Dave Bing vs. Brandon Jennings Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Jennings 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, 3 more than Brandon Jennings, who played 9. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Brandon Jennings had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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	Brandon Jennings
Season	1966-67	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did not play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+1.9	+4.5			+1.1	+1.6				-0.4	+2.8	+4.2	+.065				+0.7	+1.3	+.079
Brandon Jennings	82	32.6	15.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.3	5.5	14.8	.371	1.8	4.7	.374	2.7	3.3	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Jennings	7	35.6	18.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.6	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.7	7.0	17.1	.408	1.7	5.9	.293	3.0	3.7	.808

Season 2
	Dave Bing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1967-68	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
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:	+16	+6.2	+10.9			+1.0	+1.6				-1.1	+4.9	+9.3	+.051				+2.8	+4.6	+.102
Brandon Jennings	63	34.4	16.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	4.8	1.5	0.3	2.3	2.1	5.7	14.7	.390	1.6	4.8	.323	3.2	3.9	.809
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
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dave Bing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1968-69	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
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:	+11	+4.2	+4.3			+1.6	+1.6				-1.6	+1.7	+3.7	+.007				+2.9	+4.5	+.095
Brandon Jennings	66	35.3	19.1	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	1.7	7.1	17.0	.418	2.0	5.9	.332	2.9	3.6	.808
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave Bing nor Brandon Jennings played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Dave Bing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1970-71	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Dave Bing	82	37.4	27.0	-	-	4.4	5.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.7	20.9	.467	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.797
difference:	+2	+3.3	+11.5			+1.3	+2.6				-0.8	+4.4	+6.7	+.094				+4.5	+5.4	+.046
Brandon Jennings	80	34.1	15.5	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.3	0.1	2.7	2.0	5.3	14.2	.373	1.9	5.7	.337	3.0	4.0	.751
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave Bing nor Brandon Jennings played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Dave Bing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1972-73	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic
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:	+34	+22.9	+15.5			+1.6	+4.3				-1.6	+6.1	+12.5	+.080				+4.4	+5.2	+.083
Brandon Jennings	48	18.1	6.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.2	2.3	6.3	.368	1.1	3.2	.329	1.2	1.6	.731
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave Bing nor Brandon Jennings played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Dave Bing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1973-74	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:		+16.4	+11.7	+0.9		+1.1	+2.0	+0.4	+0.2		-1.3	+4.8	+9.9	+.077				+3.0	+3.5	+.063
Brandon Jennings	81	22.2	7.1	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.0	1.6	1.4	2.4	6.6	.359	1.0	3.1	.313	1.4	1.9	.750
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:	+6	+30.9	+16.1	+0.5	+1.8	+2.2	+4.2	+0.2	+0.1		-1.9	+6.8	+15.9	+.031				+2.6	+3.7	+.142
Brandon Jennings	13	13.7	2.8	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.8	.389	0.2	1.0	.154	0.5	0.6	.875

Season 9
	Dave Bing	Brandon Jennings
Season	1974-75	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.8	19.0	1.1	2.5	3.6	7.7	1.5	0.3	-	2.8	7.3	16.9	.434	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.809
difference:	+65	+26.2	+13.8	+0.7	+0.6	+1.4	+4.6	+1.1			-2.0	+5.4	+11.8	+.059				+3.6	+4.7	+.191
Brandon Jennings	14	14.6	5.2	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.1	0.4	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.9	5.1	.375	0.6	2.4	.273	0.7	0.7	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	3	44.7	16.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	9.7	1.7	0.0	-	4.0	6.7	15.7	.426	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.615
difference:	+2	+39.7	+14.0	+1.0	+2.7	+3.7	+9.7	+1.7			-4.0	+6.7	+13.7	+.426				+0.7	+2.3	+.385
Brandon Jennings	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Additional Years
* Dave Bing played 3 seasons more than Brandon Jennings in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 12, from 1976 to 1978—Dave Bing played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Brandon Jennings, Dave Bing got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP