Doug Christie vs. Dave DeBusschere Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave DeBusschere and Doug Christie, 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.

Doug Christie played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Dave DeBusschere, who played 12. Doug Christie had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Dave DeBusschere had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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
Doug Christie	15	7	1992-93 to 2006-07
Dave DeBusschere	12	8	1962-63 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1992-93	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Doug Christie	23	14.4	6.2	1.0	1.2	2.2	2.3	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.3	2.0	4.6	.425	0.1	0.5	.167	2.2	2.9	.758
Dave DeBusschere	80	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	5	7.8	1.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.0	0.8	2.2	.364	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Dave DeBusschere	4	39.8	20.0	-	-	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	-	-	-	7.5	11.0	.682


Season 2
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1993-94	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Doug Christie	65	23.3	10.3	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.1	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.9	3.8	8.6	.434	0.6	1.8	.328	2.2	3.2	.697
Dave DeBusschere	15	20.3	8.6	-	-	7.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.1	3.5	8.9	.391	-	-	-	1.7	2.9	.581

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1994-95	1964-65
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Doug Christie	12	6.6	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.5	0.4	1.8	.227	0.1	0.6	.143	0.3	0.4	.800
Dave DeBusschere	79	35.1	16.7	-	-	11.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.1	.425	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1995-96	1965-66
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Doug Christie	55	18.8	7.5	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.6	2.7	6.1	.445	0.8	1.9	.434	1.3	1.7	.742
Dave DeBusschere	79	34.1	16.4	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	16.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1996-97	1966-67
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Doug Christie	81	38.6	14.5	1.0	4.3	5.3	3.9	2.5	0.6	2.5	3.0	4.9	11.7	.417	1.8	4.7	.384	2.9	3.8	.775
Dave DeBusschere	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1997-98	1967-68
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Div 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		%
Doug Christie	78	37.7	16.5	1.2	4.0	5.2	3.6	2.4	0.7	2.9	2.5	5.9	13.7	.428	1.3	3.9	.326	3.5	4.2	.829
Dave DeBusschere	80	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	6	43.8	19.3	-	-	16.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.5	17.7	.425	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.578


Season 7
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1998-99	1968-69
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Doug Christie	50	35.4	15.2	1.2	3.0	4.1	3.7	2.3	0.5	2.4	2.2	5.0	13.0	.388	1.0	3.2	.304	4.1	4.9	.841
Dave DeBusschere	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	10	41.9	16.3	-	-	14.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	17.4	.351	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.820


Season 8
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1999-00	1969-70
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	73	31.0	12.4	0.9	3.0	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.3	10.5	.407	1.4	3.8	.360	2.5	3.0	.843
Dave DeBusschere	79	33.3	14.6	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	13.7	.451	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	3	20.7	4.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.3	1.0	4.3	.231	1.0	2.7	.375	1.0	2.0	.500
Dave DeBusschere	19	36.9	16.1	-	-	11.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.8	16.3	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.662


Season 9
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2000-01	1970-71
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
Doug Christie	81	36.3	12.3	1.2	3.2	4.4	3.6	2.3	0.6	1.9	2.8	3.8	9.7	.395	1.2	3.1	.376	3.5	3.9	.897
Dave DeBusschere	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	8	38.1	9.9	0.9	3.5	4.4	3.3	2.5	1.1	2.4	3.9	3.1	8.5	.368	0.6	2.1	.294	3.0	3.6	.828
Dave DeBusschere	12	40.7	16.4	-	-	13.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	16.8	.416	-	-	-	2.4	3.7	.659


Season 10
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2001-02	1971-72
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks 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		%
Doug Christie	81	34.5	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	4.2	2.0	0.3	2.0	2.6	4.2	9.1	.460	1.1	3.2	.352	2.5	3.0	.851
Dave DeBusschere	80	38.4	15.4	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	16	40.3	11.1	1.2	4.6	5.8	4.9	2.1	0.6	2.8	4.0	3.4	8.3	.409	1.1	4.0	.266	3.3	4.1	.800
Dave DeBusschere	16	38.5	16.6	-	-	12.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	6.8	15.1	.450	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 11
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2002-03	1972-73
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	80	33.9	9.4	0.8	3.5	4.3	4.7	2.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.3	7.0	.479	0.9	2.3	.395	1.8	2.2	.810
Dave DeBusschere	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	12	31.8	9.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	4.6	1.0	0.3	1.8	1.8	3.1	8.3	.374	0.5	2.0	.250	2.4	2.6	.935
Dave DeBusschere	17	37.2	15.6	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	15.6	.442	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.775


Season 12
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2003-04	1973-74
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
Doug Christie	82	33.9	10.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.2	1.8	0.5	1.9	2.3	3.9	8.4	.461	0.6	1.7	.345	1.8	2.1	.860
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	12	38.5	13.8	1.4	4.8	6.2	3.9	1.8	0.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	11.8	.397	1.1	2.8	.394	3.4	4.0	.854
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


Season 13
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Sacramento Kings, Orlando Magic	-
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		%
Doug Christie	52	29.3	6.6	0.7	2.7	3.4	3.8	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.0	2.5	6.4	.392	0.3	1.2	.242	1.3	1.5	.897
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Doug Christie	7	26.4	3.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	1.3	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.3	3.7	.346	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.7	.667
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Doug Christie	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
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		%
Doug Christie	7	11.7	1.9	0.4	1.1	1.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	0.7	2.4	.294	0.1	0.9	.167	0.3	0.4	.667
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Doug Christie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Doug Christie vs. Dave DeBusschere Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave DeBusschere and Doug Christie, 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

Season 15