Al-Farouq Aminu vs. Bob Cousy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Cousy and Al-Farouq Aminu, 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.

Al-Farouq Aminu played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Bob Cousy, who played 14. Al-Farouq Aminu had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Bob Cousy had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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
Al-Farouq Aminu	11	5	2010-11 to 2020-21
Bob Cousy	14	13	1950-51 to 1969-70

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2010-11	1950-51
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	81	17.9	5.6	0.9	2.4	3.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.0	5.0	.394	0.6	1.8	.315	1.1	1.5	.773
Bob Cousy	69	-	15.6	-	-	6.9	4.9	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.5	.352	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	2	-	14.0	-	-	7.5	6.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	21.0	.214	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 2
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2011-12	1951-52
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	66	22.4	6.0	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.1	2.3	5.5	.411	0.2	0.7	.277	1.3	1.7	.754
Bob Cousy	66	40.6	21.7	-	-	6.4	6.7	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	21.0	.369	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	3	46.0	31.0	-	-	4.0	6.3	-	-	-	4.3	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	13.7	14.7	.932


Season 3
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2012-13	1952-53
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	76	27.2	7.3	1.8	5.9	7.7	1.4	1.2	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.0	6.2	.475	0.1	0.3	.211	1.3	1.8	.737
Bob Cousy	71	41.5	19.8	-	-	6.3	7.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	18.6	.352	-	-	-	6.7	8.3	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	6	45.0	25.5	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	20.0	.383	-	-	-	10.2	12.2	.836


Season 4
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2013-14	1953-54
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	80	25.6	7.2	1.6	4.6	6.2	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.1	1.8	2.9	6.2	.474	0.2	0.6	.271	1.1	1.7	.664
Bob Cousy	72	39.7	19.2	-	-	5.5	7.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.8	17.5	.385	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	6	43.3	21.0	-	-	5.3	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.5	19.3	.284	-	-	-	10.0	12.5	.800


Season 5
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2014-15	1954-55
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	74	18.5	5.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.0	4.8	.412	0.5	1.7	.274	1.1	1.6	.712
Bob Cousy	71	38.7	21.2	-	-	6.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.3	7.4	18.5	.397	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	5	30.0	11.2	2.8	4.4	7.2	1.2	2.0	1.6	1.2	3.0	3.4	6.2	.548	1.4	2.2	.636	3.0	3.8	.789
Bob Cousy	7	42.7	21.7	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.6	19.9	.381	-	-	-	6.6	6.9	.958


Season 6
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2015-16	1955-56
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	82	28.5	10.2	1.2	4.9	6.1	1.7	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	3.6	8.8	.416	1.5	4.3	.361	1.4	1.9	.737
Bob Cousy	72	38.4	18.8	-	-	6.8	8.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.1	17.0	.360	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	11	33.8	14.6	2.1	6.5	8.6	1.8	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	5.1	11.6	.438	2.5	6.4	.400	1.9	2.6	.724
Bob Cousy	3	41.3	26.3	-	-	8.0	8.7	-	-	-	1.3	9.3	18.7	.500	-	-	-	7.7	8.3	.920


Season 7
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2016-17	1956-57
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	61	29.1	8.7	1.3	6.1	7.4	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.5	1.7	3.0	7.6	.393	1.1	3.5	.330	1.6	2.2	.706
Bob Cousy	64	36.9	20.6	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.1	7.5	19.8	.378	-	-	-	5.7	6.9	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	4	28.3	12.0	1.3	5.3	6.5	1.0	0.8	1.0	2.3	2.3	4.3	9.3	.459	1.8	4.3	.412	1.8	2.8	.636
Bob Cousy	10	44.0	20.2	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	20.7	.324	-	-	-	6.8	9.1	.747


Season 8
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2017-18	1957-58
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	69	30.0	9.3	1.4	6.2	7.6	1.2	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.0	3.3	8.4	.395	1.8	4.9	.369	0.9	1.2	.738
Bob Cousy	65	34.2	18.0	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	2.1	6.8	19.4	.353	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	4	32.8	17.3	3.0	6.0	9.0	1.3	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	6.8	13.0	.519	3.3	7.5	.433	0.5	0.5	1.000
Bob Cousy	11	41.5	18.0	-	-	6.5	7.5	-	-	-	1.8	6.1	17.8	.342	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.853


Season 9
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2018-19	1958-59
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	81	28.3	9.4	1.4	6.1	7.5	1.3	0.8	0.4	0.9	1.8	3.2	7.3	.433	1.2	3.5	.343	1.9	2.1	.867
Bob Cousy	65	37.0	20.0	-	-	5.5	8.6	-	-	-	2.1	7.4	19.4	.384	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	16	24.9	7.4	1.8	4.4	6.3	1.3	0.6	0.6	1.0	2.1	2.4	6.8	.349	0.9	3.2	.294	1.7	2.3	.750
Bob Cousy	11	41.8	19.5	-	-	6.9	10.8	-	-	-	2.5	6.5	20.1	.326	-	-	-	6.4	8.5	.745


Season 10
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2019-20	1959-60
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	18	21.1	4.3	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.9	1.5	1.4	4.8	.291	0.5	2.0	.250	1.1	1.6	.655
Bob Cousy	75	34.5	19.4	-	-	4.7	9.5	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	19.7	.384	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	13	36.0	15.3	-	-	3.7	8.9	-	-	-	2.1	6.2	20.2	.305	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.765


Season 11
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	2020-21	1960-61
Team	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	23	18.9	4.4	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.3	1.7	4.3	.384	0.3	1.6	.216	0.8	1.0	.818
Bob Cousy	76	32.5	18.1	-	-	4.4	7.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.8	18.2	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	10	33.7	16.7	-	-	4.3	9.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	14.7	.340	-	-	-	6.7	8.8	.761


Season 12
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	-	1961-62
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	75	28.2	15.7	-	-	3.5	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	6.2	15.7	.391	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	14	33.9	16.0	-	-	4.6	8.8	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	17.2	.357	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	.684


Season 13
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	-	1962-63
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	76	26.0	13.2	-	-	2.5	6.8	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.397	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	13	30.2	14.1	-	-	2.5	8.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.5	15.7	.353	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.830

Note: Bob Cousy didn't play in 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68 and 1968-69.


Season 14
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Bob Cousy
Season	-	1969-70
Team	-	Cincinnati Royals
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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	7	4.9	0.7	-	-	0.7	1.4	-	-	-	1.6	0.1	0.4	.333	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Al-Farouq Aminu vs. Bob Cousy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Cousy and Al-Farouq Aminu, 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