Dave Cowens vs. Hedo Turkoglu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hedo Turkoglu 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, 4 less than Hedo Turkoglu, who played 15. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Hedo Turkoglu had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Hedo Turkoglu	15	11	2000-01 to 2014-15

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


Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1970-71	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie 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 Cowens	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Hedo Turkoglu	74	16.8	5.3	0.7	2.2	2.8	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.5	.412	0.4	1.2	.326	1.2	1.5	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	8	17.6	7.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.3	2.5	5.8	.435	1.0	1.8	.571	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1971-72	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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 Cowens	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Hedo Turkoglu	80	24.6	10.1	0.8	3.8	4.5	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.6	8.6	.422	0.8	2.1	.368	2.1	2.9	.726

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
Hedo Turkoglu	16	27.8	8.6	1.1	4.1	5.2	1.4	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.1	3.4	8.6	.401	0.8	2.1	.353	1.0	1.9	.516


Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1972-73	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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 Cowens	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Hedo Turkoglu	67	17.5	6.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.8	.422	0.4	1.2	.372	1.3	1.6	.800

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
Hedo Turkoglu	10	17.3	5.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.9	1.8	5.0	.360	0.4	1.4	.286	1.3	1.8	.722


Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1973-74	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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 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
Hedo Turkoglu	80	25.9	9.2	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.1	3.3	8.1	.406	1.3	3.0	.419	1.4	2.0	.708

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
Hedo Turkoglu	10	27.2	7.7	0.5	4.0	4.5	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.0	2.6	8.1	.321	1.4	4.2	.333	1.1	1.8	.611


Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1974-75	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Hedo Turkoglu	67	26.2	14.0	0.9	2.6	3.5	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.9	11.7	.419	1.4	3.7	.380	2.8	3.4	.836

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
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1975-76	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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
Hedo Turkoglu	78	33.5	14.9	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.7	3.0	5.1	11.2	.454	1.5	3.6	.403	3.3	3.8	.861

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
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1976-77	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Magic 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	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
Hedo Turkoglu	73	31.1	13.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.0	4.7	11.3	.419	1.5	3.8	.388	2.3	3.0	.781

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
Hedo Turkoglu	4	39.0	13.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	1.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	6.3	12.5	.500	0.8	2.3	.333	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1977-78	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	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
Hedo Turkoglu	82	36.9	19.5	1.0	4.7	5.7	5.0	0.9	0.3	3.0	3.0	6.8	14.9	.456	2.0	5.1	.400	4.0	4.8	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	10	39.9	17.5	1.4	5.0	6.4	5.5	0.8	0.2	3.8	3.5	6.3	14.1	.447	1.0	3.5	.286	3.9	4.6	.848


Season 9
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1978-79	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	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
Hedo Turkoglu	77	36.6	16.8	0.6	4.7	5.3	4.9	0.8	0.2	2.6	2.8	5.5	13.3	.413	1.7	4.9	.356	4.1	5.1	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	24	38.9	15.8	0.4	4.2	4.5	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.3	5.3	12.3	.427	1.3	3.5	.386	3.9	4.8	.817


Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1979-80	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Hedo Turkoglu	74	30.7	11.3	0.6	4.1	4.6	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.7	3.0	3.7	9.1	.409	1.5	3.9	.374	2.4	3.1	.774

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
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1982-83	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	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
Hedo Turkoglu	81	31.4	10.8	0.6	3.8	4.4	4.2	0.9	0.4	1.6	3.0	4.0	8.9	.446	1.6	3.8	.410	1.3	1.9	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	6	34.8	9.2	0.2	3.0	3.2	3.7	1.3	0.2	1.2	3.0	3.3	11.3	.294	1.2	5.0	.233	1.3	2.3	.571


Season 12
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	53	31.2	10.9	0.5	3.3	3.8	4.4	0.8	0.3	2.7	2.6	3.9	9.5	.415	1.7	4.9	.353	1.3	1.8	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	5	32.4	8.4	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.4	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.6	3.0	8.2	.366	1.0	2.4	.417	1.4	2.2	.636


Season 13
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Orlando Magic
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	11	17.2	2.9	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.3	4.8	.264	0.1	2.2	.042	0.3	0.5	.500

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


Season 14
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	38	10.3	3.0	0.3	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.9	.385	0.6	1.3	.440	0.2	0.5	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	5	8.2	3.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.2	2.6	.462	0.8	2.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Dave Cowens	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	62	11.4	3.7	0.1	1.5	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.3	3.0	.441	1.0	2.2	.432	0.1	0.2	.545

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	11	5.0	0.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.4	1.5	.235	0.2	1.2	.154	0.0	0.0	-

Dave Cowens vs. Hedo Turkoglu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hedo Turkoglu 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