Joe Dumars vs. Alex English Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex English and Joe Dumars, 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.

Joe Dumars played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Alex English, who played 15. Joe Dumars had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Alex English had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Joe Dumars	14	10	1985-86 to 1998-99
Alex English	15	10	1976-77 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1985-86	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Joe Dumars	82	23.9	9.4	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.5	7.3	.481	0.1	0.2	.313	2.3	2.9	.798
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	4	36.8	15.0	1.5	1.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	4.0	6.3	10.3	.610	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1986-87	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks 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		%
Joe Dumars	79	30.9	11.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	4.7	9.5	.493	0.1	0.3	.409	2.3	3.1	.748
Alex English	82	18.9	9.6	1.8	3.1	4.8	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.7	2.2	4.2	7.7	.542	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	15	31.5	12.7	0.5	0.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	5.2	9.7	.538	0.1	0.2	.667	2.1	2.7	.780
Alex English	9	23.1	13.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.3	8.7	.615	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781

Season 3
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1987-88	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Joe Dumars	82	33.3	14.2	0.8	1.7	2.4	4.7	1.1	0.2	2.1	1.9	5.5	11.7	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.1	3.8	.815
Alex English	81	33.3	16.0	3.1	5.0	8.1	3.3	0.9	1.0	2.4	2.6	7.0	13.6	.511	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	23	35.0	12.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2	4.9	10.7	.457	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.889
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1988-89	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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		%
Joe Dumars	69	34.9	17.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.6	13.1	.505	0.2	0.4	.483	3.8	4.4	.850
Alex English	78	30.8	16.9	3.4	4.3	7.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.3	.497	0.0	0.1	.333	2.7	3.4	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	17	36.5	17.6	0.6	1.9	2.6	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	6.2	13.7	.455	0.1	0.7	.083	5.1	5.9	.861
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1989-90	1980-81
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	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		%
Joe Dumars	75	34.4	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.9	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.1	.480	0.3	0.7	.400	4.0	4.4	.900
Alex English	81	38.2	23.8	3.4	4.6	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	3.0	3.1	9.5	19.2	.494	0.0	0.1	.600	4.8	5.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	20	37.7	18.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.0	2.7	1.9	6.5	14.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.263	5.0	5.7	.876
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1990-91	1981-82
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Joe Dumars	80	38.1	20.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	7.8	16.2	.481	0.2	0.6	.311	4.6	5.2	.890
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	15	39.2	20.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	4.1	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.2	7.0	16.3	.429	1.1	2.8	.405	5.5	6.5	.845
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 7
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1991-92	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Joe Dumars	82	38.9	19.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	1.8	7.2	16.0	.448	0.6	1.5	.408	5.0	5.8	.867
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	5	44.2	16.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.4	13.6	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	3.0	3.8	.789
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887

Season 8
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1992-93	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Joe Dumars	77	40.2	23.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	8.8	18.9	.466	1.5	3.9	.375	4.5	5.2	.864
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893

Season 9
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1993-94	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Joe Dumars	69	37.6	20.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.8	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	7.3	16.2	.452	1.8	4.6	.388	4.0	4.8	.836
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890

Season 10
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1994-95	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Joe Dumars	67	38.0	18.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.5	1.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	6.2	14.5	.430	1.5	5.0	.305	4.1	5.1	.805
Alex English	81	37.3	29.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	11.7	23.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.200	6.3	7.3	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	10	39.4	27.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	10.6	22.9	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.1	.859

Season 11
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1995-96	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joe Dumars	67	32.7	11.8	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.6	3.8	8.9	.426	1.8	4.4	.406	2.4	2.9	.822
Alex English	82	37.6	28.6	1.8	2.4	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.6	11.8	23.4	.503	0.0	0.2	.267	5.0	5.9	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	3	41.0	13.7	1.7	2.7	4.3	3.7	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	1.7	4.7	.357	1.3	1.3	1.000
Alex English	3	25.3	18.7	3.3	1.3	4.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.0	8.3	16.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 12
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1996-97	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Joe Dumars	79	37.0	14.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.2	4.9	11.1	.440	2.1	4.9	.432	2.8	3.2	.867
Alex English	80	35.2	25.0	2.1	2.6	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.4	10.5	21.3	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.7	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	5	42.6	13.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.4	12.2	.361	1.2	4.6	.261	3.8	4.0	.950
Alex English	11	39.8	24.3	2.8	2.5	5.4	4.4	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.1	10.5	23.2	.455	0.0	0.3	.000	3.2	3.9	.814

Season 13
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1997-98	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Joe Dumars	72	32.3	13.1	0.2	1.3	1.4	3.5	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4	4.6	11.0	.416	2.2	5.9	.371	1.8	2.1	.825
Alex English	82	36.5	26.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.1	11.3	22.9	.491	0.0	0.1	.250	4.0	4.6	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	3	36.0	26.0	2.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	4.7	2.0	10.7	20.7	.516	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	5.3	.875

Season 14
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	1998-99	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joe Dumars	38	29.4	11.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.3	3.8	9.2	.411	2.3	5.8	.403	1.3	1.6	.836
Alex English	80	27.6	17.9	1.5	2.1	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.3	1.2	1.6	7.9	16.2	.491	0.0	0.1	.400	2.0	2.3	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	5	30.6	10.2	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.8	7.8	.487	2.0	3.8	.526	0.6	0.6	1.000
Alex English	3	25.3	19.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.0	8.3	14.7	.568	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.7	.818

Season 15
	Joe Dumars	Alex English
Season	-	1990-91
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		%
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	79	22.1	9.7	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.1	9.3	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.8	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Joe Dumars vs. Alex English Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex English and Joe Dumars, 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