Caron Butler vs. Dave DeBusschere Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave DeBusschere and Caron Butler, 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.

Caron Butler played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Dave DeBusschere, who played 12. Caron Butler had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Caron Butler	14	7	2002-03 to 2015-16
Dave DeBusschere	12	8	1962-63 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2002-03	1962-63
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Caron Butler	78	36.6	15.4	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.7	1.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.5	13.2	.416	0.4	1.4	.318	4.0	4.8	.824
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		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	4	39.8	20.0	-	-	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	-	-	-	7.5	11.0	.682


Season 2
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2003-04	1963-64
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Caron Butler	68	29.9	9.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	9.3	.380	0.1	0.6	.238	2.0	2.6	.756
Dave DeBusschere	15	20.3	8.6	-	-	7.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.1	3.5	8.9	.391	-	-	-	1.7	2.9	.581

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	13	39.2	12.8	1.4	7.1	8.5	2.4	2.2	0.5	1.8	3.5	4.5	11.8	.386	0.2	0.8	.182	3.6	4.4	.825
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2004-05	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Caron Butler	77	35.7	15.5	1.9	3.9	5.8	1.9	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.8	5.7	12.9	.445	0.5	1.6	.304	3.6	4.1	.862
Dave DeBusschere	79	35.1	16.7	-	-	11.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.1	.425	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2005-06	1965-66
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Caron Butler	75	36.1	17.6	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.5	1.7	0.2	2.3	3.2	6.6	14.5	.455	0.5	1.6	.342	3.9	4.4	.870
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		%
Caron Butler	6	43.7	18.5	2.7	7.8	10.5	2.7	2.0	0.7	2.3	5.2	7.0	16.8	.416	0.5	2.3	.214	4.0	4.8	.828
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2006-07	1966-67
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Caron Butler	63	39.3	19.1	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.7	2.1	0.3	2.9	3.0	7.2	15.5	.463	0.3	1.1	.250	4.5	5.2	.863
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		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2007-08	1967-68
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Caron Butler	58	39.9	20.3	1.6	5.1	6.7	4.9	2.2	0.3	2.6	2.8	7.6	16.3	.466	1.1	3.2	.357	4.1	4.5	.901
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		%
Caron Butler	6	41.0	18.7	1.7	4.0	5.7	3.8	1.8	0.2	2.7	3.2	6.7	14.5	.460	0.8	3.5	.238	4.5	5.2	.871
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
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2008-09	1968-69
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Caron Butler	67	38.6	20.8	1.8	4.4	6.2	4.3	1.6	0.3	3.1	2.5	7.3	16.2	.453	1.0	3.1	.310	5.1	6.0	.858
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		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2009-10	1969-70
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Caron Butler	74	37.6	16.3	1.4	4.8	6.2	2.1	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.6	6.1	14.2	.428	0.6	2.0	.290	3.6	4.3	.838
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		%
Caron Butler	6	33.7	19.7	0.5	5.3	5.8	1.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	2.7	7.2	16.5	.434	1.2	3.8	.304	4.2	4.5	.926
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
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2010-11	1970-71
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Caron Butler	29	29.9	15.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.6	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.9	13.0	.450	1.0	2.2	.431	2.3	3.0	.773
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		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2011-12	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Caron Butler	63	29.7	12.0	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.0	4.6	11.2	.407	1.5	4.1	.358	1.4	1.7	.813
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		%
Caron Butler	10	26.8	8.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.3	9.2	.359	0.8	3.1	.258	1.2	1.6	.750
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
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2012-13	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Caron Butler	78	24.1	10.4	0.5	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.8	3.9	9.2	.424	1.6	4.2	.388	1.0	1.2	.833
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		%
Caron Butler	6	22.7	8.5	0.2	2.5	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.8	3.7	7.7	.478	0.7	2.7	.250	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2013-14	1973-74
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Caron Butler	56	25.3	10.5	0.4	3.7	4.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	3.8	9.6	.394	1.8	4.4	.394	1.1	1.3	.840
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		%
Caron Butler	18	23.3	6.3	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.8	1.9	6.0	.324	1.2	3.3	.356	1.2	1.6	.786
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


Season 13
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Caron Butler	78	20.8	5.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	5.1	.407	1.1	2.8	.379	0.7	0.8	.902
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Caron Butler	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Caron Butler	17	10.4	3.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.5	3.5	.424	0.2	1.1	.167	0.6	0.7	.833
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Caron Butler vs. Dave DeBusschere Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave DeBusschere and Caron Butler, 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