Dave DeBusschere vs. Theo Ratliff Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Theo Ratliff 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, 4 less than Theo Ratliff, who played 16. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Theo Ratliff had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
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Rookie Season
	Dave DeBusschere	Theo Ratliff
Season	1962-63	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Pistons 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	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718
Theo Ratliff	75	17.4	4.5	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.2	0.2	1.5	0.7	1.9	1.7	3.1	.557	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.708
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
Theo Ratliff	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Theo Ratliff
Season	1965-66	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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
Theo Ratliff	50	32.5	11.2	2.8	5.4	8.1	0.6	0.9	3.0	1.8	3.6	3.9	8.4	.470	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.6	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Theo Ratliff	7	29.1	7.3	3.3	4.0	7.3	0.9	0.7	2.6	1.0	2.7	2.9	6.1	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.7	.579

Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Theo Ratliff
Season	1966-67	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705
Theo Ratliff	57	31.5	11.9	2.5	5.2	7.6	0.6	0.6	3.0	1.9	3.2	4.3	8.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.1	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Theo Ratliff	10	37.6	13.0	2.8	5.1	7.9	0.9	1.0	3.0	1.7	3.5	4.8	10.1	.475	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.7	.723

Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Theo Ratliff
Season	1967-68	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664
Theo Ratliff	50	36.0	12.4	2.5	5.8	8.3	1.2	0.6	3.7	2.5	3.3	4.6	9.1	.499	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.3	.760
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
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Theo Ratliff
Season	1968-69	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698
Theo Ratliff	3	27.3	8.7	1.7	3.7	5.3	0.3	0.3	2.7	2.3	2.7	3.3	6.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.545
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
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dave DeBusschere	Theo Ratliff
Season	1969-70	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
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
Theo Ratliff	81	31.1	8.7	1.9	5.6	7.5	0.9	0.7	3.2	1.7	3.3	3.4	7.3	.464	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.720
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
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dave DeBusschere	Theo Ratliff
Season	1970-71	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	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	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696
Theo Ratliff	85	31.3	7.9	2.3	4.9	7.2	0.8	0.6	3.6	1.4	3.5	3.1	6.5	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.645
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
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dave DeBusschere	Theo Ratliff
Season	1971-72	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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	80	38.4	15.4	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728
Theo Ratliff	63	27.5	4.8	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.5	0.4	2.5	0.9	2.9	1.8	4.1	.447	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.692
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
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Dave DeBusschere	Theo Ratliff
Season	1972-73	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
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	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746
Theo Ratliff	55	23.7	4.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	0.5	0.3	1.6	0.9	2.6	2.0	3.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.651
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
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Dave DeBusschere	Theo Ratliff
Season	1973-74	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
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
Theo Ratliff	2	22.0	2.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	3.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.750
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
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-