Mitch Richmond vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo and Mitch Richmond, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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.

Mitch Richmond played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than Rajon Rondo, who played 16. Mitch Richmond had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mitch Richmond	14	4	1988-89 to 2001-02
Rajon Rondo	16	10	2006-07 to 2021-22

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


Rookie Season
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1988-89	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mitch Richmond	79	34.4	22.0	2.0	3.9	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	3.4	2.8	8.2	17.5	.468	0.4	1.1	.367	5.2	6.4	.810
difference:	+1	+10.9	+15.6	+1.1	+1.1	+2.2	+0.4	+0.6	+0.1	-1.6	-0.5	+5.8	+11.7	+.050	+0.3	+0.7	+.160	+3.7	+4.0	+.163
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		%
Mitch Richmond	8	39.3	20.1	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.1	3.0	3.1	7.8	16.9	.459	0.4	2.0	.188	4.3	4.8	.895
Rajon Rondo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1989-90	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mitch Richmond	78	35.9	22.1	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.6	2.7	8.2	16.5	.497	0.4	1.2	.358	5.2	6.0	.866
difference:	+1	+6.0	+11.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	+2.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.7	-0.3	+3.6	+7.2	+.005	+0.3	+1.0	+.095	+3.8	+3.7	+.255
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		%
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1990-91	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mitch Richmond	77	39.3	23.9	1.9	4.0	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.4	3.0	2.7	9.1	18.5	.494	0.5	1.5	.348	5.1	6.0	.847
difference:	+3	+6.3	+12.0	+0.6		+0.7	+5.1	+0.3	+0.3	-0.4	-0.3	+4.3	+9.0	+.011	+0.3	+0.9	+.035	+2.9	+2.6	+.205
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		%
Mitch Richmond	9	41.3	22.3	1.1	4.1	5.2	2.4	0.6	0.7	1.9	3.1	9.4	18.8	.503	0.9	2.7	.333	2.6	2.7	.958
difference:	+5	+0.1	+5.4	+1.2	+3.3	+4.5	+7.4	+1.9	+0.5	-0.8	-0.3	+2.8	+2.9	+.086	+0.5	+1.0	+.083	+0.5	+2.1	+.301
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
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1991-92	2009-10
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mitch Richmond	80	38.7	22.5	0.8	3.2	4.0	5.1	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.9	8.6	18.3	.468	1.3	3.4	.384	4.1	5.1	.813
difference:	+1	+2.1	+8.8	+0.4		+0.4	+4.7	+1.1	+0.3	-0.1	-0.5	+2.9	+7.1	+.040	+1.1	+2.4	+.171	+1.9	+1.6	+.192
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		%
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1992-93	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Mitch Richmond	45	38.4	21.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.9	3.0	8.2	17.4	.474	1.1	2.9	.369	4.4	5.2	.845
difference:	+23	+1.2	+11.3	+0.9	+0.1	+1.0	+6.3	+1.1		-0.5	-1.2	+3.5	+7.5	+.001	+1.0	+2.3	+.136	+3.3	+3.3	+.277
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		%
Mitch Richmond	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


Season 6
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1993-94	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Mitch Richmond	78	37.1	23.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.7	8.1	18.3	.445	1.6	4.0	.407	5.5	6.6	.834
difference:	+25	+0.2	+11.5	+0.3	+0.9	+1.1	+7.7	+0.5	+0.1	-0.8	-0.8	+3.3	+7.5	+.003	+1.4	+3.2	+.169	+3.5	+3.2	+.237
Rajon Rondo	53	36.9	11.9	1.2	3.7	4.8	11.7	1.8	0.1	3.6	1.9	4.8	10.8	.448	0.2	0.8	.238	2.0	3.4	.597

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	19	42.6	17.3	1.8	4.9	6.7	11.9	2.4	0.1	3.8	2.1	7.4	15.8	.468	0.4	1.6	.267	2.1	2.9	.696


Season 7
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1994-95	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
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		%
Mitch Richmond	82	38.7	22.8	0.8	3.5	4.4	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.8	8.1	18.3	.446	1.9	5.2	.368	4.6	5.4	.843
difference:	+44	+1.3	+9.1	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+7.3	+0.7	+0.2	-1.0	-0.3	+2.2	+6.1	+.038	+1.6	+3.9	+.128	+3.0	+3.0	+.198
Rajon Rondo	38	37.4	13.7	1.1	4.4	5.6	11.1	1.8	0.2	3.9	2.5	5.9	12.2	.484	0.3	1.3	.240	1.6	2.4	.645

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mitch Richmond nor Rajon Rondo played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1995-96	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Mitch Richmond	81	36.4	23.1	0.7	2.7	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.9	7.5	16.9	.447	2.8	6.4	.437	5.2	6.1	.866
difference:	+51	+3.1	+11.4		+2.0	+2.2	+6.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-0.7	+2.8	+5.2	+.044	+1.9	+3.4	+.148	+3.8	+3.9	+.239
Rajon Rondo	30	33.3	11.7	0.7	4.7	5.5	9.8	1.3	0.1	3.3	2.2	4.7	11.7	.403	0.9	3.0	.289	1.4	2.2	.627

