Dave Cowens vs. Bob Dandridge Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Dandridge and Dave Cowens, 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.

Dave Cowens played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bob Dandridge, who played 13. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Bob Dandridge had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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
Dave Cowens	11	7	1970-71 to 1982-83
Bob Dandridge	13	8	1969-70 to 1981-82

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1970-71	1969-70
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
Dave Cowens	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Bob Dandridge	81	30.4	13.2	-	-	7.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	11.0	.485	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Dandridge	10	39.9	16.3	-	-	8.7	5.7	-	-	-	3.9	7.2	14.2	.507	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	.655


Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1971-72	1970-71
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Dave Cowens	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Bob Dandridge	79	36.2	18.4	-	-	8.0	3.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	14.8	.509	-	-	-	3.3	4.8	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	11	40.1	15.5	-	-	13.8	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	14.2	.455	-	-	-	2.5	4.3	.596
Bob Dandridge	14	38.2	19.2	-	-	9.6	3.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.1	17.4	.463	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.782


Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1972-73	1971-72
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks 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		%
Dave Cowens	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Bob Dandridge	80	37.0	18.4	-	-	7.7	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	7.9	15.8	.498	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	13	46.0	21.9	-	-	16.6	3.7	-	-	-	4.2	9.9	21.0	.473	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.659
Bob Dandridge	11	40.1	21.5	-	-	8.8	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	9.1	18.4	.495	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.740


Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1973-74	1972-73
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost West 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		%
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
Bob Dandridge	73	39.1	20.2	-	-	8.2	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	18.5	.472	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Dandridge	6	34.0	13.8	-	-	4.7	1.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	12.7	.421	-	-	-	3.2	4.5	.704


Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1974-75	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks 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		%
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
Bob Dandridge	71	35.5	18.9	1.6	5.1	6.7	2.8	1.6	0.6	-	3.8	8.2	16.3	.503	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Dandridge	16	40.5	19.3	1.9	5.7	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.6	-	4.1	8.5	17.3	.493	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.766


Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1975-76	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Bob Dandridge	80	37.9	19.9	1.8	5.1	6.9	3.0	1.5	0.6	-	4.1	8.6	18.3	.473	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Dandridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1976-77	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
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
Bob Dandridge	73	37.5	21.5	2.3	5.1	7.4	2.8	1.5	0.5	-	3.6	8.9	17.8	.502	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Dandridge	3	40.7	22.0	1.0	6.7	7.7	2.7	1.0	0.0	-	3.0	8.0	16.3	.490	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.900


Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1977-78	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
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
Bob Dandridge	70	35.7	20.8	2.1	4.2	6.3	3.8	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	8.4	17.9	.467	-	-	-	4.0	5.2	.771

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


Season 9
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1978-79	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Bob Dandridge	75	37.0	19.3	1.8	4.1	5.9	3.8	1.3	0.6	3.2	3.5	7.5	15.9	.471	-	-	-	4.4	5.6	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Dandridge	19	39.3	21.2	1.8	4.6	6.5	3.9	1.6	0.7	3.0	4.1	9.1	18.9	.479	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.690


Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1979-80	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bullets 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		%
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
Bob Dandridge	78	33.7	20.4	1.4	4.3	5.7	4.7	0.9	0.7	2.8	3.3	8.1	16.2	.499	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Dandridge	19	41.4	23.1	2.4	5.0	7.4	5.5	0.7	0.8	3.1	3.7	9.2	19.4	.473	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	.827

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


Season 11
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	1982-83	1979-80
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Bullets
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		%
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
Bob Dandridge	45	32.4	17.4	1.4	4.1	5.5	4.0	0.6	0.8	2.7	2.5	7.3	16.2	.451	0.0	0.2	.182	2.7	3.4	.809

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


Season 12
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Washington Bullets
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		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Dandridge	23	23.7	10.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	2.6	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.3	4.4	10.3	.426	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.718

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


Season 13
	Dave Cowens	Bob Dandridge
Season	-	1981-82
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Dandridge	11	15.8	4.7	0.4	1.2	1.5	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.3	1.9	5.0	.382	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.588

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

Dave Cowens vs. Bob Dandridge Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Dandridge and Dave Cowens, 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