Gary Payton vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Gary Payton, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Gary Payton played 17 years in the NBA, 3 more than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Gary Payton had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Gary Payton	17	15	1990-91 to 2006-07
Dennis Rodman	14	11	1986-87 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	1990-91	1986-87
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Gary Payton	82	27.4	7.2	1.3	1.6	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	2.2	3.0	3.2	7.0	.450	0.0	0.2	.077	0.8	1.2	.711
difference:	+5	+12.4	+0.7	+0.8	+0.6	+1.3	+5.7	+1.5	+0.4	-1.0	-0.8	+0.4	+1.9	+.095		+0.2		+0.2	+0.4	+.124
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	5	27.0	4.8	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.4	1.6	0.2	1.8	3.2	2.2	5.4	.407	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
difference:	+10	+10.7	+1.7	+1.1	+1.0	+2.1	+6.2	+1.2	+0.9	-0.7		+0.5	+0.5	+.134		+0.2		+0.8	+1.7	+.437
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


Season 2
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	1991-92	1987-88
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Gary Payton	81	31.5	9.4	1.5	2.1	3.6	6.2	1.8	0.3	2.1	3.1	4.1	9.1	.451	0.0	0.3	.130	1.2	1.8	.669
difference:	+1	+5.3	+2.2	+2.4	+2.7	+5.1	+4.9	+0.9	+0.2	-0.2	-0.2	+0.8	+0.5	+.110	+0.1	+0.1	+.164	+0.7	+1.7	+.134
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	8	27.6	7.6	0.8	1.9	2.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.3	3.4	7.3	.466	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.5	.583
difference:	+15	+7.0	+0.5	+1.4	+1.8	+3.3	+3.9	+0.4	+0.3		-0.5	+0.3	+1.4	+.056		+0.2		+0.1	+0.8	+.176
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


Season 3
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	1992-93	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Gary Payton	82	31.1	13.5	1.2	2.3	3.4	4.9	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	5.8	11.7	.494	0.1	0.4	.206	1.8	2.4	.770
difference:		+4.2	+4.5	+2.8	+3.1	+6.0	+3.7	+1.5	+0.6	-0.3	-0.6	+1.9	+5.2	+.101		+0.1	+.025	+0.6	+0.5	+.144
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		%
Gary Payton	19	31.8	12.3	1.2	2.2	3.3	3.7	1.8	0.2	1.8	3.4	5.5	12.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.167	1.3	1.9	.676
difference:	+2	+7.7	+6.5	+2.1	+4.5	+6.7	+2.8	+1.4	+0.5	-0.4		+3.3	+8.3	+.086	+0.1	+0.1	+.167	+0.1	+0.2	+.010
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
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	1993-94	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Gary Payton	82	35.1	16.5	1.3	2.0	3.3	6.0	2.3	0.2	2.1	2.8	7.1	14.1	.504	0.2	0.7	.278	2.0	3.4	.595
difference:		+6.1	+7.7	+2.8	+3.6	+6.4	+5.1	+1.7	+0.5	-1.0	-0.6	+3.6	+8.1	+.077	+0.2	+0.6	+.167	+0.3	+0.8	+.059
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		%
Gary Payton	5	36.2	15.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	5.6	1.6	0.4	1.6	3.0	6.8	13.8	.493	0.6	1.8	.333	1.6	3.8	.421
difference:	+14	+6.7	+9.2	+1.7	+3.4	+5.1	+4.7	+1.1	+0.3		-0.3	+4.0	+8.8	+.075	+0.6	+1.8		+0.7	+2.0	+.093
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
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	1994-95	1990-91
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Gary Payton	82	36.8	20.6	1.3	2.1	3.4	7.1	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.5	8.4	16.4	.509	0.9	2.8	.302	3.0	4.2	.716
difference:		+3.3	+12.4	+3.1	+6.0	+9.1	+6.1	+1.7	+0.5	-1.4	-0.9	+5.0	+9.6	+.016	+0.8	+2.4	+.102	+1.6	+2.1	+.085
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		%
Gary Payton	4	43.0	17.8	1.5	1.0	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.0	2.0	3.3	8.0	16.8	.478	0.5	2.5	.200	1.3	3.0	.417
difference:	+11	+10.0	+11.5	+3.0	+6.3	+9.3	+4.4	+0.6	+0.7	-1.1	-0.4	+5.3	+10.7	+.027	+0.4	+1.9	+.022	+0.6	+1.4
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
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	1995-96	1991-92
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Gary Payton	81	39.0	19.3	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	3.2	2.7	7.6	15.8	.484	1.2	3.7	.328	2.8	3.8	.748
difference:	+1	+1.3	+9.5	+5.1	+9.4	+14.5	+5.2	+2.1	+0.7	-1.5	-0.3	+3.4	+8.1	+.055	+0.8	+2.5	+.011	+1.8	+2.1	+.148
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		%
Gary Payton	21	43.4	20.7	0.9	4.2	5.1	6.8	1.8	0.3	3.0	3.3	7.7	15.9	.485	2.0	4.8	.410	3.3	5.2	.633
difference:	+16	+12.2	+13.5	+2.3	+2.8	+5.1	+5.0	+1.0	+0.1	-1.6	-0.1	+4.5	+10.5	+.108	+2.0	+4.4	+.410	+2.5	+3.6	+.133
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
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	1996-97	1992-93
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Gary Payton	82	39.2	21.8	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	2.6	2.5	8.6	18.1	.476	1.5	4.6	.313	3.1	4.3	.715
difference:	+20	+0.3	+14.3	+4.6	+9.0	+13.7	+5.5	+1.6	+0.5	-0.9	-0.7	+5.6	+11.2	+.049	+1.3	+3.4	+.108	+1.7	+1.7	+.181
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		%
Gary Payton	12	45.6	23.8	1.7	3.8	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	2.9	2.2	8.8	21.3	.412	2.1	6.3	.333	4.2	5.1	.820
Dennis Rodman	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Gary Payton	82	38.4	19.2	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.1	15.6	.453	1.6	4.8	.338	3.4	4.6	.744
difference:	+3	+0.6	+14.5	+4.8	+8.0	+12.7	+6.0	+1.6	+0.2	-1.1	-0.5	+5.1	+11.9	+.081	+1.5	+4.5	+.130	+2.7	+3.3	+.224
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		%
Gary Payton	10	42.7	24.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.1	8.7	18.3	.475	1.9	5.0	.380	4.7	5.0	.940
difference:	+7	+4.7	+15.7	+7.1	+5.5	+12.6	+6.3	+0.2	+1.2	-0.6	-1.6	+4.7	+10.3	+.025	+1.9	+3.3	+.380	+4.4	+3.0	+.773
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
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	1998-99	1994-95
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First 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		%
Gary Payton	50	40.2	21.7	1.2	3.6	4.9	8.7	2.2	0.2	3.1	2.3	8.0	18.5	.434	1.7	5.6	.295	4.0	5.5	.721
difference:	+1	+8.2	+14.6	+4.4	+7.6	+11.9	+6.7	+1.6	+0.3	-1.1	-0.9	+5.2	+13.6	+.137	+1.7	+5.6		+2.5	+3.2	+.045
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		%
Gary Payton	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


