Tayshaun Prince vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo and Tayshaun Prince, 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.

Tayshaun Prince played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than Rajon Rondo, who played 16. Tayshaun Prince had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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 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
Tayshaun Prince	14	9	2002-03 to 2015-16
Rajon Rondo	16	10	2006-07 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2002-03	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	42	10.4	3.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.8	.449	0.5	1.1	.426	0.3	0.4	.647
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	15	25.4	9.4	0.7	3.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.3	7.7	.426	0.9	3.2	.292	1.9	2.5	.763
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2003-04	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.9	10.3	1.1	3.6	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	4.1	8.8	.467	0.7	1.9	.363	1.3	1.7	.766
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	23	34.8	9.9	1.8	4.2	6.0	2.3	1.1	1.3	0.8	2.7	3.8	9.2	.410	0.6	2.1	.265	1.8	2.4	.745
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2004-05	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	37.1	14.7	1.6	3.7	5.3	3.0	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.0	5.7	11.7	.487	0.6	1.7	.341	2.7	3.3	.807
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	25	40.8	13.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	3.3	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.0	5.3	12.3	.433	0.9	2.4	.367	1.9	2.4	.800
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2005-06	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	35.3	14.1	1.3	3.0	4.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.2	5.5	12.2	.455	0.8	2.2	.350	2.2	2.9	.765
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	18	41.4	16.4	2.4	3.3	5.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	1.7	1.3	5.9	12.8	.459	1.2	2.6	.457	3.5	4.2	.829
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2006-07	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	36.6	14.3	1.8	3.5	5.2	2.8	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.4	5.6	12.2	.460	1.0	2.6	.386	2.1	2.7	.768
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	16	41.6	14.1	1.7	4.8	6.4	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	1.9	5.2	12.5	.415	1.1	2.8	.409	2.6	3.4	.759
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2007-08	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.9	13.2	1.3	3.5	4.9	3.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	1.1	5.1	11.5	.448	0.6	1.8	.363	2.3	2.9	.768
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	17	39.5	13.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	3.2	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.8	5.9	12.2	.481	0.5	1.5	.320	1.6	2.0	.794
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2008-09	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	37.3	14.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.1	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.7	1.7	.397	2.3	3.0	.778
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tayshaun Prince	4	32.3	3.8	0.3	3.3	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	1.8	6.8	.259	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.0	-
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2009-10	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	49	34.0	13.5	1.4	3.6	5.1	3.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	5.8	11.8	.486	0.6	1.5	.370	1.4	2.0	.714
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2010-11	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	78	32.8	14.1	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.8	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.2	6.1	12.8	.473	0.4	1.3	.347	1.5	2.2	.702
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2011-12	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	63	33.1	12.7	1.1	3.3	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.5	1.2	1.2	5.3	12.7	.421	0.6	1.7	.356	1.4	1.8	.774
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	82	32.1	10.4	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.0	4.4	10.0	.438	0.5	1.1	.404	1.2	1.6	.738
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	15	30.3	7.0	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.9	8.1	.355	0.3	1.3	.263	0.9	1.5	.609
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pelicans Lost West Conf 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	76	25.6	6.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.6	6.5	.407	0.3	0.9	.290	0.4	0.8	.567
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	7	16.1	3.0	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.1	1.4	3.7	.385	0.1	0.6	.250	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tayshaun Prince	58	24.1	7.5	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	3.1	6.9	.440	0.5	1.2	.463	0.8	1.1	.754
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	77	19.0	2.9	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.0	.445	0.1	0.3	.174	0.2	0.2	.684
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 15
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	45	17.1	5.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.2	2.1	4.8	.442	0.8	2.0	.404	0.4	0.4	.941

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	13	16.9	4.2	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.8	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.4	1.4	4.1	.340	0.8	2.2	.393	0.6	0.9	.667


Season 16
	Tayshaun Prince	Rajon Rondo
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	39	17.9	4.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	4.4	0.8	0.2	1.7	1.4	1.7	4.5	.386	0.8	2.3	.352	0.5	0.7	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tayshaun Prince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rajon Rondo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tayshaun Prince vs. Rajon Rondo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rajon Rondo and Tayshaun Prince, 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

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

Season 15

Season 16