Jeremy Lin vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Jeremy Lin, 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.

Jeremy Lin played 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Jeremy Lin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
	Jeremy Lin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2012-13	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785
difference:		+5.3	+4.4	+3.6	+2.8	+6.4	+4.9	+0.9	+0.5	-1.4	-1.1	+0.9	+4.4	+.154	+1.0	+2.8	+.108	+1.4	+1.5	+.159
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		%
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+13	+3.1	+1.8	+3.3	+4.7	+8.0	+1.1	+0.1	+0.4	-0.6	-1.1	+0.7	+1.9	+.279	+0.5	+2.8	+.167	+0.9	+1.6	+.314
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
	Jeremy Lin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2013-14	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		%
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823
difference:	+11	+0.1	+3.7	+3.6	+3.4	+7.1	+3.2	+0.4	+0.3	-1.4	-1.1	+0.7	+3.3	+.135	+1.2	+3.1	+.247	+1.4	+1.1	+.169
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		%
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813
difference:	+13		+4.7	+1.7	+3.1	+4.8	+3.4		+0.5	-0.6	-0.8	+1.4	+5.2	+.158	+0.8	+3.8		+1.3	+0.9	+.299
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
	Jeremy Lin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2014-15	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795
difference:	+8	+7.7	+3.0	+4.0	+5.8	+9.9	+3.6	+0.3	+0.3	-1.1	-0.8	+0.3	+2.0	+.069	+0.8	+2.0	+.169	+1.5	+1.5	+.164
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		%
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jeremy Lin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2015-16	1991-92
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815
difference:	+4	+14.0	+1.9	+5.9	+9.6	+15.5	+0.7	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.9	+0.4	+1.6	+.127	+0.6	+1.7	+.019	+2.1	+2.0	+.215
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		%
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821
difference:	+2	+4.2	+5.2	+2.8	+5.1	+7.9	+0.8	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.4	+0.5	+3.6	+.180	+0.4	+1.6	+.214	+3.8	+4.0	+.321
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
	Jeremy Lin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2016-17	1992-93
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816
difference:	+26	+14.4	+7.0	+5.6	+8.9	+14.5	+3.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-1.0	+1.9	+4.2	+.011	+1.4	+3.1	+.167	+1.8	+1.3	+.282
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
* Neiher Jeremy Lin nor Dennis Rodman played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Jeremy Lin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2017-18	1993-94
Team	Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000
difference:	+78	+12.8	+13.3	+5.7	+11.6	+17.3	+1.7	+0.7	+0.4	-1.3	-0.1	+3.0	+8.3	+.117	+0.9	+1.7	+.292	+6.3	+5.7	+.480
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		%
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jeremy Lin	Dennis Rodman
Season	2018-19	1994-95
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838
difference:	+25	+12.6	+2.5	+5.3	+9.1	+14.4	+1.1		+0.3	-0.3	-1.3	+0.4	+2.4	+.131	+0.7	+2.5		+0.9	+0.5	+.162
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		%
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+6	+29.4	+7.8	+4.9	+9.5	+14.4	+0.8	+0.8		-1.2	-3.3	+3.4	+5.8	+.320	+0.1	+0.1	+.500	+0.9	+2.0	+.429
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

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 5 seasons more than Jeremy Lin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 1996 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in 3 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Jeremy Lin, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 3 Rebounds Leader