Josh Hart vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Josh Hart, 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.

Josh Hart played 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Josh Hart had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	Josh Hart	Dennis Rodman
Season	2019-20	1988-89
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Josh Hart	65	27.0	10.1	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.5	3.5	8.2	.423	1.9	5.4	.342	1.3	1.8	.739
difference:	+17	+0.1	+1.1	+3.1	+0.2	+2.9	+0.5	+0.3	+0.5	-0.3	-1.1	+0.4	+1.7	+.172	+1.8	+5.1	+.111	+0.1	+0.1	+.113
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		%
Josh Hart	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
	Josh Hart	Dennis Rodman
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Josh Hart	47	28.7	9.2	1.1	6.9	8.0	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.2	7.3	.439	1.3	4.1	.326	1.5	1.9	.775
difference:	+35	+0.3	+0.4	+3.0	+1.3	+1.7	+1.4	+0.2	+0.4	-0.1	-1.0	+0.3	+1.3	+.142	+1.3	+4.0	+.215	+0.2	+0.7	+.121
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		%
Josh Hart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Josh Hart	Dennis Rodman
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Josh Hart	54	33.2	14.9	1.1	6.0	7.2	4.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.8	5.3	10.5	.504	1.4	3.9	.343	3.0	3.9	.758
difference:	+28	+0.3	+6.7	+3.3	+2.1	+5.3	+3.1	+0.3	+0.5	-1.0	-0.6	+1.9	+3.7	+.011	+1.3	+3.5	+.143	+1.6	+1.8	+.127
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		%
Josh Hart	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
	Josh Hart	Dennis Rodman
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Josh Hart	76	32.3	9.8	1.9	5.9	7.8	3.8	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.6	6.8	.529	0.8	2.2	.372	1.7	2.3	.750
difference:	+6	+8.0		+4.5	+6.4	+10.9	+1.5	+0.4	+0.6	-0.2	-0.4	+0.6	+0.9	+.010	+0.4	+1.0	+.055	+0.7	+0.6	+.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		%
Josh Hart	11	32.1	10.4	1.6	5.7	7.4	2.2	0.8	0.3	1.9	3.5	4.1	8.5	.479	0.9	2.9	.313	1.3	2.0	.636
difference:	+6	+0.9	+3.2	+1.6	+1.3	+2.8	+0.4		+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+0.9	+3.1	+.114	+0.9	+2.5	+.313	+0.5	+0.4	+.136
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
	Josh Hart	Dennis Rodman
Season	2023-24	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Josh Hart	81	33.4	9.4	1.6	6.8	8.3	4.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	8.4	.434	1.0	3.2	.310	1.1	1.4	.791
difference:	+19	+5.5	+1.9	+4.3	+5.5	+10.0	+2.5	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-1.1	+0.6	+1.5	+.007	+0.8	+2.0	+.105	+0.3	+1.2	+.257
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	13	42.2	14.5	2.8	8.7	11.5	4.5	1.0	0.8	2.6	3.2	5.1	11.5	.440	1.7	4.5	.373	2.7	3.7	.729
Dennis Rodman	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Josh Hart	Dennis Rodman
Season	2024-25	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Josh Hart	77	37.6	13.6	2.1	7.5	9.6	5.9	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.6	5.2	10.0	.525	1.1	3.3	.333	2.1	2.7	.776
difference:	+2	+0.2	+8.9	+3.6	+4.1	+7.7	+3.6	+0.8		-0.4	-0.3	+3.2	+6.3	+.009	+1.0	+3.0	+.125	+1.4	+1.4	+.256
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		%
Josh Hart	18	35.7	11.6	2.4	6.3	8.8	4.4	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.4	3.8	8.0	.472	1.1	3.0	.370	2.9	3.7	.776
difference:	+15	+2.3	+3.3	+5.6	+1.7	+7.2	+3.7	+0.9	+0.7	-0.1	-1.3	+0.2		+.028	+1.1	+1.3	+.370	+2.6	+1.7	+.609
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

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 6 seasons more than Josh Hart in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 1995 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in 4 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Josh Hart, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 4 Rebounds Leader