Larry Bird vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Larry Bird, 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 / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Larry Bird played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Larry Bird	13	12	1979-80 to 1991-92
Dennis Rodman	14	11	1986-87 to 1999-00

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


Rookie Season
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1979-80	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Larry Bird	82	36.0	21.3	2.6	7.8	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	3.2	3.4	8.5	17.8	.474	0.7	1.7	.406	3.7	4.4	.836
difference:	+5	+21.0	+14.8	+0.5	+5.6	+6.1	+3.8	+1.2		-2.0	-1.2	+5.7	+12.7	+.071	+0.7	+1.7		+2.7	+2.8	+.249
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		%
Larry Bird	9	41.3	21.3	2.4	8.8	11.2	4.7	1.6	0.9	3.7	3.3	9.2	19.7	.469	0.4	1.7	.267	2.4	2.8	.880
difference:	+6	+25.0	+14.8	+0.3	+6.2	+6.5	+4.5	+1.2	+0.2	-2.6	-0.1	+6.5	+14.8	+.072	+0.4	+1.7		+1.2	+0.7	+.317
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 2
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1980-81	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Larry Bird	82	39.5	21.2	2.3	8.6	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	3.5	2.9	8.8	18.3	.478	0.2	0.9	.270	3.5	4.0	.863
difference:		+13.3	+9.6	+1.6	+3.8	+2.2	+4.2	+1.1	+0.3	-1.6	-0.4	+3.9	+9.7	+.083	+0.1	+0.7	+.024	+1.6	+0.5	+.328
Dennis Rodman	82	26.2	11.6	3.9	4.8	8.7	1.3	0.9	0.5	1.9	3.3	4.9	8.6	.561	0.1	0.2	.294	1.9	3.5	.535

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	17	44.1	21.9	2.9	11.1	14.0	6.1	2.3	1.0	3.6	3.1	8.6	18.4	.470	0.2	0.5	.375	4.5	5.0	.894
difference:	+6	+23.5	+14.8	+0.7	+7.4	+8.1	+5.2	+1.7	+0.4	-2.3	-0.7	+5.5	+12.5	+.052	+0.2	+0.4	+.375	+3.5	+2.7	+.487
Dennis Rodman	23	20.6	7.1	2.2	3.7	5.9	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.3	3.8	3.1	5.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.407


