Tom Heinsohn vs. Rodney Rogers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rodney Rogers and Tom Heinsohn, 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.

Tom Heinsohn played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than Rodney Rogers, who played 12. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Rodney Rogers had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Rodney Rogers
Season	1956-57	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Rodney Rogers	79	17.8	8.1	1.1	1.7	2.9	1.3	0.8	0.6	1.7	2.5	3.0	6.9	.439	0.4	1.2	.380	1.6	2.4	.672
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710
Rodney Rogers	12	15.8	5.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.7	2.1	1.6	4.1	.388	0.5	1.6	.316	1.4	2.3	.630

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Rodney Rogers
Season	1958-59	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Rodney Rogers	67	29.1	11.6	1.7	2.6	4.3	2.5	1.1	0.5	2.1	3.2	4.6	9.6	.477	0.7	2.3	.320	1.7	2.7	.628
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661
Rodney Rogers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Rodney Rogers
Season	1959-60	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Rodney Rogers	81	30.6	13.2	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.7	1.1	0.8	2.7	3.4	5.0	10.9	.462	0.8	2.2	.361	2.4	3.6	.663
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750
Rodney Rogers	3	28.3	10.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	4.3	4.0	9.7	.414	0.7	3.3	.200	2.0	2.7	.750

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Rodney Rogers
Season	1960-61	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Rodney Rogers	76	32.9	15.1	2.0	3.5	5.6	2.7	1.2	0.5	2.5	3.2	5.6	12.3	.456	0.9	2.8	.340	3.0	4.3	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767
Rodney Rogers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Rodney Rogers
Season	1961-62	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Rodney Rogers	47	20.6	7.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.6	1.0	0.5	1.4	3.0	2.8	6.3	.441	0.4	1.3	.286	1.4	2.1	.673
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763
Rodney Rogers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Rodney Rogers
Season	1962-63	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Rodney Rogers	82	27.9	13.8	1.7	3.8	5.5	2.1	1.1	0.6	2.0	3.5	5.2	10.7	.486	1.4	3.2	.439	1.9	3.0	.639
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765
Rodney Rogers	9	29.1	14.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.4	5.3	12.8	.417	0.9	4.0	.222	2.6	3.4	.742

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Rodney Rogers
Season	1963-64	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Rodney Rogers	82	26.6	12.2	1.1	3.2	4.4	2.2	1.2	0.6	1.9	3.3	4.6	10.7	.430	0.7	2.3	.296	2.3	3.0	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810
Rodney Rogers	4	20.8	8.8	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.0	3.0	10.0	.300	0.5	2.5	.200	2.3	3.5	.643

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Rodney Rogers
Season	1964-65	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Rodney Rogers	77	24.4	11.9	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.5	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.9	4.6	9.8	.471	1.1	3.1	.374	1.5	1.9	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625
Rodney Rogers	16	24.6	8.9	1.8	3.8	5.5	2.1	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.6	2.9	6.8	.426	1.2	3.3	.365	1.9	2.2	.886