Darwin Cook vs. De'Aaron Fox Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of De'Aaron Fox and Darwin Cook, 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.

Darwin Cook played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than De'Aaron Fox, who played 7. Darwin Cook had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while De'Aaron Fox had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
Darwin Cook	8	7	1980-81 to 1988-89
De'Aaron Fox	7	1	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Darwin Cook	De'Aaron Fox
Season	1980-81	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Darwin Cook	81	24.4	11.2	1.2	1.7	2.9	3.7	1.7	0.4	2.2	2.4	4.7	10.1	.468	0.1	0.3	.240	1.6	2.2	.733
De'Aaron Fox	73	27.8	11.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.2	4.5	10.9	.412	0.6	2.1	.307	1.9	2.7	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Darwin Cook	De'Aaron Fox
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darwin Cook	82	25.5	11.0	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.9	1.8	0.3	2.1	2.4	4.7	9.8	.482	0.1	0.4	.226	1.4	2.0	.728
De'Aaron Fox	81	31.4	17.3	0.5	3.2	3.8	7.3	1.6	0.6	2.8	2.5	6.2	13.6	.458	1.1	2.9	.371	3.7	5.1	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	2	43.0	14.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	1.0	1.0	4.5	3.5	6.5	16.5	.394	0.0	1.5	.000	1.0	3.0	.333
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Darwin Cook	De'Aaron Fox
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darwin Cook	82	32.0	13.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.5	2.4	0.6	2.9	2.6	5.4	12.0	.449	0.1	0.5	.211	2.3	3.0	.769
De'Aaron Fox	51	32.0	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.8	6.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	2.8	7.7	16.0	.480	1.1	3.6	.292	4.7	6.7	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	2	31.5	10.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	4.0	4.5	13.5	.333	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Darwin Cook	De'Aaron Fox
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Darwin Cook	82	22.8	8.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.3	2.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.7	8.4	.443	0.1	0.6	.239	1.2	1.5	.754
De'Aaron Fox	58	35.1	25.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	7.2	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.9	9.1	19.1	.477	1.8	5.5	.322	5.2	7.2	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	11	16.8	7.4	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.8	1.4	0.0	1.9	2.4	2.7	7.5	.366	0.4	1.2	.308	1.5	2.2	.708
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Darwin Cook	De'Aaron Fox
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darwin Cook	58	18.3	8.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.7	7.8	.468	0.0	0.4	.087	0.8	0.9	.870
De'Aaron Fox	59	35.3	23.2	0.4	3.5	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.4	2.8	2.9	8.7	18.5	.473	1.3	4.2	.297	4.4	5.9	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	1	7.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Darwin Cook	De'Aaron Fox
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Clutch Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
Darwin Cook	79	24.9	8.0	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	2.0	0.3	1.7	2.2	3.4	7.9	.426	0.1	0.7	.208	1.1	1.4	.757
De'Aaron Fox	73	33.4	25.0	0.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.4	9.3	18.2	.512	1.6	5.0	.324	4.7	6.0	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	3	25.7	9.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.0	3.7	4.3	9.7	.448	0.0	1.3	.000	0.7	2.0	.333
De'Aaron Fox	7	38.6	27.4	1.7	3.7	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.0	3.3	10.0	23.6	.424	3.0	9.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.756


Season 7
	Darwin Cook	De'Aaron Fox
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Washington Bullets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darwin Cook	82	17.3	7.5	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.8	1.2	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.2	7.6	.426	0.0	0.3	.087	1.0	1.3	.796
De'Aaron Fox	74	35.9	26.6	0.9	3.7	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.6	2.6	9.7	20.9	.465	2.9	7.8	.369	4.2	5.7	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	3	13.7	4.7	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	.250	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Darwin Cook didn't play in 1987-88.


Season 8
	Darwin Cook	De'Aaron Fox
Season	1988-89	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Darwin Cook	66	17.3	7.7	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	1.8	3.3	7.2	.456	0.1	0.6	.195	1.0	1.2	.808
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	3	22.0	10.3	0.7	3.7	4.3	3.7	1.0	0.0	1.3	4.0	4.0	8.0	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Darwin Cook vs. De'Aaron Fox Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of De'Aaron Fox and Darwin Cook, 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