DeMarcus Cousins vs. De'Andre Hunter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of De'Andre Hunter 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, 5 more than De'Andre Hunter, who played 6. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while De'Andre Hunter 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
	DeMarcus Cousins	De'Andre Hunter
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+18	+3.5	+1.8	+2.0	+2.2	+4.1	+0.7	+0.3	+0.5	-1.7	-1.2	+0.9	+1.6	+.020	+1.7	+4.6	+.188	+1.7	+2.7	+.077
De'Andre Hunter	63	32.0	12.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.7	4.8	.355	1.7	2.3	.764
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor De'Andre Hunter played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	De'Andre Hunter
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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		%
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
difference:	+2	+4.6	+8.5	+2.6	+6.1	+8.8	+2.1	+0.8	+1.4	-2.8	-1.5	+3.1	+6.5	+.008	+2.1	+5.2	+.135	+4.3	+5.8	+.065
De'Andre Hunter	57	29.5	15.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.3	11.6	.459	2.1	5.3	.385	2.9	3.4	.847
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor De'Andre Hunter played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	De'Andre Hunter
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Sacramento Kings	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+7.4	+9.9	+1.7	+5.8	+7.5	+1.9	+0.8	+1.2	-2.5	-1.2	+3.6	+8.6	+.019	+1.4	+2.9	+.072	+3.9	+6.2	+.128
De'Andre Hunter	64	27.2	17.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	11.9	.470	2.5	6.1	.405	3.4	4.0	.846
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
De'Andre Hunter	8	23.1	11.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.1	3.4	7.9	.429	1.5	3.3	.462	2.8	3.3	.846

Additional Years
* DeMarcus Cousins played 5 seasons more than De'Andre Hunter in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 11, from 2017 to 2022—DeMarcus Cousins played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over De'Andre Hunter, DeMarcus Cousins got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game