Dennis Rodman vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Deron Williams 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, 2 more than Deron Williams, who played 12. Dennis Rodman had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Deron Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Deron Williams
Season	1986-87	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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	+13.8	+4.3	+1.7	+0.2	+1.9	+3.8	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-0.7	+1.4	+5.0	+.124	+1.1	+2.7		+0.2	+0.1	+.117
Deron Williams	80	28.8	10.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.2	10.1	.421	1.1	2.7	.416	1.2	1.7	.704
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
Deron Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dennis Rodman	Deron Williams
Season	1988-89	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+10.4	+9.8	+3.6	+2.9	+6.4	+9.3	+0.4	+0.6	-1.9	-1.2	+3.0	+7.1	+.088	+0.9	+2.3	+.164	+2.8	+3.1	+.177
Deron Williams	82	37.3	18.8	0.4	2.5	3.0	10.5	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.4	6.9	13.6	.507	1.0	2.6	.395	4.0	5.0	.803
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
difference:	+5	+18.7	+15.8	+2.0	+4.4	+6.4	+9.1	+0.2	+0.4	-1.7	-0.5	+5.3	+11.2	+.037	+2.3	+4.5	+.500	+2.9	+3.4	+.087
Deron Williams	12	42.8	21.6	1.3	2.3	3.6	10.0	0.6	0.3	3.1	2.9	7.5	15.3	.492	2.3	4.7	.500	4.3	5.5	.773

Season 4
	Dennis Rodman	Deron Williams
Season	1989-90	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West 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:	+14	+7.8	+10.6	+3.7	+3.1	+6.8	+9.8	+0.5	+0.4	-2.3	-1.4	+3.3	+8.5	+.110	+1.0	+3.2	+.199	+3.1	+3.0	+.195
Deron Williams	68	36.8	19.4	0.4	2.5	2.9	10.7	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.0	6.8	14.5	.471	1.0	3.3	.310	4.8	5.6	.849
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	+12.7	+13.6	+2.1	+2.6	+4.7	+9.9	+1.3	+0.3	-2.6	-0.1	+3.0	+9.0	+.154	+1.8	+5.0		+5.9	+6.4	+.315
Deron Williams	5	42.2	20.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	10.8	1.8	0.4	4.2	3.4	5.8	14.0	.414	1.8	5.0	.360	6.8	8.2	.829

Season 5
	Dennis Rodman	Deron Williams
Season	1990-91	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+3.4	+10.5	+3.7	+4.8	+8.5	+9.5	+0.5	+0.5	-2.2	-0.7	+3.1	+7.1	+.024	+1.2	+3.0	+.171	+3.0	+3.4	+.170
Deron Williams	76	36.9	18.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	10.5	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.7	6.5	13.9	.469	1.3	3.4	.371	4.4	5.5	.801
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
difference:	+5	+6.8	+18.0	+4.1	+5.0	+9.1	+9.3	+0.3	+0.3	-2.1		+4.0	+8.8	+.001	+1.9	+4.5	+.170	+8.2	+9.5	+.385
Deron Williams	10	39.8	24.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	10.2	1.0	0.4	3.0	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	2.0	5.1	.392	8.9	11.1	.802

Season 6
	Dennis Rodman	Deron Williams
Season	1991-92	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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:	+17	+2.4	+10.3	+5.8	+8.9	+14.7	+8.0	+0.4	+0.7	-1.8	-0.1	+2.4	+7.3	+.100	+1.2	+3.7	+.014	+4.4	+4.6	+.245
Deron Williams	65	37.9	20.1	0.6	3.4	4.0	10.3	1.2	0.2	3.5	2.9	6.6	15.0	.439	1.6	4.9	.331	5.4	6.3	.845
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
Deron Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dennis Rodman	Deron Williams
Season	1992-93	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+7	+2.6	+13.5	+5.5	+9.4	+15.0	+7.1	+0.4	+0.3	-2.3	-1.0	+4.1	+10.6	+.020	+1.9	+5.0	+.131	+3.3	+2.9	+.309
Deron Williams	55	36.3	21.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	8.7	1.2	0.4	4.0	2.2	7.1	17.5	.407	2.1	6.2	.336	4.7	5.5	.843
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dennis Rodman nor Deron Williams played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Dennis Rodman	Deron Williams
Season	1993-94	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East 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		%
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:	+1	+1.4	+14.2	+5.3	+9.0	+14.3	+5.4	+0.3		-1.1	-0.4	+4.3	+10.7	+.094	+2.1	+5.4	+.170	+3.4	+3.4	+.339
Deron Williams	78	36.4	18.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.7	1.0	0.4	2.8	2.5	6.3	14.4	.440	2.2	5.7	.378	4.1	4.7	.859
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:	+4	+3.7	+12.3	+7.9	+5.0	+12.9	+7.7	+1.0	+0.7	-1.0	-2.3	+2.4	+7.1	+.075	+2.4	+4.4	+.395	+5.0	+4.4	+.655
Deron Williams	7	41.7	20.6	0.1	3.0	3.1	8.4	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.4	6.4	15.1	.425	2.4	6.1	.395	5.3	6.4	.822

