Nick Collison vs. DeMarcus Cousins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMarcus Cousins and Nick Collison, 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.

Nick Collison played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than DeMarcus Cousins, who played 11. Nick Collison had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Nick Collison	14	7	2004-05 to 2017-18
DeMarcus Cousins	11	3	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2004-05	2010-11
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Nick Collison	82	17.0	5.6	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	3.1	2.3	4.3	.537	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.703
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		%
Nick Collison	11	19.7	8.4	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	3.6	3.4	5.5	.607	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.5	2.5	.630
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2005-06	2011-12
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Nick Collison	66	21.9	7.5	2.2	3.4	5.6	1.1	0.3	0.5	1.2	3.2	3.1	6.0	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.699
DeMarcus Cousins	64	30.5	18.1	4.1	6.8	11.0	1.6	1.5	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.0	15.6	.448	0.0	0.2	.143	4.1	5.8	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2006-07	2012-13
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Nick Collison	82	29.0	9.6	2.8	5.3	8.1	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.5	3.9	7.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.4	.774
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		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2007-08	2013-14
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Nick Collison	78	28.5	9.8	3.3	6.1	9.4	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.2	4.1	8.2	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.1	.737
DeMarcus Cousins	71	32.4	22.7	3.1	8.6	11.7	2.9	1.5	1.3	3.5	3.8	8.3	16.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.4	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2008-09	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
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		%
Nick Collison	71	25.8	8.2	2.5	4.3	6.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.0	3.4	3.4	6.0	.568	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.721
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		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2009-10	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Nick Collison	75	20.8	5.9	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	3.1	2.4	4.1	.589	0.0	0.1	.250	1.0	1.4	.692
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		%
Nick Collison	6	21.5	3.2	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.7	3.3	1.3	4.0	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	1.2	.429
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2010-11	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 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		%
Nick Collison	71	21.5	4.6	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	1.9	3.4	.566	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.753
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		%
Nick Collison	17	24.3	6.7	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	3.7	2.8	4.5	.632	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.783
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Nick Collison	63	20.7	4.5	1.9	2.5	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.4	1.9	3.2	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.710
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		%
Nick Collison	20	16.6	3.5	1.5	1.9	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	1.7	2.6	.647	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.429
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
Nick Collison	81	19.5	5.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.2	3.7	.595	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.769
DeMarcus Cousins	30	25.7	16.3	1.4	6.8	8.2	3.6	1.3	1.5	2.4	3.6	5.9	12.4	.480	0.9	3.2	.274	3.5	4.8	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	11	16.2	5.0	2.3	2.4	4.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	2.0	4.3	.468	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.1	.917
DeMarcus Cousins	8	16.6	7.6	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.0	2.6	6.6	.396	0.4	1.5	.250	2.0	3.1	.640

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


Season 10
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Clippers 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		%
Nick Collison	81	16.7	4.2	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.2	.235	0.8	1.1	.710
DeMarcus Cousins	41	17.4	8.9	1.3	5.1	6.4	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	.426	1.1	3.3	.348	1.4	2.0	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	17	10.8	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.6	0.7	1.7	.414	0.1	0.3	.400	0.4	0.6	.700
DeMarcus Cousins	7	8.3	7.6	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.0	.452	0.6	1.4	.400	1.6	2.0	.786


Season 11
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Nick Collison	66	16.7	4.1	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.4	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.4	1.6	3.8	.419	0.2	0.9	.267	0.7	1.0	.692
DeMarcus Cousins	48	14.9	9.0	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.9	3.1	6.8	.460	0.8	2.5	.303	2.0	2.6	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	5	11.4	10.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.8	5.8	.655	0.8	1.2	.667	2.2	3.0	.733


Season 12
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Nick Collison	59	11.8	2.1	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	0.8	1.8	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.697
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	9	8.8	1.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.1	1.9	0.4	0.7	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
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		%
Nick Collison	20	6.4	1.7	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.2	.609	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.625
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Nick Collison	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
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		%
Nick Collison	15	5.0	2.1	0.5	0.9	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	1.3	.684	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.385
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Nick Collison vs. DeMarcus Cousins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMarcus Cousins and Nick Collison, 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