MVPs: 0. Finals MVPs: 0. All-NBA 1st Team: 0. 2nd Team: 0. 3rd Team: 2. All Star: 2. MVP: 0.
Defensive POY: 2. All-Defense 1st Team: 7. 2nd Team: 1.
Rebounds Champ: 7. eFG% Champ: 1.
Career Averages: 7 PPG/ 13 RPG/ 2 APG/ .7 SPG/ .6 BPG/ .529 eFG%/ .584 FT%.
Best Season: 10/ 19/ 2/ .8/ .9/ .564/ .600 (1991-92).
Postseason Averages: 6 PPG/ 10 RPG/ 1 APG/ .6 SPG/ .6 BPG/ .494 eFG%/ .540 FT%.
Best Postseason: 9/ 15/ 1/ .9/ 0/ .542/ .571 (1995).
Why he's below James Worthy: According to all the metrics I used to rank players on teams, Rodman was never a top-3 player on a Finals team like Worthy was. I don't totally buy that, but the metrics are capturing Rodman's big weakness on offense. Rodman is easily the worst offensive player in my top-75, which is remarkable considering he led the league in eFG% once. He only attempted 6.5 shots per game that season. He was a bad shooter, bad passer, bad ballhandler. All he added on offense was layups when the defense left him wide open.
Why he's above the rest: Offense is only half the game, right? Besides, I lied in the previous paragraph. Rodman added rebounding on the offensive end. He has the highest career offensive rebounding percentage since offensive rebounding has been tracked. But the defensive end is where Rodman shined, winning Defensive Player of the Year twice and 1st Team All-Defense 7 times. He didn't get a lot of steals or blocks (which is part of why advanced stats don't think he's that great), but he could defend four positions in the post or the perimeter. He made hustle plays and did a lot of the little things that helped his teams win 5 championships.
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