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Rajon Rondo

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Rajon Pierre Rondo ▪ Twitter: @RajonRondo

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 171 lbs.
Born: February 22, 1986 in Louisville, Kentucky
High School: Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
College: University of Kentucky
Draft: Phoenix Suns, 1st round (21st pick, 21st overall), 2006 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 1, 2006
Age: 27 years, 87 days ▪ Experience: 7 years

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All-Time Rank: #77. Sidney Moncrief… #78. Russell Westbrook… #79. Sam Jones… #80. RAJON RONDO… #81. Adrian Dantley… #82. Chauncey Billups… #83. Joe Dumars… 

Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2006-07 20 BOS NBA PG 78 25 1831 188 450 .418 6 29 .207 119 184 .647 74 218 292 297 128 8 137 181 501
2007-08 21 BOS NBA PG 77 77 2306 351 713 .492 5 19 .263 107 175 .611 78 244 322 393 129 13 147 187 814
2008-09 22 BOS NBA PG 80 80 2642 383 759 .505 15 48 .313 172 268 .642 100 316 416 659 149 11 209 193 953
2009-10 23 BOS NBA PG 81 81 2963 459 904 .508 17 80 .213 175 282 .621 100 260 360 794 189 11 246 198 1110
2010-11 24 BOS NBA PG 68 68 2527 318 670 .475 10 43 .233 75 132 .568 87 210 297 760 153 11 234 120 721
2011-12 25 BOS NBA PG 53 53 1957 256 572 .448 10 42 .238 108 181 .597 62 195 257 620 95 3 193 99 630
2012-13 26 BOS NBA PG 38 38 1423 225 465 .484 12 50 .240 60 93 .645 43 169 212 420 70 9 148 96 522
Career NBA 475 422 15649 2180 4533 .481 75 311 .241 816 1315 .621 544 1612 2156 3943 913 66 1314 1074 5251

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2006-07 20 BOS NBA PG 78 25 23.5 2.4 5.8 .418 0.1 0.4 .207 1.5 2.4 .647 0.9 2.8 3.7 3.8 1.6 0.1 1.8 2.3 6.4
2007-08 21 BOS NBA PG 77 77 29.9 4.6 9.3 .492 0.1 0.2 .263 1.4 2.3 .611 1.0 3.2 4.2 5.1 1.7 0.2 1.9 2.4 10.6
2008-09 22 BOS NBA PG 80 80 33.0 4.8 9.5 .505 0.2 0.6 .313 2.2 3.4 .642 1.3 4.0 5.2 8.2 1.9 0.1 2.6 2.4 11.9
2009-10 23 BOS NBA PG 81 81 36.6 5.7 11.2 .508 0.2 1.0 .213 2.2 3.5 .621 1.2 3.2 4.4 9.8 2.3 0.1 3.0 2.4 13.7
2010-11 24 BOS NBA PG 68 68 37.2 4.7 9.9 .475 0.1 0.6 .233 1.1 1.9 .568 1.3 3.1 4.4 11.2 2.3 0.2 3.4 1.8 10.6
2011-12 25 BOS NBA PG 53 53 36.9 4.8 10.8 .448 0.2 0.8 .238 2.0 3.4 .597 1.2 3.7 4.8 11.7 1.8 0.1 3.6 1.9 11.9
2012-13 26 BOS NBA PG 38 38 37.4 5.9 12.2 .484 0.3 1.3 .240 1.6 2.4 .645 1.1 4.4 5.6 11.1 1.8 0.2 3.9 2.5 13.7
Career NBA 475 422 32.9 4.6 9.5 .481 0.2 0.7 .241 1.7 2.8 .621 1.1 3.4 4.5 8.3 1.9 0.1 2.8 2.3 11.1

