Dave Cowens

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Dave Cowens Career Stats: All-Time NBA Rankings

Explore how Dave Cowens statistics rank in NBA history. See his all-time rankings in the key categories for both total numbers and per game averages across his entire NBA career, including regular season and playoffs performance.

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In his 11 seasons playing in the NBA—between 1971 and 1983—Dave Cowens placed himself among the league's all-time leaders in many statistical categories, even reaching the top 10 in some of them.

Here you can take a look at a summary of how he ranks in NBA history in the main categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Then you can explore in detail all his stats and their rankings.

Dave Cowens Career Stats Rankings Summary

NBA Career
Totals Stats Per Game Stats
Season Playoffs Season Playoffs
Points
215th
100th
151st
120th
Rebounds
38th
33rd
8th
6th
Assists
258th
122nd
261st
217th
Steals
+300th
173rd
242nd
178th
Blocks
296th
152nd
191st
212nd

* Steals, blocks, offensive and defensive rebounds started to be recorded in the 1973-74 season. The 3-point shot was implemented in the 1979-80 season. Some years on this player's career don't have data for these stats.

Note: per game rankings include players with a minimum of games played.

Dave Cowens Career Totals,
Regular Season Rankings

Stats Rankings:

215th
in points (13,516 pts)
38th
in rebounds (10,444 trb)
258th
in assists (2,910 ast)
+300th
in steals (599 stl)
296th
in blocks (488 blk)
206th
in offensive rebounds (1,574 orb)
88th
in defensive rebounds (5,122 drb)
153rd
in field goals made (5,744 fgm)
145th
in field goals attempted (12,499 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made (1 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted (14 3pa)
+300th
in free throws made (2,027 ftm)
+300th
in free throws attempted (2,590 fta)

Games and Years:

+300th
in games played (766 games)
+300th
in seasons (11 years)

Triple-Doubles:

95th
in triple-doubles (6 games)

Rankings by Points Scored:

-
in 40+ point games (0 games)

Dave Cowens Career Totals,
Playoffs Rankings

Stats Rankings:

100th
in points (1,684 pts)
33rd
in rebounds (1,285 trb)
122nd
in assists (333 ast)
173rd
in steals (78 stl)
152nd
in blocks (56 blk)
58th
in offensive rebounds (243 orb)
54th
in defensive rebounds (674 drb)
72nd
in field goals made (733 fgm)
69th
in field goals attempted (1,627 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made (0 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted (2 3pa)
223rd
in free throws made (218 ftm)
220th
in free throws attempted (293 fta)

Games and Years:

220th
in games played (89 games)
+300th
in Playoffs (7 years)

Triple-Doubles:

39th
in triple-doubles (1 game)

Rankings by Points Scored:

-
in 40+ point games (0 games)

Dave Cowens Career Per Game Data,
Regular Season Rankings

Stats Rankings:

151st
in points per game (17.6 pts)
8th
in rebounds per game (13.6 trb)
261st
in assists per game (3.8 ast)
242nd
in steals per game (1.1 stl)
191st
in blocks per game (0.9 blk)
34th
in offensive rebounds per game (3.0 orb)
1st
in defensive rebounds per game (9.8 drb)
75th
in field goals made per game (7.5 fgm)
64th
in field goals attempted per game (16.3 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made per game (0.0 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted per game (0.1 3pa)
+300th
in free throws made per game (2.6 ftm)
+300th
in free throws attempted per game (3.4 fta)

Dave Cowens Career Per Game Data,
Playoffs Rankings

Stats Rankings:

120th
in points per game (18.9 pts)
6th
in rebounds per game (14.4 trb)
217th
in assists per game (3.7 ast)
178th
in steals per game (1.2 stl)
212nd
in blocks per game (0.9 blk)
12th
in offensive rebounds per game (3.7 orb)
1st
in defensive rebounds per game (10.4 drb)
57th
in field goals made per game (8.2 fgm)
57th
in field goals attempted per game (18.3 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made per game (0.0 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted per game (0.2 3pa)
+300th
in free throws made per game (2.4 ftm)
+300th
in free throws attempted per game (3.3 fta)

Note: the per game rankings on this page respect the minimums usually applied by the NBA for all-time leaders, 400 games for regular season stats unless the player reached these thresholds before: 10,000 points; 4,000 rebounds; 2,000 assists; 625 steals; 500 blocks; 250 3-pointers made. Also 3 minimum games for the Playoffs are applied.