DeMarcus Cousins vs. Chris Gatling Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Gatling and DeMarcus Cousins, 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.

DeMarcus Cousins and Chris Gatling both played 11 years in the NBA. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Chris Gatling had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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
DeMarcus Cousins	11	3	2010-11 to 2021-22
Chris Gatling	11	5	1991-92 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2010-11	1991-92
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	81	28.5	14.1	2.7	6.0	8.6	2.5	1.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	5.3	12.4	.430	0.0	0.2	.167	3.4	5.0	.687
Chris Gatling	54	11.3	5.7	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.9	2.2	3.8	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.0	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Gatling	4	20.3	12.5	2.3	4.0	6.3	0.0	0.5	2.5	0.3	3.5	4.5	7.3	.621	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.5	.636


Season 2
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2011-12	1992-93
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	64	30.5	18.1	4.1	6.8	11.0	1.6	1.5	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.0	15.6	.448	0.0	0.2	.143	4.1	5.8	.702
Chris Gatling	70	17.8	9.3	1.8	2.7	4.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.5	2.8	3.6	6.6	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.0	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Gatling	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2012-13	1993-94
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	75	30.5	17.1	3.0	7.0	9.9	2.7	1.4	0.7	3.0	3.6	6.4	13.8	.465	0.1	0.3	.182	4.2	5.6	.738
Chris Gatling	82	15.8	8.2	1.7	3.1	4.8	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.7	3.3	5.6	.588	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.5	.620

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Gatling	3	18.0	8.7	2.3	3.3	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	3.3	2.7	4.3	.615	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.3	.769


Season 4
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2013-14	1994-95
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	71	32.4	22.7	3.1	8.6	11.7	2.9	1.5	1.3	3.5	3.8	8.3	16.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.4	.726
Chris Gatling	58	25.3	13.7	2.5	5.2	7.6	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.0	3.2	5.6	8.8	.633	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	4.3	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Gatling	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2014-15	1995-96
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	59	34.1	24.1	3.1	9.5	12.7	3.6	1.5	1.7	4.3	4.1	8.4	18.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.2	.782
Chris Gatling	71	20.1	11.1	1.8	4.1	5.9	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.3	3.1	4.6	8.0	.575	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Gatling	3	22.7	6.0	3.3	4.7	8.0	0.3	0.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	2.0	7.3	.273	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.0	.500


Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2015-16	1996-97
Team	Sacramento Kings	Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	65	34.6	26.9	2.4	9.1	11.5	3.3	1.6	1.4	3.8	3.6	9.2	20.5	.451	1.1	3.2	.333	7.3	10.2	.718
Chris Gatling	47	27.3	19.0	2.9	5.0	7.9	0.6	0.8	0.7	2.6	2.9	7.0	13.3	.525	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	7.0	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Gatling	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2016-17	1997-98
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	72	34.2	27.0	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	3.9	9.0	19.9	.452	1.8	5.0	.361	7.2	9.3	.772
Chris Gatling	57	23.8	11.5	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.4	9.6	.455	0.0	0.1	.250	2.8	4.6	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Gatling	3	26.7	15.3	2.0	1.3	3.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	3.0	6.3	12.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.0	.667


Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2017-18	1998-99
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	48	36.2	25.2	2.2	10.7	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	5.0	3.8	8.5	18.0	.470	2.2	6.1	.354	6.1	8.2	.746
Chris Gatling	48	16.1	5.7	1.1	2.6	3.7	0.7	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.4	5.5	.442	0.0	0.2	.125	0.8	1.9	.398

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Gatling	2	6.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000


Season 9
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	30	25.7	16.3	1.4	6.8	8.2	3.6	1.3	1.5	2.4	3.6	5.9	12.4	.480	0.9	3.2	.274	3.5	4.8	.736
Chris Gatling	85	21.3	11.9	1.8	4.1	5.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.9	4.3	9.4	.455	0.2	0.8	.257	3.1	4.4	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	8	16.6	7.6	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.0	2.6	6.6	.396	0.4	1.5	.250	2.0	3.1	.640
Chris Gatling	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: DeMarcus Cousins didn't play in 2019-20.


Season 10
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2020-21	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	41	17.4	8.9	1.3	5.1	6.4	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	.426	1.1	3.3	.348	1.4	2.0	.728
Chris Gatling	74	22.6	11.4	1.3	3.9	5.3	0.8	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.5	4.4	9.9	.449	0.4	1.2	.304	2.1	3.1	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	7	8.3	7.6	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.0	.452	0.6	1.4	.400	1.6	2.0	.786
Chris Gatling	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	DeMarcus Cousins	Chris Gatling
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	48	14.9	9.0	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.9	3.1	6.8	.460	0.8	2.5	.303	2.0	2.6	.760
Chris Gatling	54	15.0	6.4	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.5	0.3	0.2	1.1	2.0	2.4	5.4	.447	0.0	0.1	.125	1.5	2.2	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	5	11.4	10.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.8	5.8	.655	0.8	1.2	.667	2.2	3.0	.733
Chris Gatling	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

DeMarcus Cousins vs. Chris Gatling Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Gatling and DeMarcus Cousins, 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