Bob Cousy vs. A.C. Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of A.C. Green and Bob Cousy, 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.

Bob Cousy played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than A.C. Green, who played 16. Bob Cousy had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while A.C. Green had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Bob Cousy	14	13	1950-51 to 1969-70
A.C. Green	16	13	1985-86 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1950-51	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Bob Cousy	69	-	15.6	-	-	6.9	4.9	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.5	.352	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.756
A.C. Green	82	18.8	6.4	2.0	2.7	4.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	2.5	4.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	2.0	.611

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	2	-	14.0	-	-	7.5	6.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	21.0	.214	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833
A.C. Green	9	11.8	2.4	0.3	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.0	1.9	.529	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.444


Season 2
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1951-52	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Bob Cousy	66	40.6	21.7	-	-	6.4	6.7	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	21.0	.369	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.808
A.C. Green	79	28.4	10.8	2.7	5.1	7.8	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.2	4.0	7.4	.538	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.6	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	3	46.0	31.0	-	-	4.0	6.3	-	-	-	4.3	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	13.7	14.7	.932
A.C. Green	18	28.1	11.5	3.0	4.9	7.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.6	3.9	7.2	.546	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.8	.747


Season 3
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1952-53	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Bob Cousy	71	41.5	19.8	-	-	6.3	7.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	18.6	.352	-	-	-	6.7	8.3	.816
A.C. Green	82	32.1	11.4	3.0	5.7	8.7	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.9	7.8	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	6	45.0	25.5	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	20.0	.383	-	-	-	10.2	12.2	.836
A.C. Green	24	30.3	10.0	2.4	4.9	7.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.5	3.8	7.0	.544	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.753


Season 4
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1953-54	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Bob Cousy	72	39.7	19.2	-	-	5.5	7.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.8	17.5	.385	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	.787
A.C. Green	82	30.6	13.3	3.1	5.9	9.0	1.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.1	4.9	9.2	.529	0.0	0.2	.235	3.4	4.4	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	6	43.3	21.0	-	-	5.3	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.5	19.3	.284	-	-	-	10.0	12.5	.800
A.C. Green	15	33.5	10.1	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.1	7.6	.412	0.0	0.2	.000	3.9	5.1	.763


Season 5
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1954-55	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Bob Cousy	71	38.7	21.2	-	-	6.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.3	7.4	18.5	.397	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.807
A.C. Green	82	33.0	12.9	3.2	5.5	8.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.5	4.7	9.8	.478	0.2	0.6	.283	3.4	4.5	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	7	42.7	21.7	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.6	19.9	.381	-	-	-	6.6	6.9	.958
A.C. Green	9	28.0	11.8	3.8	5.2	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.6	8.8	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.750


Season 6
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1955-56	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Bob Cousy	72	38.4	18.8	-	-	6.8	8.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.1	17.0	.360	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.844
A.C. Green	82	26.4	9.1	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.4	3.1	6.6	.476	0.1	0.7	.200	2.7	3.7	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	3	41.3	26.3	-	-	8.0	8.7	-	-	-	1.3	9.3	18.7	.500	-	-	-	7.7	8.3	.920
A.C. Green	19	21.1	6.5	2.4	2.9	5.4	0.5	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.9	2.2	5.1	.423	0.2	0.4	.500	2.0	2.8	.704


Season 7
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1956-57	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	64	36.9	20.6	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.1	7.5	19.8	.378	-	-	-	5.7	6.9	.821
A.C. Green	82	35.4	13.6	3.7	5.6	9.3	1.4	1.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.7	9.8	.476	0.1	0.7	.214	4.1	5.6	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	10	44.0	20.2	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	20.7	.324	-	-	-	6.8	9.1	.747
A.C. Green	4	38.3	12.8	3.8	5.3	9.0	1.8	1.8	0.0	1.3	2.5	4.0	9.8	.410	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	5.8	.826


Season 8
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1957-58	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	65	34.2	18.0	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	2.1	6.8	19.4	.353	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.850
A.C. Green	82	34.4	12.8	3.5	5.2	8.7	1.4	1.1	0.5	1.4	1.8	4.6	8.6	.537	0.2	0.6	.348	3.4	4.6	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	11	41.5	18.0	-	-	6.5	7.5	-	-	-	1.8	6.1	17.8	.342	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.853
A.C. Green	5	44.0	9.8	5.2	9.4	14.6	2.6	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.8	3.6	8.4	.429	0.0	1.0	.000	2.6	4.2	.619


Season 9
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1958-59	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Bob Cousy	65	37.0	20.0	-	-	5.5	8.6	-	-	-	2.1	7.4	19.4	.384	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	.855
A.C. Green	82	34.5	14.7	3.4	5.8	9.2	1.7	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	5.7	11.3	.502	0.1	0.4	.229	3.2	4.4	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	11	41.8	19.5	-	-	6.9	10.8	-	-	-	2.5	6.5	20.1	.326	-	-	-	6.4	8.5	.745
A.C. Green	10	35.0	12.5	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	2.2	4.0	8.3	.482	0.7	1.7	.412	3.8	6.2	.613


Season 10
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1959-60	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Bob Cousy	75	34.5	19.4	-	-	4.7	9.5	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	19.7	.384	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.792
A.C. Green	82	32.8	11.2	2.4	5.8	8.2	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.8	7.5	.504	0.5	1.5	.339	3.1	4.2	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	13	36.0	15.3	-	-	3.7	8.9	-	-	-	2.1	6.2	20.2	.305	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.765
A.C. Green	10	36.8	12.8	3.8	8.2	12.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.0	2.2	3.6	7.8	.462	0.1	1.2	.083	5.5	6.3	.873


Season 11
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1960-61	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	76	32.5	18.1	-	-	4.4	7.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.8	18.2	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779
A.C. Green	82	25.8	7.5	2.0	4.7	6.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.6	5.4	.484	0.2	0.6	.269	2.0	2.9	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	10	33.7	16.7	-	-	4.3	9.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	14.7	.340	-	-	-	6.7	8.8	.761
A.C. Green	4	21.8	4.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	0.8	.000	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 12
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1961-62	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Cousy	75	28.2	15.7	-	-	3.5	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	6.2	15.7	.391	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.754
A.C. Green	83	30.0	7.2	2.7	5.2	7.9	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.7	2.8	5.8	.483	0.0	0.2	.050	1.5	2.4	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	14	33.9	16.0	-	-	4.6	8.8	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	17.2	.357	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	.684
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1962-63	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Cousy	76	26.0	13.2	-	-	2.5	6.8	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.397	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.735
A.C. Green	82	32.3	7.3	2.7	5.5	8.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	6.5	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	13	30.2	14.1	-	-	2.5	8.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.5	15.7	.353	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.830
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bob Cousy didn't play in 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68 and 1968-69.


Season 14
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	1969-70	1998-99
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bob Cousy	7	4.9	0.7	-	-	0.7	1.4	-	-	-	1.6	0.1	0.4	.333	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
A.C. Green	50	18.5	4.9	1.6	2.9	4.6	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.4	2.2	5.1	.422	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.0	.577

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	82	23.5	5.0	2.0	4.0	5.9	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.7	.447	0.0	0.0	.250	0.8	1.2	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	23	18.7	3.9	1.9	2.3	4.2	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.9	1.6	3.9	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.696


Season 16
	Bob Cousy	A.C. Green
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	82	17.2	4.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.8	4.0	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	3	7.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Bob Cousy vs. A.C. Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of A.C. Green and Bob Cousy, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16