328	1.2	1.9	.656
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	.000	1.5	2.3	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Alvin Robertson didn't play in 1993-94 and 1994-95.


Season 10
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1995-96	1995-96
Team	Toronto Raptors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
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		%
Alvin Robertson	77	32.2	9.3	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.2	2.2	0.5	2.4	3.5	3.7	7.9	.470	0.5	2.0	.272	1.4	2.1	.677
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	80	35.7	4.7	5.3	9.8	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.0	1.9	4.5	.431	0.1	0.3	.174	0.8	1.4	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	21	34.4	4.9	4.7	7.1	11.8	2.0	0.7	0.6	1.7	4.2	1.9	5.0	.371	0.0	0.2	.250	1.1	1.8	.605


Season 13
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	23	28.6	2.1	2.7	8.5	11.2	1.3	0.4	0.5	1.3	3.1	0.7	2.0	.348	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.7	.436

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Alvin Robertson	Dennis Rodman
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	12	32.4	2.8	4.0	10.3	14.3	1.2	0.2	0.1	1.6	3.4	1.0	2.6	.387	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.2	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvin Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alvin Robertson vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Alvin Robertson, 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

Season 14