Kendrick Perkins vs. Rudy Tomjanovich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Tomjanovich and Kendrick Perkins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Kendrick Perkins played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than Rudy Tomjanovich, who played 11. Kendrick Perkins had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Rudy Tomjanovich had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kendrick Perkins	14	9	2003-04 to 2017-18
Rudy Tomjanovich	11	5	1970-71 to 1980-81

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2003-04	1970-71
Team	Boston Celtics	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	10	3.5	2.2	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.5	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.667
Rudy Tomjanovich	77	13.8	5.3	-	-	4.9	0.9	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	5.7	.383	-	-	-	0.9	1.5	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2004-05	1971-72
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	60	9.1	2.5	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.6	0.9	2.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.638
Rudy Tomjanovich	78	34.5	15.0	-	-	11.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	6.4	12.9	.495	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	6	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.2	0.7	0.8	.800	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.333
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2005-06	1972-73
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	68	19.6	5.2	2.1	3.9	5.9	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.6	2.9	2.0	3.9	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.615
Rudy Tomjanovich	81	36.7	19.3	-	-	11.6	2.2	-	-	-	2.8	8.1	16.9	.478	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2006-07	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	72	21.9	4.5	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.0	1.8	3.7	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.4	.600
Rudy Tomjanovich	80	40.3	24.5	2.9	6.1	9.0	3.1	1.1	0.8	-	2.9	9.9	18.4	.536	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2007-08	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	78	24.5	6.9	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.4	1.5	1.6	3.1	2.7	4.5	.615	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.623
Rudy Tomjanovich	81	38.7	20.7	2.3	5.3	7.6	2.9	0.9	0.3	-	2.8	8.6	16.3	.525	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	25	25.2	6.6	2.1	4.0	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	1.2	3.6	2.5	4.2	.585	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.678
Rudy Tomjanovich	8	38.0	23.0	2.8	5.3	8.0	2.9	0.1	0.5	-	2.1	9.0	16.0	.563	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 6
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2008-09	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	76	29.6	8.5	2.7	5.5	8.1	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.2	3.3	3.6	6.3	.577	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.1	.600
Rudy Tomjanovich	79	36.9	18.5	2.1	6.3	8.4	2.4	0.5	0.2	-	2.6	7.9	15.2	.517	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	14	36.6	11.9	3.6	7.9	11.6	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	3.6	5.2	9.1	.575	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.1	.667
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2009-10	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	78	27.6	10.1	2.0	5.6	7.6	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.1	2.8	4.0	6.7	.602	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.6	.582
Rudy Tomjanovich	81	38.6	21.6	2.1	6.3	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.3	-	2.4	9.0	17.7	.510	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	23	25.0	5.7	1.8	4.4	6.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	3.4	2.1	4.2	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.600
Rudy Tomjanovich	12	38.1	20.3	2.0	3.4	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.3	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.505	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.784


Season 8
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2010-11	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	29	25.6	6.0	2.1	5.9	8.0	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.9	3.1	2.3	4.5	.515	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.5	.556
Rudy Tomjanovich	23	36.9	21.5	1.7	4.3	6.0	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.7	2.7	9.4	19.4	.485	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	17	28.2	4.5	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.6	3.4	1.7	3.8	.453	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.576
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2011-12	1978-79
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	65	26.8	5.1	1.8	4.7	6.6	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	2.0	4.0	.489	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.7	.652
Rudy Tomjanovich	74	35.7	19.0	2.3	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.5	8.4	16.2	.517	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	20	25.9	4.7	1.8	4.5	6.2	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.5	3.0	1.9	4.5	.416	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.800
Rudy Tomjanovich	2	32.0	10.0	3.5	3.5	7.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	4.5	11.5	.391	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.400


Season 10
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2012-13	1979-80
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	78	25.1	4.2	1.4	4.6	6.0	1.4	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.9	1.8	4.0	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.611
Rudy Tomjanovich	62	29.6	14.2	2.1	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.5	0.2	1.6	2.6	6.0	12.5	.476	0.4	1.3	.278	1.9	2.4	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	11	19.1	2.2	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.6	0.7	0.5	2.1	3.5	0.9	3.5	.263	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
Rudy Tomjanovich	7	26.4	8.3	1.7	4.0	5.7	1.4	0.3	0.0	2.0	3.0	3.4	9.1	.375	0.1	1.0	.143	1.3	1.9	.692


Season 11
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2013-14	1980-81
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	62	19.5	3.4	1.3	3.6	4.9	1.1	0.4	0.5	1.5	2.9	1.4	3.1	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.552
Rudy Tomjanovich	52	24.3	11.6	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.6	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.3	5.1	10.8	.467	0.2	1.0	.235	1.3	1.6	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	19	20.2	3.2	1.7	3.6	5.4	0.7	0.2	0.3	1.3	3.4	1.3	2.4	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.800
Rudy Tomjanovich	8	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.1	1.1	.111	0.0	0.4	.000	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 12
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	68	16.9	3.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.4	1.5	3.3	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.506
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	8	4.1	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2015-16	-
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	37	14.6	2.5	0.7	2.8	3.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.7	1.1	2.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.440
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kendrick Perkins didn't play in 2016-17.


Season 14
	Kendrick Perkins	Rudy Tomjanovich
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	1	15.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Tomjanovich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kendrick Perkins vs. Rudy Tomjanovich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Tomjanovich and Kendrick Perkins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14