Evan Mobley vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo and Evan Mobley, 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.

Evan Mobley played 4 years in the NBA, 12 less than Rajon Rondo, who played 16. Evan Mobley had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Rajon Rondo had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
	Evan Mobley	Rajon Rondo
Season	2021-22	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
difference:	+9	+10.3	+8.6	+1.2	+3.4	+4.6	+1.3	+0.8	+1.6	-0.1	-0.2	+3.7	+6.2	+.090	+0.2	+0.9	+.043	+0.9	+1.3	+.016
Rajon Rondo	78	23.5	6.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	3.8	1.6	0.1	1.8	2.3	2.4	5.8	.418	0.1	0.4	.207	1.5	2.4	.647
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Mobley nor Rajon Rondo played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Evan Mobley	Rajon Rondo
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
difference:	+2	+4.5	+5.6	+1.4	+3.4	+4.8	+2.3	+0.9	+1.3	-0.1	-0.4	+2.0	+2.7	+.062	+0.2	+1.1	+.047	+1.2	+1.5	+.063
Rajon Rondo	77	29.9	10.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	5.1	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.6	9.3	.492	0.1	0.2	.263	1.4	2.3	.611
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625
difference:	+21	+5.6	+0.4	+1.5	+4.4	+5.9	+4.6	+1.1	+0.9	-0.6	-0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+.051	+0.2	+0.6	+.250	+0.8	+1.0	+.066
Rajon Rondo	26	32.0	10.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	6.6	1.7	0.3	1.8	2.8	4.1	10.1	.407	0.2	0.8	.250	1.8	2.6	.691

Season 3
	Evan Mobley	Rajon Rondo
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Evan Mobley	50	30.6	15.7	2.2	7.1	9.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	1.8	2.7	6.4	11.0	.580	0.4	1.2	.373	2.5	3.4	.719
difference:	+30	+2.4	+3.8	+0.9	+3.1	+4.2	+5.0	+1.0	+1.3	-0.8	-0.3	+1.6	+1.5	+.075	+0.2	+0.6	+.060	+0.3		+.077
Rajon Rondo	80	33.0	11.9	1.3	4.0	5.2	8.2	1.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	4.8	9.5	.505	0.2	0.6	.313	2.2	3.4	.642
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	12	35.2	16.0	2.5	6.8	9.3	2.3	0.8	2.2	1.8	2.8	6.8	12.2	.555	0.4	1.5	.278	2.1	3.0	.694
difference:	+2	+6.0	+0.9	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+7.5	+1.7	+2.0	-0.9	-0.6	+0.2	+3.7	+.138		+0.2	+.028	+1.0	+1.8	+.037
Rajon Rondo	14	41.2	16.9	2.3	7.4	9.7	9.8	2.5	0.2	2.7	3.4	6.6	15.9	.417	0.4	1.7	.250	3.1	4.8	.657

Season 4
	Evan Mobley	Rajon Rondo
Season	2024-25	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Evan Mobley	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
difference:	+10	+6.1	+4.8	+1.1	+3.8	+4.9	+6.6	+1.4	+1.5	-1.0	-0.4	+1.4	+1.6	+.049	+1.0	+2.2	+.157	+0.9	+0.8	+.104
Rajon Rondo	81	36.6	13.7	1.2	3.2	4.4	9.8	2.3	0.1	3.0	2.4	5.7	11.2	.508	0.2	1.0	.213	2.2	3.5	.621
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840
difference:	+16	+8.5	+1.3	+1.0	+1.5	+2.5	+7.7	+0.8	+0.9	-1.6	-1.1	+0.1	+2.7	+.123	+1.4	+2.9	+.077	+0.2	+1.7	+.244
Rajon Rondo	24	40.6	15.8	1.6	4.0	5.6	9.3	1.9	0.1	3.0	2.4	6.3	13.6	.463	0.4	1.0	.375	2.8	4.8	.596

Additional Years
* Rajon Rondo played 12 seasons more than Evan Mobley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 16, from 2011 to 2022—Rajon Rondo played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Evan Mobley, Rajon Rondo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 3 Assists Leader 3 All-Star Game