DeMarcus Cousins vs. Paul Pressey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pressey 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

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 Paul Pressey both played 11 years in the NBA. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Paul Pressey had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Paul Pressey	11	9	1982-83 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2010-11	1982-83
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	79	19.3	6.7	1.1	2.5	3.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	2.1	2.2	2.7	5.9	.457	0.0	0.1	.111	1.3	2.2	.597

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	9	16.7	5.1	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.6	1.0	0.7	2.0	2.6	2.1	5.2	.404	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	2.2	.400


Season 2
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2011-12	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	81	21.4	8.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	3.1	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.0	3.4	6.5	.523	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.5	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	16	21.9	8.9	1.1	2.6	3.7	3.1	1.4	0.6	2.4	3.3	3.3	6.3	.520	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.5	.679


Season 3
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2012-13	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	80	36.0	16.1	1.9	3.5	5.4	6.8	1.6	0.7	3.1	3.2	6.0	11.6	.517	0.1	0.3	.350	4.0	5.2	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	8	37.0	15.3	1.9	4.1	6.0	7.6	2.3	0.6	4.0	3.4	5.6	11.0	.511	0.1	0.4	.333	3.9	4.8	.816


Season 4
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2013-14	1985-86
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	80	33.8	14.3	1.6	3.4	5.0	7.8	2.1	0.9	3.0	3.1	5.1	10.5	.488	0.1	0.6	.182	4.0	4.9	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	14	37.9	16.1	1.4	2.9	4.3	7.9	1.3	0.9	3.6	3.4	5.4	11.2	.484	0.4	1.3	.333	4.8	6.3	.761


Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2014-15	1986-87
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	61	33.7	13.9	1.6	3.2	4.9	7.2	1.8	0.8	3.0	3.5	4.8	10.1	.477	0.3	0.9	.291	4.0	5.4	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	12	38.8	14.3	2.3	2.8	5.2	8.6	2.3	0.7	2.9	4.3	5.7	12.2	.466	0.1	0.7	.125	2.8	3.8	.739


Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2015-16	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	75	33.1	13.1	1.7	3.3	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.6	9.4	.491	0.1	0.5	.205	3.8	4.8	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	5	35.6	14.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	6.6	0.8	0.6	3.2	4.2	4.6	10.0	.460	0.2	0.6	.333	4.6	6.0	.767


Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	Milwaukee Bucks
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
Paul Pressey	67	32.4	12.1	1.1	2.8	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.7	2.7	3.3	4.6	9.7	.474	0.2	0.8	.218	2.8	3.6	.776

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


Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	57	24.6	11.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.3	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	4.2	8.9	.472	0.1	0.8	.140	2.5	3.3	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	4	32.3	14.8	2.0	3.3	5.3	7.5	1.5	0.3	1.8	3.5	4.8	11.0	.432	0.0	0.8	.000	5.3	6.5	.808


Season 9
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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
Paul Pressey	70	24.0	7.5	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.9	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.5	2.9	6.1	.472	0.2	0.8	.281	1.6	1.9	.827

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
Paul Pressey	4	31.0	8.3	1.3	1.5	2.8	4.0	2.0	0.8	1.5	3.8	3.3	8.0	.406	0.3	1.0	.250	1.5	2.3	.667

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


Season 10
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2020-21	1991-92
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs 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	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
Paul Pressey	56	13.6	2.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	1.1	2.9	.373	0.1	0.4	.143	0.5	0.7	.683

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
Paul Pressey	3	15.3	4.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	DeMarcus Cousins	Paul Pressey
Season	2021-22	1992-93
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
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
Paul Pressey	18	14.9	4.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.0	1.6	3.7	.439	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778

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
Paul Pressey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

DeMarcus Cousins vs. Paul Pressey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pressey 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