Benoit Benjamin vs. Dave DeBusschere Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave DeBusschere and Benoit Benjamin, 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.

Benoit Benjamin played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Dave DeBusschere, who played 12. Benoit Benjamin had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Dave DeBusschere had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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
	Benoit Benjamin	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1985-86	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost West 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		%
Benoit Benjamin	79	26.4	11.1	2.0	5.6	7.6	1.0	0.8	2.6	1.8	3.6	4.1	8.4	.490	0.0	0.0	.333	2.9	3.9	.746
Dave DeBusschere	80	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Benoit Benjamin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	4	39.8	20.0	-	-	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	-	-	-	7.5	11.0	.682

Season 4
	Benoit Benjamin	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1988-89	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Benoit Benjamin	79	32.7	16.4	2.1	6.7	8.8	2.0	0.7	2.8	3.0	2.8	6.2	11.5	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.4	.744
Dave DeBusschere	79	34.1	16.4	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	16.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.659
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Benoit Benjamin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Benoit Benjamin	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1989-90	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Benoit Benjamin	71	32.6	13.5	2.2	7.1	9.3	2.2	0.8	2.6	2.6	3.1	5.1	9.7	.526	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	4.5	.732
Dave DeBusschere	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Benoit Benjamin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Benoit Benjamin	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1990-91	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Benoit Benjamin	70	31.9	14.0	2.2	8.1	10.3	1.7	0.8	2.1	3.4	2.6	5.5	11.1	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.2	.712
Dave DeBusschere	80	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Benoit Benjamin	5	32.6	13.8	1.4	5.2	6.6	0.2	0.6	2.6	2.2	3.4	4.0	8.2	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	6.4	.906
Dave DeBusschere	6	43.8	19.3	-	-	16.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.5	17.7	.425	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.578

Season 7
	Benoit Benjamin	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1991-92	1968-69
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
Benoit Benjamin	63	30.8	14.0	2.1	6.1	8.1	1.2	0.6	1.9	2.8	2.9	5.6	11.7	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	4.0	.687
Dave DeBusschere	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Benoit Benjamin	9	17.9	6.1	1.1	4.0	5.1	0.6	0.6	1.4	0.9	2.2	2.6	4.6	.561	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.0	.500
Dave DeBusschere	10	41.9	16.3	-	-	14.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	17.4	.351	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.820

Season 8
	Benoit Benjamin	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1992-93	1969-70
Team	Seattle Supersonics, Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	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		%
Benoit Benjamin	59	12.8	5.7	0.9	2.7	3.5	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.3	2.3	4.6	.491	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.663
Dave DeBusschere	79	33.3	14.6	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	13.7	.451	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Benoit Benjamin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	19	36.9	16.1	-	-	11.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.8	16.3	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.662

Season 9
	Benoit Benjamin	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1993-94	1970-71
Team	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Benoit Benjamin	77	23.6	9.3	1.8	4.7	6.5	0.6	0.5	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.7	7.6	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.8	.710
Dave DeBusschere	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Benoit Benjamin	4	27.0	5.3	1.3	4.0	5.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.3	4.0	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875
Dave DeBusschere	12	40.7	16.4	-	-	13.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	16.8	.416	-	-	-	2.4	3.7	.659

Season 10
	Benoit Benjamin	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1994-95	1971-72
Team	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Benoit Benjamin	61	26.2	11.1	1.5	5.7	7.2	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.4	8.7	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.9	.760
Dave DeBusschere	80	38.4	15.4	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Benoit Benjamin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	16	38.5	16.6	-	-	12.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	6.8	15.1	.450	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750

Season 11
	Benoit Benjamin	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1995-96	1972-73
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	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		%
Benoit Benjamin	83	22.8	8.8	1.7	4.8	6.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.5	7.1	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.722
Dave DeBusschere	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Benoit Benjamin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	17	37.2	15.6	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	15.6	.442	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.775

Season 12
	Benoit Benjamin	Dave DeBusschere
Season	1996-97	1973-74
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Benoit Benjamin	4	11.0	3.3	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750
Dave DeBusschere	71	38.0	18.1	1.9	8.8	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	-	3.1	7.9	17.1	.461	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Benoit Benjamin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	12	33.7	12.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	3.2	0.6	0.3	-	3.0	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.621