Jalen Green vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Jalen Green, 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 Green played 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Jalen Green had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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 Green	Dennis Rodman
Season	2021-22	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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 Green	67	31.9	17.3	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	6.1	14.2	.426	2.3	6.8	.343	2.8	3.5	.797
difference:	+10	+16.9	+10.8	+1.6	+0.7	+0.9	+1.9	+0.2	+0.3	-0.8	-0.7	+3.3	+9.1	+.119	+2.3	+6.8		+1.8	+1.9	+.210
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 Green	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 Green	Dennis Rodman
Season	2023-24	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Jalen Green	82	31.7	19.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	2.3	1.4	6.9	16.2	.423	2.5	7.4	.332	3.5	4.3	.804
difference:		+4.8	+10.6	+3.5	+0.7	+4.2	+2.3	+0.1	+0.6	-0.8	-2.2	+3.0	+9.7	+.172	+2.4	+7.1	+.101	+2.3	+2.4	+.178
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 Green	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
	Jalen Green	Dennis Rodman
Season	2024-25	1989-90
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Jalen Green	82	32.9	21.0	0.5	4.0	4.6	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.5	1.5	7.4	17.5	.423	2.9	8.1	.354	3.3	4.1	.813
difference:		+3.9	+12.2	+3.6	+1.6	+5.1	+2.5	+0.3	+0.4	-1.4	-1.9	+3.9	+11.5	+.158	+2.9	+8.0	+.243	+1.6	+1.5	+.159
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		%
Jalen Green	7	31.3	13.3	0.4	5.0	5.4	2.9	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	4.6	12.3	.372	1.9	6.3	.295	2.3	3.4	.667
difference:	+12	+1.8	+6.7	+2.5	+0.6	+3.1	+2.0	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-2.4	+1.8	+7.3	+.196	+1.9	+6.3		+1.4	+1.6	+.153
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

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 10 seasons more than Jalen Green in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 1991 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in 7 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Jalen Green, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 7 Rebounds Leader 1 All-Star Game