Dave Cowens vs. Kevin Grevey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Grevey 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.

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, 1 more than Kevin Grevey, who played 10. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Kevin Grevey had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Kevin Grevey
Season	1970-71	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Dave Cowens	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Kevin Grevey	56	9.0	3.8	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	-	1.2	1.4	3.8	.371	-	-	-	0.9	1.0	.897
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Grevey	2	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Kevin Grevey
Season	1971-72	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bullets 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		%
Dave Cowens	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Kevin Grevey	76	17.2	6.9	1.0	1.4	2.3	0.9	0.4	0.1	-	1.9	2.9	7.0	.423	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.664
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
Kevin Grevey	9	25.0	9.7	1.1	0.7	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.6	-	2.2	4.0	9.8	.409	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.652

Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Kevin Grevey
Season	1972-73	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Kevin Grevey	81	26.2	15.5	1.5	2.0	3.6	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.5	6.2	13.9	.448	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.789
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
Kevin Grevey	21	27.8	15.5	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	2.1	3.4	6.0	13.5	.444	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.811

Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Kevin Grevey
Season	1973-74	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Kevin Grevey	65	28.6	15.5	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.8	2.4	6.4	14.2	.453	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.772
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
Kevin Grevey	19	27.7	12.8	1.4	1.2	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.4	2.1	3.3	5.4	13.5	.398	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.755

Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Kevin Grevey
Season	1974-75	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bullets Lost East 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
Kevin Grevey	65	28.0	14.0	1.2	1.6	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.4	5.1	12.4	.412	0.5	1.4	.370	3.3	3.8	.867
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
Kevin Grevey	2	36.0	20.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	4.5	8.0	15.0	.533	2.5	5.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000

Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Kevin Grevey
Season	1975-76	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	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
Kevin Grevey	75	34.9	17.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.1	6.7	14.7	.453	0.6	1.8	.331	3.3	3.9	.841
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
Kevin Grevey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Kevin Grevey
Season	1976-77	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets 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		%
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
Kevin Grevey	71	30.5	13.3	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.1	5.3	12.1	.439	0.4	1.2	.341	2.3	2.7	.855
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
Kevin Grevey	7	22.7	9.4	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.3	8.0	.411	0.6	1.1	.500	2.3	2.7	.842

Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Kevin Grevey
Season	1977-78	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
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
Kevin Grevey	41	18.4	7.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.8	7.2	.388	0.4	0.9	.395	1.3	1.7	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Grevey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Kevin Grevey
Season	1979-80	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks 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		%
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
Kevin Grevey	78	15.2	6.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.1	2.4	5.4	.448	0.1	0.4	.242	1.1	1.4	.822
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
Kevin Grevey	5	5.6	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.6	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000

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