Dave Cowens vs. Josh Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Howard 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, 1 more than Josh Howard, who played 10. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Josh Howard had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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	Josh Howard
Season	1970-71	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Josh Howard	67	23.7	8.6	2.2	3.3	5.5	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.0	2.5	3.4	7.9	.430	0.3	1.0	.303	1.4	2.1	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	5	17.4	5.4	3.4	3.0	6.4	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.4	2.4	1.6	7.2	.222	0.2	1.0	.200	2.0	2.2	.909

Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Josh Howard
Season	1971-72	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Josh Howard	76	32.2	12.6	2.2	4.1	6.4	1.4	1.5	0.6	1.6	2.8	5.0	10.4	.475	0.4	1.5	.296	2.2	3.1	.733
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
Josh Howard	13	33.1	15.5	2.5	4.8	7.4	1.8	0.8	0.5	2.2	4.6	6.0	11.9	.503	0.3	1.2	.250	3.2	4.2	.745

Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Josh Howard
Season	1972-73	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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
Josh Howard	59	32.5	15.6	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.9	1.2	0.4	1.3	2.8	5.9	12.6	.471	0.5	1.1	.429	3.3	4.5	.734
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
Josh Howard	23	35.8	16.7	1.8	5.7	7.4	1.4	1.0	0.6	2.3	3.7	6.1	13.4	.453	1.0	2.8	.369	3.5	4.3	.808

Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Josh Howard
Season	1973-74	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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	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
Josh Howard	70	35.1	18.9	1.9	4.9	6.8	1.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	2.6	7.0	15.4	.459	1.3	3.4	.385	3.5	4.2	.827
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
Josh Howard	6	41.3	21.3	2.5	7.3	9.8	2.8	2.2	0.8	2.0	3.7	8.5	16.5	.515	1.2	3.0	.389	3.2	4.5	.704

Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Josh Howard
Season	1974-75	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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	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
Josh Howard	76	36.3	19.9	1.6	5.4	7.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.7	7.5	16.4	.455	0.9	2.8	.319	4.1	5.1	.813
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
Josh Howard	5	34.2	12.6	2.4	4.6	7.0	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.8	2.0	4.2	14.4	.292	0.2	2.0	.100	4.0	5.0	.800

Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Josh Howard
Season	1975-76	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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	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
Josh Howard	52	32.0	18.0	1.1	3.9	5.1	1.6	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.6	6.8	15.1	.451	1.1	3.2	.345	3.3	4.2	.782
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
Josh Howard	10	29.5	15.8	1.0	4.1	5.1	1.3	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.4	5.6	12.8	.438	0.8	3.2	.250	3.8	4.9	.776

Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Josh Howard
Season	1976-77	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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 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
Josh Howard	35	26.2	12.7	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.6	4.5	11.1	.405	0.7	2.5	.267	3.1	4.0	.784
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
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Josh Howard
Season	1977-78	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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 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
Josh Howard	18	22.7	8.4	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.9	3.2	9.0	.358	0.4	1.6	.241	1.6	2.6	.617
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Josh Howard
Season	1979-80	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	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	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
Josh Howard	11	18.8	6.7	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.6	2.8	7.0	.403	0.5	1.5	.313	0.6	1.1	.583
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
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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