Dave DeBusschere vs. Scott Wedman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scott Wedman 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, 1 less than Scott Wedman, who played 13. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Scott Wedman 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dave DeBusschere	12	8	1962-63 to 1973-74
Scott Wedman	13	8	1974-75 to 1986-87

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1962-63	1974-75
Team	Detroit Pistons	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Kings 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 DeBusschere	80	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718
Scott Wedman	80	31.9	11.1	2.5	3.6	6.1	1.6	1.0	0.3	-	3.4	4.7	10.1	.465	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.818

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
Scott Wedman	6	38.3	11.0	1.7	4.2	5.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	-	2.8	4.5	11.3	.397	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 2
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1963-64	1975-76
Team	Detroit Pistons	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	15	20.3	8.6	-	-	7.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.1	3.5	8.9	.391	-	-	-	1.7	2.9	.581
Scott Wedman	82	36.2	15.5	2.4	5.0	7.4	2.4	1.3	0.4	-	3.4	6.6	14.4	.456	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Wedman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1964-65	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	35.1	16.7	-	-	11.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.1	.425	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.700
Scott Wedman	81	33.9	15.4	2.3	3.9	6.2	2.8	1.2	0.3	-	2.8	6.4	14.0	.460	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Wedman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1965-66	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	34.1	16.4	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	16.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.659
Scott Wedman	81	36.6	17.7	1.8	3.9	5.7	2.5	1.2	0.3	2.0	3.0	7.5	14.7	.509	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Wedman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1966-67	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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 DeBusschere	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705
Scott Wedman	73	34.2	18.3	1.8	3.4	5.3	2.0	1.0	0.4	1.5	3.3	7.7	14.4	.534	-	-	-	3.0	3.7	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Wedman	5	34.8	19.2	2.6	4.8	7.4	1.8	1.8	0.6	2.8	3.6	7.2	15.6	.462	-	-	-	4.8	6.4	.750


Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1967-68	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Kings 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	80	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664
Scott Wedman	68	34.5	19.0	1.7	4.0	5.7	2.1	1.2	0.7	1.6	3.4	8.4	16.4	.512	0.1	0.3	.318	2.1	2.7	.801

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
Scott Wedman	3	38.7	22.7	2.0	5.0	7.0	3.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	3.0	9.7	21.3	.453	0.7	1.0	.667	2.7	3.7	.727


Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1968-69	1980-81
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Kings 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 DeBusschere	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698
Scott Wedman	81	35.8	19.0	1.6	3.8	5.3	2.8	1.2	0.6	2.0	3.6	8.5	17.7	.477	0.3	1.0	.325	1.7	2.5	.686

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
Scott Wedman	15	43.8	20.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.4	8.6	19.8	.434	0.6	2.1	.281	2.7	3.7	.714


Season 8
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1969-70	1981-82
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Scott Wedman	54	30.3	10.9	2.4	3.3	5.6	2.5	1.4	0.3	1.4	3.5	4.8	10.9	.441	0.1	0.4	.217	1.2	1.7	.733

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
Scott Wedman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1970-71	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696
Scott Wedman	75	23.9	11.2	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.7	3.0	5.0	10.5	.475	0.1	0.4	.313	1.1	1.4	.794

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
Scott Wedman	6	11.0	4.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.3	.000	0.2	0.3	.500


Season 10
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1971-72	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Scott Wedman	68	13.5	4.8	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	.444	0.0	0.2	.154	0.4	0.5	.829

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
Scott Wedman	17	13.3	5.2	1.4	1.4	2.8	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.1	2.4	5.6	.417	0.2	0.4	.571	0.3	0.6	.500


Season 11
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1972-73	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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 DeBusschere	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746
Scott Wedman	78	14.4	6.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.4	2.8	5.9	.478	0.2	0.4	.500	0.5	0.7	.764

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
Scott Wedman	21	16.7	8.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.4	3.5	6.4	.545	0.5	1.0	.455	1.2	1.8	.684


Season 12
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	1973-74	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 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	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
Scott Wedman	79	17.7	8.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.6	3.6	7.7	.473	0.2	0.6	.354	0.6	0.9	.662

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
Scott Wedman	12	11.8	3.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	4.3	.392	0.2	0.3	.500	0.3	0.3	.750


Season 13
	Dave DeBusschere	Scott Wedman
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Wedman	6	13.0	3.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.5	.333	0.2	0.3	.500	0.2	0.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Wedman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dave DeBusschere vs. Scott Wedman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scott Wedman 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13