Caris LeVert vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Caris LeVert, 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.

Caris LeVert played 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Caris LeVert had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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
	Caris LeVert	Dennis Rodman
Season	2018-19	1988-89
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Caris LeVert	40	26.6	13.7	0.9	2.9	3.8	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.7	1.9	5.2	12.1	.429	1.2	3.9	.312	2.1	3.1	.691
difference:	+42	+0.3	+4.7	+3.1	+2.5	+5.6	+2.7	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-1.7	+1.3	+5.6	+.166	+1.1	+3.6	+.081	+0.9	+1.2	+.065
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		%
Caris LeVert	5	28.8	21.0	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.0	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.6	7.2	14.6	.493	2.4	5.2	.462	4.2	5.8	.724
difference:	+12	+4.7	+15.2	+2.1	+3.3	+5.4	+2.1	+0.6	+0.3	-0.6	-1.8	+5.0	+10.5	+.036	+2.4	+5.0	+.462	+2.8	+3.7	+.038
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
	Caris LeVert	Dennis Rodman
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Caris LeVert	45	29.6	18.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	4.4	1.2	0.2	2.6	1.8	6.9	16.3	.425	1.8	4.9	.364	3.1	4.4	.711
difference:	+37	+0.6	+9.9	+3.0	+2.5	+5.5	+3.5	+0.6	+0.5	-1.5	-1.6	+3.4	+10.3	+.156	+1.8	+4.8	+.253	+1.4	+1.8	+.057
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		%
Caris LeVert	4	35.0	20.3	2.0	4.0	6.0	9.5	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.8	6.8	18.3	.370	2.3	5.3	.429	4.5	6.3	.720
difference:	+15	+5.5	+13.7	+0.9	+1.6	+2.5	+8.6	+0.8	+0.4	-1.7	-1.5	+4.0	+13.3	+.198	+2.3	+5.3		+3.6	+4.5	+.206
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
	Caris LeVert	Dennis Rodman
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Caris LeVert	47	31.6	20.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	5.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.2	7.6	17.3	.441	1.8	5.5	.326	3.1	3.8	.811
difference:	+35	+1.9	+12.0	+3.7	+4.2	+7.9	+4.2	+0.6	+0.1	-1.1	-1.2	+4.2	+10.5	+.052	+1.7	+5.1	+.126	+1.7	+1.7	+.180
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		%
Caris LeVert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Caris LeVert	Dennis Rodman
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Caris LeVert	58	30.7	17.0	0.7	2.9	3.7	4.3	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.3	6.5	14.7	.444	1.4	4.4	.320	2.5	3.3	.756
difference:	+24	+9.6	+7.2	+5.7	+9.4	+15.0	+2.0	+0.1	+0.5	-0.2	-0.7	+2.3	+7.0	+.095	+1.0	+3.2	+.003	+1.5	+1.6	+.156
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		%
Caris LeVert	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
	Caris LeVert	Dennis Rodman
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Caris LeVert	74	30.2	12.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.9	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.3	10.0	.431	1.7	4.4	.392	1.8	2.4	.722
difference:	+12	+8.7	+4.6	+5.2	+9.2	+14.5	+2.3	+0.2	+0.4	-0.1	-0.9	+1.3	+3.1	+.004	+1.5	+3.2	+.187	+0.4	+0.2	+.188
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		%
Caris LeVert	5	34.0	15.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.0	5.4	12.6	.429	2.6	7.2	.361	1.6	2.6	.615
Dennis Rodman	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Caris LeVert	Dennis Rodman
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Caris LeVert	68	28.8	14.0	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.1	1.1	0.5	1.7	1.8	5.1	12.1	.421	1.6	4.9	.325	2.3	3.0	.766
difference:	+11	+9.0	+9.3	+5.1	+8.1	+13.2	+2.8	+0.4	+0.1		-1.1	+3.1	+8.4	+.113	+1.5	+4.6	+.117	+1.6	+1.7	+.246
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		%
Caris LeVert	11	25.3	10.1	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	4.0	9.3	.431	0.5	3.0	.182	1.5	2.4	.654
difference:	+8	+12.7	+1.8	+7.3	+5.1	+12.4	+1.6	+1.2	+0.8	-0.7	-3.4		+1.3	+.069	+0.5	+1.3	+.182	+1.2	+0.4	+.487
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
	Caris LeVert	Dennis Rodman
Season	2024-25	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks	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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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	64	24.9	12.1	0.6	2.5	3.2	3.4	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.5	4.4	9.4	.467	1.7	4.4	.373	1.7	2.4	.710
difference:	+15	+7.1	+5.0	+5.0	+8.7	+13.6	+1.4	+0.3		-0.8	-1.7	+1.6	+4.5	+.104	+1.7	+4.4		+0.2	+0.1	+.034
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		%
Caris LeVert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 5 seasons more than Caris LeVert in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 1996 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in 3 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Caris LeVert, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 3 Rebounds Leader