Dave Cowens vs. Dale Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dale Davis 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 Dale Davis, who played 16. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Dale Davis 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dave Cowens	11	7	1970-71 to 1982-83
Dale Davis	16	14	1991-92 to 2006-07

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	Dale Davis
Season	1970-71	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Dale Davis	64	20.3	6.2	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.5	0.4	1.2	0.8	3.0	2.4	4.4	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.572

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	3	23.0	2.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	0.7	0.0	1.7	0.3	2.7	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	1971-72	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers 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	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Dale Davis	82	27.6	8.9	3.5	5.3	8.8	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.0	3.3	3.7	6.5	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.7	.529

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
Dale Davis	4	29.3	4.3	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250


Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	1972-73	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Dale Davis	66	34.7	11.7	4.2	6.6	10.9	1.5	0.7	1.6	1.5	3.2	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	4.5	.527

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
Dale Davis	16	36.1	7.7	3.9	6.0	9.9	0.7	1.1	1.1	1.9	3.3	3.5	6.6	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	2.3	.306


Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	1973-74	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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	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
Dale Davis	74	31.7	10.6	3.5	5.9	9.4	0.8	1.0	1.6	1.7	3.0	4.4	7.8	.563	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.5	.533

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
Dale Davis	17	28.8	7.9	3.1	4.9	8.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.3	3.3	6.2	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.8	.489


Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	1974-75	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers 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	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
Dale Davis	78	33.6	10.3	3.2	5.9	9.1	1.0	0.7	1.4	1.5	3.1	4.3	7.7	.558	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.7	.467

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
Dale Davis	5	36.8	7.2	4.0	7.2	11.2	0.8	0.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	3.2	6.2	.516	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364


Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	1975-76	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	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	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
Dale Davis	80	32.4	10.4	3.8	5.9	9.7	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.9	4.6	8.6	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.7	.428

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
Dale Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	1976-77	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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	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
Dale Davis	78	27.9	8.0	3.0	4.8	7.8	0.9	0.7	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	6.4	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.2	.465

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
Dale Davis	16	29.2	8.8	2.8	4.8	7.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.6	3.5	5.4	.651	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	4.0	.453


Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	1977-78	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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	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
Dale Davis	50	27.5	8.0	3.1	5.2	8.3	0.4	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.3	3.2	6.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.618

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	13	30.3	9.1	3.5	6.7	10.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.5	5.9	.584	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.8	.560


Season 9
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	1978-79	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	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
Dale Davis	74	28.7	10.0	3.5	6.4	9.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.7	4.1	8.1	.502	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	23	31.1	8.3	3.6	7.8	11.4	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.8	3.6	3.4	6.6	.523	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.6	.542


Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	1979-80	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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	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
Dale Davis	81	26.7	7.2	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.3	0.5	0.9	0.8	2.5	3.0	6.0	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.632

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
Dale Davis	2	10.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500

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


Season 11
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	1982-83	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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
Dale Davis	78	31.4	9.5	3.4	5.5	8.8	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.8	2.5	3.8	7.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	3	23.7	2.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	5.3	1.0	3.7	.273	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 12
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	78	29.3	7.4	3.0	4.2	7.2	1.2	0.7	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.0	5.6	.541	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.633

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	6	26.8	7.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.7	1.8	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.654


Season 13
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	76	22.1	4.4	2.1	3.2	5.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.0	1.8	3.7	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.613

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


Season 14
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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 Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	61	21.4	4.7	2.5	3.7	6.1	0.8	0.5	1.1	0.7	2.7	1.8	3.8	.479	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.606

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	13	24.2	5.3	2.8	3.4	6.2	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.0	4.5	.448	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.680


Season 15
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	28	6.4	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	.375	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	8	4.5	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 16
	Dave Cowens	Dale Davis
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	46	10.1	1.8	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.6	.446	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	8	6.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.4	1.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Dave Cowens vs. Dale Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dale Davis 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