Bob Cousy vs. Coby White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Coby White 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, 8 more than Coby White, who played 6. Bob Cousy had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Coby White had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Coby White
Season	1950-51	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+4		+2.4			+3.4	+2.2				-0.9	+1.0	+4.3	+.042				+2.4	+3.3	+.035
Coby White	65	25.8	13.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.7	1.8	4.8	12.2	.394	2.0	5.8	.354	1.6	2.0	.791
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
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bob Cousy	Coby White
Season	1951-52	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	66	40.6	21.7	-	-	6.4	6.7	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	21.0	.369	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.808
difference:	+3	+9.4	+6.6			+2.3	+1.9				-0.3	+2.4	+7.9	+.047				+4.3	+5.6	+.093
Coby White	69	31.2	15.1	0.4	3.7	4.1	4.8	0.6	0.2	2.3	2.6	5.4	13.1	.416	2.4	6.6	.359	1.9	2.1	.901
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	3	46.0	31.0	-	-	4.0	6.3	-	-	-	4.3	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	13.7	14.7	.932
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bob Cousy	Coby White
Season	1952-53	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd 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	71	41.5	19.8	-	-	6.3	7.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	18.6	.352	-	-	-	6.7	8.3	.816
difference:	+10	+14.1	+7.1			+3.3	+4.8				-1.0	+1.9	+8.0	+.081				+5.4	+6.8	+.041
Coby White	61	27.4	12.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.9	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.6	10.6	.433	2.2	5.8	.385	1.3	1.5	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	6	45.0	25.5	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	20.0	.383	-	-	-	10.2	12.2	.836
difference:	+1	+25.4	+17.1			+0.8	+4.4				-2.5	+4.7	+11.0	+.050				+9.4	+11.2	+.036
Coby White	5	19.6	8.4	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.6	5.8	.276	0.8	1.0	.800

Season 4
	Bob Cousy	Coby White
Season	1953-54	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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4th 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	72	39.7	19.2	-	-	5.5	7.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.8	17.5	.385	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	.787
difference:	+2	+16.3	+9.5			+2.6	+4.4				-1.2	+3.2	+9.5	+.058				+4.9	+6.4	+.084
Coby White	74	23.4	9.7	0.2	2.6	2.9	2.8	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.6	8.0	.443	1.7	4.6	.372	0.8	0.9	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	6	43.3	21.0	-	-	5.3	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.5	19.3	.284	-	-	-	10.0	12.5	.800
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bob Cousy	Coby White
Season	1954-55	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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5th 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	71	38.7	21.2	-	-	6.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.3	7.4	18.5	.397	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.807
difference:	+8	+2.2	+2.1			+1.5	+2.7				-0.1	+0.6	+3.2	+.050				+3.7	+4.7	+.031
Coby White	79	36.5	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.4	6.8	15.3	.447	2.6	7.0	.376	2.8	3.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	7	42.7	21.7	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.6	19.9	.381	-	-	-	6.6	6.9	.958
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bob Cousy	Coby White
Season	1955-56	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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6th 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	72	38.4	18.8	-	-	6.8	8.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.1	17.0	.360	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.844
difference:	+2	+5.3	+1.6			+3.1	+4.4				-0.8	+0.8	+1.9	+.093				+2.9	+3.7	+.058
Coby White	74	33.1	20.4	0.3	3.4	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.2	2.4	2.1	6.9	15.1	.453	2.9	7.9	.370	3.7	4.1	.902
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	3	41.3	26.3	-	-	8.0	8.7	-	-	-	1.3	9.3	18.7	.500	-	-	-	7.7	8.3	.920
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Bob Cousy played 8 seasons more than Coby White in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 1957 to 1970—Bob Cousy played in 7 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Coby White, Bob Cousy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 5 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 Assists Leader 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP