Chris Bosh vs. Bob Cousy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Cousy and Chris Bosh, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Chris Bosh played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bob Cousy, who played 14. Chris Bosh had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Bob Cousy had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Chris Bosh	13	6	2003-04 to 2015-16
Bob Cousy	14	13	1950-51 to 1969-70

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


Rookie Season
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2003-04	1950-51
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Semis

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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		%
Chris Bosh	75	33.5	11.5	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.4	2.9	4.4	9.5	.459	0.1	0.2	.357	2.7	3.8	.701
difference:	+6		+4.1			+0.5	+3.9				-0.2	+1.4	+7.0	+.107				+1.3	+1.5	+.055
Bob Cousy	69	-	15.6	-	-	6.9	4.9	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.5	.352	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	2	-	14.0	-	-	7.5	6.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	21.0	.214	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 2
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2004-05	1951-52
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Semis

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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		%
Chris Bosh	81	37.2	16.8	2.4	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.9	1.4	2.3	2.8	5.8	12.4	.471	0.0	0.1	.300	5.1	6.7	.760
difference:	+15	+3.4	+4.9			+2.5	+4.8				-0.1	+2.0	+8.6	+.102				+1.1	+1.0	+.048
Bob Cousy	66	40.6	21.7	-	-	6.4	6.7	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	21.0	.369	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	3	46.0	31.0	-	-	4.0	6.3	-	-	-	4.3	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	13.7	14.7	.932


Season 3
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2005-06	1952-53
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Chris Bosh	70	39.3	22.5	2.9	6.3	9.2	2.6	0.7	1.1	2.2	3.0	7.8	15.5	.505	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	8.3	.816
difference:	+1	+2.2	+2.7			+2.9	+5.1				-0.2	+1.3	+3.1	+.153				+0.1
Bob Cousy	71	41.5	19.8	-	-	6.3	7.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	18.6	.352	-	-	-	6.7	8.3	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	6	45.0	25.5	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	20.0	.383	-	-	-	10.2	12.2	.836


Season 4
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2006-07	1953-54
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Chris Bosh	69	38.5	22.6	2.7	8.0	10.7	2.5	0.6	1.3	2.6	2.4	7.9	15.9	.496	0.2	0.5	.343	6.7	8.6	.785
difference:	+3	+1.2	+3.4			+5.2	+4.7				-0.4	+1.1	+1.6	+.111				+1.0	+1.3	+.002
Bob Cousy	72	39.7	19.2	-	-	5.5	7.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.8	17.5	.385	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	6	37.0	17.5	1.2	7.8	9.0	2.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	3.2	6.0	15.2	.396	0.2	0.8	.200	5.3	6.3	.842
difference:		+6.3	+3.5			+3.7	+3.8				-0.1	+0.5	+4.1	+.112				+4.7	+6.2	+.042
Bob Cousy	6	43.3	21.0	-	-	5.3	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.5	19.3	.284	-	-	-	10.0	12.5	.800


Season 5
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2007-08	1954-55
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Chris Bosh	67	36.2	22.3	2.6	6.1	8.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.3	2.3	7.6	15.3	.494	0.1	0.4	.400	7.0	8.3	.844
difference:	+4	+2.5	+1.1			+2.7	+5.2					+0.2	+3.2	+.097				+0.5	+0.3	+.037
Bob Cousy	71	38.7	21.2	-	-	6.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.3	7.4	18.5	.397	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	5	39.8	24.0	4.0	5.0	9.0	3.6	1.6	0.4	2.6	3.8	8.4	17.8	.472	0.2	1.4	.143	7.0	8.4	.833
difference:	+2	+2.9	+2.3			+2.9	+5.7				-0.1	+0.8	+2.1	+.091				+0.4	+1.5	+.125
Bob Cousy	7	42.7	21.7	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.6	19.9	.381	-	-	-	6.6	6.9	.958


Season 6
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2008-09	1955-56
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Semis

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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		%
Chris Bosh	77	38.0	22.7	2.8	7.2	10.0	2.5	0.9	1.0	2.3	2.5	8.0	16.4	.487	0.2	0.6	.245	6.5	8.0	.817
difference:	+5	+0.4	+3.9			+3.2	+6.4				-0.4	+1.9	+0.6	+.127				+0.1	+0.2	+.027
Bob Cousy	72	38.4	18.8	-	-	6.8	8.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.1	17.0	.360	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	3	41.3	26.3	-	-	8.0	8.7	-	-	-	1.3	9.3	18.7	.500	-	-	-	7.7	8.3	.920


Season 7
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2009-10	1956-57
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	70	36.1	24.0	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.4	8.6	16.5	.518	0.1	0.3	.364	6.7	8.4	.797
difference:	+6	+0.8	+3.4			+6.0	+5.1				-0.3	+1.1	+3.3	+.140				+1.0	+1.5	+.024
Bob Cousy	64	36.9	20.6	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.1	7.5	19.8	.378	-	-	-	5.7	6.9	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	10	44.0	20.2	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	20.7	.324	-	-	-	6.8	9.1	.747


