Dave DeBusschere vs. Jrue Holiday Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jrue Holiday 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 4 less than Jrue Holiday, who played 16. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Jrue Holiday had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dave DeBusschere	12	8	1962-63 to 1973-74
Jrue Holiday	16	9	2009-10 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1962-63	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+7	+5.2	+4.7			+6.1	+1.2				-1.0	+1.9	+4.7	+.012				+1.7	+2.4	+.038
Jrue Holiday	73	24.2	8.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.1	3.2	7.1	.442	0.8	2.2	.390	0.9	1.2	.756

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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1963-64	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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2nd 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	15	20.3	8.6	-	-	7.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.1	3.5	8.9	.391	-	-	-	1.7	2.9	.581
difference:	+67	+15.1	+5.4			+3.0	+5.0				-0.4	+1.9	+3.3	+.055				+0.4	+0.4	+.242
Jrue Holiday	82	35.4	14.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	6.5	1.5	0.4	2.7	2.5	5.4	12.2	.446	1.0	2.7	.365	2.1	2.5	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	5	37.6	14.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.2	2.0	4.8	11.6	.414	2.2	4.2	.524	2.4	3.0	.800


Season 3
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1964-65	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd 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	35.1	16.7	-	-	11.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.1	.425	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.700
difference:	+14	+1.3	+3.2			+7.8	+1.3				-1.0	+0.9	+2.3	+.007				+2.5	+3.7	+.083
Jrue Holiday	65	33.8	13.5	0.9	2.4	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.5	12.8	.432	1.0	2.6	.380	1.4	1.8	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	13	38.0	15.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.2	1.5	0.6	2.0	1.8	5.7	13.8	.413	1.5	3.8	.408	2.9	3.4	.864


Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1965-66	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+3.4	+1.3			+7.4	+5.4				-1.0	+0.5	+0.2	+.023				+0.9	+1.7	+.093
Jrue Holiday	78	37.5	17.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	8.0	1.6	0.4	3.7	2.2	7.1	16.5	.431	1.2	3.2	.368	2.3	3.1	.752

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave DeBusschere nor Jrue Holiday played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1966-67	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+44	+3.5	+3.9			+7.6	+5.1				-1.1	+0.8	+3.0	+.032				+3.1	+4.7	+.105
Jrue Holiday	34	33.6	14.3	0.8	3.4	4.2	7.9	1.6	0.4	3.1	2.7	6.0	13.4	.447	0.9	2.3	.390	1.5	1.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave DeBusschere nor Jrue Holiday played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1967-68	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+40	+6.5	+3.1			+10.1	+4.6				-1.0	+1.2	+2.8	+.004				+2.0	+3.5	+.191
Jrue Holiday	40	32.6	14.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.8	6.0	13.4	.446	1.3	3.4	.378	1.6	1.9	.855

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
difference:	+3	+25.5	+13.0			+15.2	+2.1				-2.8	+5.2	+11.4	+.057				+3.0	+6.2	+.422
Jrue Holiday	3	18.3	6.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.3	6.3	.368	0.3	1.3	.250	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1968-69	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+11	+10.5	+0.5			+8.7	+3.5				-1.5	+0.4	+0.6	+.005				+0.2	+1.0	+.145
Jrue Holiday	65	28.2	16.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.3	6.3	14.4	.439	1.3	4.0	.336	2.8	3.3	.843

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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1969-70	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+12	+0.6	+0.8			+6.1	+4.8				-1.1	+0.2	+0.4	+.003				+0.4	+0.7	+.020
Jrue Holiday	67	32.7	15.4	0.7	3.3	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	2.9	2.0	6.0	13.3	.454	1.5	4.2	.356	1.8	2.5	.708

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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1970-71	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+0.4	+3.4			+6.6	+3.3				-0.4	+1.1	+0.1	+.073				+0.4	+1.0	+.090
Jrue Holiday	81	36.1	19.0	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.0	1.5	0.8	2.6	2.5	7.6	15.4	.494	1.5	4.4	.337	2.3	2.9	.786

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
difference:	+3	+2.0	+7.3			+7.3	+4.5				-0.9	+2.8	+2.1	+.102				+0.1	+0.4	+.041
Jrue Holiday	9	38.7	23.7	1.0	4.7	5.7	6.3	1.1	0.6	2.6	2.4	9.8	18.9	.518	1.8	5.6	.320	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 10
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1971-72	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+13	+2.5	+5.8			+6.3	+4.1				-0.5	+1.7	+2.1	+.045				+0.7	+0.7	+.040
Jrue Holiday	67	35.9	21.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.7	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.2	8.2	17.3	.472	1.8	5.4	.325	3.1	4.0	.768

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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1972-73	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+16	+2.0	+2.8			+5.4	+3.3				-0.4	+0.6	+0.6	+.020				+0.4	+0.4	+.037
Jrue Holiday	61	34.7	19.1	1.3	3.5	4.8	6.7	1.6	0.8	3.0	2.4	7.5	16.5	.455	2.0	5.7	.353	2.1	3.0	.709

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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dave DeBusschere	Jrue Holiday
Season	1973-74	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+12	+5.7	+0.4	+0.7	+5.5	+6.2	+2.5	+0.7	+0.1		-1.4	+0.9	+3.2	+.042				+0.5	+0.8	+.031
Jrue Holiday	59	32.3	17.7	1.2	3.3	4.5	6.1	1.6	0.6	2.2	1.7	7.0	13.9	.503	1.9	4.8	.392	1.8	2.3	.787

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:	+11	+6.0	+5.3	+0.7	+1.9	+2.6	+5.5	+1.1	+0.1		-0.9	+1.6	+3.1	+.026				+0.2		+.093
Jrue Holiday	23	39.7	17.3	1.4	4.3	5.7	8.7	1.7	0.4	2.4	2.1	6.9	16.9	.406	1.9	6.2	.303	1.7	2.4	.714


Additional Years
* Jrue Holiday played 4 seasons more than Dave DeBusschere in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 16, from 2022 to 2025—Jrue Holiday played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over Dave DeBusschere, Jrue Holiday got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Dave DeBusschere vs. Jrue Holiday Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jrue Holiday 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years