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2006-07 20 BOS NBA PG 78 25 1831 3.7 8.8 .418 0.1 0.6 .207 2.3 3.6 .647 1.5 4.3 5.7 5.8 2.5 0.2 2.7 3.6 9.9
2007-08 21 BOS NBA PG 77 77 2306 5.5 11.1 .492 0.1 0.3 .263 1.7 2.7 .611 1.2 3.8 5.0 6.1 2.0 0.2 2.3 2.9 12.7
2008-09 22 BOS NBA PG 80 80 2642 5.2 10.3 .505 0.2 0.7 .313 2.3 3.7 .642 1.4 4.3 5.7 9.0 2.0 0.1 2.8 2.6 13.0
2009-10 23 BOS NBA PG 81 81 2963 5.6 11.0 .508 0.2 1.0 .213 2.1 3.4 .621 1.2 3.2 4.4 9.6 2.3 0.1 3.0 2.4 13.5
2010-11 24 BOS NBA PG 68 68 2527 4.5 9.5 .475 0.1 0.6 .233 1.1 1.9 .568 1.2 3.0 4.2 10.8 2.2 0.2 3.3 1.7 10.3
2011-12 25 BOS NBA PG 53 53 1957 4.7 10.5 .448 0.2 0.8 .238 2.0 3.3 .597 1.1 3.6 4.7 11.4 1.7 0.1 3.6 1.8 11.6
2012-13 26 BOS NBA PG 38 38 1423 5.7 11.8 .484 0.3 1.3 .240 1.5 2.4 .645 1.1 4.3 5.4 10.6 1.8 0.2 3.7 2.4 13.2
Career NBA 475 422 15649 5.0 10.4 .481 0.2 0.7 .241 1.9 3.0 .621 1.3 3.7 5.0 9.1 2.1 0.2 3.0 2.5 12.1

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2006-07 20 BOS NBA PG 78 1831 13.1 .472 .424 4.7 14.6 9.5 26.3 3.6 0.3 20.5 16.5 97 103 -0.1 2.6 2.4 .064
2007-08 21 BOS NBA PG 77 2306 15.6 .515 .496 4.3 11.9 8.3 28.2 3.0 0.5 15.7 18.9 107 98 2.3 4.9 7.2 .150
2008-09 22 BOS NBA PG 80 2642 18.8 .543 .514 4.8 13.9 9.6 39.7 3.0 0.3 19.2 19.2 114 101 4.8 5.1 9.9 .179
2009-10 23 BOS NBA PG 81 2963 19.1 .540 .517 4.3 10.5 7.5 43.7 3.3 0.3 19.3 20.2 111 103 4.9 4.7 9.6 .156
2010-11 24 BOS NBA PG 68 2527 17.1 .495 .482 4.5 9.7 7.2 47.1 3.2 0.3 24.3 18.3 104 100 1.8 4.8 6.6 .126
2011-12 25 BOS NBA PG 53 1957 17.5 .483 .456 3.9 11.2 7.7 52.5 2.6 0.1 22.8 20.7 101 99 1.5 3.4 4.9 .121
2012-13 26 BOS NBA PG 38 1423 18.1 .516 .497 3.7 13.6 8.8 49.3 2.6 0.5 22.6 21.7 103 103 1.2 2.0 3.2 .108
Career NBA 475 15649 17.2 .514 .489 4.4 12.0 8.3 40.9 3.1 0.3 20.4 19.3 106 101 16.4 27.5 43.9 .135

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2007-08 21 BOS NBA PG 26 26 831 107 263 .407 5 20 .250 47 68 .691 39 68 107 172 45 8 47 74 266
2008-09 22 BOS NBA PG 14 14 577 93 223 .417 6 24 .250 44 67 .657 32 104 136 137 35 3 38 47 236
2009-10 23 BOS NBA PG 24 24 975 151 326 .463 9 24 .375 68 114 .596 38 96 134 223 46 3 72 57 379
2010-11 24 BOS NBA PG 9 9 345 51 107 .477 0 3 .000 24 38 .632 11 38 49 86 10 0 33 16 126
2011-12 25 BOS NBA PG 19 19 810 141 301 .468 8 30 .267 39 56 .696 35 93 128 227 45 2 72 40 329
Career NBA 92 92 3538 543 1220 .445 28 101 .277 222 343 .647 155 399 554 845 181 16 262 234 1336

