Rajon Rondo vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Rajon Rondo, 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

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.

Rajon Rondo played 16 years in the NBA, 4 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Rajon Rondo had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Rajon Rondo	16	10	2006-07 to 2021-22
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94

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


Rookie Season
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2006-07	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+1	+2.1	+7.0	+1.1	+0.3	+1.5	+2.1	+0.4	+0.7	-0.5	-0.6	+3.4	+4.2	+.161	+0.1	+0.3	+.043	+0.3	+0.5	+.023
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rajon Rondo nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2007-08	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
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
difference:	+5	+0.4	+3.9	+0.9	+1.2	+2.1	+2.6	+0.8	+0.7	-0.3	-0.6	+1.4	+1.6	+.064	+0.1	+0.1	+.263	+1.0	+0.8	+.148
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+1.7	+7.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+3.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+3.7	+2.9	+.192	+0.2	+0.7	+.250	+0.2	+0.7	+.082
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609


Season 3
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2008-09	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
difference:		+0.7	+5.7	+0.8	+0.3	+1.2	+5.7	+0.8	+0.7	-0.1	-0.1	+2.8	+3.8	+.067	+0.2	+0.5	+.313	+0.2	+0.3	+.134
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+8.3	+4.6	+0.5	+4.2	+4.6	+7.6	+1.6	+0.5	-1.3	-0.6	+2.1	+1.8	+.205	+0.3	+1.6	+.250	+0.8	+1.0	+.019
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676


Season 4
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2009-10	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
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
difference:	+6	+3.9	+6.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.8	+7.1	+1.2	+0.9	-1.0	-0.2	+2.7	+3.3	+.071	+0.2	+0.8	+.213	+1.0	+0.7	+.150
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+10	+2.1	+3.8		+0.9	+1.0	+6.1	+0.8	+0.6	-0.4	-0.7	+2.3	+1.9	+.095	+0.4	+0.7	+.375	+0.5	+1.4	+.085
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681


Season 5
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2010-11	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+14	+2.8	+8.8	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+8.4	+1.0	+0.8	-1.4	-0.7	+3.2	+4.8	+.064	+0.1	+0.4	+.233	+2.5	+2.8	+.183
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+9	+0.5	+9.6	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+6.1	+0.5	+1.2	-1.5	-0.5	+4.1	+4.7	+.114		+0.2		+1.4	+1.2	+.121
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753


Season 6
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2011-12	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+22	+1.5	+7.8	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	+7.8	+0.8	+0.6	-1.5	-0.4	+3.4	+4.7	+.083	+0.2	+0.6	+.113	+1.2	+0.7	+.199
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+5.3	+3.8	+0.4	+1.3	+0.9	+7.5	+1.0	+0.7	-1.5	-0.3	+1.1	+0.5	+.055	+0.4	+1.2	+.156	+1.9	+2.4	+.062
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758


Season 7
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2012-13	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+43	+0.9	+6.8	+1.0	+0.4	+0.4	+7.5	+0.5	+0.5	-1.7	-0.3	+2.8	+3.6	+.064	+0.3	+1.0	+.153	+1.5	+1.6	+.137
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rajon Rondo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788


Season 8
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2013-14	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+50	+3.7	+9.4	+1.3	+0.7	+0.5	+6.2	+0.1	+0.5	-1.3	-0.2	+4.2	+4.5	+.145	+0.7	+2.4	+.017	+1.7	+1.8	+.155
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rajon Rondo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837


Season 9
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2014-15	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
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
difference:	+10	+8.9	+12.5	+0.3	+1.2	+0.9	+4.4		+0.3	-1.5	-0.8	+5.2	+9.2	+.066	+0.1	+0.1	+.025	+2.2	+2.3	+.400
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
difference:	+16	+22.2	+11.6	+0.9	+2.2	+3.1	+0.9	+1.1	+0.1	-1.2	-1.1	+4.4	+9.2	+.015	+0.3	+0.3	+.333	+2.9	+4.0
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736


Season 10
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2015-16	1991-92
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
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
difference:	+18	+3.8	+8.0	+0.7	+1.2	+0.4	+7.0	+0.6	+0.3	-1.5	-0.8	+3.4	+7.7	+.007	+0.7	+1.6	+.156	+1.9	+1.7	+.234
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rajon Rondo nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2016-17	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+13	+2.1	+7.1	+0.2	+2.0	+2.1	+3.3	+0.3	+0.1	-0.7	-1.0	+2.9	+5.8	+.039	+0.3	+0.5	+.106	+1.7	+1.9	+.210
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+3.9	+2.3	+2.1	+3.0	+5.1	+7.4	+2.5	+0.5	-0.6	-0.8	+0.9	+4.2	+.051	+0.4	+1.4	+.250	+0.1		+.100
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600


Season 12
	Rajon Rondo	James Worthy
Season	2017-18	1993-94
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+15	+6.2	+1.9	+0.1	+1.9	+1.7	+6.3	+0.5		-1.1	-0.8	+0.7	+2.9	+.062	+0.4	+0.9	+.045	+0.9	+1.0	+.198
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Rajon Rondo played 4 seasons more than James Worthy in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 16, from 2019 to 2022—Rajon Rondo played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Rajon Rondo vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Rajon Rondo, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

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