Kenny Anderson vs. DeMarcus Cousins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMarcus Cousins and Kenny Anderson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Kenny Anderson played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than DeMarcus Cousins, who played 11. Kenny Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while DeMarcus Cousins had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kenny Anderson	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	1991-92	2010-11
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Kenny Anderson	64	17.0	7.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.2	1.0	0.1	1.5	1.1	2.9	7.5	.390	0.0	0.2	.231	1.1	1.5	.745
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	3	8.0	2.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kenny Anderson	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	1993-94	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Kenny Anderson	82	38.2	18.8	1.1	2.8	3.9	9.6	1.9	0.2	3.2	2.5	7.0	16.8	.417	0.5	1.6	.303	4.2	5.2	.818
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	4	45.3	15.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.8	2.3	0.0	2.3	2.8	4.8	13.5	.352	0.8	2.5	.300	5.5	8.3	.667
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kenny Anderson	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	1995-96	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets, Charlotte Hornets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Kenny Anderson	69	34.0	15.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.1	2.6	5.1	12.1	.418	1.3	3.7	.359	3.8	4.9	.769
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Kenny Anderson	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	1996-97	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Kenny Anderson	82	37.6	17.5	1.1	3.3	4.4	7.1	2.0	0.2	2.4	2.7	5.9	13.9	.427	1.6	4.5	.361	4.1	5.3	.768
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	4	42.3	17.0	0.5	3.8	4.3	4.8	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.5	5.5	11.5	.478	1.3	4.8	.263	4.8	5.0	.950
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Kenny Anderson	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	1997-98	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Kenny Anderson	61	30.5	12.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.7	1.4	0.0	2.3	2.2	4.4	11.0	.398	0.9	2.6	.356	2.5	3.2	.789
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Kenny Anderson	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	1998-99	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Kenny Anderson	34	29.7	12.1	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.7	1.0	0.1	2.1	2.3	4.7	10.5	.451	0.2	0.7	.250	2.5	3.0	.832
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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