Dave DeBusschere vs. Brendan Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brendan Haywood and Dave DeBusschere, 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 DeBusschere played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Brendan Haywood, who played 13. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Brendan Haywood had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13
Rookie Season
	Dave DeBusschere	Brendan Haywood
Season	1962-63	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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 DeBusschere	80	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718
Brendan Haywood	62	20.4	5.1	2.3	2.9	5.2	0.5	0.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	1.8	3.6	.493	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.606
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	4	39.8	20.0	-	-	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	-	-	-	7.5	11.0	.682
Brendan Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Brendan Haywood
Season	1965-66	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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 DeBusschere	79	34.1	16.4	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	16.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.659
Brendan Haywood	68	27.4	9.4	3.0	3.9	6.8	0.8	0.8	1.7	1.4	3.2	3.5	6.3	.560	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.8	.609
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brendan Haywood	10	29.4	10.6	3.5	4.1	7.6	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.0	4.0	3.9	7.2	.542	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.4	.636

Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Brendan Haywood
Season	1966-67	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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 DeBusschere	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705
Brendan Haywood	79	23.8	7.3	2.5	3.4	5.9	0.6	0.4	1.3	1.2	2.9	2.8	5.5	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.8	.585
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brendan Haywood	6	25.8	7.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.8	0.3	1.8	1.2	3.7	2.5	3.7	.682	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	4.2	.520

Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Brendan Haywood
Season	1967-68	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Wizards 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 DeBusschere	80	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664
Brendan Haywood	77	22.6	6.6	2.5	3.7	6.2	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.2	2.7	2.6	4.6	.558	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.7	.548
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	6	43.8	19.3	-	-	16.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.5	17.7	.425	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.578
Brendan Haywood	3	11.3	4.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.3	1.7	2.3	.714	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750

Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Brendan Haywood
Season	1968-69	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Wizards 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 DeBusschere	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698
Brendan Haywood	80	27.9	10.6	3.4	3.8	7.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	1.4	2.7	4.0	7.5	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.7	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	10	41.9	16.3	-	-	14.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	17.4	.351	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.820
Brendan Haywood	6	29.7	12.0	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.8	0.7	1.5	1.0	4.2	4.3	7.3	.591	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.2	.800

Season 8
	Dave DeBusschere	Brendan Haywood
Season	1969-70	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	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 DeBusschere	79	33.3	14.6	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	13.7	.451	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688
Brendan Haywood	6	29.2	9.7	2.2	5.2	7.3	1.3	0.7	2.5	1.5	2.3	4.0	8.3	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.5	.476
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	19	36.9	16.1	-	-	11.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.8	16.3	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.662
Brendan Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dave DeBusschere	Brendan Haywood
Season	1970-71	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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 DeBusschere	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696
Brendan Haywood	77	30.6	9.1	3.6	5.7	9.3	0.6	0.3	2.1	1.3	2.7	3.6	6.4	.562	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.2	.620
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	12	40.7	16.4	-	-	13.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	16.8	.416	-	-	-	2.4	3.7	.659
Brendan Haywood	6	23.2	6.0	3.0	3.2	6.2	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.0	3.5	.571	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.3	.600

Season 10
	Dave DeBusschere	Brendan Haywood
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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 DeBusschere	80	38.4	15.4	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728
Brendan Haywood	72	18.5	4.4	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	0.7	2.0	1.8	3.1	.574	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	2.5	.362
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	16	38.5	16.6	-	-	12.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	6.8	15.1	.450	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Brendan Haywood	18	15.3	3.1	1.9	2.2	4.1	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.7	2.7	1.0	1.7	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.4	.465

Season 11
	Dave DeBusschere	Brendan Haywood
Season	1972-73	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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 DeBusschere	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746
Brendan Haywood	54	21.2	5.2	2.6	3.4	6.0	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.9	2.2	2.2	4.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.8	.469
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	17	37.2	15.6	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	15.6	.442	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.775
Brendan Haywood	4	15.3	3.3	1.8	1.5	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.625

Season 12
	Dave DeBusschere	Brendan Haywood
Season	1973-74	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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 DeBusschere	71	38.0	18.1	1.9	8.8	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	-	3.1	7.9	17.1	.461	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.756
Brendan Haywood	61	19.0	3.5	2.0	2.7	4.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.8	2.0	1.5	3.5	.431	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.455
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	12	33.7	12.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	3.2	0.6	0.3	-	3.0	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.621
Brendan Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Brendan Haywood didn't play in 2013-14.