Dave Cowens vs. Luc Mbah a Moute Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luc Mbah a Moute 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 Luc Mbah a Moute, who played 12. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Luc Mbah a Moute had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1970-71	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
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	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Luc Mbah a Moute	82	25.8	7.2	2.3	3.6	5.9	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.2	2.5	2.8	6.0	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.729
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1971-72	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks 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
Luc Mbah a Moute	73	25.6	6.2	2.3	3.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.1	.480	0.1	0.2	.353	1.3	1.8	.699
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	7	25.4	9.1	2.0	3.6	5.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.1	3.7	7.1	.520	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	2.9	.600

Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1972-73	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
Luc Mbah a Moute	79	26.5	6.7	2.1	3.2	5.3	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.3	2.5	5.4	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.4	.707
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1973-74	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	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
Luc Mbah a Moute	43	23.5	7.7	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.1	.510	0.0	0.1	.250	1.5	2.4	.641
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1974-75	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks 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
Luc Mbah a Moute	58	22.9	6.7	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.9	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	6.5	.401	0.2	0.6	.351	1.2	2.2	.571
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	4	34.0	8.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	1.8	1.0	0.0	1.3	2.3	2.5	5.8	.435	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.5	.722

Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1975-76	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	64	15.7	3.5	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.4	3.0	.451	0.1	0.3	.235	0.7	1.0	.687
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1976-77	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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	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
Luc Mbah a Moute	67	28.6	9.9	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.6	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.6	3.7	9.5	.395	0.9	3.0	.307	1.4	2.4	.589
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1977-78	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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
Luc Mbah a Moute	75	17.0	3.1	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.3	2.8	.454	0.2	0.5	.325	0.4	0.8	.526
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luc Mbah a Moute	5	15.6	1.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.8	0.8	1.2	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Luc Mbah a Moute
Season	1979-80	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets 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	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
Luc Mbah a Moute	61	25.6	7.5	0.4	2.7	3.0	0.9	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.6	2.7	5.7	.481	1.0	2.8	.364	1.1	1.6	.684
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
Luc Mbah a Moute	9	16.6	2.8	0.3	2.1	2.4	0.3	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.9	1.0	4.0	.250	0.3	1.7	.200	0.4	0.8	.571

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