Dave Cowens vs. Jack McMahon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack McMahon 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, 3 more than Jack McMahon, who played 8. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Jack McMahon had his rookie season in 1952-53. 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	Jack McMahon
Season	1970-71	1952-53
Team	Boston Celtics	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div 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
Jack McMahon	70	23.8	7.2	-	-	2.6	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	2.5	7.6	.330	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack McMahon	3	22.0	8.7	-	-	1.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.7	2.7	6.7	.400	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.714

Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Jack McMahon
Season	1971-72	1953-54
Team	Boston Celtics	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Royals Lost West 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	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Jack McMahon	71	26.6	10.0	-	-	3.0	3.4	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	9.7	.362	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696
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
Jack McMahon	6	32.8	11.3	-	-	4.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	4.5	11.5	.391	-	-	-	2.3	4.2	.560

Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Jack McMahon
Season	1972-73	1954-55
Team	Boston Celtics	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Royals Lost West Div 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
Jack McMahon	72	25.1	9.0	-	-	2.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	10.0	.348	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.636
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
Jack McMahon	3	36.3	17.3	-	-	5.7	5.0	-	-	-	2.3	5.7	14.0	.405	-	-	-	6.0	9.3	.643

Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Jack McMahon
Season	1973-74	1955-56
Team	Boston Celtics	Rochester Royals, St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost West 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	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
Jack McMahon	70	24.5	7.3	-	-	2.6	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	8.8	.328	-	-	-	1.6	2.6	.595
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
Jack McMahon	8	20.3	5.4	-	-	1.1	1.9	-	-	-	2.3	2.4	6.9	.345	-	-	-	0.6	1.4	.455

Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Jack McMahon
Season	1974-75	1956-57
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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	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
Jack McMahon	72	32.6	8.6	-	-	3.1	5.1	-	-	-	3.0	3.3	10.1	.330	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.631
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
Jack McMahon	10	37.5	12.4	-	-	3.8	5.7	-	-	-	4.8	5.2	13.7	.380	-	-	-	2.0	3.6	.556

Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Jack McMahon
Season	1975-76	1957-58
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
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
Jack McMahon	72	31.1	7.9	-	-	2.7	4.6	-	-	-	2.6	3.0	10.0	.300	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.606
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
Jack McMahon	11	30.2	7.8	-	-	3.4	4.6	-	-	-	3.3	3.3	8.0	.409	-	-	-	1.3	2.4	.538

Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Jack McMahon
Season	1976-77	1958-59
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West 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	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
Jack McMahon	72	31.0	8.2	-	-	2.3	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	3.4	9.6	.358	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.615
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
Jack McMahon	6	41.7	11.7	-	-	3.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	15.0	.333	-	-	-	1.7	3.2	.526

Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Jack McMahon
Season	1977-78	1959-60
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	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
Jack McMahon	25	13.4	3.3	-	-	1.0	2.0	-	-	-	1.7	1.3	3.7	.355	-	-	-	0.6	1.2	.552
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack McMahon	2	13.5	2.0	-	-	0.5	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	2.0	.000

Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Jack McMahon
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
Jack McMahon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Jack McMahon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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