Season 9
	Dennis Rodman	Deron Williams
Season	1994-95	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+15	+0.2	+7.2	+5.4	+8.8	+14.2	+4.1	+0.9	+0.3	-0.2	-0.9	+2.2	+6.3	+.121	+1.5	+4.2		+1.2	+1.1	+.125
Deron Williams	64	32.2	14.3	0.2	2.4	2.6	6.1	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.3	5.0	11.2	.450	1.5	4.2	.366	2.7	3.4	.801
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:	+2	+2.9	+5.6	+4.3	+7.3	+11.6	+4.5	+0.2	+0.2	-0.5	-1.0	+1.3	+5.8	+.147	+1.5	+4.0	+.340	+1.6	+1.3	+.229
Deron Williams	12	35.7	14.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.6	5.0	12.7	.395	1.5	4.4	.340	3.0	3.8	.800

Season 10
	Dennis Rodman	Deron Williams
Season	1995-96	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+1.5	+7.5	+5.2	+6.2	+11.4	+4.1	+0.3	+0.1	-0.1	-0.8	+2.1	+6.5	+.093	+1.3	+3.1	+.256	+2.1	+1.8	+.306
Deron Williams	68	31.1	13.0	0.4	3.1	3.5	6.6	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.3	4.4	11.3	.387	1.3	3.5	.367	3.0	3.5	.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
difference:	+12	+2.4	+4.3	+4.9	+2.6	+7.5	+3.4	+0.5	+0.4	-0.4	-1.2	+1.7	+5.8	+.094	+1.8	+4.3		+0.9	+2.1	+.264
Deron Williams	6	32.0	11.8	0.5	5.7	6.2	5.5	1.3	0.0	2.7	3.0	4.5	11.5	.391	1.8	4.3	.423	1.0	1.2	.857

Season 11
	Dennis Rodman	Deron Williams
Season	1996-97	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th 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	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
difference:	+10	+3.0	+8.4	+5.5	+7.6	+13.2	+2.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.3	-0.7	+2.6	+6.7	+.034	+1.4	+4.0	+.081	+1.9	+1.6	+.301
Deron Williams	65	32.4	14.1	0.3	2.6	2.9	5.8	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.4	4.9	11.9	.414	1.5	4.3	.344	2.8	3.2	.869
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+16	+11.8	+0.8	+3.1	+4.6	+7.7	+1.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-1.9	+0.4	+1.7	+.037	+0.8	+1.5	+.179	+0.8	+1.4
Deron Williams	3	16.3	5.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.0	2.0	6.0	.333	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-

Season 12
	Dennis Rodman	Deron Williams
Season	1997-98	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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12th 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	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
difference:	+16	+9.8	+6.3	+5.1	+7.7	+12.7	+2.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-0.8	+2.2	+4.9	+.007	+1.2	+3.4	+.189	+0.6	+0.3	+.276
Deron Williams	64	25.9	11.0	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.6	0.5	0.1	2.2	2.2	4.1	9.4	.438	1.3	3.7	.363	1.4	1.7	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+19.8	+0.6	+4.5	+6.0	+10.5	+0.1	+0.1	+0.5	-0.8	-2.6	+0.3	+1.4	+.067	+0.7	+1.5	+.137	+0.5	+1.2	+.304
Deron Williams	18	14.6	4.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.6	.438	0.7	1.7	.387	0.6	0.6	.909