Rex Chapman vs. Joe Dumars Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Dumars and Rex Chapman, 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 / 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.

Rex Chapman played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Joe Dumars, who played 14. Rex Chapman had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Joe Dumars had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Rex Chapman	12	4	1988-89 to 1999-00
Joe Dumars	14	10	1985-86 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1988-89	1985-86
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Rex Chapman	75	29.6	16.9	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.2	7.0	16.9	.414	0.8	2.5	.314	2.1	2.6	.795
Joe Dumars	82	23.9	9.4	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.5	7.3	.481	0.1	0.2	.313	2.3	2.9	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	4	36.8	15.0	1.5	1.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	4.0	6.3	10.3	.610	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667


Season 2
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1989-90	1986-87
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Rex Chapman	54	32.6	17.5	1.0	2.4	3.3	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.9	2.1	7.0	17.1	.408	0.9	2.6	.331	2.7	3.6	.750
Joe Dumars	79	30.9	11.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	4.7	9.5	.493	0.1	0.3	.409	2.3	3.1	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	15	31.5	12.7	0.5	0.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	5.2	9.7	.538	0.1	0.2	.667	2.1	2.7	.780


Season 3
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1990-91	1987-88
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Rex Chapman	70	30.0	15.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.6	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.9	13.2	.445	0.7	2.1	.324	3.3	4.0	.830
Joe Dumars	82	33.3	14.2	0.8	1.7	2.4	4.7	1.1	0.2	2.1	1.9	5.5	11.7	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.1	3.8	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	23	35.0	12.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2	4.9	10.7	.457	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.889


Season 4
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1991-92	1988-89
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Washington Bullets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	22	25.8	12.3	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.0	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.1	11.5	.448	0.4	1.3	.276	1.6	2.4	.679
Joe Dumars	69	34.9	17.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.6	13.1	.505	0.2	0.4	.483	3.8	4.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	17	36.5	17.6	0.6	1.9	2.6	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	6.2	13.7	.455	0.1	0.7	.083	5.1	5.9	.861


Season 5
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1992-93	1989-90
Team	Washington Bullets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	60	21.7	12.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.0	4.8	10.0	.477	0.7	1.9	.371	2.2	2.7	.810
Joe Dumars	75	34.4	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.9	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.1	.480	0.3	0.7	.400	4.0	4.4	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	20	37.7	18.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.0	2.7	1.9	6.5	14.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.263	5.0	5.7	.876


Season 6
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1993-94	1990-91
Team	Washington Bullets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Rex Chapman	60	33.8	18.2	1.0	1.5	2.4	3.1	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.4	7.2	14.4	.498	1.1	2.8	.388	2.8	3.4	.816
Joe Dumars	80	38.1	20.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	7.8	16.2	.481	0.2	0.6	.311	4.6	5.2	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	15	39.2	20.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	4.1	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.2	7.0	16.3	.429	1.1	2.8	.405	5.5	6.5	.845


Season 7
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1994-95	1991-92
Team	Washington Bullets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Rex Chapman	45	32.6	16.2	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.8	1.5	0.3	1.4	1.9	5.6	14.2	.397	1.9	6.1	.314	3.0	3.5	.862
Joe Dumars	82	38.9	19.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	1.8	7.2	16.0	.448	0.6	1.5	.408	5.0	5.8	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	5	44.2	16.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.4	13.6	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	3.0	3.8	.789


Season 8
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1995-96	1992-93
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Rex Chapman	56	33.3	14.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.1	5.2	12.1	.426	2.2	6.0	.371	1.5	2.0	.735
Joe Dumars	77	40.2	23.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	8.8	18.9	.466	1.5	3.9	.375	4.5	5.2	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	3	29.3	9.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.3	2.0	4.0	9.3	.429	1.0	4.3	.231	0.0	0.0	-
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1996-97	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Rex Chapman	65	28.2	13.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.7	5.1	11.5	.443	1.7	4.8	.350	1.9	2.3	.832
Joe Dumars	69	37.6	20.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.8	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	7.3	16.2	.452	1.8	4.6	.388	4.0	4.8	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	5	38.4	24.2	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.6	0.4	0.0	3.0	2.8	8.2	16.6	.494	4.4	9.6	.458	3.4	5.0	.680
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1997-98	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Rex Chapman	68	33.3	15.9	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.7	1.5	6.0	14.1	.427	1.8	4.6	.386	2.1	2.8	.781
Joe Dumars	67	38.0	18.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.5	1.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	6.2	14.5	.430	1.5	5.0	.305	4.1	5.1	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	2	29.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	3.0	11.5	.261	0.0	2.5	.000	3.0	3.5	.857
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1998-99	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Rex Chapman	38	31.1	12.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.9	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.2	4.3	12.1	.359	1.4	4.0	.351	2.0	2.4	.835
Joe Dumars	67	32.7	11.8	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.6	3.8	8.9	.426	1.8	4.4	.406	2.4	2.9	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	3	19.3	5.7	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.0	2.0	7.0	.286	0.7	2.0	.333	1.0	1.3	.750
Joe Dumars	3	41.0	13.7	1.7	2.7	4.3	3.7	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	1.7	4.7	.357	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 12
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	1999-00	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Rex Chapman	53	18.1	6.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.3	6.0	.388	0.8	2.3	.333	1.1	1.5	.756
Joe Dumars	79	37.0	14.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.2	4.9	11.1	.440	2.1	4.9	.432	2.8	3.2	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	5	42.6	13.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.4	12.2	.361	1.2	4.6	.261	3.8	4.0	.950


Season 13
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	72	32.3	13.1	0.2	1.3	1.4	3.5	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4	4.6	11.0	.416	2.2	5.9	.371	1.8	2.1	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Rex Chapman	Joe Dumars
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	38	29.4	11.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.3	3.8	9.2	.411	2.3	5.8	.403	1.3	1.6	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rex Chapman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	5	30.6	10.2	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.8	7.8	.487	2.0	3.8	.526	0.6	0.6	1.000

Rex Chapman vs. Joe Dumars Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Dumars and Rex Chapman, 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