Dave DeBusschere vs. Danilo Gallinari Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danilo Gallinari 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, 2 less than Danilo Gallinari, who played 14. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Danilo Gallinari 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Dave DeBusschere	Danilo Gallinari
Season	1962-63	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+52	+14.7	+6.6			+6.7	+2.1				-1.4	+3.1	+7.3	+.018				+1.7	+2.6	+.245
Danilo Gallinari	28	14.7	6.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.7	2.0	4.5	.448	1.1	2.6	.444	0.9	1.0	.963
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
Danilo Gallinari	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Danilo Gallinari
Season	1965-66	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+36	+2.7	+1.8			+6.9	+0.1				-1.2	+2.1	+5.5	+.006				+1.0	+0.1	+.212
Danilo Gallinari	43	31.4	14.6	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.0	4.5	10.8	.414	1.4	4.3	.328	4.2	4.9	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danilo Gallinari	7	31.7	13.4	1.3	3.9	5.1	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.9	13.4	.362	0.6	3.3	.174	3.1	3.4	.917

Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Danilo Gallinari
Season	1966-67	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+7	+4.6	+2.0			+6.6	+0.3				-2.0	+1.7	+4.1	+.003				+0.6	+1.7	+.117
Danilo Gallinari	71	32.5	16.2	0.9	4.3	5.2	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.8	5.1	12.3	.418	1.9	5.1	.373	4.0	4.9	.822
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave DeBusschere nor Danilo Gallinari played in the postseason in their season 5

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2013-14.

Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Danilo Gallinari
Season	1967-68	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+21	+14.9	+5.5			+9.8	+0.9				-2.2	+3.3	+6.6	+.041				+0.7	+2.2	+.231
Danilo Gallinari	59	24.2	12.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.9	9.6	.401	1.8	5.1	.355	2.9	3.2	.895
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
Danilo Gallinari	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Danilo Gallinari
Season	1968-69	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+23	+4.0	+3.2			+6.4					-2.2	+1.3	+1.8	+.034				+4.1	+3.9	+.170
Danilo Gallinari	53	34.7	19.5	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.6	5.4	13.2	.410	1.6	4.5	.364	7.1	8.2	.868
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
Danilo Gallinari	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dave DeBusschere	Danilo Gallinari
Season	1969-70	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+16	+0.6	+3.6			+4.8	+0.4				-1.6	+0.9	+1.8	+.004				+3.3	+2.9	+.214
Danilo Gallinari	63	33.9	18.2	0.6	4.5	5.2	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	5.3	11.9	.447	2.0	5.1	.389	5.5	6.1	.902
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
Danilo Gallinari	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dave DeBusschere	Danilo Gallinari
Season	1970-71	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+60	+3.7	+0.3			+6.3	+0.7				-1.5	+1.6	+3.1	+.023				+1.2	+0.2	+.235
Danilo Gallinari	21	32.0	15.3	0.4	4.4	4.8	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.2	1.4	4.9	12.2	.398	1.7	5.3	.324	3.9	4.1	.931
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
Danilo Gallinari	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dave DeBusschere	Danilo Gallinari
Season	1971-72	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+12	+8.1	+4.4			+5.2	+1.0				-0.8	+0.5	+2.2	+.036				+3.0	+2.7	+.176
Danilo Gallinari	68	30.3	19.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	2.6	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	6.0	13.0	.463	2.4	5.5	.433	5.4	6.0	.904
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
difference:	+10	+5.0	+3.2			+5.9	+0.4				-0.9	+0.3	+3.4	+.099				+1.7	+1.5	+.098
Danilo Gallinari	6	33.5	19.8	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.7	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.3	6.5	18.5	.351	2.2	7.2	.302	4.7	5.5	.848

Season 11
	Dave DeBusschere	Danilo Gallinari
Season	1972-73	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+15	+7.1	+2.4			+5.0	+1.5				-1.6	+1.1	+2.7	+.003				+1.8	+1.4	+.147
Danilo Gallinari	62	29.6	18.7	0.5	4.6	5.2	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.2	5.8	13.2	.438	2.9	7.1	.405	4.3	4.8	.893
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
difference:	+10	+6.9	+0.6			+5.1	+2.4				-1.8	+2.3	+4.3	+.037				+2.3	+1.9	+.192
Danilo Gallinari	7	30.3	15.0	0.7	4.7	5.4	1.0	0.7	0.1	2.1	1.6	4.6	11.3	.405	1.7	5.3	.324	4.1	4.3	.967

Season 12
	Dave DeBusschere	Danilo Gallinari
Season	1973-74	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+20	+14.0	+4.8	+1.6	+5.0	+6.6	+2.1	+0.3	+0.3		-1.0	+3.9	+7.8	+.027				+0.9	+0.3	+.169
Danilo Gallinari	51	24.0	13.3	0.3	3.8	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.1	4.0	9.3	.434	2.0	5.0	.406	3.2	3.4	.925
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
difference:	+6	+9.1	+0.8	+1.7	+2.8	+4.4	+2.4	+0.3	+0.1		-0.4	+1.2	+4.1	+.045				+1.2	+0.5	+.321
Danilo Gallinari	18	24.6	12.8	0.4	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.6	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	4.7	.405	2.7	2.9	.942