Season 8
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2010-11	1957-58
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	77	36.3	18.7	1.8	6.5	8.3	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.2	6.8	13.7	.496	0.1	0.3	.240	5.0	6.1	.815
difference:	+12	+2.1	+0.7			+3.3	+5.2				-0.1		+5.7	+.143				+0.7	+1.1	+.035
Bob Cousy	65	34.2	18.0	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	2.1	6.8	19.4	.353	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	21	39.7	18.6	2.2	6.2	8.5	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.3	6.6	13.9	.474	0.0	0.2	.000	5.4	6.7	.814
difference:	+10	+1.8	+0.6			+2.0	+6.4				-0.5	+0.5	+3.9	+.132				+0.4	+0.1	+.039
Bob Cousy	11	41.5	18.0	-	-	6.5	7.5	-	-	-	1.8	6.1	17.8	.342	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.853


Season 9
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2011-12	1958-59
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	57	35.2	18.0	1.6	6.3	7.9	1.8	0.9	0.8	2.1	2.2	6.9	14.2	.487	0.2	0.6	.286	4.0	4.9	.821
difference:	+8	+1.8	+2.0			+2.4	+6.8				-0.1	+0.5	+5.2	+.103				+1.1	+1.0	+.034
Bob Cousy	65	37.0	20.0	-	-	5.5	8.6	-	-	-	2.1	7.4	19.4	.384	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	14	31.4	14.0	2.6	5.2	7.8	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	5.2	10.6	.493	0.5	0.9	.538	3.1	3.7	.827
difference:	+3	+10.4	+5.5			+0.9	+10.2				-1.1	+1.3	+9.5	+.167				+3.3	+4.8	+.082
Bob Cousy	11	41.8	19.5	-	-	6.9	10.8	-	-	-	2.5	6.5	20.1	.326	-	-	-	6.4	8.5	.745


Season 10
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2012-13	1959-60
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	74	33.2	16.6	1.8	5.0	6.8	1.7	0.9	1.4	1.7	2.3	6.6	12.3	.535	0.3	1.0	.284	3.3	4.1	.798
difference:	+1	+1.3	+2.8			+2.1	+7.8				-0.4	+1.0	+7.4	+.151				+1.0	+1.3	+.006
Bob Cousy	75	34.5	19.4	-	-	4.7	9.5	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	19.7	.384	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	23	32.7	12.1	1.7	5.6	7.3	1.5	1.0	1.6	1.2	2.9	4.8	10.4	.458	0.7	1.6	.405	1.9	2.6	.733
difference:	+10	+3.3	+3.2			+3.6	+7.4				-0.8	+1.4	+9.8	+.153				+1.1	+1.3	+.032
Bob Cousy	13	36.0	15.3	-	-	3.7	8.9	-	-	-	2.1	6.2	20.2	.305	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.765


Season 11
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2013-14	1960-61
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	79	32.0	16.2	1.2	5.4	6.6	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.4	6.2	12.1	.516	0.9	2.8	.339	2.8	3.4	.820
difference:	+3	+0.5	+1.9			+2.2	+6.6				-0.2	+0.6	+6.1	+.145				+1.8	+2.5	+.041
Bob Cousy	76	32.5	18.1	-	-	4.4	7.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.8	18.2	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	20	34.3	14.9	1.2	4.4	5.6	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.7	2.6	5.8	11.5	.507	1.5	3.7	.405	1.8	2.4	.750
difference:	+10	+0.6	+1.8			+1.3	+8.0				-0.7	+0.8	+3.2	+.167				+4.9	+6.4	+.011
Bob Cousy	10	33.7	16.7	-	-	4.3	9.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	14.7	.340	-	-	-	6.7	8.8	.761


Season 12
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2014-15	1961-62
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	44	35.4	21.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	2.2	0.9	0.6	2.2	1.6	7.8	16.9	.460	1.4	3.8	.375	4.1	5.3	.772
difference:	+31	+7.2	+5.4			+3.5	+5.6				-0.2	+1.6	+1.2	+.069				+0.8	+0.9	+.018
Bob Cousy	75	28.2	15.7	-	-	3.5	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	6.2	15.7	.391	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.754

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


Season 13
	Chris Bosh	Bob Cousy
Season	2015-16	1962-63
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	53	33.5	19.1	0.9	6.5	7.4	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.5	1.9	6.8	14.5	.467	1.5	4.2	.365	4.0	5.1	.795
difference:	+23	+7.5	+5.9			+4.9	+4.4				-0.4	+1.6	+1.5	+.070				+1.1	+1.2	+.060
Bob Cousy	76	26.0	13.2	-	-	2.5	6.8	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.397	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	13	30.2	14.1	-	-	2.5	8.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.5	15.7	.353	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.830

Additional Years

* Bob Cousy played 1 season more than Chris Bosh in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 1970—Bob Cousy didn't play in the postseason.

Chris Bosh vs. Bob Cousy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Cousy and Chris Bosh, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years