Charles Barkley is 1.98 meters tall, dennis Rodman is 2.01 meters tall, as a big forward, they are both short in height, but they have become dazzling stars. But they have very different styles, with Barkley being better on the offensive end and Rodman excelling on the defensive end.
Barkley averaged 22.1 points per game in his career, averaged 20+ points per game in 11 seasons of his career, averaged 28.3 points per game in his peak season, was selected to the Best Team 1st Team 5 times, and was selected to the Best Team 2nd Team 5 times, but he was never selected for the Best Defensive Team, he was a player who attacked better than defended.
Rodman's career averaged only 7.3 points per game, 14 years of NBA career only 1 season averaged double-doubles per game, and averaged only 11.6 points per game, which shows that his performance on the offensive end is very average, but he has been selected to the best defensive team seven times, the best defensive team second team once, and the best defensive player twice.
When Barkley, who is stronger in attack than defensive, meets Rodman who is weak in defense, who will perform better? The two of them have played each other 36 times in their careers, all in the regular season, and it is a pity that they have not played in the playoffs.
In these 36 games, Barkley averaged 39.6 minutes per game, averaged 23.7 points, 13 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, averaged 16.3 shots per game, averaged 8.7 shots per game, shot 53.3%, shot 22.9% from three-point range, and shot 71.9% from free throws, leading his team to a record of 12 wins and 24 losses.
Rodman averaged 31.9 minutes per game, averaged 7.6 points, 11.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, averaged 6.2 shots per game, averaged 3.4 shots per game, shot 54.3 percent from the field, shot 16.7 percent from three-point range, and shot 48.3 percent from the free throw line, helping his team achieve a record of 24 wins and 12 losses.
Rodman has a record advantage against Barkley, but he is not the first core person of his team, plus the Pistons, Spurs, Bulls and Lakers he has played for in his career are all strong teams, he has always been the third or fourth person on the team, so it is not meaningful to compare the record.
Personally, Barkley almost crushed Rodman's presence, who shot higher than Barkley,but the rest of the stats were downwind. Barkley's average score is 16.1 points higher than Rodman's, and in the case of huge consumption on the offensive end, he can also grab 13 rebounds per game from Rodman's head, averaging 1.3 more rebounds per game than Rodman.
Barkley has said that if he doesn't have to think about scoring, the rebounding king doesn't have anything to do with Rodman, once thought he was bragging, and after watching the hand data, he found that he is really good - Barkley has more rebounds per game than Rodman in the case of scoring, and if he takes rebounding as his main business like Rodman, then he will also get many rebounding kings.
Comparison shows that Barkley averaged 13 rebounds per game against Rodman, compared to 11 rebounds per game in his career. Rodman averaged 11.7 rebounds per game against Barkley, compared to his career average of 13.1 rebounds per game. Barkley's average rebounds per game against Rodman is higher than his career rebounds per game, and Rodman's average rebounds per game against Barkley are lower than his career average, which is enough to show that Barkley can suppress Rodman.
Rodman has averaged 10 seasons of rebounds in doubles, 6 seasons of 15+ rebounds per game, 2 seasons of 18+ rebounds per game, the craziest season averaged 18.7 rebounds per game, he has been elected the rebounding king for 7 consecutive years, can grab so many rebounds in the four major centers and Barkley, Malone and many other top interior lines, how powerful his rebounding ability is needless to say.
However, it also needs to be admitted that Rodman as a blue-collar player needs to bear relatively little responsibility, unlike the four major centers, Barkley, Malone and other interior lines to get the highest score in the team almost every game, but also need to grab a lot of rebounds, but also do a good job, assists are also many, in the defensive end to lead by example, they need to take on a lot of responsibility than Rodman, they can't spend most of their energy on grabbing rebounds like Rodman, so Rodman snatched multiple rebounds from their heads.
Of course, this is not to deny Rodman's ability, as a short inner line of 2 meters 01, Rodman can grab so many rebounds, which has a lot to do with his natural rebounding sense of smell and continuous jumping ability, and also has a lot to do with his acquired efforts, he spent a lot of time soaking in the video room, watching game videos, and has been studying the position, angle, rotation, and landing point of rebounds caused by each shot, so his judgment of the landing point of rebounds is the top in history. With static talent not so good, Rodman used his obsession with rebounding to break through the day.