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	4	36.5	21.0	0.8	3.5	4.3	3.0	0.8	0.0	3.8	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	2.0	5.8	.348	7.0	8.8	.800
Rajon Rondo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Mitch Richmond	81	38.6	25.9	0.7	3.2	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.6	8.9	19.5	.454	2.5	5.9	.428	5.6	6.6	.861
difference:	+13	+8.9	+17.0	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+3.7	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.3	+4.9	+10.0	+.028	+2.1	+4.6	+.114	+5.1	+5.5	+.464
Rajon Rondo	68	29.7	8.9	1.1	4.4	5.5	7.9	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.3	4.0	9.5	.426	0.4	1.3	.314	0.5	1.1	.397

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	2	18.5	9.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	4.5	10.0	.450	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Mitch Richmond	70	36.7	23.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.6	2.2	7.8	17.4	.445	1.9	4.8	.389	5.8	6.7	.864
difference:	+2	+1.5	+11.3	+0.4	+2.4	+2.7	+7.7	+0.7	+0.1	-1.3	-0.2	+2.9	+6.5	+.009	+1.0	+2.4	+.024	+4.6	+4.6	+.284
Rajon Rondo	72	35.2	11.9	1.1	5.0	6.0	11.7	2.0	0.1	3.9	2.4	4.9	10.9	.454	0.9	2.4	.365	1.2	2.1	.580

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mitch Richmond nor Rajon Rondo played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Mitch Richmond	50	38.2	19.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.4	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.4	6.6	16.1	.412	1.4	4.4	.317	5.0	5.9	.857
difference:	+19	+11.5	+11.9	+0.5	+1.3	+1.7	+4.3	+0.1		-0.3	-0.3	+3.3	+8.0	+.004	+0.7	+2.5	+.059	+4.6	+5.2	+.257
Rajon Rondo	69	26.7	7.8	1.1	4.1	5.1	6.7	1.4	0.2	2.4	2.1	3.3	8.1	.408	0.7	1.9	.376	0.4	0.7	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	2	33.5	11.5	3.5	5.0	8.5	10.0	3.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	5.5	13.0	.423	0.0	3.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 12
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Mitch Richmond	74	32.4	17.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	2.5	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.6	6.0	14.2	.426	1.3	3.3	.386	4.0	4.6	.876
difference:	+9	+6.2	+9.1		+1.2	+1.1	+5.7	+0.4		-0.2	-0.8	+2.4	+6.6	+.042	+0.5	+1.0	+.053	+3.6	+3.9	+.333
Rajon Rondo	65	26.2	8.3	0.5	3.6	4.0	8.2	1.1	0.2	2.3	1.8	3.6	7.6	.468	0.8	2.3	.333	0.4	0.7	.543

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	9	33.6	10.3	1.0	6.6	7.6	12.2	1.4	0.2	3.7	2.2	4.2	10.2	.413	0.9	2.1	.421	1.0	1.6	.643


Season 13
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mitch Richmond	37	32.9	16.2	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.3	5.5	13.6	.407	1.2	3.6	.338	3.9	4.3	.894
difference:	+9	+3.1	+7.0	+0.3	+2.0	+2.4	+5.0			-0.5	-0.1	+1.7	+4.2	+.002	+0.1	+0.5	+.021	+3.4	+3.5	+.255
Rajon Rondo	46	29.8	9.2	0.7	4.5	5.3	8.0	1.2	0.2	2.8	2.2	3.8	9.4	.405	1.1	3.1	.359	0.5	0.8	.639

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mitch Richmond nor Rajon Rondo played in the postseason in their season 13


Season 14
	Mitch Richmond	Rajon Rondo
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	64	11.1	4.1	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	3.9	.405	0.3	1.0	.290	0.7	0.7	.955
difference:	+16	+9.4	+3.0	+0.3	+1.2	+1.5	+4.1	+0.5	+0.1	-1.3	-0.2	+1.3	+2.9	+.013	+0.6	+1.6	+.038	+0.1	+0.2	+.296
Rajon Rondo	48	20.5	7.1	0.5	2.5	3.0	5.0	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.2	2.9	6.8	.418	0.9	2.6	.328	0.6	0.9	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	2	2.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:	+14	+22.2	+7.4	+0.8	+3.0	+3.8	+6.6	+1.4	+0.1	-1.6	-2.3	+2.9	+7.1	+.545	+1.3	+3.1		+0.3	+0.2	+.184
Rajon Rondo	16	24.7	8.9	0.8	3.5	4.3	6.6	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.3	3.4	7.6	.455	1.3	3.1	.400	0.8	1.2	.684

Additional Years

* Rajon Rondo played 2 seasons more than Mitch Richmond in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 15 to 16, from 2021 to 2022—Rajon Rondo played in one postseason.

Mitch Richmond vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo and Mitch Richmond, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years