Mike Bibby vs. Dave Cowens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Cowens and Mike Bibby, 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.

Mike Bibby played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than Dave Cowens, who played 11. Mike Bibby had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Dave Cowens had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
Mike Bibby	14	10	1998-99 to 2011-12
Dave Cowens	11	7	1970-71 to 1982-83

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	1998-99	1970-71
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Mike Bibby	50	35.2	13.2	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.6	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.2	12.1	.430	0.3	1.5	.203	2.5	3.4	.751
Dave Cowens	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	1999-00	1971-72
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Mike Bibby	82	38.5	14.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	8.1	1.6	0.2	3.0	2.1	5.6	12.6	.445	0.9	2.6	.363	2.4	3.0	.780
Dave Cowens	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	11	40.1	15.5	-	-	13.8	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	14.2	.455	-	-	-	2.5	4.3	.596


Season 3
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2000-01	1972-73
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Mike Bibby	82	38.9	15.9	0.6	3.1	3.7	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	1.8	6.4	14.1	.454	1.3	3.5	.379	1.7	2.3	.761
Dave Cowens	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	13	46.0	21.9	-	-	16.6	3.7	-	-	-	4.2	9.9	21.0	.473	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.659


Season 4
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2001-02	1973-74
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Mike Bibby	80	33.2	13.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.1	0.2	1.7	1.7	5.6	12.3	.453	0.6	1.7	.370	1.9	2.4	.803
Dave Cowens	80	41.9	19.0	3.3	12.4	15.7	4.4	1.2	1.3	-	3.7	8.1	18.4	.437	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	16	41.3	20.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	5.0	1.4	0.2	2.3	1.9	7.1	16.1	.444	1.6	3.7	.424	4.4	5.4	.826
Dave Cowens	18	42.9	20.5	3.3	10.0	13.3	3.7	1.2	0.9	-	4.7	8.9	20.6	.435	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.797


Season 5
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2002-03	1974-75
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Mike Bibby	55	33.4	15.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.2	1.3	0.1	2.3	1.7	6.0	12.7	.470	1.0	2.5	.409	2.9	3.4	.861
Dave Cowens	65	40.5	20.4	3.5	11.2	14.7	4.6	1.3	1.1	-	3.7	8.8	18.4	.475	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	12	33.5	12.7	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.0	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.6	4.8	11.3	.422	0.9	3.3	.282	2.3	2.8	.794
Dave Cowens	11	43.5	20.5	4.5	12.0	16.5	4.2	1.6	0.5	-	4.5	9.2	21.5	.428	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.885


Season 6
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2003-04	1975-76
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	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		%
Mike Bibby	82	36.3	18.4	0.8	2.6	3.4	5.4	1.4	0.2	2.1	1.8	6.4	14.3	.450	1.8	4.6	.392	3.7	4.5	.815
Dave Cowens	78	39.8	19.0	4.3	11.7	16.0	4.2	1.2	0.9	-	4.0	7.8	16.7	.468	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	12	41.7	20.0	0.8	3.4	4.2	7.0	1.9	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.0	16.3	.429	2.0	4.6	.436	4.0	4.6	.873
Dave Cowens	18	44.3	21.0	4.8	11.6	16.4	4.6	1.2	0.7	-	4.7	8.7	18.9	.457	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 7
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2004-05	1976-77
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Mike Bibby	80	38.6	19.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	6.8	1.6	0.4	2.5	2.4	7.0	15.8	.443	1.6	4.6	.360	4.0	5.2	.775
Dave Cowens	50	37.8	16.4	2.9	11.0	13.9	5.0	0.9	1.0	-	3.6	6.6	15.1	.434	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	5	40.4	19.6	1.0	3.4	4.4	6.6	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.2	7.2	18.4	.391	1.0	4.6	.217	4.2	5.4	.778
Dave Cowens	9	42.1	16.6	3.2	11.7	14.9	4.0	0.9	1.4	-	4.1	7.3	16.4	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.773


Season 8
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2005-06	1977-78
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Mike Bibby	82	38.6	21.1	0.4	2.6	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.1	7.3	16.9	.432	2.3	6.1	.386	4.2	4.9	.849
Dave Cowens	77	41.8	18.6	3.2	10.8	14.0	4.6	1.3	0.9	2.8	3.9	7.8	15.8	.490	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	6	42.5	16.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	5.2	1.5	0.0	3.0	2.8	5.3	15.3	.348	1.5	4.3	.346	4.5	5.0	.900
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2006-07	1978-79
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
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		%
Mike Bibby	82	34.0	17.1	0.5	2.7	3.2	4.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	5.7	14.2	.404	2.1	5.9	.360	3.5	4.2	.830
Dave Cowens	68	37.0	16.6	2.2	7.4	9.6	3.6	1.1	0.8	2.6	3.9	7.2	14.9	.483	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2007-08	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Mike Bibby	48	32.8	13.9	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.1	0.1	2.5	2.0	5.2	12.6	.411	1.9	5.2	.375	1.6	2.1	.780
Dave Cowens	66	32.7	14.2	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.4	14.1	.453	0.0	0.2	.083	1.4	1.8	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	7	36.0	10.3	0.4	2.7	3.1	3.1	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.7	3.1	9.3	.338	1.0	3.4	.292	3.0	4.6	.656
Dave Cowens	9	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.3	7.3	2.3	1.0	0.8	0.9	4.1	5.4	11.4	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.2	.909

Note: Dave Cowens didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.


Season 11
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2008-09	1982-83
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mike Bibby	79	34.7	14.9	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.0	1.2	0.1	1.6	1.8	5.5	12.7	.435	2.1	5.4	.390	1.7	2.2	.789
Dave Cowens	40	25.4	8.1	1.8	5.0	6.9	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.4	3.4	7.7	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.6	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	11	35.5	13.2	0.5	2.8	3.4	4.2	0.9	0.2	2.2	3.1	4.5	9.6	.462	2.4	4.4	.542	1.9	2.0	.955
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Mike Bibby	80	27.4	9.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	3.9	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.0	3.4	8.1	.416	1.6	4.1	.389	0.9	1.0	.861
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	11	26.5	8.5	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.5	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.4	3.3	7.3	.450	1.3	3.1	.412	0.6	0.9	.700
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards, Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Mike Bibby	80	28.6	8.6	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.2	3.1	7.2	.431	1.9	4.4	.440	0.5	0.8	.629
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	20	20.8	3.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.5	1.4	4.8	.281	0.9	3.3	.258	0.1	0.2	.500
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mike Bibby	Dave Cowens
Season	2011-12	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Mike Bibby	39	14.3	2.6	0.1	1.4	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.2	0.9	3.2	.282	0.7	2.2	.318	0.2	0.2	.750
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	5	23.6	5.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.4	1.8	4.6	.391	1.4	3.4	.412	0.4	0.6	.667
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Bibby vs. Dave Cowens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Cowens and Mike Bibby, 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