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2007-08 21 BOS NBA PG 26 26 32.0 4.1 10.1 .407 0.2 0.8 .250 1.8 2.6 .691 1.5 2.6 4.1 6.6 1.7 0.3 1.8 2.8 10.2
2008-09 22 BOS NBA PG 14 14 41.2 6.6 15.9 .417 0.4 1.7 .250 3.1 4.8 .657 2.3 7.4 9.7 9.8 2.5 0.2 2.7 3.4 16.9
2009-10 23 BOS NBA PG 24 24 40.6 6.3 13.6 .463 0.4 1.0 .375 2.8 4.8 .596 1.6 4.0 5.6 9.3 1.9 0.1 3.0 2.4 15.8
2010-11 24 BOS NBA PG 9 9 38.3 5.7 11.9 .477 0.0 0.3 .000 2.7 4.2 .632 1.2 4.2 5.4 9.6 1.1 0.0 3.7 1.8 14.0
2011-12 25 BOS NBA PG 19 19 42.6 7.4 15.8 .468 0.4 1.6 .267 2.1 2.9 .696 1.8 4.9 6.7 11.9 2.4 0.1 3.8 2.1 17.3
Career NBA 92 92 38.5 5.9 13.3 .445 0.3 1.1 .277 2.4 3.7 .647 1.7 4.3 6.0 9.2 2.0 0.2 2.8 2.5 14.5

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2007-08 21 BOS NBA PG 26 26 831 4.6 11.4 .407 0.2 0.9 .250 2.0 2.9 .691 1.7 2.9 4.6 7.5 1.9 0.3 2.0 3.2 11.5
2008-09 22 BOS NBA PG 14 14 577 5.8 13.9 .417 0.4 1.5 .250 2.7 4.2 .657 2.0 6.5 8.5 8.5 2.2 0.2 2.4 2.9 14.7
2009-10 23 BOS NBA PG 24 24 975 5.6 12.0 .463 0.3 0.9 .375 2.5 4.2 .596 1.4 3.5 4.9 8.2 1.7 0.1 2.7 2.1 14.0
2010-11 24 BOS NBA PG 9 9 345 5.3 11.2 .477 0.0 0.3 .000 2.5 4.0 .632 1.1 4.0 5.1 9.0 1.0 0.0 3.4 1.7 13.1
2011-12 25 BOS NBA PG 19 19 810 6.3 13.4 .468 0.4 1.3 .267 1.7 2.5 .696 1.6 4.1 5.7 10.1 2.0 0.1 3.2 1.8 14.6
Career NBA 92 92 3538 5.5 12.4 .445 0.3 1.0 .277 2.3 3.5 .647 1.6 4.1 5.6 8.6 1.8 0.2 2.7 2.4 13.6

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2007-08 21 BOS NBA PG 26 831 15.8 .454 .416 6.0 10.1 8.1 36.3 3.0 0.8 13.8 19.7 106 103 0.7 1.3 2.1 .121
2008-09 22 BOS NBA PG 14 577 19.7 .467 .430 6.5 21.9 14.0 40.9 3.2 0.4 13.1 23.3 106 102 0.6 1.0 1.6 .130
2009-10 23 BOS NBA PG 24 975 17.8 .504 .477 4.9 11.7 8.4 41.1 2.5 0.3 16.1 22.0 106 102 0.9 1.8 2.7 .131
2010-11 24 BOS NBA PG 9 345 16.7 .509 .477 4.1 12.8 8.7 42.3 1.6 0.0 21.1 21.8 105 106 0.4 0.4 0.7 .102
2011-12 25 BOS NBA PG 19 810 22.0 .505 .482 5.3 13.2 9.4 54.0 3.0 0.2 18.1 24.0 105 99 1.3 1.3 2.6 .155
Career NBA 92 3538 18.5 .487 .457 5.4 13.4 9.5 43.0 2.8 0.4 16.0 22.1 106 102 3.9 5.8 9.7 .131

