DeMarcus Cousins vs. Eric Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eric Gordon 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, 6 less than Eric Gordon, who played 17. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Eric Gordon had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	Eric Gordon
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+3	+5.8	+2.0	+2.1	+4.0	+6.0	+0.3		+0.4	-1.2	-1.9		+0.8	+.026	+1.7	+4.1	+.222	+0.4	+0.5	+.167
Eric Gordon	78	34.3	16.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.2	5.3	11.6	.456	1.7	4.3	.389	3.8	4.5	.854
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Eric Gordon played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eric Gordon
Season	2014-15	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	New Orleans Hornets
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:	+17	+4.0	+7.1	+2.9	+7.9	+10.9	+0.3	+0.4	+1.5	-1.5	-2.3	+2.8	+4.2	+.065	+1.3	+4.0	+.074	+2.7	+3.9	+.060
Eric Gordon	42	30.1	17.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.3	1.1	0.2	2.8	1.8	5.6	13.9	.402	1.3	4.1	.324	4.5	5.3	.842
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Eric Gordon played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eric Gordon
Season	2015-16	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	+2.5	+11.5	+1.9	+7.0	+8.9		+0.4	+1.2	-1.7	-1.8	+3.6	+7.7	+.015	+0.5	+0.8	+.058	+4.6	+6.7	+.067
Eric Gordon	64	32.1	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.8	5.6	12.8	.436	1.6	4.0	.391	2.7	3.5	.785
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Eric Gordon played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eric Gordon
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+11	+1.1	+13.6	+1.6	+6.8	+8.4	+0.8	+0.6	+1.1	-1.7	-1.5	+4.3	+8.5	+.041	+0.5	+0.2	+.087	+5.4	+7.1	+.033
Eric Gordon	61	33.1	13.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	11.4	.411	2.3	5.2	.448	1.8	2.2	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Gordon	4	35.8	18.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	2.5	2.8	7.0	15.8	.444	3.3	8.0	.406	1.3	1.5	.833

Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eric Gordon
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th 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	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
difference:	+3	+3.3	+10.0	+2.0	+8.7	+10.7	+2.7	+0.6	+1.3	-3.4	-1.6	+3.4	+5.7	+.052	+0.3	+0.4	+.030	+3.6	+5.4	+.142
Eric Gordon	45	32.9	15.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.7	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.2	5.1	12.3	.418	2.5	6.5	.384	2.5	2.8	.888
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Eric Gordon played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 9
	DeMarcus Cousins	Eric Gordon
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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9th 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	30	25.7	16.3	1.4	6.8	8.2	3.6	1.3	1.5	2.4	3.6	5.9	12.4	.480	0.9	3.2	.274	3.5	4.8	.736
difference:	+45	+5.3	+0.1	+1.0	+4.5	+5.5	+1.1	+0.7	+1.0	-0.8	-1.6	+0.4	+1.1	+.074	+2.4	+5.6	+.098	+1.5	+2.5	+.104
Eric Gordon	75	31.0	16.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.5	13.5	.406	3.3	8.8	.372	2.0	2.3	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	8	16.6	7.6	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.0	2.6	6.6	.396	0.4	1.5	.250	2.0	3.1	.640
difference:	+3	+15.9	+5.3	+0.6	+0.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	-1.1	-1.2	+2.0	+4.4	+.025	+2.1	+4.9	+.136	+0.8	+1.5	+.082
Eric Gordon	11	32.5	12.9	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.6	11.0	.421	2.5	6.4	.386	1.2	1.6	.722

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