DeMarcus Cousins vs. Darryl Dawkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darryl Dawkins 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 played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Darryl Dawkins, who played 14. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Darryl Dawkins had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
Darryl Dawkins	14	10	1975-76 to 1988-89

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


Rookie Season
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2010-11	1975-76
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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	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
Darryl Dawkins	37	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	-	1.1	1.1	2.2	.500	-	-	-	0.2	0.6	.333

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


Season 2
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2011-12	1976-77
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
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
Darryl Dawkins	59	11.6	5.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	-	2.2	2.3	3.6	.628	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.506

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	18	18.4	7.3	0.5	4.9	5.4	0.9	0.4	1.0	-	2.6	2.8	5.3	.526	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.660


Season 3
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2012-13	1977-78
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
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
Darryl Dawkins	70	24.6	11.7	1.7	6.3	7.9	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.8	4.7	8.2	.575	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	10	18.0	6.3	0.6	5.1	5.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.4	3.4	2.7	5.3	.509	-	-	-	0.9	1.7	.529


Season 4
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2013-14	1978-79
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
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
Darryl Dawkins	78	26.1	13.1	1.6	6.5	8.1	1.6	0.4	1.8	2.5	3.8	5.5	10.7	.517	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	9	28.3	16.0	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.3	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.7	6.2	11.8	.528	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.681


Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2014-15	1979-80
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
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
Darryl Dawkins	80	31.8	14.7	2.5	6.2	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.1	6.2	11.8	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.6	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	18	33.7	17.3	2.4	5.2	7.6	1.8	0.7	2.3	2.6	4.2	7.0	13.2	.529	0.0	0.2	.000	3.3	5.2	.645


Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2015-16	1980-81
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
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
Darryl Dawkins	76	27.5	14.0	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.9	4.2	5.6	9.2	.607	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.0	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	16	26.3	13.8	1.8	4.4	6.1	0.9	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.4	5.4	9.6	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.3	.721


Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2016-17	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
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
Darryl Dawkins	48	23.4	11.0	1.4	4.9	6.4	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.0	4.3	7.6	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.4	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	21	21.9	11.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.8	4.5	4.7	8.5	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.660


Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2017-18	1982-83
Team	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	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
Darryl Dawkins	81	25.8	12.0	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.4	0.8	1.9	3.5	4.7	5.0	8.3	.599	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	2	29.5	18.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.0	3.5	8.5	11.0	.773	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 9
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2018-19	1983-84
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Nets 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		%
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
Darryl Dawkins	81	29.8	16.8	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.9	4.8	6.3	10.6	.593	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	5.7	.735

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
Darryl Dawkins	11	30.9	18.4	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.2	0.5	0.9	2.9	4.7	6.0	10.7	.559	0.0	0.3	.000	6.4	7.5	.843

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


Season 10
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2020-21	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Darryl Dawkins	39	24.9	13.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.4	4.9	8.7	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.2	.711

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
Darryl Dawkins	3	21.3	8.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.7	7.7	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 11
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	2021-22	1985-86
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Darryl Dawkins	51	23.7	15.3	1.7	3.3	4.9	1.5	0.3	1.2	2.4	4.5	5.6	8.6	.644	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.8	.707

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
Darryl Dawkins	1	17.0	10.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 12
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	6	17.7	9.5	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.5	4.2	3.3	5.3	.625	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.708

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


Season 13
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	6	5.5	1.7	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	2.3	0.3	1.5	.222	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.5	.400

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


Season 14
	DeMarcus Cousins	Darryl Dawkins
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Dawkins	14	3.4	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.4	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.3	.500

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

DeMarcus Cousins vs. Darryl Dawkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darryl Dawkins 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14