Jaden McDaniels vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Jaden McDaniels, 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.

Jaden McDaniels played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Jaden McDaniels had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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.

Season 3
	Jaden McDaniels	Dennis Rodman
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jaden McDaniels	79	30.6	12.1	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.4	4.7	9.1	.517	1.4	3.4	.398	1.3	1.8	.736
difference:	+3	+3.7	+3.1	+2.8	+2.7	+5.5	+0.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+0.8	+2.6	+.078	+1.3	+3.1	+.167	+0.1	+0.1	+.110
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		%
Jaden McDaniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jaden McDaniels	Dennis Rodman
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
difference:	+10	+0.2	+1.7	+3.3	+3.3	+6.6	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	-0.1	-0.4	+0.8	+2.7	+.092	+1.2	+3.4	+.226	+0.9	+1.5	+.068
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		%
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771
difference:	+3	+4.1	+5.6	+1.1	+3.5	+4.7	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+1.7	+3.8	+.054	+1.5	+3.5		+0.8	+0.4	+.257
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
	Jaden McDaniels	Dennis Rodman
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jaden McDaniels	82	31.9	12.2	1.6	4.2	5.7	2.0	1.3	0.9	1.2	2.7	4.9	10.2	.477	1.2	3.7	.330	1.3	1.6	.813
difference:		+1.6	+4.0	+2.8	+3.9	+6.8	+1.0	+0.5	+0.2	-0.1	-0.7	+1.5	+3.4	+.016	+1.1	+3.3	+.130	+0.1	+0.5	+.182
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		%
Jaden McDaniels	15	33.1	14.7	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.5	1.3	0.9	1.2	3.3	5.8	11.3	.515	1.4	3.7	.382	1.7	1.9	.893
difference:		+0.1	+8.4	+2.7	+3.5	+6.2	+0.6	+0.6	+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+3.1	+5.2	+.064	+1.3	+3.1	+.160	+1.0	+0.3	+.476
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
	Jaden McDaniels	Dennis Rodman
Season	2025-26	1991-92
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jaden McDaniels	2	28.0	14.0	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	4.5	5.5	12.0	.458	1.5	4.0	.375	1.5	2.0	.750
difference:	+80	+12.3	+4.2	+5.9	+9.3	+15.2	+1.3	+0.3	+1.1	-0.2	-1.5	+1.3	+4.3	+.081	+1.1	+2.8	+.058	+0.5	+0.3	+.150
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		%
Jaden McDaniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 8 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 1993 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in 5 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Jaden McDaniels, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 6 Rebounds Leader