Dave Cowens vs. Larry Foust Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Foust 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, 1 less than Larry Foust, who played 12. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Larry Foust had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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 Cowens	Larry Foust
Season	1970-71	1950-51
Team	Boston Celtics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost West Div 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	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Larry Foust	68	-	13.5	-	-	10.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	4.8	13.9	.346	-	-	-	3.8	5.8	.659
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Foust	3	-	12.0	-	-	12.3	1.7	-	-	-	1.7	4.7	15.0	.311	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800

Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Larry Foust
Season	1971-72	1951-52
Team	Boston Celtics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost West Div 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	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Larry Foust	66	39.6	15.9	-	-	13.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.9	15.0	.394	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	.678
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
Larry Foust	2	38.5	15.0	-	-	15.0	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	11.5	.522	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.857

Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Larry Foust
Season	1972-73	1952-53
Team	Boston Celtics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost West Div 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
Larry Foust	67	34.4	14.3	-	-	11.5	2.3	-	-	-	4.0	4.6	12.9	.360	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
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
Larry Foust	8	41.5	19.1	-	-	13.9	0.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	15.1	.397	-	-	-	7.1	8.5	.838

Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Larry Foust
Season	1973-74	1953-54
Team	Boston Celtics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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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
Larry Foust	72	37.4	15.1	-	-	13.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	12.8	.409	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.712
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
Larry Foust	4	32.3	10.3	-	-	9.5	1.8	-	-	-	5.3	2.8	10.3	.268	-	-	-	4.8	6.3	.760

Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Larry Foust
Season	1974-75	1954-55
Team	Boston Celtics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons 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	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
Larry Foust	70	32.3	17.0	-	-	10.0	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	11.7	.487	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.766
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
Larry Foust	11	30.1	15.6	-	-	9.7	2.4	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	13.8	.395	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.712

Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Larry Foust
Season	1975-76	1955-56
Team	Boston Celtics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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
Larry Foust	72	28.1	16.2	-	-	9.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	11.4	.447	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.778
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
Larry Foust	10	28.9	16.8	-	-	12.7	1.4	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	13.0	.377	-	-	-	7.0	8.9	.787

Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Larry Foust
Season	1976-77	1956-57
Team	Boston Celtics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West Div 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
Larry Foust	61	25.1	12.4	-	-	9.1	1.2	-	-	-	3.6	4.0	10.1	.394	-	-	-	4.5	6.2	.718
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
Larry Foust	2	32.0	22.5	-	-	12.5	3.0	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	11.5	.565	-	-	-	9.5	11.5	.826

Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Larry Foust
Season	1977-78	1957-58
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
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 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
Larry Foust	72	30.6	16.8	-	-	12.2	1.5	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	13.6	.398	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Foust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dave Cowens	Larry Foust
Season	1978-79	1958-59
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Larry Foust	72	26.8	12.3	-	-	8.7	1.3	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	10.7	.390	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Foust	13	31.1	11.8	-	-	10.5	0.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.3	.418	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.820

Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Larry Foust
Season	1979-80	1959-60
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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	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
Larry Foust	72	27.3	12.2	-	-	8.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	10.6	.407	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
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
Larry Foust	12	17.1	6.5	-	-	5.7	0.9	-	-	-	3.0	2.4	6.2	.392	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.800

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