Dave Cowens vs. Truck Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Truck Robinson 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 Truck Robinson both played 11 years in the NBA. Dave Cowens had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Truck Robinson had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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	Truck Robinson
Season	1970-71	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732
Truck Robinson	76	13.1	5.8	1.2	2.7	4.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	-	1.7	2.5	5.2	.486	-	-	-	0.8	1.5	.522
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	17	7.6	2.1	0.6	1.7	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	-	1.2	0.8	2.5	.333	-	-	-	0.4	0.8	.500

Season 2
	Dave Cowens	Truck Robinson
Season	1971-72	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bullets 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	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720
Truck Robinson	82	25.1	11.2	1.7	5.1	6.8	1.4	0.5	1.3	-	2.9	4.3	9.5	.454	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	.672
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
Truck Robinson	7	19.6	7.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	0.7	0.7	1.1	-	3.9	2.3	5.3	.432	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.810

Season 3
	Dave Cowens	Truck Robinson
Season	1972-73	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks
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
Truck Robinson	77	36.1	19.0	3.3	7.5	10.8	1.8	0.9	0.5	-	3.3	7.5	15.6	.478	-	-	-	4.1	5.6	.730
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
Truck Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dave Cowens	Truck Robinson
Season	1973-74	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	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
Truck Robinson	82	44.4	22.7	3.6	12.1	15.7	2.1	0.9	1.0	3.7	3.2	9.1	20.5	.444	-	-	-	4.5	7.0	.640
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
Truck Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dave Cowens	Truck Robinson
Season	1974-75	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Jazz, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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	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
Truck Robinson	69	36.8	21.1	2.8	8.8	11.6	1.6	0.7	1.1	3.4	3.0	8.2	16.7	.491	-	-	-	4.7	6.7	.701
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
Truck Robinson	15	26.1	10.5	2.5	5.5	8.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.1	3.5	3.7	9.3	.403	-	-	-	3.0	4.6	.652

Season 6
	Dave Cowens	Truck Robinson
Season	1975-76	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns Lost West 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	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
Truck Robinson	82	33.0	17.3	2.6	6.8	9.4	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	3.2	6.6	13.0	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.9	.667
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
Truck Robinson	3	21.3	5.7	1.7	5.0	6.7	1.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.0	2.0	5.3	.375	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.714

Season 7
	Dave Cowens	Truck Robinson
Season	1976-77	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West 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	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
Truck Robinson	82	37.7	18.8	2.6	7.0	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.9	15.6	.505	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.8	.629
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
Truck Robinson	7	33.3	10.6	3.3	7.4	10.7	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.1	3.9	11.0	.351	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.9	.588

Season 8
	Dave Cowens	Truck Robinson
Season	1977-78	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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	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
Truck Robinson	74	37.1	19.1	2.7	7.0	9.7	2.4	0.6	0.4	2.7	2.9	7.8	15.2	.513	0.0	0.0	1.000	3.4	5.0	.687
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	7	30.4	13.3	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.4	6.4	11.4	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.4	.300

Season 10
	Dave Cowens	Truck Robinson
Season	1979-80	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks 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	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
Truck Robinson	65	32.8	10.8	2.6	5.8	8.4	1.4	0.7	0.4	2.5	3.3	4.4	8.9	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.646
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
Truck Robinson	12	30.2	7.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.3	3.4	3.2	6.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600

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