Dennis Rodman vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Dennis Rodman, 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.

Dennis Rodman played 14 years in the NBA, 12 more than Amen Thompson, who played 2. Dennis Rodman had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.

Rookie Season
	Dennis Rodman	Amen Thompson
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-	1.0	1.6	.587
difference:	+15	+7.4	+3.0	+0.3	+2.0	+2.3	+1.9	+0.8		-0.3	-0.1	+1.1	+2.1	+.009	+0.1	+0.9		+0.7	+0.9	+.097
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dennis Rodman	Amen Thompson
Season	1987-88	2024-25
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+13	+6.0	+2.5	+1.1	+0.6	+0.5	+2.5	+0.5	+0.8	-0.1	-0.9	+0.7	+1.5	+.004	+0.3	+1.1	+.019	+0.5	+0.1	+.149
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+16	+12.4	+8.6	+0.5	+0.4	+1.0	+2.4	+1.1	+0.3	-0.4	-1.2	+2.9	+6.2	+.028	+0.1	+0.5	+.250	+2.6	+2.8	+.287
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 12 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1989 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in 9 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Amen Thompson, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 7 Rebounds Leader 2 All-Star Game