Dave Cowens vs. Terrence Ross Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Terrence Ross 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 and Terrence Ross both played 11 years in the NBA. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Terrence Ross had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Rookie Season
	Dave Cowens	Terrence Ross
Season	1970-71	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
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
Terrence Ross	73	17.0	6.4	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.7	2.5	6.3	.407	0.9	2.7	.332	0.4	0.6	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terrence Ross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Terrence Ross
Season	1971-72	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Raptors 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
Terrence Ross	81	26.7	10.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.3	3.9	9.3	.423	2.0	5.0	.395	1.0	1.2	.837
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
Terrence Ross	7	22.6	5.0	0.1	1.9	2.0	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.7	2.0	6.7	.298	0.6	3.4	.167	0.4	0.7	.600

Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Terrence Ross
Season	1972-73	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Raptors 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	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779
Terrence Ross	82	25.5	9.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.7	3.8	9.2	.410	1.8	4.8	.372	0.5	0.7	.786
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
Terrence Ross	4	26.8	7.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.5	2.5	2.8	7.3	.379	1.5	4.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Terrence Ross
Season	1973-74	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors 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
Terrence Ross	73	23.9	9.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.7	8.6	.431	1.8	4.6	.386	0.7	0.8	.790
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
Terrence Ross	20	16.8	6.3	0.2	1.4	1.6	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.3	6.0	.387	1.1	3.2	.328	0.7	1.0	.650

Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Terrence Ross
Season	1974-75	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second 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
Terrence Ross	78	25.1	11.0	0.2	2.4	2.6	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.8	4.2	9.6	.437	1.8	5.0	.363	0.8	1.0	.831
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
Terrence Ross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Terrence Ross
Season	1975-76	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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
Terrence Ross	24	25.0	8.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.6	1.1	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.2	8.0	.398	1.3	3.9	.323	1.1	1.5	.750
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
Terrence Ross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Terrence Ross
Season	1976-77	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Magic 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	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
Terrence Ross	81	26.5	15.1	0.3	3.1	3.5	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	5.4	12.7	.428	2.7	7.0	.383	1.6	1.8	.875
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
Terrence Ross	5	29.2	13.2	0.2	3.4	3.6	1.4	1.2	0.4	2.0	2.0	4.0	10.8	.370	2.4	7.0	.343	2.8	3.4	.824

Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Terrence Ross
Season	1977-78	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	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
Terrence Ross	69	27.4	14.7	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.2	1.1	0.3	1.0	1.6	4.9	12.3	.403	2.6	7.3	.351	2.3	2.7	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terrence Ross	5	27.0	16.4	0.2	4.2	4.4	1.0	0.8	0.2	1.6	2.8	6.0	12.8	.469	2.0	6.0	.333	2.4	2.8	.857

Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Terrence Ross
Season	1979-80	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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
Terrence Ross	63	23.0	10.0	0.3	2.2	2.6	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.1	3.5	8.8	.397	1.2	4.2	.292	1.8	2.1	.862
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
Terrence Ross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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