Dave DeBusschere vs. Luguentz Dort Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luguentz Dort 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, 5 more than Luguentz Dort, who played 7. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Luguentz Dort had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Luguentz Dort
Season	1962-63	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+44	+6.6	+5.9			+6.4	+1.8				-0.4	+2.7	+5.7	+.036				+1.4	+2.1	+.074
Luguentz Dort	36	22.8	6.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.6	2.7	2.4	6.1	.394	0.8	2.8	.297	1.2	1.5	.792
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
difference:	+2	+10.6	+7.5			+12.1	+0.5				-0.7	+1.8	+2.1	+.069				+6.2	+8.5	+.149
Luguentz Dort	6	29.2	12.5	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.5	4.2	4.5	12.7	.355	2.2	8.3	.260	1.3	2.5	.533

Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Luguentz Dort
Season	1965-66	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	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:	+5	+3.4	+2.7			+7.0	+0.5				-0.1	+2.0	+4.5	+.020				+0.5	+1.3	+.113
Luguentz Dort	74	30.7	13.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.2	3.3	4.6	11.8	.388	1.8	5.5	.330	2.7	3.5	.772
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave DeBusschere nor Luguentz Dort played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Luguentz Dort
Season	1966-67	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+8.7	+7.3			+8.2	+1.4				-0.9	+3.2	+8.1	+.023				+3.0	+4.6	+.121
Luguentz Dort	79	28.4	10.9	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.9	3.6	8.3	.438	2.0	5.0	.394	1.6	2.0	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luguentz Dort	10	35.0	10.7	1.9	2.7	4.6	2.0	1.3	0.2	1.1	4.2	3.3	9.1	.363	2.5	6.4	.391	1.6	1.9	.842

Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Luguentz Dort
Season	1967-68	2024-25
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+9	+9.9	+7.8			+9.4	+0.7				-0.9	+3.6	+7.8	+.007				+3.1	+4.8	+.053
Luguentz Dort	71	29.2	10.1	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.9	3.6	8.4	.435	2.4	5.8	.412	0.5	0.6	.717
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:	+17	+14.8	+11.4			+12.3	+1.3				-0.5	+4.9	+10.6	+.059				+3.7	+6.5	+.058
Luguentz Dort	23	29.0	7.9	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	7.1	.366	2.1	6.1	.343	0.6	1.0	.636

Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Luguentz Dort
Season	1968-69	2025-26
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
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:	+67	+8.4	+8.5			+7.3	+1.1				-1.0	+4.1	+7.6	+.101				+1.7	+2.9	+.225
Luguentz Dort	9	30.3	7.8	1.6	2.9	4.4	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	2.8	2.6	7.4	.343	1.3	4.9	.273	1.3	1.4	.923
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
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dave DeBusschere played 5 seasons more than Luguentz Dort in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 12, from 1970 to 1974—Dave DeBusschere played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Luguentz Dort, Dave DeBusschere got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-Defensive First Team 5 All-Star Game