Dave Cowens vs. Andrei Kirilenko Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrei Kirilenko 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.

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, 2 less than Andrei Kirilenko, who played 13. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Andrei Kirilenko had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
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Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1970-71	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Andrei Kirilenko	82	26.2	10.7	1.8	3.1	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.450	0.3	1.2	.250	3.5	4.5	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrei Kirilenko	4	30.3	8.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.0	1.8	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.8	7.0	.393	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.0	.813

Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1971-72	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz 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	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Andrei Kirilenko	80	27.7	12.0	1.8	3.4	5.3	1.7	1.5	2.2	1.7	2.3	3.9	8.0	.491	0.5	1.4	.325	3.7	4.6	.800
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
Andrei Kirilenko	5	29.0	11.6	1.6	3.2	4.8	1.4	0.6	2.0	1.2	1.2	3.6	8.6	.419	0.2	1.4	.143	4.2	4.8	.875

Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1972-73	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Andrei Kirilenko	78	37.1	16.5	2.9	5.2	8.1	3.1	1.9	2.8	2.8	2.2	5.3	11.9	.443	0.9	2.6	.338	5.0	6.4	.790
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
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1973-74	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Andrei Kirilenko	41	32.9	15.6	2.2	4.0	6.2	3.2	1.6	3.3	2.2	2.5	5.0	10.2	.493	0.6	1.9	.299	5.0	6.3	.784
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
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1974-75	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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	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
Andrei Kirilenko	69	37.7	15.3	2.3	5.7	8.0	4.3	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.3	4.9	10.6	.460	0.5	1.7	.308	5.0	7.2	.699
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
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1975-76	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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	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
Andrei Kirilenko	70	29.3	8.3	1.3	3.4	4.7	2.9	1.1	2.1	1.9	2.5	2.8	6.0	.471	0.2	1.1	.213	2.5	3.4	.728
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
Andrei Kirilenko	17	31.0	9.6	1.6	3.6	5.2	2.6	0.9	2.4	2.1	3.1	3.2	7.2	.447	0.2	0.5	.333	3.0	3.8	.785

Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1976-77	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz 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	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
Andrei Kirilenko	72	30.8	11.0	1.7	3.0	4.7	4.0	1.2	1.5	1.9	2.3	3.8	7.6	.506	0.6	1.6	.379	2.8	3.6	.770
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
Andrei Kirilenko	12	32.3	11.0	1.3	2.2	3.4	2.5	1.5	1.7	1.5	3.8	4.3	9.5	.447	0.4	1.8	.227	2.1	2.9	.714

Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1977-78	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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
Andrei Kirilenko	67	27.3	11.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	2.6	1.2	1.1	1.8	1.9	3.8	8.5	.449	0.3	1.1	.274	3.6	4.6	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrei Kirilenko	5	27.2	11.0	1.4	1.4	2.8	2.0	2.2	0.6	1.0	1.2	4.4	9.4	.468	0.2	1.0	.200	2.0	2.8	.714

Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1979-80	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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	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
Andrei Kirilenko	64	31.2	11.7	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.0	1.3	1.2	1.8	1.8	4.0	8.5	.467	0.6	1.5	.367	3.3	4.2	.770
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
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Note: Andrei Kirilenko didn't play in 2011-12.