Dave Cowens vs. Chris Dudley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Dudley and Dave Cowens, 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 Cowens played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than Chris Dudley, who played 16. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Chris Dudley had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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 Cowens	11	7	1970-71 to 1982-83
Chris Dudley	16	12	1987-88 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1970-71	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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 Cowens	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Chris Dudley	55	9.3	3.1	1.3	1.3	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.2	2.5	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.563

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	4	6.0	1.3	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1971-72	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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 Cowens	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Chris Dudley	61	8.9	3.0	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.8	.435	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.8	.364

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	11	40.1	15.5	-	-	13.8	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	14.2	.455	-	-	-	2.5	4.3	.596
Chris Dudley	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1972-73	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Dave Cowens	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Chris Dudley	64	21.2	5.5	2.7	3.9	6.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.6	2.3	5.5	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.8	.319

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	13	46.0	21.9	-	-	16.6	3.7	-	-	-	4.2	9.9	21.0	.473	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.659
Chris Dudley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1973-74	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Dave Cowens	80	41.9	19.0	3.3	12.4	15.7	4.4	1.2	1.3	-	3.7	8.1	18.4	.437	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.832
Chris Dudley	61	25.6	7.1	3.8	4.6	8.4	0.6	0.6	2.5	1.3	3.6	2.8	6.8	.408	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.9	.534

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	18	42.9	20.5	3.3	10.0	13.3	3.7	1.2	0.9	-	4.7	8.9	20.6	.435	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.797
Chris Dudley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1974-75	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Nets 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 Cowens	65	40.5	20.4	3.5	11.2	14.7	4.6	1.3	1.1	-	3.7	8.8	18.4	.475	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.783
Chris Dudley	82	23.2	5.6	4.2	4.8	9.0	0.7	0.5	2.2	1.0	3.4	2.3	5.8	.403	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.1	.468

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	11	43.5	20.5	4.5	12.0	16.5	4.2	1.6	0.5	-	4.5	9.2	21.5	.428	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.885
Chris Dudley	4	19.3	3.5	3.3	3.0	6.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	0.3	3.5	1.3	3.5	.357	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1975-76	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	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		%
Dave Cowens	78	39.8	19.0	4.3	11.7	16.0	4.2	1.2	0.9	-	4.0	7.8	16.7	.468	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.756
Chris Dudley	71	19.7	3.5	3.0	4.2	7.2	0.2	0.2	1.5	0.8	2.7	1.3	3.7	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.518

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	18	44.3	21.0	4.8	11.6	16.4	4.6	1.2	0.7	-	4.7	8.7	18.9	.457	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759
Chris Dudley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1976-77	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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 Cowens	50	37.8	16.4	2.9	11.0	13.9	5.0	0.9	1.0	-	3.6	6.6	15.1	.434	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.818
Chris Dudley	6	14.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	4.0	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.3	3.0	1.0	4.2	.240	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	9	42.1	16.6	3.2	11.7	14.9	4.0	0.9	1.4	-	4.1	7.3	16.4	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.773
Chris Dudley	4	20.3	2.3	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.3	4.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1977-78	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Cowens	77	41.8	18.6	3.2	10.8	14.0	4.6	1.3	0.9	2.8	3.9	7.8	15.8	.490	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.842
Chris Dudley	82	27.4	5.5	4.0	5.4	9.3	0.4	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.5	2.2	5.4	.406	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.2	.464

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	3	19.7	2.3	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.7	.375


Season 9
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1978-79	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Cowens	68	37.0	16.6	2.2	7.4	9.6	3.6	1.1	0.8	2.6	3.9	7.2	14.9	.483	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.807
Chris Dudley	80	24.1	5.1	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.0	3.1	2.0	4.5	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.0	.510

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	5	18.4	2.8	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.6	1.0	2.6	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667


Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1979-80	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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 Cowens	66	32.7	14.2	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.4	14.1	.453	0.0	0.2	.083	1.4	1.8	.779
Chris Dudley	81	22.7	3.9	2.5	4.8	7.3	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.0	3.0	1.6	3.6	.430	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.7	.474

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	9	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.3	7.3	2.3	1.0	0.8	0.9	4.1	5.4	11.4	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.2	.909
Chris Dudley	4	17.3	3.0	2.5	4.5	7.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.0	4.8	1.3	2.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.333

Note: Dave Cowens didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.


Season 11
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	1982-83	1997-98
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
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 Cowens	40	25.4	8.1	1.8	5.0	6.9	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.4	3.4	7.7	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.6	.825
Chris Dudley	51	16.8	3.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.9	2.7	1.1	2.8	.406	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.8	.446

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	6	8.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.3	2.7	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 12
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	46	14.9	2.5	1.7	2.5	4.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	1.0	2.4	.440	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.475

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	18	16.3	2.4	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	3.5	0.9	2.1	.421	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.393


Season 13
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost East 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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	47	9.8	1.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	2.0	0.5	1.4	.343	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.333

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	5	8.2	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.2	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 14
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	53	11.6	1.4	1.2	2.2	3.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	2.1	0.5	1.4	.397	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.389

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	3	9.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	43	7.6	1.1	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	1.2	.400	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Dave Cowens	Chris Dudley
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	3	3.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dudley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dave Cowens vs. Chris Dudley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Dudley and Dave Cowens, 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

Season 15

Season 16