Season 3
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1981-82	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Larry Bird	77	38.0	22.9	2.6	8.3	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.7	.212	4.3	4.9	.863
difference:	+5	+11.1	+13.9	+1.4	+2.9	+1.5	+4.6	+1.2		-1.8	-0.4	+5.3	+11.9	+.092		+0.4	+.019	+3.1	+3.0	+.237
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		%
Larry Bird	12	40.8	17.8	2.8	9.8	12.5	5.6	1.9	1.4	3.2	3.6	7.3	17.2	.427	0.1	0.5	.167	3.1	3.8	.822
difference:	+5	+16.7	+12.0	+0.5	+3.1	+2.5	+4.7	+1.5	+0.7	-1.8	-0.2	+5.1	+13.1	+.102	+0.1	+0.3	+.167	+1.7	+1.7	+.136
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
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1982-83	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Larry Bird	79	37.7	23.6	2.4	8.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.0	2.5	9.5	18.7	.504	0.3	1.0	.286	4.4	5.3	.840
difference:	+3	+8.7	+14.8	+1.7	+3.0	+1.3	+4.9	+1.3	+0.2	-1.9	-0.9	+6.0	+12.7	+.077	+0.3	+0.9	+.175	+2.7	+2.7	+.186
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		%
Larry Bird	6	40.0	20.5	3.3	9.2	12.5	6.8	2.2	0.5	3.2	2.5	8.2	19.3	.422	0.2	0.7	.250	4.0	4.8	.828
difference:	+13	+10.5	+13.9	+0.4	+3.6	+4.0	+5.9	+1.7	+0.2	-1.6	-0.8	+5.4	+14.3	+.146	+0.2	+0.7		+3.1	+3.0	+.314
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
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1983-84	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Larry Bird	79	38.3	24.2	2.3	7.8	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	3.0	2.5	9.6	19.5	.492	0.2	0.9	.247	4.7	5.3	.888
difference:	+3	+4.8	+16.0	+2.1	+0.3	+2.4	+5.6	+1.0	+0.2	-1.9	-0.9	+6.2	+12.7	+.001	+0.1	+0.5	+.047	+3.3	+3.2	+.257
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		%
Larry Bird	23	41.8	27.5	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.9	2.3	1.2	3.8	3.1	10.0	19.0	.524	0.3	0.7	.412	7.3	8.3	.879
difference:	+8	+8.8	+21.2	+1.8	+1.0	+0.8	+5.0	+1.6	+0.5	-2.9	-0.6	+7.3	+12.9	+.073	+0.2	+0.1	+.190	+6.6	+6.7	+.462
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
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1984-85	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Larry Bird	80	39.5	28.7	2.1	8.5	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	3.1	2.6	11.5	22.0	.522	0.7	1.6	.427	5.0	5.7	.882
difference:	+2	+0.8	+18.9	+4.3	+3.8	+8.2	+4.3	+0.8	+0.3	-1.4	-0.4	+7.3	+14.3	+.017	+0.3	+0.4	+.110	+4.0	+4.0	+.282
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		%
Larry Bird	20	40.8	26.0	2.7	6.5	9.1	5.8	1.7	1.0	2.9	2.7	9.8	21.3	.461	0.4	1.3	.280	6.1	6.8	.890
difference:	+15	+9.6	+18.8	+0.5	+0.5	+1.1	+4.0	+0.9	+0.6	-1.5	-0.7	+6.6	+15.9	+.132	+0.4	+0.9	+.280	+5.3	+5.2	+.390
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
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1985-86	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Larry Bird	82	38.0	25.8	2.3	7.5	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	9.7	19.6	.496	1.0	2.4	.423	5.4	6.0	.896
difference:	+20	+0.9	+18.3	+3.6	+4.8	+8.5	+5.2	+1.2	+0.1	-1.5	-1.0	+6.7	+12.7	+.069	+0.8	+1.2	+.218	+4.0	+3.4	+.362
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		%
Larry Bird	18	42.8	25.9	1.9	7.4	9.3	8.2	2.1	0.6	2.6	3.1	9.5	18.4	.517	1.3	3.1	.411	5.6	6.1	.927
Dennis Rodman	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1986-87	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Larry Bird	74	40.6	28.1	1.7	7.5	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	3.2	2.5	10.6	20.2	.525	1.2	3.0	.400	5.6	6.1	.910
difference:	+5	+2.8	+23.4	+4.0	+4.1	+8.1	+5.3	+1.1	+0.5	-1.5	-0.4	+8.6	+16.5	+.009	+1.1	+2.7	+.192	+4.9	+4.8	+.390
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		%
Larry Bird	23	44.1	27.0	1.8	8.3	10.0	7.2	1.2	0.8	3.1	2.4	9.4	19.7	.476	0.6	1.8	.341	7.7	8.4	.912
difference:	+20	+6.1	+18.7	+6.2	+0.3	+6.0	+6.5	+0.8	+0.5	-1.1	-2.3	+5.4	+11.7	+.024	+0.6	+0.1	+.341	+7.4	+6.4	+.745
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
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1987-88	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Larry Bird	76	39.0	29.9	1.4	7.8	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	2.8	2.1	11.6	22.0	.527	1.3	3.1	.414	5.5	6.0	.916
difference:	+27	+7.0	+22.8	+4.2	+3.4	+7.5	+4.1	+1.0	+0.3	-0.8	-1.1	+8.8	+17.1	+.044	+1.3	+3.1		+4.0	+3.7	+.240
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		%
Larry Bird	17	44.9	24.5	1.7	7.1	8.8	6.8	2.1	0.8	2.9	2.6	8.9	19.9	.450	0.7	1.9	.375	5.9	6.6	.894
difference:	+3	+12.1	+15.6	+3.2	+2.8	+6.0	+5.5	+1.2	+0.8	-1.1	-1.0	+5.2	+13.0	+.092	+0.7	+1.5	+.375	+4.5	+4.1	+.323
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