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2009-10 23 BOS NBA PG 1 0 19:49 2 3 .667 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 2 1 4
2010-11 24 BOS NBA PG 1 0 20:34 3 5 .600 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 0 2 0 6
2011-12 25 BOS NBA PG 1 0 15:34 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 4 1 2
2012-13 26 BOS NBA PG
Career NBA 3 0 56 6 11 .545 0 0 0 0 3 5 21 1 0 8 2 12

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 7 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Rajon Rondo 9.9 9.6 7.2 6.6 4.9 3.2 2.4
Paul Pressey 94.5 9.8 9.6 7.1 5.5 4.8 3.8 2.0
Randy Smith 91.5 9.4 7.9 7.2 6.4 5.7 3.0 2.2
Joe Dumars 89.7 9.9 8.7 8.2 7.0 5.9 4.2 3.2
Dick Van Arsdale 89.3 10.4 10.2 9.0 5.6 5.2 3.8 2.6
Ron Boone 88.9 9.7 8.3 5.9 5.9 5.1 4.0 2.8
Rod Strickland 88.6 9.3 8.5 7.4 5.7 5.2 4.3 3.7
Dan Majerle 88.4 9.8 9.8 7.7 7.3 7.2 5.5 2.5
Carl Braun 88.4 9.0 8.6 7.2 6.2 5.3 4.7 3.6
World B. Free 87.8 10.1 8.0 7.4 6.9 6.0 4.6 1.5
Doc Rivers 87.4 10.3 8.5 8.3 6.3 4.2 4.2 4.0
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Rajon Rondo 9.9 9.6 7.2 6.6 4.9 3.2 2.4
Phil Chenier 86.4 8.8 8.8 7.4 5.8 5.5 1.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Paul Pressey 86.2 9.8 9.6 7.1 5.5 4.8 3.8 3.2 3.0 2.0 0.3 0.1
Jose Calderon 84.7 10.2 7.5 7.4 5.4 5.1 4.2 3.7 0.9
Doug Collins 84.6 10.0 7.7 7.6 6.2 4.2 1.9 0.7 -0.3
Kevin Martin 83.8 10.2 9.5 8.4 7.0 5.5 4.7 4.2 3.3 0.1
Jim Paxson 83.1 10.2 9.5 7.7 7.5 6.5 4.8 3.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.3
Max Zaslofsky 82.2 10.2 9.6 9.4 8.4 3.7 2.7 1.7 1.7 0.6 0.3
Jon McGlocklin 81.6 8.9 8.2 7.9 5.8 5.2 3.8 3.4 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.2
Kerry Kittles 80.2 8.4 7.7 7.7 7.6 6.9 4.7 1.8 0.2
Phil Smith 80.0 9.4 7.0 6.3 5.2 4.8 2.9 2.2 1.7 1.6

