Clint Capela vs. DeMarcus Cousins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMarcus Cousins and Clint Capela, 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.

Clint Capela and DeMarcus Cousins both played 11 years in the NBA. Clint Capela had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while DeMarcus Cousins had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
	Clint Capela	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2014-15	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Clint Capela	12	7.5	2.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.9	.174
difference:	+69	+21.0	+11.4	+1.9	+3.8	+5.6	+2.3	+0.9		-2.9	-2.9	+4.1	+10.0	+.053		+0.2		+3.1	+3.1	+.513
DeMarcus Cousins	81	28.5	14.1	2.7	6.0	8.6	2.5	1.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	5.3	12.4	.430	0.0	0.2	.167	3.4	5.0	.687
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	17	7.5	3.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.8	.677	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.517
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Clint Capela	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Clint Capela	67	33.6	16.6	4.4	8.2	12.7	1.4	0.7	1.5	1.4	2.5	7.1	10.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.9	.636
difference:	+8	+0.5	+7.5	+1.3	+1.3		+2.2	+0.8	+0.2	-2.9	-1.6	+1.3	+7.2	+.181		+0.1		+4.7	+5.3	+.146
DeMarcus Cousins	59	34.1	24.1	3.1	9.5	12.7	3.6	1.5	1.7	4.3	4.1	8.4	18.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.2	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	11	30.1	9.7	3.7	6.5	10.3	1.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.4	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	3.2	.429
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Clint Capela	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Clint Capela	39	32.8	13.9	4.3	9.5	13.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	1.6	2.6	6.3	9.9	.629	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.529
difference:	+26	+1.8	+13.0	+1.9	+0.4	+2.3	+2.1	+0.8	+0.4	-2.2	-1.0	+2.9	+10.6	+.178	+1.1	+3.2		+5.9	+7.5	+.189
DeMarcus Cousins	65	34.6	26.9	2.4	9.1	11.5	3.3	1.6	1.4	3.8	3.6	9.2	20.5	.451	1.1	3.2	.333	7.3	10.2	.718
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Clint Capela nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Clint Capela	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Clint Capela	63	30.1	15.2	4.7	9.6	14.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	2.3	6.6	11.0	.594	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	.573
difference:	+9	+4.1	+11.8	+2.6	+0.7	+3.3	+3.8	+0.7	+0.7	-2.5	-1.6	+2.4	+8.9	+.142	+1.8	+5.0		+5.1	+5.7	+.199
DeMarcus Cousins	72	34.2	27.0	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	3.9	9.0	19.9	.452	1.8	5.0	.361	7.2	9.3	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	18	31.6	10.1	3.4	7.8	11.2	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.6	7.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.2	.436
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Clint Capela	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Clint Capela	74	27.6	11.1	3.8	8.1	11.9	1.2	0.7	1.3	0.6	2.2	5.0	8.2	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.3	.473
difference:	+26	+8.6	+14.1	+1.6	+2.6	+1.0	+4.2	+0.9	+0.3	-4.4	-1.6	+3.5	+9.8	+.143	+2.2	+6.1		+5.0	+5.9	+.273
DeMarcus Cousins	48	36.2	25.2	2.2	10.7	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	5.0	3.8	8.5	18.0	.470	2.2	6.1	.354	6.1	8.2	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	2	20.0	2.0	2.0	5.5	7.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: DeMarcus Cousins didn't play in 2019-20.