Dave Bing vs. Bogdan Bogdanovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bogdan Bogdanovic and Dave Bing, 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.

Dave Bing played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Bogdan Bogdanovic, who played 8. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Bogdan Bogdanovic 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 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
	Dave Bing	Bogdan Bogdanovic
Season	1966-67	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
difference:	+2	+6.6	+8.2			+1.6	+0.8				-0.5	+3.9	+9.1	+.010				+2.1	+3.1	+.102
Bogdan Bogdanovic	78	27.9	11.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.4	9.9	.446	1.7	4.2	.392	1.3	1.5	.840
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave Bing nor Bogdan Bogdanovic played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Dave Bing	Bogdan Bogdanovic
Season	1967-68	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.6	27.1	-	-	4.7	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	24.0	.441	-	-	-	6.0	8.5	.707
difference:	+9	+12.8	+13.0			+1.2	+2.6				-1.2	+5.4	+11.7	+.023				+4.1	+6.2	+.120
Bogdan Bogdanovic	70	27.8	14.1	0.6	2.9	3.5	3.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.0	5.2	12.3	.418	1.9	5.3	.360	1.9	2.3	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	6	42.3	28.2	-	-	4.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.5	11.3	27.7	.410	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.733
Bogdan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dave Bing	Bogdan Bogdanovic
Season	1968-69	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Dave Bing	77	39.5	23.4	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.8	20.7	.425	-	-	-	5.8	8.1	.713
difference:	+16	+10.5	+8.3			+1.6	+3.7				-1.1	+3.3	+8.1	+.015				+4.4	+6.2	+.028
Bogdan Bogdanovic	61	29.0	15.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.5	12.6	.440	2.7	7.2	.372	1.4	1.9	.741
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave Bing nor Bogdan Bogdanovic played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Dave Bing	Bogdan Bogdanovic
Season	1970-71	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dave Bing	82	37.4	27.0	-	-	4.4	5.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.7	20.9	.467	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.797
difference:	+19	+8.1	+11.9			+0.4	+1.9				-0.7	+4.3	+8.3	+.036				+6.0	+7.6	+.046
Bogdan Bogdanovic	63	29.3	15.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.4	12.6	.431	2.7	7.3	.368	1.5	1.8	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bogdan Bogdanovic	4	26.8	14.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	5.0	12.3	.408	2.3	6.5	.346	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 7
	Dave Bing	Bogdan Bogdanovic
Season	1972-73	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
difference:	+3	+10.6	+5.5			+0.2	+4.7				-0.5	+2.4	+4.9	+.020				+3.7	+4.7	+.107
Bogdan Bogdanovic	79	30.4	16.9	0.7	2.8	3.4	3.1	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.0	13.9	.428	3.0	8.1	.374	1.9	2.1	.921
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave Bing nor Bogdan Bogdanovic played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Dave Bing	Bogdan Bogdanovic
Season	1973-74	2024-25
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dave Bing	81	38.6	18.8	1.3	2.1	3.5	6.9	1.3	0.2	-	2.7	7.2	16.5	.436	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.813
difference:	+27	+13.6	+8.0	+0.9	+0.4	+0.6	+4.2	+0.5			-0.3	+3.3	+7.4	+.009				+3.3	+4.2	+.066
Bogdan Bogdanovic	54	25.0	10.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.9	9.1	.427	1.9	5.4	.363	1.1	1.2	.879
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	44.6	18.9	0.9	2.9	3.7	6.0	0.4	0.1	-	2.9	7.9	18.7	.420	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.733
difference:		+27.9	+12.5	+0.2	+0.8	+0.8	+3.9		+0.1		-0.7	+5.6	+12.4	+.056				+2.2	+3.3	+.124
Bogdan Bogdanovic	7	16.7	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.9	2.1	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.6	2.3	6.3	.364	1.0	3.4	.292	0.9	1.0	.857

Additional Years
* Dave Bing played 4 seasons more than Bogdan Bogdanovic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 12, from 1975 to 1978—Dave Bing played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Bogdan Bogdanovic, Dave Bing got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP