DeMarcus Cousins vs. Jamaal Tinsley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Tinsley 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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 and Jamaal Tinsley both played 11 years in the NBA. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Jamaal Tinsley had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
DeMarcus Cousins	11	3	2010-11 to 2021-22
Jamaal Tinsley	11	6	2001-02 to 2013-14

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


Rookie Season
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2010-11	2001-02
Team	Sacramento Kings	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
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
Jamaal Tinsley	80	30.5	9.4	1.0	2.8	3.7	8.1	1.7	0.5	3.4	3.1	3.6	9.5	.380	0.5	2.2	.240	1.6	2.3	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	5	17.8	3.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.0	0.4	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.6	3.8	.421	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 2
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2011-12	2002-03
Team	Sacramento Kings	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	64	30.5	18.1	4.1	6.8	11.0	1.6	1.5	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.0	15.6	.448	0.0	0.2	.143	4.1	5.8	.702
Jamaal Tinsley	73	30.6	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	7.5	1.7	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.0	7.6	.396	0.6	2.3	.277	1.1	1.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	6	31.0	8.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.5	0.7	0.0	1.3	3.3	3.3	5.8	.571	1.3	2.2	.615	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 3
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2012-13	2003-04
Team	Sacramento Kings	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	75	30.5	17.1	3.0	7.0	9.9	2.7	1.4	0.7	3.0	3.6	6.4	13.8	.465	0.1	0.3	.182	4.2	5.6	.738
Jamaal Tinsley	52	26.5	8.3	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.8	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.1	.414	1.5	4.0	.372	0.9	1.3	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	16	26.4	8.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.0	1.8	0.2	1.9	3.5	3.1	7.7	.398	1.0	3.4	.296	0.9	1.0	.938


Season 4
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	71	32.4	22.7	3.1	8.6	11.7	2.9	1.5	1.3	3.5	3.8	8.3	16.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.4	.726
Jamaal Tinsley	40	32.5	15.4	0.7	3.4	4.0	6.4	2.0	0.3	3.4	2.8	5.5	13.1	.418	1.5	3.9	.372	3.1	4.1	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	9	27.8	8.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	5.7	1.6	0.3	3.0	3.4	3.6	9.9	.360	0.2	2.0	.111	1.3	2.3	.571


Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Sacramento Kings	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
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
Jamaal Tinsley	42	26.7	9.3	0.8	2.3	3.2	5.0	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.3	3.8	9.2	.409	0.4	1.7	.229	1.4	2.2	.637

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	1	7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
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	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
Jamaal Tinsley	72	31.2	12.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.9	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.6	4.8	12.3	.389	0.8	2.7	.316	2.4	3.3	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	Indiana Pacers
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
Jamaal Tinsley	39	33.2	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.3	3.3	2.5	4.5	11.9	.380	1.0	3.6	.284	1.8	2.6	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jamaal Tinsley didn't play in 2008-09.


Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Memphis Grizzlies
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
Jamaal Tinsley	38	15.5	3.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.4	3.7	.371	0.2	1.0	.179	0.6	0.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jamaal Tinsley didn't play in 2010-11.


Season 9
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Jazz 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		%
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
Jamaal Tinsley	37	13.7	3.7	0.2	1.1	1.2	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.4	1.3	1.5	3.8	.404	0.3	1.0	.270	0.4	0.5	.765

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
Jamaal Tinsley	4	16.3	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.8	1.3	5.0	.250	0.3	1.0	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000

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


Season 10
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	41	17.4	8.9	1.3	5.1	6.4	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	.426	1.1	3.3	.348	1.4	2.0	.728
Jamaal Tinsley	66	18.5	3.5	0.3	1.5	1.7	4.4	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	1.3	3.5	.368	0.6	1.9	.307	0.3	0.4	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	7	8.3	7.6	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.0	.452	0.6	1.4	.400	1.6	2.0	.786
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	DeMarcus Cousins	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	14.9	9.0	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.9	3.1	6.8	.460	0.8	2.5	.303	2.0	2.6	.760
Jamaal Tinsley	8	13.8	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.9	0.3	0.0	1.1	1.3	0.5	2.5	.200	0.1	1.9	.067	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	5	11.4	10.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.8	5.8	.655	0.8	1.2	.667	2.2	3.0	.733
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

DeMarcus Cousins vs. Jamaal Tinsley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Tinsley 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.

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