Bob Cousy vs. Thabo Sefolosha Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thabo Sefolosha 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.

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.

Bob Cousy and Thabo Sefolosha both played 14 years in the NBA. Bob Cousy had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Thabo Sefolosha had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
Bob Cousy	14	13	1950-51 to 1969-70
Thabo Sefolosha	14	9	2006-07 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1950-51	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf 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		%
Bob Cousy	69	-	15.6	-	-	6.9	4.9	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.5	.352	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.756
Thabo Sefolosha	71	12.2	3.6	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.4	1.5	3.6	.426	0.2	0.6	.357	0.3	0.6	.511

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
Thabo Sefolosha	9	11.0	3.3	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.1	2.9	.385	0.3	0.9	.375	0.8	1.3	.583


Season 2
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1951-52	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Bob Cousy	66	40.6	21.7	-	-	6.4	6.7	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	21.0	.369	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.808
Thabo Sefolosha	69	20.8	6.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.9	2.6	6.1	.428	0.4	1.3	.330	1.1	1.5	.721

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
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1952-53	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Bob Cousy	71	41.5	19.8	-	-	6.3	7.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	18.6	.352	-	-	-	6.7	8.3	.816
Thabo Sefolosha	66	22.0	5.9	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.7	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.6	2.3	5.4	.426	0.4	1.3	.276	0.9	1.1	.836

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
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1953-54	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Thabo Sefolosha	82	28.6	6.0	0.9	3.8	4.7	1.8	1.2	0.6	1.1	1.9	2.4	5.4	.440	0.5	1.6	.313	0.7	1.1	.674

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
Thabo Sefolosha	6	21.2	4.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.2	0.8	1.0	0.3	2.5	1.3	4.5	.296	0.5	2.2	.231	1.3	1.5	.889


Season 5
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1954-55	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Bob Cousy	71	38.7	21.2	-	-	6.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.3	7.4	18.5	.397	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.807
Thabo Sefolosha	79	25.9	5.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.7	2.2	2.0	4.2	.471	0.4	1.3	.275	0.7	1.0	.747

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
Thabo Sefolosha	17	20.2	4.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.8	3.9	.463	0.2	1.5	.154	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 6
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1955-56	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Thunder 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		%
Bob Cousy	72	38.4	18.8	-	-	6.8	8.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.1	17.0	.360	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.844
Thabo Sefolosha	42	21.8	4.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.9	1.6	3.7	.432	0.7	1.7	.437	0.9	1.0	.884

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
Thabo Sefolosha	20	22.3	5.3	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	2.2	2.1	5.1	.402	0.8	2.5	.327	0.4	0.5	.889


Season 7
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1956-57	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf 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		%
Bob Cousy	64	36.9	20.6	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.1	7.5	19.8	.378	-	-	-	5.7	6.9	.821
Thabo Sefolosha	81	27.5	7.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.8	2.2	2.8	5.8	.481	1.3	3.2	.419	0.7	0.9	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	10	44.0	20.2	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	20.7	.324	-	-	-	6.8	9.1	.747
Thabo Sefolosha	11	27.3	5.7	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.1	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.4	1.9	5.5	.344	1.1	3.5	.316	0.8	1.0	.818


Season 8
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1957-58	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Bob Cousy	65	34.2	18.0	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	2.1	6.8	19.4	.353	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.850
Thabo Sefolosha	61	26.0	6.3	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.5	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.5	2.3	5.6	.415	0.8	2.5	.316	0.9	1.1	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	11	41.5	18.0	-	-	6.5	7.5	-	-	-	1.8	6.1	17.8	.342	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.853
Thabo Sefolosha	15	15.7	3.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.5	3.7	.418	0.4	1.5	.261	0.3	0.3	.800


Season 9
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1958-59	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Cousy	65	37.0	20.0	-	-	5.5	8.6	-	-	-	2.1	7.4	19.4	.384	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	.855
Thabo Sefolosha	52	18.8	5.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	4.8	.418	0.5	1.5	.321	0.9	1.1	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	11	41.8	19.5	-	-	6.9	10.8	-	-	-	2.5	6.5	20.1	.326	-	-	-	6.4	8.5	.745
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1959-60	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Bob Cousy	75	34.5	19.4	-	-	4.7	9.5	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	19.7	.384	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.792
Thabo Sefolosha	75	23.4	6.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.5	4.9	.507	0.6	1.6	.341	0.8	1.3	.626

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	13	36.0	15.3	-	-	3.7	8.9	-	-	-	2.1	6.2	20.2	.305	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.765
Thabo Sefolosha	10	20.3	5.9	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.2	4.6	.478	0.7	1.9	.368	0.8	1.5	.533


Season 11
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1960-61	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	76	32.5	18.1	-	-	4.4	7.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.8	18.2	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779
Thabo Sefolosha	62	25.7	7.2	0.9	3.5	4.4	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.6	2.8	6.4	.441	0.7	1.9	.342	0.9	1.2	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	10	33.7	16.7	-	-	4.3	9.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	14.7	.340	-	-	-	6.7	8.8	.761
Thabo Sefolosha	4	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250


Season 12
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1961-62	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Cousy	75	28.2	15.7	-	-	3.5	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	6.2	15.7	.391	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.754
Thabo Sefolosha	38	21.2	8.2	0.8	3.5	4.2	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.8	1.6	3.1	6.3	.492	0.8	2.2	.381	1.2	1.4	.815

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


Season 13
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1962-63	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	76	26.0	13.2	-	-	2.5	6.8	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.397	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.735
Thabo Sefolosha	50	12.2	3.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.5	0.8	1.4	3.0	.477	0.7	1.6	.436	0.3	0.4	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	13	30.2	14.1	-	-	2.5	8.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.5	15.7	.353	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.830
Thabo Sefolosha	4	10.5	1.3	0.3	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.5	.143	0.3	2.0	.125	0.0	0.0	-

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


Season 14
	Bob Cousy	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	1969-70	2019-20
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bob Cousy	7	4.9	0.7	-	-	0.7	1.4	-	-	-	1.6	0.1	0.4	.333	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Thabo Sefolosha	41	10.6	2.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.9	2.2	.407	0.4	1.3	.278	0.1	0.2	.375

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

Bob Cousy vs. Thabo Sefolosha Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thabo Sefolosha 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.

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