DeMarcus Cousins vs. Brandon Knight Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Knight and DeMarcus Cousins, 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.

DeMarcus Cousins played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Brandon Knight, who played 9. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Brandon Knight had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Brandon Knight
Season	2010-11	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	81	28.5	14.1	2.7	6.0	8.6	2.5	1.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	5.3	12.4	.430	0.0	0.2	.167	3.4	5.0	.687
Brandon Knight	66	32.3	12.8	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.8	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.3	4.8	11.7	.415	1.6	4.2	.380	1.6	2.1	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Brandon Knight
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	59	34.1	24.1	3.1	9.5	12.7	3.6	1.5	1.7	4.3	4.1	8.4	18.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.2	.782
Brandon Knight	52	36.0	19.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.1	1.2	0.4	3.4	2.4	7.1	17.2	.415	2.3	6.8	.342	3.0	3.5	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Brandon Knight
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	65	34.6	26.9	2.4	9.1	11.5	3.3	1.6	1.4	3.8	3.6	9.2	20.5	.451	1.1	3.2	.333	7.3	10.2	.718
Brandon Knight	54	21.1	11.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.6	1.6	3.9	9.7	.398	0.8	2.6	.324	2.4	2.9	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Brandon Knight didn't play in 2017-18.

Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Brandon Knight
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	72	34.2	27.0	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	3.9	9.0	19.9	.452	1.8	5.0	.361	7.2	9.3	.772
Brandon Knight	39	18.9	6.8	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.5	6.7	.381	1.1	3.3	.318	0.7	0.9	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Brandon Knight
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	48	36.2	25.2	2.2	10.7	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	5.0	3.8	8.5	18.0	.470	2.2	6.1	.354	6.1	8.2	.746
Brandon Knight	25	18.5	7.3	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.8	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.6	2.4	6.7	.353	1.8	5.2	.344	0.8	1.4	.588
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Brandon Knight didn't play in 2020-21.

Note: DeMarcus Cousins didn't play in 2019-20.