Al Bianchi vs. Dave Cowens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Cowens and Al Bianchi, 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.

Al Bianchi played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Dave Cowens, who played 11. Al Bianchi had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Dave Cowens had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
	Al Bianchi	Dave Cowens
Season	1956-57	1970-71
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	68	23.2	8.3	-	-	3.3	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	2.9	8.3	.351	-	-	-	2.4	3.5	.690
Dave Cowens	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	19.4	6.4	-	-	3.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.2	2.4	7.6	.316	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.667
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Al Bianchi	Dave Cowens
Season	1957-58	1971-72
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Al Bianchi	69	20.6	8.3	-	-	3.2	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	9.1	.344	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.683
Dave Cowens	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	2	18.5	5.5	-	-	3.5	1.0	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	6.0	.333	-	-	-	1.5	4.0	.375
Dave Cowens	11	40.1	15.5	-	-	13.8	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	14.2	.455	-	-	-	2.5	4.3	.596

Season 3
	Al Bianchi	Dave Cowens
Season	1958-59	1972-73
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	72	24.7	10.0	-	-	2.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	4.0	10.5	.377	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.723
Dave Cowens	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	9	21.3	9.1	-	-	3.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.6	3.8	8.2	.459	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.636
Dave Cowens	13	46.0	21.9	-	-	16.6	3.7	-	-	-	4.2	9.9	21.0	.473	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.659

Season 4
	Al Bianchi	Dave Cowens
Season	1959-60	1973-74
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Al Bianchi	69	18.2	7.7	-	-	2.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.1	8.3	.366	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.703
Dave Cowens	80	41.9	19.0	3.3	12.4	15.7	4.4	1.2	1.3	-	3.7	8.1	18.4	.437	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	2	9.0	0.0	-	-	1.5	1.5	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	4.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Dave Cowens	18	42.9	20.5	3.3	10.0	13.3	3.7	1.2	0.9	-	4.7	8.9	20.6	.435	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.797

Season 5
	Al Bianchi	Dave Cowens
Season	1960-61	1974-75
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	52	12.8	5.7	-	-	2.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.6	2.3	6.6	.345	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.690
Dave Cowens	65	40.5	20.4	3.5	11.2	14.7	4.6	1.3	1.1	-	3.7	8.8	18.4	.475	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	7	12.9	6.0	-	-	1.0	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	2.4	6.6	.370	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.889
Dave Cowens	11	43.5	20.5	4.5	12.0	16.5	4.2	1.6	0.5	-	4.5	9.2	21.5	.428	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.885

Season 6
	Al Bianchi	Dave Cowens
Season	1961-62	1975-76
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Al Bianchi	80	24.1	10.3	-	-	3.5	3.3	-	-	-	2.9	4.2	10.6	.397	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.697
Dave Cowens	78	39.8	19.0	4.3	11.7	16.0	4.2	1.2	0.9	-	4.0	7.8	16.7	.468	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	36.8	14.2	-	-	5.2	3.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	13.8	.391	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.850
Dave Cowens	18	44.3	21.0	4.8	11.6	16.4	4.6	1.2	0.7	-	4.7	8.7	18.9	.457	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759

Season 7
	Al Bianchi	Dave Cowens
Season	1962-63	1976-77
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Al Bianchi	61	19.0	8.6	-	-	2.2	2.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	7.8	.424	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.732
Dave Cowens	50	37.8	16.4	2.9	11.0	13.9	5.0	0.9	1.0	-	3.6	6.6	15.1	.434	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	15.4	6.8	-	-	1.6	0.4	-	-	-	3.4	3.0	6.8	.441	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.571
Dave Cowens	9	42.1	16.6	3.2	11.7	14.9	4.0	0.9	1.4	-	4.1	7.3	16.4	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.773

Season 8
	Al Bianchi	Dave Cowens
Season	1963-64	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Al Bianchi	78	18.4	8.0	-	-	1.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.2	3.3	8.8	.376	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.773
Dave Cowens	77	41.8	18.6	3.2	10.8	14.0	4.6	1.3	0.9	2.8	3.9	7.8	15.8	.490	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	13.6	5.4	-	-	0.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.4	5.8	.414	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.750
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Al Bianchi	Dave Cowens
Season	1965-66	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	78	16.8	6.3	-	-	1.7	1.7	-	-	-	3.0	2.7	7.2	.382	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.673
Dave Cowens	66	32.7	14.2	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.4	14.1	.453	0.0	0.2	.083	1.4	1.8	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	12.8	9.0	-	-	2.0	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	3.6	8.6	.419	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.750
Dave Cowens	9	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.3	7.3	2.3	1.0	0.8	0.9	4.1	5.4	11.4	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.2	.909

Note: Dave Cowens didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.