Dave Cowens vs. Mark West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark West 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, 6 less than Mark West, who played 17. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Mark West had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Mark West	17	11	1983-84 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1970-71	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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
Mark West	34	5.9	1.1	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	0.4	1.2	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.318

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	4	8.0	3.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.8	1.3	2.3	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1971-72	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Mark West	66	13.5	3.9	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.6	2.9	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.3	.494

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
Mark West	4	17.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.3	4.8	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.400


Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1972-73	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Mark West	67	17.5	4.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	0.3	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.5	1.7	3.1	.541	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.524

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
Mark West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1973-74	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	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	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
Mark West	78	17.1	6.5	1.6	2.7	4.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.4	2.9	2.7	4.9	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.2	.514

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
Mark West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1974-75	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	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	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
Mark West	83	25.3	9.7	2.0	4.3	6.3	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.1	3.2	3.8	6.9	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.4	.596

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
Mark West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1975-76	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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	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
Mark West	82	24.6	7.2	2.0	4.7	6.7	0.5	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.3	3.0	4.5	.653	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.5	.535

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
Mark West	12	18.9	6.2	1.8	2.7	4.4	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.1	3.0	2.7	4.2	.640	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714


Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1976-77	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Suns 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	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
Mark West	82	29.3	10.5	2.6	6.3	8.9	0.5	0.4	2.2	1.5	3.4	4.0	6.5	.625	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.5	.691

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
Mark West	16	34.0	11.1	3.3	6.9	10.3	0.3	0.3	2.6	1.6	4.6	4.7	8.1	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.1	.540


Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1977-78	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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
Mark West	82	23.9	7.7	2.1	4.8	6.9	0.5	0.4	2.0	1.0	3.2	3.0	4.7	.647	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	4	23.3	5.8	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.8	3.8	2.3	3.8	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.714


Season 9
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1978-79	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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	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
Mark West	82	17.5	6.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.0	2.9	2.4	3.8	.632	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.637

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	8	12.0	4.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	2.6	1.8	2.4	.737	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1979-80	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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
Mark West	82	19.0	5.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.1	3.0	2.1	3.5	.614	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.518

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
Mark West	24	19.5	4.8	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.5	0.2	1.4	0.7	2.9	1.8	3.3	.544	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.609

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


Season 11
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	1982-83	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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	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
Mark West	82	15.1	4.7	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.9	2.6	2.0	3.5	.566	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	7	9.9	2.4	1.6	1.3	2.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.6	2.7	0.7	2.1	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.700


Season 12
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	-	1994-95
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		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	67	23.0	7.5	2.4	3.7	6.1	0.3	0.4	1.5	1.3	3.7	3.2	5.8	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.1	.478

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


Season 13
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	47	14.5	3.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.7	2.9	1.3	2.7	.484	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	3	26.0	9.3	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	4.0	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.3	.462


Season 14
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	70	13.7	3.2	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.4	2.6	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.482

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


Season 15
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	15	7.0	1.5	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.7	1.4	.476	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	4	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.333


Season 16
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	49	10.2	1.2	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.7	0.4	1.2	.373	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.356

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	9	7.6	0.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.6	0.3	1.1	.300	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 17
	Dave Cowens	Mark West
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	22	5.8	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.5	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.625

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

Dave Cowens vs. Mark West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark West 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17