Season 10
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	1999-00	1995-96
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Gary Payton	82	41.8	24.2	1.2	5.2	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	2.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.448	2.2	6.3	.340	3.8	5.2	.735
difference:	+18	+9.2	+18.7	+4.4	+4.1	+8.4	+6.4	+1.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.9	+6.8	+15.5	+.032	+2.2	+5.9	+.229	+2.9	+3.5	+.207
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	5	44.2	25.8	1.6	6.0	7.6	7.4	1.8	0.2	3.6	3.2	10.0	22.6	.442	1.8	4.6	.391	4.0	5.2	.769
difference:	+13	+9.8	+18.3	+3.8	+2.3	+6.1	+5.3	+1.0	+0.2	-1.3	-1.0	+7.2	+16.9	+.043	+1.8	+4.6		+2.1	+1.9	+.176
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


Season 11
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	2000-01	1996-97
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Gary Payton	79	41.1	23.1	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.1	1.6	0.3	2.6	2.3	9.2	20.1	.456	1.3	3.4	.375	3.4	4.5	.766
difference:	+24	+5.7	+17.4	+4.9	+6.6	+11.5	+5.0	+1.0		-0.6	-0.8	+6.9	+14.9	+.008	+1.2	+3.1	+.112	+2.5	+2.9	+.198
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	2001-02	1997-98
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Gary Payton	82	40.3	22.1	1.0	3.9	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.0	19.2	.467	0.9	2.9	.314	3.3	4.1	.797
difference:	+2	+4.6	+17.4	+4.3	+5.9	+10.2	+6.1	+1.0	+0.1	-0.7	-0.8	+7.1	+14.7	+.036	+0.8	+2.6	+.140	+2.5	+2.7	+.247
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	5	41.2	22.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	5.8	0.6	0.4	2.6	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	0.8	3.0	.267	3.4	5.8	.586
difference:	+16	+6.8	+17.3	+2.7	+0.5	+3.2	+3.8	+0.1	+0.2	-0.9	-1.8	+7.1	+16.2	+.054	+0.8	+2.8	+.017	+2.3	+4.0	+.019
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


Season 13
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	2002-03	1998-99
Team	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	80	40.1	20.4	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.3	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	8.3	18.3	.454	0.7	2.3	.297	3.1	4.4	.710
difference:	+57	+11.5	+18.3	+1.7	+5.3	+7.0	+7.0	+1.3	+0.2	-1.0	-0.8	+7.6	+16.3	+.106	+0.7	+2.2	+.297	+2.4	+2.7	+.274
Dennis Rodman	23	28.6	2.1	2.7	8.5	11.2	1.3	0.4	0.5	1.3	3.1	0.7	2.0	.348	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.7	.436

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	6	41.8	18.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	8.7	1.3	0.2	2.2	3.0	8.0	18.7	.429	0.2	2.5	.067	2.3	3.3	.700
Dennis Rodman	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Gary Payton	Dennis Rodman
Season	2003-04	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	82	34.5	14.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	5.5	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.1	5.9	12.5	.471	0.7	2.0	.333	2.2	3.1	.714
difference:	+70	+2.1	+11.8	+3.1	+7.0	+10.1	+4.3	+1.0	+0.1	-0.2	-1.3	+4.9	+9.9	+.084	+0.7	+1.9	+.333	+1.4	+1.9
Dennis Rodman	12	32.4	2.8	4.0	10.3	14.3	1.2	0.2	0.1	1.6	3.4	1.0	2.6	.387	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.2	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	22	35.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	5.3	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.7	3.1	8.5	.366	0.6	2.5	.250	1.0	1.3	.750
Dennis Rodman	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Gary Payton played 3 seasons more than Dennis Rodman in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 15 to 17, from 2005 to 2007—Gary Payton played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Gary Payton vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Gary Payton, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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