DeMarcus Cousins vs. Eduardo Najera Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eduardo Najera 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 / Games against each other

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, 1 less than Eduardo Najera, who played 12. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Eduardo Najera had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Eduardo Najera	12	9	2000-01 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2010-11	2000-01
Team	Sacramento Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	40	10.8	3.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.8	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	0.4	0.8	.424

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	7	6.0	3.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	.529	0.4	0.6	.750	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2011-12	2001-02
Team	Sacramento Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	62	21.9	6.5	2.4	3.1	5.5	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.4	4.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	8	15.4	4.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.3	2.8	2.0	2.9	.696	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625


Season 3
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2012-13	2002-03
Team	Sacramento Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	48	23.0	6.7	1.9	2.8	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	2.7	2.7	4.8	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	19	20.8	6.1	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	2.8	2.1	4.5	.453	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.792


Season 4
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Sacramento Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	58	12.4	3.0	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.8	.444	0.0	0.1	.500	0.5	0.8	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	5	11.2	2.4	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Eduardo Najera	68	17.4	5.2	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.1	4.7	.450	0.1	0.3	.286	0.9	1.3	.637

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


Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Eduardo Najera	64	22.6	5.4	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.0	4.7	.422	0.1	0.2	.333	1.4	1.8	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	4	22.3	2.0	1.0	2.8	3.8	0.5	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	0.8	3.5	.214	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Eduardo Najera	75	22.1	6.6	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.7	2.8	2.7	4.7	.576	0.0	0.2	.083	1.2	1.6	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	5	19.2	1.8	2.2	3.4	5.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.8	3.4	.235	0.0	0.6	.000	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Eduardo Najera	78	21.3	5.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.2	4.7	.473	0.7	1.9	.361	0.8	1.1	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	4	19.5	4.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.8	1.8	3.5	.500	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
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
Eduardo Najera	27	11.8	2.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.7	.446	0.2	0.9	.200	0.3	0.8	.364

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
Eduardo Najera	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers	New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	46	14.9	3.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.3	3.2	.425	0.4	1.4	.297	0.3	0.5	.583

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
Eduardo Najera	5	7.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.6	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Bobcats
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
Eduardo Najera	31	12.0	2.2	0.5	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.7	0.8	2.3	.361	0.4	1.1	.324	0.2	0.4	.545

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
Eduardo Najera	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	22	12.3	2.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.8	1.1	2.9	.375	0.4	1.3	.276	0.1	0.2	.500

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

DeMarcus Cousins vs. Eduardo Najera Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eduardo Najera 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