Dave Cowens vs. Frank Ramsey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Ramsey 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.

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, 2 more than Frank Ramsey, who played 9. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Frank Ramsey had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Frank Ramsey
Season	1970-71	1954-55
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Frank Ramsey	64	27.4	11.2	-	-	6.3	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	3.7	9.3	.399	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	7	22.0	10.7	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.9	4.0	7.7	.519	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.731

Note: Frank Ramsey didn't play in 1955-56.

Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Frank Ramsey
Season	1971-72	1956-57
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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 Cowens	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Frank Ramsey	35	23.1	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.9	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	10.0	.393	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.791
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
Frank Ramsey	10	22.9	12.2	-	-	4.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.6	3.8	8.2	.463	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.780

Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Frank Ramsey
Season	1972-73	1957-58
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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 Cowens	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Frank Ramsey	69	29.7	16.5	-	-	7.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	5.5	13.0	.419	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.811
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
Frank Ramsey	11	32.0	18.4	-	-	8.2	1.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.7	15.8	.425	-	-	-	4.9	5.4	.915

Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Frank Ramsey
Season	1973-74	1958-59
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 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
Frank Ramsey	72	28.0	15.4	-	-	6.8	2.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	14.1	.378	-	-	-	4.7	6.1	.782
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
Frank Ramsey	11	27.5	23.2	-	-	6.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.7	8.6	17.5	.495	-	-	-	5.9	7.4	.802

Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Frank Ramsey
Season	1974-75	1959-60
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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 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
Frank Ramsey	73	27.5	15.3	-	-	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	14.5	.397	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.787
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
Frank Ramsey	13	35.3	16.7	-	-	7.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	6.2	15.1	.413	-	-	-	4.2	4.8	.873

Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Frank Ramsey
Season	1975-76	1960-61
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 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
Frank Ramsey	79	25.6	15.1	-	-	5.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.9	.407	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.833
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
Frank Ramsey	10	30.0	17.1	-	-	6.4	2.3	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	13.6	.404	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.813

Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Frank Ramsey
Season	1976-77	1961-62
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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 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
Frank Ramsey	79	24.2	15.3	-	-	4.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	12.9	.428	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.825
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
Frank Ramsey	13	16.2	9.2	-	-	2.9	0.8	-	-	-	2.9	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	.911

Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Frank Ramsey
Season	1977-78	1962-63
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
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 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
Frank Ramsey	77	20.0	10.9	-	-	3.7	1.2	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	9.6	.382	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	13	19.3	8.3	-	-	2.7	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	2.8	8.0	.356	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.723

Season 9
	Dave Cowens	Frank Ramsey
Season	1978-79	1963-64
Team	Boston Celtics	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 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
Frank Ramsey	75	16.4	8.6	-	-	3.0	1.1	-	-	-	3.3	3.0	8.1	.374	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	10	13.8	6.2	-	-	2.1	1.0	-	-	-	2.5	2.2	6.3	.349	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.857

Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Frank Ramsey
Season	1979-80	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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	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
Frank Ramsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Frank Ramsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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