Jermaine O'Neal vs. Red Rocha Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Red Rocha and Jermaine O'Neal, 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.

Jermaine O'Neal played 18 years in the NBA, 9 more than Red Rocha, who played 9. Jermaine O'Neal had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Red Rocha had his rookie season in 1947-48. 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.

Season 4
	Jermaine O'Neal	Red Rocha
Season	1999-00	1950-51
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	70	12.3	3.9	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.7	1.8	1.5	3.2	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.4	.582
Red Rocha	64	-	13.1	-	-	8.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	13.2	.352	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	8	4.9	1.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.1	0.4	1.4	.273	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.667
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jermaine O'Neal	Red Rocha
Season	2000-01	1951-52
Team	Indiana Pacers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	81	32.6	12.9	3.1	6.7	9.8	1.2	0.6	2.8	2.0	3.5	5.0	10.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.8	.601
Red Rocha	66	38.5	12.9	-	-	8.3	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	11.3	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	4	39.3	9.8	3.0	9.5	12.5	1.8	0.0	2.5	1.8	3.3	4.3	9.8	.436	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.5	.500
Red Rocha	7	39.4	17.0	-	-	6.9	1.4	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	13.6	.432	-	-	-	5.3	7.3	.725

Season 6
	Jermaine O'Neal	Red Rocha
Season	2001-02	1952-53
Team	Indiana Pacers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	72	37.6	19.0	2.6	7.9	10.5	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.4	3.7	7.5	15.7	.479	0.0	0.2	.071	3.9	5.7	.688
Red Rocha	69	35.6	11.2	-	-	7.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.7	3.9	10.0	.388	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	5	38.0	17.2	1.2	6.4	7.6	1.0	0.8	1.6	2.8	4.8	6.8	15.2	.447	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.8	.750
Red Rocha	2	53.5	15.5	-	-	8.5	3.5	-	-	-	5.5	5.0	13.0	.385	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.786

Note: Red Rocha didn't play in 1953-54.

Season 7
	Jermaine O'Neal	Red Rocha
Season	2002-03	1954-55
Team	Indiana Pacers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	77	37.2	20.8	2.6	7.7	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.3	2.3	3.6	7.9	16.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.333	4.8	6.6	.731
Red Rocha	72	34.3	11.3	-	-	6.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	11.1	.368	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	6	45.5	22.8	4.0	13.5	17.5	0.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.2	15.3	.467	0.0	0.5	.000	8.5	10.8	.785
Red Rocha	11	33.7	12.4	-	-	6.7	1.3	-	-	-	4.1	4.2	10.0	.418	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.759

Season 8
	Jermaine O'Neal	Red Rocha
Season	2003-04	1955-56
Team	Indiana Pacers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	78	35.7	20.1	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.1	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.2	7.8	17.9	.434	0.0	0.2	.111	4.5	5.9	.757
Red Rocha	72	26.2	10.0	-	-	5.8	1.8	-	-	-	3.4	3.5	9.6	.361	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	16	37.6	19.2	1.8	7.3	9.1	1.2	0.5	2.3	1.8	3.3	7.2	17.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	6.9	.700
Red Rocha	8	23.6	8.5	-	-	6.5	1.9	-	-	-	4.6	2.9	8.5	.338	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846

Season 9
	Jermaine O'Neal	Red Rocha
Season	2004-05	1956-57
Team	Indiana Pacers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	44	34.8	24.3	1.9	6.9	8.8	1.9	0.6	2.0	3.0	3.9	8.8	19.4	.452	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.9	.754
Red Rocha	72	16.0	5.3	-	-	3.8	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	1.9	5.4	.349	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	13	36.8	16.0	1.6	6.4	8.0	2.2	0.5	2.6	2.8	3.7	5.9	16.2	.365	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	5.5	.750
Red Rocha	2	9.0	2.0	-	-	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	0.0	2.5	.000	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 10
	Jermaine O'Neal	Red Rocha
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	51	35.3	20.1	2.0	7.3	9.3	2.6	0.5	2.3	3.0	3.5	7.5	15.8	.472	0.1	0.2	.300	5.1	7.2	.709
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	6	36.0	21.0	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	4.3	4.7	7.3	14.0	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	6.3	8.8	.717
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Jermaine O'Neal	Red Rocha
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	69	35.6	19.4	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.4	0.7	2.6	2.9	3.4	7.2	16.5	.436	0.0	0.1	.000	5.0	6.5	.767
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-