Kenny Carr vs. Dave DeBusschere Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave DeBusschere and Kenny Carr, 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 Carr played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Dave DeBusschere, who played 12. Kenny Carr had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kenny Carr	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1977-78	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		%
Kenny Carr	52	14.1	6.2	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.4	2.6	5.8	.444	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.647
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		%
Kenny Carr	2	8.5	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	4.0	.375	-	-	-	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 4
	Kenny Carr	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1980-81	1965-66
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Kenny Carr	81	32.3	15.2	3.2	7.1	10.3	2.4	0.9	0.5	2.9	3.7	5.8	11.3	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	5.0	.714
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		%
Kenny Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kenny Carr	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1981-82	1966-67
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons	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		%
Kenny Carr	74	26.0	12.1	2.3	4.9	7.2	1.2	0.9	0.3	2.1	3.4	4.7	9.4	.503	0.0	0.1	.100	2.7	4.1	.656
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		%
Kenny Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Kenny Carr	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1982-83	1967-68
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kenny Carr	82	28.4	12.0	2.2	5.0	7.2	1.4	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.4	8.7	.505	0.0	0.1	.333	3.1	4.5	.697
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		%
Kenny Carr	7	24.4	10.0	2.1	5.1	7.3	1.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.7	3.7	8.6	.433	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.783
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
	Kenny Carr	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1983-84	1968-69
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kenny Carr	82	29.9	15.6	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.8	0.4	2.5	3.3	6.3	11.3	.561	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.5	.673
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		%
Kenny Carr	5	36.0	14.8	2.2	4.8	7.0	1.2	0.4	0.4	2.0	4.4	6.2	11.8	.525	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.8	.632
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
	Kenny Carr	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1984-85	1969-70
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Kenny Carr	48	23.3	10.4	1.9	4.9	6.7	1.2	0.5	0.4	2.1	2.9	4.0	7.6	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.4	.720
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		%
Kenny Carr	9	29.4	12.9	3.3	4.4	7.8	1.1	0.3	0.2	2.6	4.4	5.6	10.6	.526	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.2	.800
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
	Kenny Carr	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1985-86	1970-71
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kenny Carr	55	28.3	11.1	2.7	6.3	8.9	1.3	0.7	0.5	1.9	3.7	4.2	8.5	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.9	.687
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		%
Kenny Carr	4	35.8	14.8	2.3	11.0	13.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	2.0	4.5	6.0	10.5	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	2.8	3.8	.733
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
	Kenny Carr	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1986-87	1971-72
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kenny Carr	49	29.4	10.8	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.2	4.1	8.1	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.4	.746
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		%
Kenny Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kenny Carr	Dave DeBusschere
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Kenny Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Kenny Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kenny Carr	Dave DeBusschere
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Kenny Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Kenny Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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