Jalen Duren vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Jalen Duren, 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.

Jalen Duren played 3 years in the NBA, 11 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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.

Rookie Season
	Jalen Duren	Dennis Rodman
Season	2022-23	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jalen Duren	67	24.9	9.1	3.4	5.5	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.9	5.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.3	.611
difference:	+10	+9.9	+2.6	+1.3	+3.3	+4.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.3	-0.2	-0.5	+1.1	+0.8	+.103				+0.4	+0.7	+.024
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		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 3
	Jalen Duren	Dennis Rodman
Season	2024-25	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jalen Duren	78	26.1	11.8	3.6	6.8	10.3	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	7.0	.692	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.1	.669
difference:	+4	+0.8	+2.8	+0.4	+1.4	+0.9	+1.5		+0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+.097	+0.1	+0.3		+0.9	+1.2	+.043
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		%
Jalen Duren	6	33.8	11.8	4.3	6.3	10.7	3.5	0.3	1.7	1.7	4.3	4.3	6.7	.650	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.8	.826
difference:	+11	+9.7	+6.0	+1.0	+0.4	+0.7	+2.6	+0.1	+1.0	-0.3	-0.9	+2.1	+2.6	+.121		+0.2		+1.8	+1.7	+.140
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

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 11 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1990 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in 8 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Jalen Duren, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 7 Rebounds Leader 2 All-Star Game