Bob Cousy vs. Chuck Person Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chuck Person 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, 1 more than Chuck Person, who played 13. Bob Cousy had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Chuck Person had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Chuck Person	13	8	1986-87 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1950-51	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Pacers 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	69	-	15.6	-	-	6.9	4.9	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.5	.352	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.756
Chuck Person	82	36.0	18.8	2.0	6.2	8.3	3.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	7.7	16.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.355	2.7	3.6	.747

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
Chuck Person	4	39.8	27.0	1.5	6.8	8.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	3.8	3.5	9.5	18.5	.514	0.5	2.0	.250	7.5	9.8	.769


Season 2
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1951-52	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Bob Cousy	66	40.6	21.7	-	-	6.4	6.7	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	21.0	.369	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.808
Chuck Person	79	35.5	17.0	2.2	4.6	6.8	3.9	0.9	0.1	2.7	3.4	7.3	15.8	.459	0.7	2.2	.333	1.7	2.5	.670

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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1952-53	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Bob Cousy	71	41.5	19.8	-	-	6.3	7.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	18.6	.352	-	-	-	6.7	8.3	.816
Chuck Person	80	37.7	21.6	1.8	4.7	6.5	3.6	1.0	0.2	3.9	3.5	8.9	18.2	.489	0.8	2.6	.307	3.0	3.8	.792

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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1953-54	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Pacers 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	72	39.7	19.2	-	-	5.5	7.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.8	17.5	.385	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	.787
Chuck Person	77	35.2	19.7	1.6	4.1	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	2.2	2.8	7.9	16.1	.487	1.2	3.3	.372	2.7	3.5	.781

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
Chuck Person	3	41.0	13.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.7	5.7	15.0	.378	0.3	3.3	.100	1.7	4.0	.417


Season 5
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1954-55	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Pacers 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	71	38.7	21.2	-	-	6.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.3	7.4	18.5	.397	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.807
Chuck Person	80	32.1	18.4	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.8	7.8	15.4	.504	0.9	2.5	.340	2.1	2.9	.721

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
Chuck Person	5	38.4	26.0	0.6	5.0	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.0	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.0	.533	3.4	6.2	.548	3.4	4.2	.810


Season 6
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1955-56	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Pacers 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	72	38.4	18.8	-	-	6.8	8.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.1	17.0	.360	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.844
Chuck Person	81	36.1	18.5	1.4	3.9	5.3	4.7	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.0	7.6	15.9	.480	1.6	4.4	.373	1.6	2.4	.675

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
Chuck Person	3	39.3	17.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	3.7	6.3	15.7	.404	1.7	5.0	.333	2.7	4.0	.667


Season 7
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1956-57	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	64	36.9	20.6	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.1	7.5	19.8	.378	-	-	-	5.7	6.9	.821
Chuck Person	78	38.3	16.8	1.3	4.3	5.6	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.8	2.5	6.9	16.0	.433	1.5	4.3	.355	1.4	2.2	.649

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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1957-58	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Bob Cousy	65	34.2	18.0	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	2.1	6.8	19.4	.353	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.850
Chuck Person	77	26.4	11.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.1	4.6	10.9	.422	1.3	3.5	.368	1.1	1.4	.759

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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1958-59	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	65	37.0	20.0	-	-	5.5	8.6	-	-	-	2.1	7.4	19.4	.384	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	.855
Chuck Person	81	25.1	10.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	9.3	.423	2.1	5.5	.387	0.8	1.3	.647

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
Chuck Person	15	17.2	5.0	0.1	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	1.8	5.1	.351	0.9	3.0	.289	0.5	0.7	.727


Season 10
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1959-60	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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
Chuck Person	80	26.6	10.9	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.3	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	3.9	8.8	.437	2.4	5.8	.410	0.8	1.3	.644

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
Chuck Person	10	28.4	12.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	1.6	0.2	0.3	1.1	3.2	4.1	7.7	.532	2.5	4.7	.532	1.4	1.7	.824

Note: Chuck Person didn't play in 1996-97.


Season 11
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1960-61	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	76	32.5	18.1	-	-	4.4	7.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.8	18.2	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779
Chuck Person	61	23.9	6.7	0.3	3.1	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.0	2.3	6.5	.359	1.6	4.5	.344	0.5	0.6	.757

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
Chuck Person	9	21.9	5.8	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.7	2.0	5.9	.340	1.6	4.4	.350	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 12
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1961-62	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
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
Chuck Person	50	19.8	6.1	0.3	2.3	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.2	5.8	.388	1.1	3.1	.350	0.5	0.6	.750

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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1962-63	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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	26.0	13.2	-	-	2.5	6.8	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.397	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.735
Chuck Person	37	9.2	2.8	0.2	1.3	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.0	3.3	.301	0.6	2.6	.253	0.1	0.2	.500

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
Chuck Person	2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

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


Season 14
	Bob Cousy	Chuck Person
Season	1969-70	-
Team	Cincinnati Royals	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Bob Cousy vs. Chuck Person Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chuck Person 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.

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

Season 14