Dave Bing vs. Luc Longley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luc Longley 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 Luc Longley, who played 10. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Luc Longley had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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	Luc Longley
Season	1966-67	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
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	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
Luc Longley	66	15.0	4.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.4	1.7	3.8	.458	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.663
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dave Bing	Luc Longley
Season	1967-68	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div 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	79	40.6	27.1	-	-	4.7	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	24.0	.441	-	-	-	6.0	8.5	.707
Luc Longley	55	19.0	5.8	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.9	1.4	1.6	3.1	2.4	5.3	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.716
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
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dave Bing	Luc Longley
Season	1968-69	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 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
Luc Longley	76	19.8	6.9	1.7	4.0	5.7	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.8	2.9	6.1	.471	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.6	.720
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luc Longley	10	17.0	6.3	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.8	0.6	0.8	2.1	3.8	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722

Season 5
	Dave Bing	Luc Longley
Season	1970-71	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Luc Longley	62	26.5	9.1	1.7	3.5	5.1	1.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.6	3.9	8.1	.482	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luc Longley	18	24.4	8.3	1.9	2.7	4.6	1.6	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.6	3.4	7.2	.469	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.1	.757

Season 6
	Dave Bing	Luc Longley
Season	1971-72	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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	45	43.0	22.6	-	-	4.1	7.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	19.8	.414	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.785
Luc Longley	59	24.9	9.1	2.1	3.6	5.6	2.4	0.4	1.1	1.9	3.2	3.7	8.2	.456	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.792
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luc Longley	19	22.8	6.5	2.1	2.4	4.4	1.8	0.4	0.8	1.5	3.4	3.0	5.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.4	.385

Season 7
	Dave Bing	Luc Longley
Season	1972-73	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Luc Longley	58	29.4	11.4	1.9	3.9	5.9	2.8	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	4.8	10.5	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luc Longley	18	25.4	7.9	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.9	0.7	0.8	2.0	4.1	3.0	6.7	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.2	.872

Season 8
	Dave Bing	Luc Longley
Season	1973-74	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
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
Luc Longley	39	23.9	8.7	1.5	4.2	5.7	1.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.1	3.6	7.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.776
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
Luc Longley	3	17.0	1.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	4.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 9
	Dave Bing	Luc Longley
Season	1974-75	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 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	40.8	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
Luc Longley	72	19.7	6.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.1	2.6	5.5	.466	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.825
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
Luc Longley	9	18.1	4.2	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	4.0	2.0	5.7	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.667

Season 10
	Dave Bing	Luc Longley
Season	1975-76	2000-01
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
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
Luc Longley	25	12.0	2.0	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.9	2.0	0.7	2.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.765
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
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-