DeMarcus Cousins vs. Kenyon Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenyon Martin 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, 4 less than Kenyon Martin, who played 15. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Kenyon Martin had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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	Kenyon Martin
Season	2010-11	2000-01
Team	Sacramento Kings	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+13	+4.9	+2.1	+0.7	+0.6	+1.2	+0.6	+0.1	+0.9	-1.3		+0.2	+1.0	+.015			+.076	+1.6	+2.2	+.057
Kenyon Martin	68	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.4	7.4	1.9	1.1	1.7	2.0	4.1	5.1	11.4	.445	0.0	0.2	.091	1.8	2.8	.630
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Kenyon Martin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	DeMarcus Cousins	Kenyon Martin
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Sacramento Kings	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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4th 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	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
difference:	+6	+2.2	+6.0	+1.1	+1.2	+2.2	+0.4			-0.9	-0.3	+1.5	+3.0	+.008	+0.1	+0.3	+.280	+3.0	+3.9	+.042
Kenyon Martin	65	34.6	16.7	2.0	7.4	9.5	2.5	1.5	1.3	2.6	3.5	6.8	13.8	.488	0.1	0.4	.280	3.1	4.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenyon Martin	11	37.1	19.1	2.3	8.7	11.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	2.9	4.5	7.4	13.8	.533	0.0	0.4	.000	4.4	5.8	.750

Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Kenyon Martin
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+11	+1.6	+8.6	+1.0	+4.3	+5.4	+1.2	+0.1	+0.6	-2.2	-0.8	+2.1	+5.1	+.023		+0.1	+.250	+4.4	+4.8	+.136
Kenyon Martin	70	32.5	15.5	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.4	1.4	1.1	2.1	3.3	6.3	13.0	.490	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	4.4	.646
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenyon Martin	5	32.8	12.4	1.4	4.2	5.6	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.4	4.4	5.4	11.6	.466	0.0	0.2	.000	1.6	2.6	.615

Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Kenyon Martin
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+9	+7.0	+14.0	+0.7	+4.5	+5.2	+1.9	+0.8	+0.5	-2.5	-0.5	+3.9	+9.8	+.044	+1.0	+2.8	+.106	+5.1	+7.2	+.006
Kenyon Martin	56	27.6	12.9	1.7	4.6	6.3	1.4	0.8	0.9	1.3	3.1	5.3	10.7	.495	0.1	0.4	.227	2.2	3.0	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenyon Martin	2	17.5	4.5	3.0	1.5	4.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	6.5	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Kenyon Martin
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+70	+2.7	+17.5	+0.9	+1.9	+1.0	+4.1	+1.4	+1.3	-1.2	-1.1	+5.0	+11.9	+.048	+1.8	+4.5	+.361	+5.7	+3.3	+.522
Kenyon Martin	2	31.5	9.5	3.0	7.0	10.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	5.0	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	6.0	.250
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Kenyon Martin played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Kenyon Martin
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+23	+5.8	+12.8	+0.7	+5.7	+6.4	+4.1	+0.4	+0.4	-3.7	-0.5	+3.2	+8.2	+.068	+2.2	+5.9	+.172	+4.4	+5.2	+.166
Kenyon Martin	71	30.4	12.4	1.5	5.0	6.5	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	3.3	5.3	9.8	.538	0.0	0.2	.182	1.7	3.0	.580
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenyon Martin	4	29.5	8.8	3.3	3.0	6.3	1.3	1.0	0.5	2.3	5.0	3.8	8.5	.441	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.625

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