Dennis Rodman vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell 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, 4 more than D'Angelo Russell, who played 10. Dennis Rodman had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while D'Angelo Russell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+3	+13.2	+6.7	+1.5	+0.6	+0.9	+2.6	+0.7	+0.4	-1.3	-0.4	+2.1	+6.9	+.135	+1.6	+4.6		+0.8	+0.8	+.150
D'Angelo Russell	80	28.2	13.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.5	1.8	4.9	12.0	.410	1.6	4.6	.351	1.8	2.4	.737
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
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dennis Rodman	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+34	+1.2	+6.5	+3.4	+2.1	+5.5	+4.0	+0.1	+0.5	-1.6	-1.7	+1.9	+7.5	+.181	+1.8	+5.5	+.093	+0.8	+0.8	+.114
D'Angelo Russell	48	25.7	15.5	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.2	0.8	0.4	3.1	1.9	5.8	14.0	.414	1.9	5.8	.324	2.0	2.7	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dennis Rodman	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+1.2	+12.3	+3.4	+2.4	+5.8	+6.1	+0.6	+0.5	-2.0	-1.7	+4.6	+12.7	+.147	+2.9	+7.7	+.258	+0.3	+0.1	+.126
D'Angelo Russell	81	30.2	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.0	1.2	0.2	3.1	1.7	8.1	18.7	.434	2.9	7.8	.369	2.0	2.5	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+14	+0.1	+12.8	+2.5	+2.4	+4.9	+2.7	+0.9	+0.5	-1.2	-0.9	+4.6	+15.6	+.209	+2.4	+7.4		+1.3	+0.8	+.332
D'Angelo Russell	5	29.6	19.4	0.4	3.2	3.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.4	20.6	.359	2.4	7.4	.324	2.2	2.6	.846

Season 5
	Dennis Rodman	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+37	+1.2	+14.9	+4.0	+4.5	+8.6	+5.3	+0.3	+0.4	-2.2	-1.5	+4.6	+12.0	+.067	+3.4	+9.2	+.167	+2.2	+2.3	+.178
D'Angelo Russell	45	32.3	23.1	0.4	3.6	3.9	6.3	1.1	0.3	3.3	1.9	8.0	18.8	.426	3.5	9.6	.367	3.6	4.4	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Dennis Rodman	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+40	+11.8	+9.2	+6.0	+10.0	+16.1	+3.5	+0.3	+0.5	-1.0	-1.4	+2.5	+7.8	+.108	+2.5	+6.2	+.070	+1.7	+1.8	+.165
D'Angelo Russell	42	28.5	19.0	0.4	2.3	2.6	5.8	1.1	0.4	2.7	1.6	6.7	15.5	.431	2.9	7.4	.387	2.7	3.5	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dennis Rodman	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+6.9	+10.6	+5.5	+9.4	+15.0	+5.5	+0.2	+0.4	-0.8	-1.2	+3.2	+8.1	+.016	+2.5	+6.8	+.135	+1.6	+1.1	+.291
D'Angelo Russell	65	32.0	18.1	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.1	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.0	6.2	15.0	.411	2.7	8.0	.340	3.0	3.7	.825
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Rodman	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D'Angelo Russell	6	32.7	12.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	6.7	1.5	0.0	2.8	2.8	4.0	12.0	.333	2.0	5.2	.387	2.0	2.7	.750

Season 8
	Dennis Rodman	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+5.3	+13.1	+5.2	+9.1	+14.3	+3.9	+0.3		-0.9	-0.9	+4.3	+9.7	+.065	+2.6	+6.6	+.188	+1.8	+1.7	+.309
D'Angelo Russell	71	32.5	17.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.2	1.0	0.4	2.6	2.0	6.3	13.4	.469	2.7	6.9	.396	2.5	3.0	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+13	+8.4	+5.0	+7.4	+5.7	+13.1	+3.9	+1.3	+1.0	-0.2	-2.7	+1.2	+4.2	+.074	+1.7	+3.7	+.310	+1.0	+0.4	+.602
D'Angelo Russell	16	29.6	13.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.6	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.2	12.2	.426	1.7	5.4	.310	1.3	1.6	.769

Season 9
	Dennis Rodman	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+27	+0.7	+10.9	+5.2	+8.5	+13.7	+4.3	+0.3		-0.1	-1.1	+3.7	+9.3	+.115	+3.0	+7.2		+0.6	+0.2	+.152
D'Angelo Russell	76	32.7	18.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.5	2.1	2.1	6.5	14.2	.456	3.0	7.2	.415	2.1	2.5	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+9	+4.2	+5.3	+4.7	+7.3	+12.0	+2.9	+0.1	+0.2		-2.4	+1.9	+7.7	+.158	+2.8	+8.4	+.318	+1.2	+2.1	+.071
D'Angelo Russell	5	37.0	14.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.2	5.6	14.6	.384	2.8	8.8	.318	0.2	0.4	.500

Season 10
	Dennis Rodman	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1995-96	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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10th 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	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
difference:	+6	+7.1	+7.1	+5.3	+6.9	+12.1	+2.6	+0.4		-0.3	-1.1	+2.0	+6.2	+.090	+1.9	+5.8	+.203	+1.2	+0.8	+.306
D'Angelo Russell	58	25.5	12.6	0.3	2.4	2.8	5.1	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.0	4.3	11.0	.390	1.9	6.2	.314	2.1	2.5	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 4 seasons more than D'Angelo Russell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 1997 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in two Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 4 extra years over D'Angelo Russell, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Rebounds Leader