Nemanja Bjelica vs. DeMarcus Cousins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMarcus Cousins and Nemanja Bjelica, 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.

Nemanja Bjelica played 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than DeMarcus Cousins, who played 11. Nemanja Bjelica had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while DeMarcus Cousins had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
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Rookie Season
	Nemanja Bjelica	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	60	17.9	5.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.6	1.8	3.9	.468	0.8	2.1	.384	0.7	0.9	.727
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nemanja Bjelica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Nemanja Bjelica	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Sacramento Kings	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	72	27.9	11.5	1.5	4.8	6.4	2.8	0.9	0.6	1.4	3.0	4.4	9.1	.481	1.9	4.4	.419	1.0	1.2	.821
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nemanja Bjelica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Nemanja Bjelica	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings, Miami Heat	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	37	16.1	6.5	0.8	2.6	3.4	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.8	2.4	5.3	.454	0.7	2.3	.318	1.0	1.4	.725
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nemanja Bjelica	2	15.0	9.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.5	5.5	.455	2.0	4.0	.500	2.0	3.0	.667
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Nemanja Bjelica	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	71	16.1	6.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.8	2.3	4.8	.468	0.8	2.1	.362	0.8	1.1	.728
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nemanja Bjelica	15	10.0	2.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.2	2.3	.529	0.2	0.5	.375	0.3	0.5	.571
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Nemanja Bjelica	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nemanja Bjelica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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