Dave Bing vs. Doug Christie Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Doug Christie 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.

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, 3 less than Doug Christie, who played 15. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Doug Christie had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
	Dave Bing	Doug Christie
Season	1966-67	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
Doug Christie	23	14.4	6.2	1.0	1.2	2.2	2.3	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.3	2.0	4.6	.425	0.1	0.5	.167	2.2	2.9	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Christie	5	7.8	1.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.0	0.8	2.2	.364	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Dave Bing	Doug Christie
Season	1967-68	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.6	27.1	-	-	4.7	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	24.0	.441	-	-	-	6.0	8.5	.707
Doug Christie	65	23.3	10.3	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.1	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.9	3.8	8.6	.434	0.6	1.8	.328	2.2	3.2	.697
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
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dave Bing	Doug Christie
Season	1968-69	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	77	39.5	23.4	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.8	20.7	.425	-	-	-	5.8	8.1	.713
Doug Christie	12	6.6	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.5	0.4	1.8	.227	0.1	0.6	.143	0.3	0.4	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Christie	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Dave Bing	Doug Christie
Season	1970-71	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dave Bing	82	37.4	27.0	-	-	4.4	5.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.7	20.9	.467	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.797
Doug Christie	81	38.6	14.5	1.0	4.3	5.3	3.9	2.5	0.6	2.5	3.0	4.9	11.7	.417	1.8	4.7	.384	2.9	3.8	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dave Bing	Doug Christie
Season	1972-73	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dave Bing	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
Doug Christie	50	35.4	15.2	1.2	3.0	4.1	3.7	2.3	0.5	2.4	2.2	5.0	13.0	.388	1.0	3.2	.304	4.1	4.9	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dave Bing	Doug Christie
Season	1973-74	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
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
Doug Christie	73	31.0	12.4	0.9	3.0	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.3	10.5	.407	1.4	3.8	.360	2.5	3.0	.843
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
Doug Christie	3	20.7	4.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.3	1.0	4.3	.231	1.0	2.7	.375	1.0	2.0	.500

Season 9
	Dave Bing	Doug Christie
Season	1974-75	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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	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
Doug Christie	81	36.3	12.3	1.2	3.2	4.4	3.6	2.3	0.6	1.9	2.8	3.8	9.7	.395	1.2	3.1	.376	3.5	3.9	.897
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
Doug Christie	8	38.1	9.9	0.9	3.5	4.4	3.3	2.5	1.1	2.4	3.9	3.1	8.5	.368	0.6	2.1	.294	3.0	3.6	.828

Season 10
	Dave Bing	Doug Christie
Season	1975-76	2001-02
Team	Washington Bullets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Kings 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	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
Doug Christie	81	34.5	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	4.2	2.0	0.3	2.0	2.6	4.2	9.1	.460	1.1	3.2	.352	2.5	3.0	.851
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
Doug Christie	16	40.3	11.1	1.2	4.6	5.8	4.9	2.1	0.6	2.8	4.0	3.4	8.3	.409	1.1	4.0	.266	3.3	4.1	.800

Season 11
	Dave Bing	Doug Christie
Season	1976-77	2002-03
Team	Washington Bullets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Kings 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	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
Doug Christie	80	33.9	9.4	0.8	3.5	4.3	4.7	2.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.3	7.0	.479	0.9	2.3	.395	1.8	2.2	.810
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
Doug Christie	12	31.8	9.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	4.6	1.0	0.3	1.8	1.8	3.1	8.3	.374	0.5	2.0	.250	2.4	2.6	.935

Season 12
	Dave Bing	Doug Christie
Season	1977-78	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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	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
Doug Christie	82	33.9	10.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.2	1.8	0.5	1.9	2.3	3.9	8.4	.461	0.6	1.7	.345	1.8	2.1	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Christie	12	38.5	13.8	1.4	4.8	6.2	3.9	1.8	0.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	11.8	.397	1.1	2.8	.394	3.4	4.0	.854