Bob Cousy vs. Bronny James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bronny James and Bob Cousy, 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.

Bob Cousy played 14 years in the NBA, 13 more than Bronny James, who played 1. Bob Cousy had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Bronny James had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Bob Cousy	Bronny James
Season	1950-51	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	69	-	15.6	-	-	6.9	4.9	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.5	.352	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.756
difference:	+42		+13.3			+6.2	+4.1				-2.2	+5.0	+14.0	+.039				+3.6	+4.8	+.030
Bronny James	27	6.7	2.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.5	.313	0.3	1.2	.281	0.4	0.5	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	2	-	14.0	-	-	7.5	6.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	21.0	.214	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833
difference:			+14.0			+7.5	+6.0				-4.0	+4.5	+20.0	+.214				+5.0	+6.0
Bronny James	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Bob Cousy played 13 seasons more than Bronny James in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 1952 to 1970—Bob Cousy played in 12 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Bronny James, Bob Cousy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 10 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 8 Assists Leader 12 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP