Dave Bing vs. Jerry Sichting Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sichting 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, 2 more than Jerry Sichting, who played 10. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Jerry Sichting had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Dave Bing	Jerry Sichting
Season	1966-67	1980-81
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
Jerry Sichting	47	9.6	2.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.8	0.7	2.0	.358	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sichting	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Dave Bing	Jerry Sichting
Season	1967-68	1981-82
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
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
Jerry Sichting	51	15.7	4.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.8	3.8	.469	0.0	0.2	.111	0.6	0.7	.763
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
Jerry Sichting	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dave Bing	Jerry Sichting
Season	1968-69	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
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	77	39.5	23.4	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.8	20.7	.425	-	-	-	5.8	8.1	.713
Jerry Sichting	78	31.2	9.3	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.6	1.3	0.0	1.8	2.4	4.1	8.5	.478	0.0	0.2	.167	1.2	1.4	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sichting	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dave Bing	Jerry Sichting
Season	1970-71	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
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
Jerry Sichting	70	25.8	11.0	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.8	0.7	0.1	1.5	1.7	4.6	8.9	.521	0.1	0.5	.243	1.6	1.8	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sichting	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Dave Bing	Jerry Sichting
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	45	43.0	22.6	-	-	4.1	7.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	19.8	.414	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.785
Jerry Sichting	82	19.5	6.5	0.3	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.4	2.9	5.0	.570	0.1	0.2	.375	0.7	0.8	.924
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sichting	18	15.2	3.2	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.0	1.5	3.4	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.429

Season 7
	Dave Bing	Jerry Sichting
Season	1972-73	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Dave Bing	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
Jerry Sichting	78	20.1	5.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.6	2.6	5.1	.508	0.1	0.3	.269	0.5	0.5	.881
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sichting	23	14.7	3.4	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.6	1.5	3.6	.427	0.0	0.3	.167	0.3	0.4	.800

Season 8
	Dave Bing	Jerry Sichting
Season	1973-74	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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
Jerry Sichting	52	13.3	4.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.2	1.8	3.3	.541	0.2	0.4	.455	0.3	0.4	.739
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
Jerry Sichting	4	7.8	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 9
	Dave Bing	Jerry Sichting
Season	1974-75	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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
Jerry Sichting	25	15.6	4.1	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.4	0.6	0.0	1.0	0.7	1.8	4.2	.442	0.1	0.5	.250	0.3	0.3	.875
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
Jerry Sichting	1	11.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 10
	Dave Bing	Jerry Sichting
Season	1975-76	1989-90
Team	Washington Bullets	Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
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
Jerry Sichting	35	14.2	3.5	0.1	0.5	0.5	2.7	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.4	3.6	.400	0.1	0.3	.250	0.5	0.6	.818
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
Jerry Sichting	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-