Dave Cowens vs. Paul Pressey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pressey 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 Paul Pressey both played 11 years in the NBA. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Paul Pressey 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
Paul Pressey	11	9	1982-83 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1970-71	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Paul Pressey	79	19.3	6.7	1.1	2.5	3.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	2.1	2.2	2.7	5.9	.457	0.0	0.1	.111	1.3	2.2	.597

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	9	16.7	5.1	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.6	1.0	0.7	2.0	2.6	2.1	5.2	.404	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	2.2	.400


Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1971-72	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks 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	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Paul Pressey	81	21.4	8.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	3.1	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.0	3.4	6.5	.523	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.5	.600

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
Paul Pressey	16	21.9	8.9	1.1	2.6	3.7	3.1	1.4	0.6	2.4	3.3	3.3	6.3	.520	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.5	.679


Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1972-73	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Paul Pressey	80	36.0	16.1	1.9	3.5	5.4	6.8	1.6	0.7	3.1	3.2	6.0	11.6	.517	0.1	0.3	.350	4.0	5.2	.758

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
Paul Pressey	8	37.0	15.3	1.9	4.1	6.0	7.6	2.3	0.6	4.0	3.4	5.6	11.0	.511	0.1	0.4	.333	3.9	4.8	.816


Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1973-74	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	80	33.8	14.3	1.6	3.4	5.0	7.8	2.1	0.9	3.0	3.1	5.1	10.5	.488	0.1	0.6	.182	4.0	4.9	.806

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
Paul Pressey	14	37.9	16.1	1.4	2.9	4.3	7.9	1.3	0.9	3.6	3.4	5.4	11.2	.484	0.4	1.3	.333	4.8	6.3	.761


Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1974-75	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	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	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
Paul Pressey	61	33.7	13.9	1.6	3.2	4.9	7.2	1.8	0.8	3.0	3.5	4.8	10.1	.477	0.3	0.9	.291	4.0	5.4	.738

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
Paul Pressey	12	38.8	14.3	2.3	2.8	5.2	8.6	2.3	0.7	2.9	4.3	5.7	12.2	.466	0.1	0.7	.125	2.8	3.8	.739


Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1975-76	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	75	33.1	13.1	1.7	3.3	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.6	9.4	.491	0.1	0.5	.205	3.8	4.8	.798

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
Paul Pressey	5	35.6	14.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	6.6	0.8	0.6	3.2	4.2	4.6	10.0	.460	0.2	0.6	.333	4.6	6.0	.767


Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1976-77	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
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
Paul Pressey	67	32.4	12.1	1.1	2.8	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.7	2.7	3.3	4.6	9.7	.474	0.2	0.8	.218	2.8	3.6	.776

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
Paul Pressey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1977-78	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	57	24.6	11.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.3	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	4.2	8.9	.472	0.1	0.8	.140	2.5	3.3	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	4	32.3	14.8	2.0	3.3	5.3	7.5	1.5	0.3	1.8	3.5	4.8	11.0	.432	0.0	0.8	.000	5.3	6.5	.808


Season 9
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1978-79	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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	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
Paul Pressey	70	24.0	7.5	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.9	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.5	2.9	6.1	.472	0.2	0.8	.281	1.6	1.9	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	4	31.0	8.3	1.3	1.5	2.8	4.0	2.0	0.8	1.5	3.8	3.3	8.0	.406	0.3	1.0	.250	1.5	2.3	.667


Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1979-80	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs 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	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
Paul Pressey	56	13.6	2.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	1.1	2.9	.373	0.1	0.4	.143	0.5	0.7	.683

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
Paul Pressey	3	15.3	4.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

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


Season 11
	Dave Cowens	Paul Pressey
Season	1982-83	1992-93
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
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
Paul Pressey	18	14.9	4.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.0	1.6	3.7	.439	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778

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

Dave Cowens vs. Paul Pressey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pressey 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