Jonathan Kuminga vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo and Jonathan Kuminga, 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.

Jonathan Kuminga played 5 years in the NBA, 11 less than Rajon Rondo, who played 16. Jonathan Kuminga had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Rajon Rondo had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
	Jonathan Kuminga	Rajon Rondo
Season	2021-22	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	70	16.9	9.3	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.1	3.4	6.6	.513	0.7	2.1	.336	1.9	2.7	.684
difference:	+8	+6.6	+2.9	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+2.9	+1.2	+0.2	-0.7	-0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+.095	+0.6	+1.7	+.129	+0.4	+0.3	+.037
Rajon Rondo	78	23.5	6.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	3.8	1.6	0.1	1.8	2.3	2.4	5.8	.418	0.1	0.4	.207	1.5	2.4	.647
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonathan Kuminga	16	8.6	5.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.9	3.8	.500	0.2	0.8	.231	1.3	1.6	.769
Rajon Rondo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jonathan Kuminga	Rajon Rondo
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	67	20.8	9.9	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.3	3.9	7.4	.525	0.8	2.2	.370	1.3	2.1	.652
difference:	+10	+9.1	+0.7		+0.8	+0.8	+3.2	+1.1	+0.3	-0.5	-0.1	+0.7	+1.9	+.033	+0.7	+2.0	+.107	+0.1	+0.2	+.041
Rajon Rondo	77	29.9	10.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	5.1	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.6	9.3	.492	0.1	0.2	.263	1.4	2.3	.611
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonathan Kuminga	10	6.1	3.4	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.4	.542	0.3	0.7	.429	0.5	0.9	.556
difference:	+16	+25.9	+6.8	+1.1	+2.1	+3.2	+6.1	+1.5	+0.3	-1.4	-2.3	+2.8	+7.7	+.135	+0.1	+0.1	+.179	+1.3	+1.7	+.135
Rajon Rondo	26	32.0	10.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	6.6	1.7	0.3	1.8	2.8	4.1	10.1	.407	0.2	0.8	.250	1.8	2.6	.691

Season 3
	Jonathan Kuminga	Rajon Rondo
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	74	26.3	16.1	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	.529	0.7	2.2	.321	3.0	4.0	.746
difference:	+6	+6.7	+4.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+6.0	+1.2	+0.4	-1.0	-0.1	+1.4	+2.1	+.024	+0.5	+1.6	+.008	+0.8	+0.6	+.104
Rajon Rondo	80	33.0	11.9	1.3	4.0	5.2	8.2	1.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	4.8	9.5	.505	0.2	0.6	.313	2.2	3.4	.642
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonathan Kuminga	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	14	41.2	16.9	2.3	7.4	9.7	9.8	2.5	0.2	2.7	3.4	6.6	15.9	.417	0.4	1.7	.250	3.1	4.8	.657

Season 4
	Jonathan Kuminga	Rajon Rondo
Season	2024-25	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	47	24.3	15.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	5.5	12.1	.454	1.0	3.2	.305	3.3	5.0	.668
difference:	+34	+12.3	+1.6		+0.2	+0.2	+7.6	+1.5	+0.3	-1.5	-0.5	+0.2	+0.9	+.054	+0.8	+2.2	+.092	+1.1	+1.5	+.047
Rajon Rondo	81	36.6	13.7	1.2	3.2	4.4	9.8	2.3	0.1	3.0	2.4	5.7	11.2	.508	0.2	1.0	.213	2.2	3.5	.621
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonathan Kuminga	8	23.4	15.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.5	1.6	1.6	5.6	11.6	.484	1.3	3.1	.400	2.8	3.9	.710
difference:	+16	+17.2	+0.5	+0.7	+2.4	+3.1	+8.0	+1.4	+0.4	-1.4	-0.8	+0.7	+2.0	+.021	+0.9	+2.1	+.025		+0.9	+.114
Rajon Rondo	24	40.6	15.8	1.6	4.0	5.6	9.3	1.9	0.1	3.0	2.4	6.3	13.6	.463	0.4	1.0	.375	2.8	4.8	.596

Season 5
	Jonathan Kuminga	Rajon Rondo
Season	2025-26	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	18	24.8	11.8	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.6	0.3	0.3	2.4	1.7	4.3	10.1	.431	0.9	2.8	.320	2.2	3.0	.741
difference:	+50	+12.4	+1.2	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+8.6	+2.0	+0.1	-1.0	-0.1	+0.4	+0.2	+.044	+0.8	+2.2	+.087	+1.1	+1.1	+.173
Rajon Rondo	68	37.2	10.6	1.3	3.1	4.4	11.2	2.3	0.2	3.4	1.8	4.7	9.9	.475	0.1	0.6	.233	1.1	1.9	.568
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jonathan Kuminga	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	9	38.3	14.0	1.2	4.2	5.4	9.6	1.1	0.0	3.7	1.8	5.7	11.9	.477	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	4.2	.632

Additional Years
* Rajon Rondo played 11 seasons more than Jonathan Kuminga in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 16, from 2012 to 2022—Rajon Rondo played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Jonathan Kuminga, Rajon Rondo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 3 Assists Leader 2 All-Star Game