Dave Cowens vs. Isaac Okoro Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaac Okoro 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, 6 more than Isaac Okoro, who played 5. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Isaac Okoro had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Isaac Okoro
Season	1970-71	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+14	+5.6	+7.4			+11.9	+0.9				-1.5	+3.3	+7.8	+.002				+1.7	+2.3	+.006
Isaac Okoro	67	32.4	9.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	.420	0.9	3.2	.290	1.7	2.3	.726
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave Cowens nor Isaac Okoro played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Isaac Okoro
Season	1971-72	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+12	+10.7	+10.0			+12.2	+1.3				-1.6	+5.2	+10.8	+.004				+0.4	+0.8	+.048
Isaac Okoro	67	29.6	8.8	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.4	3.1	6.4	.480	0.8	2.3	.350	1.8	2.3	.768
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
Isaac Okoro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Isaac Okoro
Season	1972-73	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+6	+20.1	+14.1			+13.7	+3.0				-1.7	+6.7	+15.3	+.042				+1.5	+1.8	+.022
Isaac Okoro	76	21.7	6.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.3	4.7	.494	0.8	2.3	.363	1.0	1.4	.757
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
difference:	+8	+31.0	+15.5			+15.2	+2.9				-2.2	+7.7	+16.4	+.005				+0.9	+2.0	+.341
Isaac Okoro	5	15.0	6.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.2	4.6	.478	0.8	2.6	.308	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Isaac Okoro
Season	1973-74	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+11	+14.6	+9.6	+2.3	+10.4	+12.7	+2.5	+0.4	+0.8		-1.7	+4.7	+11.4	+.053				+1.6	+1.4	+.153
Isaac Okoro	69	27.3	9.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4	7.0	.490	1.2	3.1	.391	1.3	2.0	.679
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
difference:	+6	+21.0	+15.0	+2.9	+8.7	+11.5	+2.6	+0.3	+0.6		-2.2	+6.8	+14.8	+.078				+2.0	+2.5	+.019
Isaac Okoro	12	21.9	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.8	.357	0.8	2.9	.257	0.6	0.8	.778

Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Isaac Okoro
Season	1974-75	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+10	+21.4	+14.3	+2.6	+9.7	+12.3	+3.4	+0.7	+0.8		-1.8	+6.5	+13.5	+.011				+2.3	+3.0	+.066
Isaac Okoro	55	19.1	6.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.9	.464	1.0	2.7	.371	0.6	0.8	.717
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
difference:	+2	+29.3	+15.9	+4.1	+11.2	+15.3	+3.6	+0.9	+0.4		-3.1	+7.5	+18.2	+.072				+1.5	+1.5	+.260
Isaac Okoro	9	14.2	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	3.3	.500	0.7	1.8	.375	0.6	0.9	.625

Additional Years
* Dave Cowens played 6 seasons more than Isaac Okoro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 11, from 1976 to 1983—Dave Cowens played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Isaac Okoro, Dave Cowens got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 4 All-Star Game