Season 10
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1988-89	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	6	31.5	19.3	0.2	6.0	6.2	4.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.0	8.2	17.3	.471	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.947
difference:	+58	+1.1	+13.8	+5.4	+3.3	+8.7	+2.3	+0.4	+0.4	-0.4	-0.1	+5.9	+12.5	+.009		+0.4		+2.1	+1.5	+.419
Dennis Rodman	64	32.6	5.5	5.6	9.3	14.9	2.5	0.6	0.4	2.2	3.1	2.3	4.8	.480	0.0	0.4	.111	0.9	1.7	.528

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	18	34.4	7.5	5.4	8.3	13.7	2.1	0.8	0.4	2.3	4.2	2.8	5.7	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.3	.593


Season 11
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1989-90	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	75	39.3	24.3	1.2	8.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	2.3	9.6	20.2	.473	0.9	2.6	.333	4.3	4.6	.930
difference:	+20	+3.9	+18.6	+4.6	+1.9	+6.6	+4.4	+0.8	+0.5	-1.2	-0.8	+7.3	+15.0	+.025	+0.8	+2.3	+.070	+3.4	+3.0	+.362
Dennis Rodman	55	35.4	5.7	5.8	10.2	16.1	3.1	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.1	2.3	5.2	.448	0.1	0.3	.263	0.9	1.6	.568

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	5	41.4	24.4	1.4	7.8	9.2	8.8	1.0	1.0	3.6	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	1.0	3.8	.263	5.8	6.4	.906
difference:	+14	+13.3	+20.2	+1.7	+2.5	+0.8	+7.4	+0.5	+0.8	-2.1	-1.9	+7.2	+15.5	+.074	+0.8	+3.0	+.013	+5.0	+5.0	+.329
Dennis Rodman	19	28.1	4.2	3.1	5.3	8.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.5	3.9	1.6	4.3	.370	0.2	0.8	.250	0.8	1.4	.577


Season 12
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1990-91	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	60	38.0	19.4	0.9	7.6	8.5	7.2	1.8	1.0	3.1	2.0	7.7	17.0	.454	1.3	3.3	.389	2.7	3.1	.891
difference:	+20	+2.3	+14.7	+4.4	+2.2	+6.5	+4.3	+1.2	+0.8	-1.3	-1.0	+5.8	+12.5	+.023	+1.2	+3.0	+.215	+1.9	+1.7	+.341
Dennis Rodman	80	35.7	4.7	5.3	9.8	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.0	1.9	4.5	.431	0.1	0.3	.174	0.8	1.4	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	10	39.6	17.1	0.8	6.4	7.2	6.5	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.8	6.2	15.2	.408	0.3	2.1	.143	4.4	5.1	.863
difference:	+11	+5.2	+12.2	+3.9	+0.7	+4.6	+4.5	+0.6	+0.3	-0.2	-1.4	+4.3	+10.2	+.037	+0.3	+1.9	+.107	+3.3	+3.3	+.258
Dennis Rodman	21	34.4	4.9	4.7	7.1	11.8	2.0	0.7	0.6	1.7	4.2	1.9	5.0	.371	0.0	0.2	.250	1.1	1.8	.605


Season 13
	Larry Bird	Dennis Rodman
Season	1991-92	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	45	36.9	20.2	1.0	8.6	9.6	6.8	0.9	0.7	2.8	1.8	7.8	16.8	.466	1.2	2.8	.406	3.3	3.6	.926
difference:	+22	+8.3	+18.1	+1.7	+0.1	+1.6	+5.5	+0.5	+0.2	-1.5	-1.3	+7.1	+14.8	+.118	+1.2	+2.7	+.406	+2.6	+1.9	+.490
Dennis Rodman	23	28.6	2.1	2.7	8.5	11.2	1.3	0.4	0.5	1.3	3.1	0.7	2.0	.348	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.7	.436

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	4	26.8	11.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	5.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.8	5.3	10.5	.500	0.0	1.3	.000	0.8	1.0	.750
Dennis Rodman	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Dennis Rodman played 1 season more than Larry Bird in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 2000—Dennis Rodman didn't play in the postseason.

Larry Bird vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman and Larry Bird, 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

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Season 2

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 12

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Season 13

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