Dave Bing vs. Connie Dierking Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Connie Dierking 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, 2 more than Connie Dierking, who played 10. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Connie Dierking had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Dave Bing	Connie Dierking
Season	1966-67	1958-59
Team	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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
Connie Dierking	64	11.3	4.6	-	-	3.6	0.5	-	-	-	2.3	1.6	4.5	.362	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.593
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connie Dierking	4	8.5	2.8	-	-	4.3	0.5	-	-	-	1.3	0.5	3.0	.167	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.778

Season 2
	Dave Bing	Connie Dierking
Season	1967-68	1959-60
Team	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Nationals Lost East Div Semis

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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
Connie Dierking	71	15.8	6.9	-	-	6.4	0.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.7	7.4	.365	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.574
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
Connie Dierking	3	10.7	4.0	-	-	5.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	6.7	.300	-	-	-	0.0	0.3	.000

Note: Connie Dierking didn't play in 1960-61, 1961-62 and 1962-63.

Season 3
	Dave Bing	Connie Dierking
Season	1968-69	1963-64
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Div Semis

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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
Connie Dierking	76	16.9	6.5	-	-	5.6	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	2.5	6.8	.372	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connie Dierking	5	14.2	6.6	-	-	6.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	6.6	.424	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.556

Season 5
	Dave Bing	Connie Dierking
Season	1970-71	1965-66
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Semis

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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
Connie Dierking	57	13.7	5.6	-	-	4.3	0.8	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	5.6	.416	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.610
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connie Dierking	4	16.0	6.8	-	-	3.8	0.3	-	-	-	2.8	2.3	4.5	.500	-	-	-	2.3	2.5	.900

Season 7
	Dave Bing	Connie Dierking
Season	1972-73	1967-68
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dave Bing	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
Connie Dierking	81	32.6	16.4	-	-	9.5	2.4	-	-	-	3.9	6.7	14.4	.467	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dave Bing	Connie Dierking
Season	1973-74	1968-69
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West 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		%
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
Connie Dierking	82	31.0	16.3	-	-	9.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.7	6.7	15.0	.443	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.762
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
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dave Bing	Connie Dierking
Season	1974-75	1969-70
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West 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		%
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
Connie Dierking	76	32.2	16.7	-	-	8.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.752
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
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dave Bing	Connie Dierking
Season	1975-76	1970-71
Team	Washington Bullets	Cincinnati Royals, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Dave Bing	82	35.9	16.2	1.1	1.7	2.9	6.0	1.4	0.3	-	3.2	6.1	13.6	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Connie Dierking	54	13.6	5.8	-	-	4.3	1.1	-	-	-	2.1	2.3	6.0	.388	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	29.9	13.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	-	2.6	4.9	10.9	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Connie Dierking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-