Tony Campbell vs. Dave Cowens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Cowens and Tony Campbell, 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.

Tony Campbell and Dave Cowens both played 11 years in the NBA. Tony Campbell had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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
Tony Campbell	11	7	1984-85 to 1994-95
Dave Cowens	11	7	1970-71 to 1982-83

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1984-85	1970-71
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tony Campbell	56	11.2	5.6	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.3	4.7	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	.800
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		%
Tony Campbell	2	4.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1985-86	1971-72
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tony Campbell	82	15.8	7.9	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.5	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.4	.484	0.0	0.1	.222	0.7	0.9	.795
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		%
Tony Campbell	2	8.0	4.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1986-87	1972-73
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tony Campbell	40	8.3	3.5	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.6	.393	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.0	.615
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		%
Tony Campbell	4	3.3	2.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1987-88	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Campbell	13	18.6	11.0	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.2	4.4	7.8	.564	0.1	0.2	.333	2.2	3.0	.718
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		%
Tony Campbell	15	6.3	3.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.1	1.2	2.8	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.688
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
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1988-89	1974-75
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tony Campbell	63	12.5	6.2	0.8	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.7	2.5	5.5	.458	0.0	0.3	.095	1.1	1.3	.843
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		%
Tony Campbell	9	11.8	6.2	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.9	2.1	3.4	.613	0.2	0.4	.500	1.8	2.4	.727
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
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1989-90	1975-76
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tony Campbell	82	38.6	23.2	2.5	3.0	5.5	2.6	1.4	0.4	3.1	3.2	8.8	19.3	.457	0.1	0.7	.167	5.5	6.9	.787
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		%
Tony Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1990-91	1976-77
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tony Campbell	77	37.6	21.8	2.1	2.4	4.5	2.8	1.6	0.6	2.5	2.6	8.5	19.5	.434	0.2	0.8	.262	4.6	5.8	.803
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		%
Tony Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1991-92	1977-78
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
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		%
Tony Campbell	78	31.3	16.8	1.8	1.9	3.7	2.9	1.1	0.4	2.1	2.6	6.8	14.6	.464	0.2	0.5	.351	3.1	3.8	.803
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		%
Tony Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1992-93	1978-79
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Tony Campbell	58	18.3	7.7	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.9	2.6	3.3	6.8	.490	0.0	0.1	.400	1.0	1.5	.678
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		%
Tony Campbell	2	16.5	7.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	3.5	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.5	.000	3.0	4.0	.750
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1993-94	1979-80
Team	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
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		%
Tony Campbell	63	19.3	8.8	1.2	1.7	3.0	1.3	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.1	3.6	8.1	.443	0.1	0.4	.250	1.5	1.9	.783
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		%
Tony Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tony Campbell	Dave Cowens
Season	1994-95	1982-83
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Tony Campbell	78	14.5	6.0	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.1	5.0	.411	0.2	0.5	.357	1.7	2.0	.830
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		%
Tony Campbell	4	9.3	5.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.5	.429	0.3	0.5	.500	2.5	3.0	.833
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tony Campbell vs. Dave Cowens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Cowens and Tony Campbell, 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