DeMarcus Cousins vs. Fat Lever Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fat Lever and DeMarcus Cousins, 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.

DeMarcus Cousins and Fat Lever both played 11 years in the NBA. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
DeMarcus Cousins	11	3	2010-11 to 2021-22
Fat Lever	11	8	1982-83 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2010-11	1982-83
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	81	28.5	14.1	2.7	6.0	8.6	2.5	1.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	5.3	12.4	.430	0.0	0.2	.167	3.4	5.0	.687
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2011-12	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	64	30.5	18.1	4.1	6.8	11.0	1.6	1.5	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.0	15.6	.448	0.0	0.2	.143	4.1	5.8	.702
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2012-13	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	75	30.5	17.1	3.0	7.0	9.9	2.7	1.4	0.7	3.0	3.6	6.4	13.8	.465	0.1	0.3	.182	4.2	5.6	.738
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2013-14	1985-86
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	71	32.4	22.7	3.1	8.6	11.7	2.9	1.5	1.3	3.5	3.8	8.3	16.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.4	.726
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2014-15	1986-87
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	59	34.1	24.1	3.1	9.5	12.7	3.6	1.5	1.7	4.3	4.1	8.4	18.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.2	.782
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2015-16	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	65	34.6	26.9	2.4	9.1	11.5	3.3	1.6	1.4	3.8	3.6	9.2	20.5	.451	1.1	3.2	.333	7.3	10.2	.718
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	72	34.2	27.0	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	3.9	9.0	19.9	.452	1.8	5.0	.361	7.2	9.3	.772
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	48	36.2	25.2	2.2	10.7	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	5.0	3.8	8.5	18.0	.470	2.2	6.1	.354	6.1	8.2	.746
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	30	25.7	16.3	1.4	6.8	8.2	3.6	1.3	1.5	2.4	3.6	5.9	12.4	.480	0.9	3.2	.274	3.5	4.8	.736
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	8	16.6	7.6	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.0	2.6	6.6	.396	0.4	1.5	.250	2.0	3.1	.640
Fat Lever	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: DeMarcus Cousins didn't play in 2019-20.


Season 10
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2020-21	1991-92
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	41	17.4	8.9	1.3	5.1	6.4	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	.426	1.1	3.3	.348	1.4	2.0	.728
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	7	8.3	7.6	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.0	.452	0.6	1.4	.400	1.6	2.0	.786
Fat Lever	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	DeMarcus Cousins	Fat Lever
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	48	14.9	9.0	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.9	3.1	6.8	.460	0.8	2.5	.303	2.0	2.6	.760
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	5	11.4	10.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.8	5.8	.655	0.8	1.2	.667	2.2	3.0	.733
Fat Lever	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

DeMarcus Cousins vs. Fat Lever Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fat Lever and DeMarcus Cousins, 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