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
2004-05 18 KENTUCKY 34 854 102 200 10 33 60 103 97 118 274 .510 .303 .583 25.1 8.1 2.9 3.5
2005-06 19 KENTUCKY 34 1054 147 305 18 66 68 119 209 167 380 .482 .273 .571 31.0 11.2 6.1 4.9
Career 68 1908 249 505 28 99 128 222 306 285 654 .493 .283 .577 28.1 9.6 4.5 4.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
2010 NBA
2011 NBA
2012 NBA
2013 NBA
Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 1 time (Show/Hide)
Honors
2004 McDonald's All American
2006-07 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)
2008-09 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
2009-10 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
2010-11 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
2011-12 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
2011-12 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
MVP Award Shares
2010-11 NBA 0.004 (10)
2011-12 NBA 0.010 (8)
Active 0.014 (30)
Career 0.014 (146)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
2008 Boston Celtics (NBA)
Assists
2008-09 NBA 659 (5)
2009-10 NBA 794 (3)
2010-11 NBA 760 (3)
2011-12 NBA 620 (2)
Steals
2006-07 NBA 128 (10)
2007-08 NBA 129 (10)
2008-09 NBA 149 (5)
2009-10 NBA 189 (1)
 2010-11 NBA 153 (4)
Turnovers
2009-10 NBA 246 (9)
2011-12 NBA 193 (8)
Minutes Per Game
2011-12 NBA 36.9 (10)
Assists Per Game
2008-09 NBA 8.2 (6)
2009-10 NBA 9.8 (4)
2010-11 NBA 11.2 (2)
2011-12 NBA 11.7 (1)
 2012-13 NBA 11.1 (1)
 Active 8.3 (5)
Career NBA 8.3 (11)
Career 8.3 (11)
Steals Per Game
2006-07 NBA 1.6 (9)
2008-09 NBA 1.9 (5)
2009-10 NBA 2.3 (1)
 2010-11 NBA 2.2 (2)
Assist Pct
2008-09 NBA 39.7 (7)
2009-10 NBA 43.7 (4)
2010-11 NBA 47.1 (2)
2011-12 NBA 52.5 (2)
Active 40.9 (4)
Career NBA 40.9 (5)
Career 40.9 (5)
Steal Pct
2006-07 NBA 3.6 (1)
 2007-08 NBA 3.0 (6)
2008-09 NBA 3.0 (5)
2009-10 NBA 3.3 (1)
 2010-11 NBA 3.2 (3)
Active 3.1 (2)
Career NBA 3.1 (14)
Career 3.1 (18)
Defensive Rating
2007-08 NBA 98.4 (8)
2008-09 NBA 100.9 (9)
2010-11 NBA 99.9 (9)
Active 101.0 (10)
Career NBA 101.0 (47)
Career 101.0 (57)
Defensive Win Shares
2007-08 NBA 4.9 (7)
2008-09 NBA 5.1 (3)
2009-10 NBA 4.7 (8)
2010-11 NBA 4.8 (7)
Hall of Fame Probability
Active 0.214 (26)
Career 0.214 (139)
NBA Elo Player Rating
79th (overall) as of May 20, 2013, 5:16AM
18th (active) as of May 20, 2013, 5:16AM
      

Transactions

August 6, 2004: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers (as a 2006 1st round draft pick) with Rick Fox and Gary Payton to the Boston Celtics for Chucky Atkins, Jumaine Jones and Chris Mihm.

February 24, 2005: Traded by the Boston Celtics (as a 2006 1st round draft pick) with Tom Gugliotta, Gary Payton and Michael Stewart to the Atlanta Hawks for Antoine Walker.

August 19, 2005: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks (as a 2006 1st round draft pick) with Boris Diaw and a 2008 1st round draft pick (Robin Lopez) to the Phoenix Suns for Joe Johnson.

June 28, 2006: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2006 NBA Draft.

June 28, 2006: Traded by the Phoenix Suns with Brian Grant to the Boston Celtics for a 2007 1st round draft pick (Rudy Fernandez).

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2006-07 Boston Celtics NBA $1,143,600
2007-08 Boston Celtics NBA $1,229,280
2008-09 Boston Celtics NBA $1,315,080
2009-10 Boston Celtics NBA $2,094,922
2010-11 Boston Celtics NBA $9,090,911
2011-12 Boston Celtics NBA $10,045,455
Career (may be incomplete) $24,919,248

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option
Team 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Boston Celtics $11,000,000 $11,954,545 $12,909,091
  • Signed extension on November 2, 2009 for an assumed $55,000,000 for 5 years starting in 2010-11.

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