Dave Cowens vs. A.C. Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of A.C. Green and Dave Cowens, 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.

Dave Cowens played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than A.C. Green, who played 16. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while A.C. Green had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Dave Cowens	11	7	1970-71 to 1982-83
A.C. Green	16	13	1985-86 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 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 Cowens	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
A.C. Green	82	18.8	6.4	2.0	2.7	4.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	2.5	4.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	2.0	.611

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	9	11.8	2.4	0.3	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.0	1.9	.529	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.444


Season 2
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1971-72	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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 Cowens	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
A.C. Green	79	28.4	10.8	2.7	5.1	7.8	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.2	4.0	7.4	.538	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.6	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	11	40.1	15.5	-	-	13.8	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	14.2	.455	-	-	-	2.5	4.3	.596
A.C. Green	18	28.1	11.5	3.0	4.9	7.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.6	3.9	7.2	.546	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.8	.747


Season 3
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1972-73	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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 Cowens	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
A.C. Green	82	32.1	11.4	3.0	5.7	8.7	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.9	7.8	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	13	46.0	21.9	-	-	16.6	3.7	-	-	-	4.2	9.9	21.0	.473	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.659
A.C. Green	24	30.3	10.0	2.4	4.9	7.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.5	3.8	7.0	.544	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.753


Season 4
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1973-74	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA 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 Cowens	80	41.9	19.0	3.3	12.4	15.7	4.4	1.2	1.3	-	3.7	8.1	18.4	.437	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.832
A.C. Green	82	30.6	13.3	3.1	5.9	9.0	1.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.1	4.9	9.2	.529	0.0	0.2	.235	3.4	4.4	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	18	42.9	20.5	3.3	10.0	13.3	3.7	1.2	0.9	-	4.7	8.9	20.6	.435	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.797
A.C. Green	15	33.5	10.1	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.1	7.6	.412	0.0	0.2	.000	3.9	5.1	.763


Season 5
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1974-75	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers 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 Cowens	65	40.5	20.4	3.5	11.2	14.7	4.6	1.3	1.1	-	3.7	8.8	18.4	.475	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.783
A.C. Green	82	33.0	12.9	3.2	5.5	8.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.5	4.7	9.8	.478	0.2	0.6	.283	3.4	4.5	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	11	43.5	20.5	4.5	12.0	16.5	4.2	1.6	0.5	-	4.5	9.2	21.5	.428	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.885
A.C. Green	9	28.0	11.8	3.8	5.2	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.6	8.8	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.750


Season 6
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1975-76	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA 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 Cowens	78	39.8	19.0	4.3	11.7	16.0	4.2	1.2	0.9	-	4.0	7.8	16.7	.468	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.756
A.C. Green	82	26.4	9.1	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.4	3.1	6.6	.476	0.1	0.7	.200	2.7	3.7	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	18	44.3	21.0	4.8	11.6	16.4	4.6	1.2	0.7	-	4.7	8.7	18.9	.457	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759
A.C. Green	19	21.1	6.5	2.4	2.9	5.4	0.5	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.9	2.2	5.1	.423	0.2	0.4	.500	2.0	2.8	.704


Season 7
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1976-77	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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 Cowens	50	37.8	16.4	2.9	11.0	13.9	5.0	0.9	1.0	-	3.6	6.6	15.1	.434	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.818
A.C. Green	82	35.4	13.6	3.7	5.6	9.3	1.4	1.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.7	9.8	.476	0.1	0.7	.214	4.1	5.6	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	9	42.1	16.6	3.2	11.7	14.9	4.0	0.9	1.4	-	4.1	7.3	16.4	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.773
A.C. Green	4	38.3	12.8	3.8	5.3	9.0	1.8	1.8	0.0	1.3	2.5	4.0	9.8	.410	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	5.8	.826


Season 8
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1977-78	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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 Cowens	77	41.8	18.6	3.2	10.8	14.0	4.6	1.3	0.9	2.8	3.9	7.8	15.8	.490	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.842
A.C. Green	82	34.4	12.8	3.5	5.2	8.7	1.4	1.1	0.5	1.4	1.8	4.6	8.6	.537	0.2	0.6	.348	3.4	4.6	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	5	44.0	9.8	5.2	9.4	14.6	2.6	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.8	3.6	8.4	.429	0.0	1.0	.000	2.6	4.2	.619


Season 9
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1978-79	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Cowens	68	37.0	16.6	2.2	7.4	9.6	3.6	1.1	0.8	2.6	3.9	7.2	14.9	.483	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.807
A.C. Green	82	34.5	14.7	3.4	5.8	9.2	1.7	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	5.7	11.3	.502	0.1	0.4	.229	3.2	4.4	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	10	35.0	12.5	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	2.2	4.0	8.3	.482	0.7	1.7	.412	3.8	6.2	.613


Season 10
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1979-80	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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 Cowens	66	32.7	14.2	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.4	14.1	.453	0.0	0.2	.083	1.4	1.8	.779
A.C. Green	82	32.8	11.2	2.4	5.8	8.2	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.8	7.5	.504	0.5	1.5	.339	3.1	4.2	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	9	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.3	7.3	2.3	1.0	0.8	0.9	4.1	5.4	11.4	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.2	.909
A.C. Green	10	36.8	12.8	3.8	8.2	12.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.0	2.2	3.6	7.8	.462	0.1	1.2	.083	5.5	6.3	.873

Note: Dave Cowens didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.


Season 11
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	1982-83	1995-96
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Cowens	40	25.4	8.1	1.8	5.0	6.9	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.4	3.4	7.7	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.6	.825
A.C. Green	82	25.8	7.5	2.0	4.7	6.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.6	5.4	.484	0.2	0.6	.269	2.0	2.9	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	4	21.8	4.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	0.8	.000	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 12
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	83	30.0	7.2	2.7	5.2	7.9	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.7	2.8	5.8	.483	0.0	0.2	.050	1.5	2.4	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	82	32.3	7.3	2.7	5.5	8.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	6.5	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	50	18.5	4.9	1.6	2.9	4.6	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.4	2.2	5.1	.422	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.0	.577

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	82	23.5	5.0	2.0	4.0	5.9	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.7	.447	0.0	0.0	.250	0.8	1.2	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	23	18.7	3.9	1.9	2.3	4.2	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.9	1.6	3.9	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.696


Season 16
	Dave Cowens	A.C. Green
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East 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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	82	17.2	4.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.8	4.0	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	3	7.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Dave Cowens vs. A.C. Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of A.C. Green and Dave Cowens, 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

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16