Bill Bridges vs. Dave Cowens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Cowens and Bill Bridges, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Bill Bridges played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Dave Cowens, who played 11. Bill Bridges had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bill Bridges	13	12	1962-63 to 1974-75
Dave Cowens	11	7	1970-71 to 1982-83

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1962-63	1970-71
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Bill Bridges	27	13.9	6.1	-	-	5.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	5.9	.413	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.627
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		%
Bill Bridges	11	18.5	9.3	-	-	7.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	8.7	.427	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.741
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1963-64	1971-72
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Bill Bridges	80	24.4	8.5	-	-	8.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	3.4	8.4	.397	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.652
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		%
Bill Bridges	12	20.0	5.3	-	-	7.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	2.2	6.9	.313	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.632
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
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1964-65	1972-73
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Bill Bridges	79	29.9	11.5	-	-	10.8	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	11.9	.386	-	-	-	2.4	3.5	.676
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		%
Bill Bridges	4	36.3	13.0	-	-	16.8	2.3	-	-	-	4.8	5.3	14.8	.356	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	.667
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
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1965-66	1973-74
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Bill Bridges	78	34.3	13.0	-	-	12.2	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	4.8	11.9	.407	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.706
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		%
Bill Bridges	10	42.1	20.3	-	-	14.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.7	8.6	17.0	.506	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.721
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
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1966-67	1974-75
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Bill Bridges	79	39.6	17.4	-	-	15.1	2.8	-	-	-	4.1	6.4	14.0	.455	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.702
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		%
Bill Bridges	9	41.0	15.7	-	-	18.8	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	14.2	.375	-	-	-	5.0	7.4	.672
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
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1967-68	1975-76
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Bill Bridges	82	39.0	15.6	-	-	13.4	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	12.3	.462	-	-	-	4.2	5.9	.717
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		%
Bill Bridges	6	36.0	15.7	-	-	12.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	12.5	.507	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	.720
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
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1968-69	1976-77
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Bill Bridges	80	36.6	11.8	-	-	14.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	9.7	.453	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.677
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		%
Bill Bridges	11	40.2	15.6	-	-	16.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.4	6.3	14.2	.442	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.708
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
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1969-70	1977-78
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Bill Bridges	82	39.9	14.8	-	-	14.4	4.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	11.4	.475	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.734
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		%
Bill Bridges	9	42.3	11.6	-	-	17.1	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	12.2	.400	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.593
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1970-71	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Bill Bridges	82	38.3	11.9	-	-	15.0	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	10.2	.458	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	.639
Dave Cowens	68	37.0	16.6	2.2	7.4	9.6	3.6	1.1	0.8	2.6	3.9	7.2	14.9	.483	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	5	45.8	9.8	-	-	20.8	1.0	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	11.6	.397	-	-	-	0.6	1.8	.333
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1971-72	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bill Bridges	78	35.3	12.6	-	-	13.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	10.0	.487	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	.703
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		%
Bill Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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.


Season 11
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1972-73	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Bill Bridges	82	35.0	10.3	-	-	11.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	4.1	8.8	.461	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.702
Dave Cowens	40	25.4	8.1	1.8	5.0	6.9	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.4	3.4	7.7	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.6	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	17	34.2	8.9	-	-	9.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.0	3.4	8.0	.419	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.776
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Bill Bridges	65	27.9	8.4	3.0	4.7	7.7	2.3	0.9	0.5	-	3.4	3.3	7.9	.421	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.707
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	5	28.8	6.0	2.8	3.2	6.0	1.2	1.4	0.0	-	3.8	2.4	8.2	.293	-	-	-	1.2	2.6	.462
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bill Bridges	Dave Cowens
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Bill Bridges	32	13.0	2.7	2.0	2.2	4.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	-	2.0	1.1	2.9	.376	-	-	-	0.5	1.1	.500
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	14	10.6	1.6	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.5	0.6	0.3	-	1.6	0.7	1.6	.435	-	-	-	0.1	0.5	.286
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Bridges vs. Dave Cowens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Cowens and Bill Bridges, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13