Bruce Bowen vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp and Bruce Bowen, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Bruce Bowen played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Shawn Kemp, who played 14. Bruce Bowen had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Shawn Kemp had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Bruce Bowen	13	10	1996-97 to 2008-09
Shawn Kemp	14	10	1989-90 to 2002-03

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


Rookie Season
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	1996-97	1989-90
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Bruce Bowen	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	1997-98	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Bruce Bowen	61	21.4	5.6	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.3	1.4	0.5	0.9	2.9	2.0	4.9	.409	0.3	1.0	.339	1.2	2.0	.623
Shawn Kemp	81	30.1	15.0	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.9	5.7	11.2	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	5.4	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	5	29.8	13.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.4	11.4	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.4	.815


Season 3
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	1998-99	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Bruce Bowen	30	16.5	2.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.7	0.9	3.1	.280	0.2	0.9	.269	0.4	0.8	.458
Shawn Kemp	64	28.3	15.5	4.1	6.3	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.1	5.7	11.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	5.6	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	9	37.6	17.4	5.2	7.0	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	11.2	.475	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	8.9	.763


Season 4
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	1999-00	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Bruce Bowen	69	12.7	2.8	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.8	.371	0.4	0.8	.466	0.4	0.6	.581
Shawn Kemp	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	10	15.8	3.5	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.7	1.0	2.7	.370	0.5	2.2	.227	1.0	1.6	.625
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809


Season 5
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	2000-01	1993-94
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	32.7	7.6	0.5	2.4	3.0	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.9	3.3	2.6	7.1	.363	1.3	3.7	.336	1.2	2.0	.609
Shawn Kemp	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	3	19.3	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	2.7	1.7	5.3	.313	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667


Season 6
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	2001-02	1994-95
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Bruce Bowen	59	28.8	7.0	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.5	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.6	6.7	.389	0.9	2.5	.378	0.8	1.6	.479
Shawn Kemp	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	10	34.5	6.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.4	1.1	0.7	0.7	2.8	2.5	6.1	.410	1.1	2.5	.440	0.7	1.4	.500
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821


Season 7
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	2002-03	1995-96
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	31.3	7.1	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.4	2.7	5.8	.466	1.2	2.8	.441	0.4	1.1	.404
Shawn Kemp	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	24	31.2	6.9	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	2.2	2.3	6.0	.372	1.5	3.3	.438	1.0	1.8	.548
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795


Season 8
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	2003-04	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	32.0	6.9	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.6	6.1	.420	0.9	2.6	.363	0.8	1.4	.579
Shawn Kemp	81	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	10	29.9	6.0	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.4	2.4	2.3	6.3	.365	1.1	2.9	.379	0.3	1.3	.231
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829


Season 9
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	2004-05	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	32.0	8.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.1	3.1	7.3	.420	1.2	3.1	.403	0.9	1.4	.634
Shawn Kemp	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	23	35.4	5.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.6	0.5	0.6	0.7	3.3	2.0	5.6	.359	1.3	2.9	.433	0.5	0.7	.647
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844


Season 10
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	2005-06	1998-99
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	33.6	7.5	0.4	3.5	3.9	1.5	1.0	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.8	6.5	.433	1.3	3.0	.424	0.6	1.0	.607
Shawn Kemp	42	35.1	20.5	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	1.1	1.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	13.7	.482	0.0	0.0	.500	7.3	9.3	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	13	34.0	6.2	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.2	0.8	0.6	0.7	3.2	2.5	4.7	.525	1.2	2.3	.500	0.1	0.2	.500
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	2006-07	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	30.0	6.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.3	5.7	.405	1.1	2.8	.384	0.5	0.9	.589
Shawn Kemp	82	30.4	17.8	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.7	1.2	1.2	3.5	4.5	5.9	14.1	.417	0.0	0.1	.333	6.0	7.7	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	20	34.5	6.5	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.3	1.4	0.2	0.7	2.7	2.4	6.0	.395	1.7	3.7	.446	0.2	0.3	.500
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	2007-08	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Bruce Bowen	81	30.2	6.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.6	2.2	2.1	5.3	.407	1.1	2.7	.419	0.6	0.9	.652
Shawn Kemp	68	15.9	6.5	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.7	2.5	6.1	.407	0.1	0.2	.364	1.5	1.9	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	17	29.9	6.1	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.5	2.4	2.2	5.5	.398	1.3	3.2	.407	0.5	0.6	.727
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	2008-09	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Bruce Bowen	80	18.8	2.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.5	1.0	2.3	.422	0.5	1.2	.429	0.2	0.3	.538
Shawn Kemp	75	16.4	6.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.5	2.3	5.4	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	5	26.0	4.2	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.0	1.4	2.6	.538	1.0	1.8	.556	0.4	0.4	1.000
Shawn Kemp	3	12.0	3.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 14
	Bruce Bowen	Shawn Kemp
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	79	20.7	6.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	0.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	3.0	2.7	6.4	.418	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	7	10.4	3.0	0.1	2.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	1.1	3.0	.381	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.833

Bruce Bowen vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp and Bruce Bowen, 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