Dave Cowens vs. Fat Lever Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fat Lever 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 / 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.

Dave Cowens and Fat Lever both played 11 years in the NBA. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Fat Lever had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Fat Lever	11	8	1982-83 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1970-71	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Fat Lever	81	24.9	7.8	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.3	1.9	0.2	1.7	2.2	3.2	7.3	.431	0.1	0.2	.333	1.4	2.0	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fat Lever	7	19.1	6.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	2.7	6.0	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.7	.800


Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1971-72	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Fat Lever	81	24.8	9.7	1.2	1.5	2.7	4.6	1.7	0.4	1.5	2.2	3.9	8.7	.447	0.0	0.2	.200	2.0	2.6	.743

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
Fat Lever	5	15.0	5.2	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.6	1.2	1.6	6.0	.267	0.4	0.6	.667	1.6	2.0	.800


Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1972-73	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Nuggets 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
Fat Lever	82	31.2	12.8	1.8	3.2	5.0	7.5	2.5	0.4	2.5	2.8	5.2	12.0	.430	0.1	0.3	.250	2.4	3.1	.770

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
Fat Lever	11	31.1	13.3	2.1	4.4	6.5	8.5	2.4	0.2	3.1	3.0	4.5	11.1	.402	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.7	.762


Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1973-74	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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
Fat Lever	78	33.5	13.8	1.7	3.6	5.4	7.5	2.3	0.2	2.7	2.6	6.0	13.6	.441	0.2	0.5	.316	1.7	2.3	.725

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
Fat Lever	10	34.7	14.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.3	2.0	0.2	2.3	3.3	5.9	13.1	.450	0.8	1.4	.571	1.7	2.4	.708


Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1974-75	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
Fat Lever	82	37.2	18.9	2.6	6.3	8.9	8.0	2.5	0.4	2.0	2.7	7.8	16.7	.469	0.3	1.1	.239	3.0	3.8	.782

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
Fat Lever	3	33.0	15.3	1.7	4.3	6.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	0.7	2.3	6.3	16.7	.380	0.7	2.7	.250	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1975-76	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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	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
Fat Lever	82	37.3	18.9	2.5	5.6	8.1	7.8	2.7	0.3	2.2	2.6	7.8	16.6	.473	0.1	0.7	.211	3.0	3.9	.785

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
Fat Lever	7	39.0	17.0	2.3	7.0	9.3	7.0	1.9	0.6	0.6	2.1	6.4	14.0	.459	0.4	1.0	.429	3.7	4.7	.788


Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1976-77	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Fat Lever	71	38.7	19.8	2.6	6.7	9.3	7.9	2.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	7.9	17.2	.457	0.3	0.9	.348	3.8	4.8	.785

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
Fat Lever	2	29.0	11.0	1.0	5.5	6.5	9.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	4.5	12.0	.375	1.0	1.5	.667	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1977-78	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
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		%
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
Fat Lever	79	35.8	18.3	2.9	6.4	9.3	6.5	2.1	0.2	2.0	2.2	7.2	16.2	.443	0.5	1.1	.414	3.4	4.3	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fat Lever	3	37.7	17.3	3.7	7.0	10.7	7.0	2.7	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.3	17.0	.373	0.3	2.3	.143	4.3	4.7	.929


Season 9
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1978-79	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
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	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
Fat Lever	4	21.5	7.3	0.8	3.0	3.8	3.0	1.5	0.8	2.5	1.3	2.3	5.8	.391	0.0	0.8	.000	2.8	3.5	.786

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


Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1979-80	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
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
Fat Lever	31	28.5	11.2	1.8	3.4	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.4	1.2	2.4	4.4	11.3	.387	0.5	1.7	.327	1.9	2.6	.750

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
Fat Lever	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Note: Fat Lever didn't play in 1992-93.


Season 11
	Dave Cowens	Fat Lever
Season	1982-83	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
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
Fat Lever	81	24.0	6.9	1.0	2.5	3.5	2.6	2.0	0.2	1.1	1.9	2.8	6.9	.408	0.3	0.9	.351	0.9	1.2	.765

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

Dave Cowens vs. Fat Lever Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fat Lever 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