Dave DeBusschere vs. Terry Porter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Terry Porter and Dave DeBusschere, 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 DeBusschere played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Terry Porter, who played 17. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Terry Porter had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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 DeBusschere	12	8	1962-63 to 1973-74
Terry Porter	17	16	1985-86 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1962-63	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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 DeBusschere	80	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718
Terry Porter	79	15.4	7.1	0.4	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	2.7	5.7	.474	0.2	0.5	.310	1.6	2.0	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	4	39.8	20.0	-	-	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	-	-	-	7.5	11.0	.682
Terry Porter	4	17.0	6.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.0	6.8	.444	0.3	1.5	.167	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 2
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1963-64	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	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 DeBusschere	15	20.3	8.6	-	-	7.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.1	3.5	8.9	.391	-	-	-	1.7	2.9	.581
Terry Porter	80	33.9	13.1	0.9	3.3	4.2	8.9	2.0	0.1	3.2	2.4	4.7	9.6	.488	0.2	0.8	.217	3.5	4.2	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	4	37.5	17.0	0.3	4.5	4.8	10.0	2.5	0.5	3.3	3.5	6.0	12.5	.480	0.5	1.3	.400	4.5	5.0	.900


Season 3
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1964-65	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	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 DeBusschere	79	35.1	16.7	-	-	11.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.1	.425	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.700
Terry Porter	82	36.5	14.9	0.8	3.8	4.6	10.1	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.5	5.6	10.9	.519	0.3	0.8	.348	3.3	4.0	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	4	37.3	17.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	7.0	2.5	0.0	3.3	3.3	7.3	13.0	.558	0.3	0.8	.333	2.3	3.3	.692


Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1965-66	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	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 DeBusschere	79	34.1	16.4	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	16.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.659
Terry Porter	81	38.3	17.7	1.0	3.5	4.5	9.5	1.8	0.1	3.1	2.3	6.7	14.1	.471	1.0	2.7	.361	3.4	4.0	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	3	41.3	22.0	2.0	3.3	5.3	8.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.7	8.7	17.3	.500	1.3	3.7	.364	3.3	4.0	.833


Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1966-67	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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 DeBusschere	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705
Terry Porter	80	34.8	17.6	0.7	2.7	3.4	9.1	1.9	0.1	3.1	1.9	5.6	12.1	.462	1.1	3.0	.374	5.3	5.9	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	21	38.8	20.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.4	6.0	13.0	.464	1.9	4.9	.392	6.6	7.9	.842


Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1967-68	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Trail Blazers 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 DeBusschere	80	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664
Terry Porter	81	32.9	17.0	0.6	2.8	3.5	8.0	2.0	0.1	2.3	1.9	6.0	11.7	.515	1.6	3.9	.415	3.4	4.2	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	6	43.8	19.3	-	-	16.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.5	17.7	.425	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.578
Terry Porter	16	37.2	18.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.6	1.5	0.1	2.0	2.0	6.4	12.8	.500	1.1	2.9	.362	4.3	4.9	.861


Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1968-69	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Trail Blazers 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 DeBusschere	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698
Terry Porter	82	34.0	18.1	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.8	1.5	0.1	2.3	1.9	6.4	13.8	.461	1.6	4.0	.395	3.8	4.5	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	10	41.9	16.3	-	-	14.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	17.4	.351	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.820
Terry Porter	21	41.4	21.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	6.7	1.0	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.0	13.6	.516	1.8	3.7	.474	5.7	6.8	.832


Season 8
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1969-70	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 DeBusschere	79	33.3	14.6	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	13.7	.451	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688
Terry Porter	81	35.6	18.2	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.5	6.2	13.7	.454	1.8	4.3	.414	4.0	4.8	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	19	36.9	16.1	-	-	11.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.8	16.3	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.662
Terry Porter	4	38.0	16.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	6.8	17.0	.397	0.8	4.8	.158	2.3	2.8	.818


Season 9
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1970-71	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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 DeBusschere	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696
Terry Porter	77	26.9	13.1	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	1.7	4.5	10.9	.416	1.4	3.7	.390	2.6	3.0	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	12	40.7	16.4	-	-	13.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	16.8	.416	-	-	-	2.4	3.7	.659
Terry Porter	4	19.0	10.3	0.3	2.8	3.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	3.0	8.8	.343	1.5	3.5	.429	2.8	3.5	.786


Season 10
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1971-72	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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 DeBusschere	80	38.4	15.4	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728
Terry Porter	35	22.0	8.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.7	3.0	7.6	.393	1.3	3.3	.386	1.7	2.3	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	16	38.5	16.6	-	-	12.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	6.8	15.1	.450	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Terry Porter	3	7.0	6.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.3	.538	0.7	1.7	.400	1.0	1.7	.600


Season 11
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1972-73	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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 DeBusschere	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746
Terry Porter	82	25.3	9.4	0.4	2.1	2.6	5.5	1.1	0.2	2.1	1.9	3.3	7.4	.442	0.9	2.8	.314	2.0	2.5	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	17	37.2	15.6	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	15.6	.442	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.775
Terry Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	1973-74	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Timberwolves 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 DeBusschere	71	38.0	18.1	1.9	8.8	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	-	3.1	7.9	17.1	.461	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.756
Terry Porter	82	19.1	6.9	0.4	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	2.3	5.5	.416	0.8	2.4	.335	1.5	2.0	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	12	33.7	12.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	3.2	0.6	0.3	-	3.0	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.621
Terry Porter	3	15.3	5.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.7	4.3	.385	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 13
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Timberwolves 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 DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	82	21.8	9.5	0.5	1.6	2.0	3.3	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.3	3.2	7.0	.449	1.1	2.8	.395	2.0	2.4	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	5	37.6	15.8	1.4	3.6	5.0	3.2	1.0	0.0	0.8	2.0	5.4	12.6	.429	2.0	5.0	.400	3.0	3.6	.833


Season 14
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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 DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	50	27.3	10.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.5	1.9	3.4	7.4	.465	1.2	2.8	.411	2.5	3.0	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	5	28.2	9.0	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.0	0.6	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.0	6.4	.469	0.6	2.4	.250	2.4	3.0	.800


Season 15
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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 DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	68	23.7	9.4	0.4	2.5	2.8	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.5	1.2	3.0	6.8	.447	1.3	3.0	.435	2.0	2.5	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	4	22.3	5.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.5	0.0	1.8	1.0	2.0	7.8	.258	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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 DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	80	21.0	7.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.1	2.5	5.5	.448	1.1	2.6	.424	1.2	1.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	13	25.1	8.3	0.1	1.8	1.8	3.4	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.2	3.0	6.6	.453	1.0	3.0	.333	1.3	1.7	.773


Season 17
	Dave DeBusschere	Terry Porter
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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 DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	72	18.0	5.5	0.2	2.1	2.3	2.8	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.2	1.9	4.5	.424	0.8	2.0	.415	0.9	1.2	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	10	13.0	3.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.5	.371	0.5	1.7	.294	0.2	0.4	.500

Dave DeBusschere vs. Terry Porter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Terry Porter and Dave DeBusschere, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 17