Tyrese Haliburton vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Tyrese Haliburton played 5 years in the NBA, 11 less than Rajon Rondo, who played 16. Tyrese Haliburton had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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.

Rookie Season
	Tyrese Haliburton	Rajon Rondo
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
difference:	+20	+6.6	+6.6	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+1.5	+0.3	+0.4	-0.2	-0.9	+2.6	+4.9	+.054	+2.0	+4.7	+.202	+0.7	+1.4	+.210
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
* Neiher Tyrese Haliburton nor Rajon Rondo played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Tyrese Haliburton	Rajon Rondo
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	77	35.0	15.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	8.2	1.7	0.6	2.6	1.6	5.6	11.8	.473	2.1	5.1	.414	2.1	2.5	.842
difference:		+5.1	+4.7	+0.2		+0.2	+3.1		+0.4	-0.7	-0.8	+1.0	+2.5	+.019	+2.0	+4.9	+.151	+0.7	+0.2	+.231
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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	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
	Tyrese Haliburton	Rajon Rondo
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
difference:	+24	+0.6	+8.8	+0.7	+0.9	+1.5	+2.2	+0.3	+0.3	-0.1	-1.2	+2.6	+5.5	+.015	+2.7	+6.6	+.087	+0.9	+0.2	+.229
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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tyrese Haliburton	Rajon Rondo
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
difference:	+12	+4.4	+6.4	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+1.1	+1.1	+0.6	-0.7	-1.3	+1.5	+4.0	+.031	+2.6	+6.8	+.151	+0.6	+0.2	+.234
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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	15	34.8	18.7	0.8	4.0	4.8	8.2	1.3	0.7	2.1	0.9	7.0	14.3	.488	3.5	9.3	.379	1.1	1.3	.850
difference:	+9	+5.8	+2.9	+0.8		+0.8	+1.1	+0.6	+0.6	-0.9	-1.5	+0.7	+0.7	+.025	+3.1	+8.3	+.004	+1.7	+3.5	+.254
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
	Tyrese Haliburton	Rajon Rondo
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	73	33.6	18.6	0.6	3.0	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.3	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	7.7	.388	2.6	3.0	.851
difference:	+5	+3.6	+8.0	+0.7	+0.1	+0.9	+2.0	+0.9	+0.5	-1.8	-0.5	+1.8	+3.9	+.002	+2.9	+7.1	+.155	+1.5	+1.1	+.283
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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	23	33.6	17.3	0.3	5.0	5.3	8.6	1.3	0.7	2.3	1.7	6.3	13.7	.463	2.3	6.9	.340	2.3	2.8	.828
difference:	+14	+4.7	+3.3	+0.9	+0.8	+0.1	+1.0	+0.2	+0.7	-1.4	-0.1	+0.6	+1.8	+.014	+2.3	+6.6	+.340	+0.4	+1.4	+.196
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

Additional Years
* Rajon Rondo played 11 seasons more than Tyrese Haliburton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 16, from 2012 to 2022—Rajon Rondo played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Tyrese Haliburton, Rajon Rondo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 3 Assists Leader 2 All-Star Game