Dave Bing vs. Alvin Scott Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alvin Scott and Dave Bing, 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.

Dave Bing played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Alvin Scott, who played 8. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Alvin Scott had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
Dave Bing	12	5	1966-67 to 1977-78
Alvin Scott	8	8	1977-78 to 1984-85

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1966-67	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
Alvin Scott	81	19.0	6.1	1.7	2.7	4.4	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.2	4.6	.488	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alvin Scott	2	18.5	6.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.0	.500	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.833


Season 2
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1967-68	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Suns 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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.6	27.1	-	-	4.7	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	24.0	.441	-	-	-	6.0	8.5	.707
Alvin Scott	81	21.4	6.7	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.7	2.6	4.9	.535	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	6	42.3	28.2	-	-	4.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.5	11.3	27.7	.410	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.733
Alvin Scott	15	14.5	3.5	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.5	0.4	1.1	0.9	1.3	1.3	3.5	.385	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.619


Season 3
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1968-69	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	77	39.5	23.4	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.8	20.7	.425	-	-	-	5.8	8.1	.713
Alvin Scott	79	16.5	4.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.3	1.6	3.8	.422	0.0	0.0	.333	1.2	1.5	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alvin Scott	8	17.5	4.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.0	2.1	4.1	.515	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 4
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1969-70	1980-81
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	70	33.3	22.9	-	-	4.3	6.0	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	18.5	.444	-	-	-	6.5	8.3	.783
Alvin Scott	82	17.4	5.4	1.2	2.0	3.3	1.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.5	2.1	4.2	.497	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	1.5	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alvin Scott	7	17.1	5.4	1.1	1.6	2.7	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.0	4.3	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.667


Season 5
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1970-71	1981-82
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	82	37.4	27.0	-	-	4.4	5.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.7	20.9	.467	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.797
Alvin Scott	81	21.5	6.0	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.8	0.7	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.3	4.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alvin Scott	7	18.1	4.6	1.1	1.1	2.3	2.0	1.1	1.9	0.7	1.7	2.0	4.6	.438	0.0	0.6	.000	0.6	1.1	.500


Season 6
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1971-72	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	45	43.0	22.6	-	-	4.1	7.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	19.8	.414	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.785
Alvin Scott	81	14.1	4.1	0.7	2.0	2.8	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.8	1.6	1.5	3.2	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alvin Scott	3	20.7	4.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.7	0.7	1.7	1.3	2.0	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 7
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1972-73	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Dave Bing	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
Alvin Scott	65	11.3	2.6	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	1.9	.444	0.0	0.0	.500	0.9	1.1	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alvin Scott	16	6.9	1.6	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	.385	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.3	0.4	.667


Season 8
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1973-74	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dave Bing	81	38.6	18.8	1.3	2.1	3.5	6.9	1.3	0.2	-	2.7	7.2	16.5	.436	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.813
Alvin Scott	77	16.1	3.6	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	1.4	3.4	.429	0.0	0.1	.200	0.7	1.0	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	44.6	18.9	0.9	2.9	3.7	6.0	0.4	0.1	-	2.9	7.9	18.7	.420	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.733
Alvin Scott	3	21.3	3.7	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.3	0.3	1.3	2.0	2.7	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	2.0	.833


Season 9
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.8	19.0	1.1	2.5	3.6	7.7	1.5	0.3	-	2.8	7.3	16.9	.434	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.809
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	3	44.7	16.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	9.7	1.7	0.0	-	4.0	6.7	15.7	.426	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.615
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Dave Bing	82	35.9	16.2	1.1	1.7	2.9	6.0	1.4	0.3	-	3.2	6.1	13.6	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	29.9	13.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	-	2.6	4.9	10.9	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Dave Bing	64	23.7	10.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.1	-	2.3	4.2	9.3	.454	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.773
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	8	6.9	4.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.1	-	0.6	1.8	4.0	.438	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dave Bing	Alvin Scott
Season	1977-78	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Dave Bing	80	28.2	13.6	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.8	1.0	0.2	2.7	3.1	5.3	11.8	.449	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.824
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alvin Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dave Bing vs. Alvin Scott Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alvin Scott and Dave Bing, 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