Caleb Martin vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Caleb Martin, 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.

Caleb Martin played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Caleb Martin had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Caleb Martin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Caleb Martin	60	22.9	9.2	1.2	2.7	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	6.8	.507	1.1	2.6	.413	1.2	1.6	.763
difference:	+22	+4.0	+0.2	+2.8	+2.7	+5.6	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-1.9	+0.4	+0.3	+.088	+1.0	+2.3	+.182		+0.3	+.137
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		%
Caleb Martin	17	12.3	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.9	4.7	.400	0.6	1.9	.303	0.1	0.4	.333
difference:		+11.8	+1.3	+2.6	+5.2	+7.8	+0.6	+0.2	+0.6	-0.8	-2.4	+0.3	+0.6	+.129	+0.6	+1.7	+.303	+1.3	+1.7	+.353
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
	Caleb Martin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Caleb Martin	71	29.3	9.6	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.6	7.7	.464	1.2	3.3	.356	1.3	1.6	.805
difference:	+11	+0.3	+0.8	+2.9	+2.0	+4.9	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3		-1.4	+0.1	+1.7	+.117	+1.2	+3.2	+.245	+0.4	+1.0	+.151
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		%
Caleb Martin	23	30.2	12.7	1.2	4.3	5.4	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.4	4.7	9.0	.529	1.9	4.5	.423	1.3	1.5	.829
difference:	+4	+0.7	+6.1	+1.7	+1.3	+3.1	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	-0.6	-0.9	+1.9	+4.0	+.039	+1.9	+4.5		+0.4	+0.3	+.315
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
	Caleb Martin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Caleb Martin	64	27.4	10.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.0	3.8	8.7	.431	1.3	3.6	.349	1.2	1.5	.778
difference:	+18	+6.1	+1.8	+3.2	+4.9	+8.1	+1.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-1.4	+0.4	+1.9	+.062	+1.2	+3.2	+.149	+0.2	+0.6	+.147
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		%
Caleb Martin	5	35.2	11.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.8	4.2	9.0	.467	2.2	5.0	.440	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+10	+2.2	+5.3	+3.5	+4.7	+8.2	+0.5	+0.1	+0.7	-0.3	-0.9	+1.5	+2.9	+.016	+2.1	+4.4	+.218	+0.3	+0.6	+.583
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
	Caleb Martin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2024-25	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Caleb Martin	45	27.1	7.9	1.2	2.8	3.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.9	6.8	.424	0.8	2.3	.359	1.4	2.2	.622
difference:	+37	+13.2	+1.9	+5.2	+9.5	+14.8	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5	-1.1	+1.3	+0.9	+.115	+0.4	+1.1	+.042	+0.4	+0.5	+.022
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		%
Caleb Martin	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

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 8 seasons more than Caleb Martin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 1993 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in 5 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Caleb Martin, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 6 Rebounds Leader