Dave Bing vs. Vernon Maxwell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vernon Maxwell 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, 1 less than Vernon Maxwell, who played 13. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Vernon Maxwell had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13
Rookie Season
	Dave Bing	Vernon Maxwell
Season	1966-67	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
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	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
Vernon Maxwell	79	26.1	11.7	0.6	1.9	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.5	10.5	.432	0.4	1.6	.248	2.3	3.1	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vernon Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dave Bing	Vernon Maxwell
Season	1967-68	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Rockets 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	40.6	27.1	-	-	4.7	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	24.0	.441	-	-	-	6.0	8.5	.707
Vernon Maxwell	79	25.2	9.0	0.6	2.3	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.1	1.8	1.9	3.5	7.9	.439	0.4	1.3	.267	1.7	2.7	.645
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
Vernon Maxwell	4	39.8	19.8	1.3	1.8	3.0	4.3	1.3	0.0	1.5	3.0	7.5	20.3	.370	2.0	6.5	.308	2.8	5.3	.524

Season 3
	Dave Bing	Vernon Maxwell
Season	1968-69	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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	77	39.5	23.4	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.8	20.7	.425	-	-	-	5.8	8.1	.713
Vernon Maxwell	82	35.0	17.0	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.2	6.1	15.2	.404	2.1	6.2	.337	2.6	3.6	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vernon Maxwell	3	37.7	18.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	7.7	18.7	.411	3.0	9.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500

Season 5
	Dave Bing	Vernon Maxwell
Season	1970-71	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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
Vernon Maxwell	71	31.7	13.8	0.4	2.7	3.1	4.2	1.2	0.1	2.0	1.7	4.9	12.1	.407	1.7	5.1	.332	2.3	3.2	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vernon Maxwell	9	34.2	14.0	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.6	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	5.2	13.0	.402	1.2	5.1	.239	2.3	2.7	.875

Season 6
	Dave Bing	Vernon Maxwell
Season	1971-72	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
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
Vernon Maxwell	75	34.3	13.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.1	1.7	0.3	2.5	1.9	5.1	13.0	.389	1.6	5.4	.298	1.9	2.5	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vernon Maxwell	23	38.3	13.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.4	5.1	13.7	.376	2.0	6.0	.326	1.6	2.3	.685

Season 7
	Dave Bing	Vernon Maxwell
Season	1972-73	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
Vernon Maxwell	64	31.8	13.3	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.5	4.8	12.1	.394	2.2	6.9	.324	1.5	2.3	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vernon Maxwell	1	16.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	.143	0.0	2.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 8
	Dave Bing	Vernon Maxwell
Season	1973-74	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West 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	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
Vernon Maxwell	75	32.9	16.2	0.5	2.5	3.1	4.4	1.3	0.2	2.9	2.4	5.5	14.0	.390	1.9	6.1	.317	3.3	4.4	.756
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
Vernon Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dave Bing	Vernon Maxwell
Season	1974-75	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	40.8	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
Vernon Maxwell	72	28.7	12.9	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.1	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.3	4.7	12.6	.375	1.6	5.2	.309	1.9	2.5	.744
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
Vernon Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dave Bing	Vernon Maxwell
Season	1975-76	1997-98
Team	Washington Bullets	Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets
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
Vernon Maxwell	42	15.1	6.9	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.2	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.7	2.5	6.1	.399	0.9	2.7	.330	1.1	1.4	.800
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
Vernon Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-