Eric Bledsoe vs. Bob Cousy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Cousy and Eric Bledsoe, 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.

Eric Bledsoe played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bob Cousy, who played 14. Eric Bledsoe had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Bob Cousy had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Eric Bledsoe	12	5	2010-11 to 2021-22
Bob Cousy	14	13	1950-51 to 1969-70

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2010-11	1950-51
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Semis

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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		%
Eric Bledsoe	81	22.7	6.7	0.8	1.9	2.8	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.4	1.6	2.5	6.0	.424	0.4	1.4	.276	1.2	1.6	.744
difference:	+12		+8.9			+4.1	+1.3				-1.1	+3.3	+10.5	+.072				+2.8	+3.7	+.012
Bob Cousy	69	-	15.6	-	-	6.9	4.9	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.5	.352	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	2	-	14.0	-	-	7.5	6.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	21.0	.214	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 2
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2011-12	1951-52
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Div Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	40	11.6	3.3	0.6	1.1	1.6	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.5	1.2	3.2	.389	0.2	0.8	.200	0.7	1.1	.636
difference:	+26	+29.0	+18.4			+4.8	+5.0				-1.4	+6.6	+17.8	+.020				+5.5	+6.6	+.172
Bob Cousy	66	40.6	21.7	-	-	6.4	6.7	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	21.0	.369	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	11	17.2	7.9	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.1	1.2	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	5.7	.587	0.3	0.6	.429	0.9	1.5	.625
difference:	+8	+28.8	+23.1			+1.6	+4.2				-2.2	+5.3	+16.0	+.187				+12.8	+13.2	+.307
Bob Cousy	3	46.0	31.0	-	-	4.0	6.3	-	-	-	4.3	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	13.7	14.7	.932


Season 3
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2012-13	1952-53
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	76	20.4	8.5	1.0	1.9	3.0	3.1	1.4	0.7	1.8	1.5	3.3	7.5	.445	0.4	1.0	.397	1.4	1.8	.791
difference:	+5	+21.1	+11.3			+3.3	+4.6				-1.7	+3.2	+11.1	+.093				+5.3	+6.5	+.025
Bob Cousy	71	41.5	19.8	-	-	6.3	7.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	18.6	.352	-	-	-	6.7	8.3	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	6	16.2	6.5	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.0	.500	0.2	1.5	.111	1.3	2.0	.667
difference:		+28.8	+19.0			+1.7	+3.2				-1.8	+5.2	+15.0	+.117				+8.9	+10.2	+.169
Bob Cousy	6	45.0	25.5	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	20.0	.383	-	-	-	10.2	12.2	.836


Season 4
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2013-14	1953-54
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Eric Bledsoe	43	32.9	17.7	0.6	4.1	4.7	5.5	1.6	0.3	3.3	2.3	6.2	12.9	.477	1.2	3.3	.357	4.3	5.5	.772
difference:	+29	+6.8	+1.5			+0.8	+1.7				-0.5	+0.6	+4.6	+.092				+1.4	+1.8	+.015
Bob Cousy	72	39.7	19.2	-	-	5.5	7.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.8	17.5	.385	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	6	43.3	21.0	-	-	5.3	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.5	19.3	.284	-	-	-	10.0	12.5	.800


Season 5
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2014-15	1954-55
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Eric Bledsoe	81	34.6	17.0	0.9	4.3	5.2	6.1	1.6	0.6	3.4	2.3	5.8	12.9	.447	1.1	3.4	.324	4.4	5.4	.800
difference:	+10	+4.1	+4.2			+0.8	+1.7					+1.6	+5.6	+.050				+2.1	+2.6	+.007
Bob Cousy	71	38.7	21.2	-	-	6.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.3	7.4	18.5	.397	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	7	42.7	21.7	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.6	19.9	.381	-	-	-	6.6	6.9	.958


Season 6
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2015-16	1955-56
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	31	34.2	20.4	0.6	3.5	4.0	6.1	2.0	0.6	3.5	2.4	7.2	15.9	.453	1.5	4.2	.372	4.5	5.5	.802
difference:	+41	+4.2	+1.6			+2.8	+2.8				-0.5	+1.1	+1.1	+.093				+2.1	+2.3	+.042
Bob Cousy	72	38.4	18.8	-	-	6.8	8.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.1	17.0	.360	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	3	41.3	26.3	-	-	8.0	8.7	-	-	-	1.3	9.3	18.7	.500	-	-	-	7.7	8.3	.920


Season 7
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2016-17	1956-57
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Eric Bledsoe	66	33.0	21.1	0.8	4.1	4.8	6.3	1.4	0.5	3.4	2.5	6.8	15.7	.434	1.6	4.7	.335	5.9	6.9	.847
difference:	+2	+3.9	+0.5				+1.2				-0.4	+0.7	+4.1	+.056				+0.2		+.026
Bob Cousy	64	36.9	20.6	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.1	7.5	19.8	.378	-	-	-	5.7	6.9	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	10	44.0	20.2	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	20.7	.324	-	-	-	6.8	9.1	.747


Season 8
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2017-18	1957-58
Team	Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Eric Bledsoe	74	31.4	17.7	0.7	3.1	3.8	5.0	2.0	0.6	2.9	2.5	6.3	13.4	.473	1.7	4.9	.347	3.4	4.3	.795
difference:	+9	+2.8	+0.3			+1.2	+2.1				-0.4	+0.5	+6.0	+.120				+0.9	+0.7	+.055
Bob Cousy	65	34.2	18.0	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	2.1	6.8	19.4	.353	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	7	32.1	13.6	0.4	3.1	3.6	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.1	2.7	5.3	12.0	.440	1.0	3.1	.318	2.0	2.9	.700
difference:	+4	+9.4	+4.4			+2.9	+3.8				-0.9	+0.8	+5.8	+.098				+3.8	+3.9	+.153
Bob Cousy	11	41.5	18.0	-	-	6.5	7.5	-	-	-	1.8	6.1	17.8	.342	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.853


Season 9
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2018-19	1958-59
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Eric Bledsoe	78	29.1	15.9	1.1	3.6	4.6	5.5	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.0	12.4	.484	1.6	4.8	.329	2.3	3.0	.750
difference:	+13	+7.9	+4.1			+0.9	+3.1				-0.1	+1.4	+7.0	+.100				+2.8	+2.9	+.105
Bob Cousy	65	37.0	20.0	-	-	5.5	8.6	-	-	-	2.1	7.4	19.4	.384	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	15	28.2	13.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	4.3	1.1	0.4	2.1	1.9	5.1	12.3	.411	1.1	4.8	.236	2.4	3.4	.706
difference:	+4	+13.6	+5.8			+3.2	+6.5				-0.6	+1.4	+7.8	+.085				+4.0	+5.1	+.039
Bob Cousy	11	41.8	19.5	-	-	6.9	10.8	-	-	-	2.5	6.5	20.1	.326	-	-	-	6.4	8.5	.745


Season 10
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2019-20	1959-60
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	61	27.0	14.9	0.7	3.9	4.6	5.4	0.9	0.4	2.4	2.1	5.5	11.5	.475	1.2	3.5	.344	2.8	3.5	.790
difference:	+14	+7.5	+4.5			+0.1	+4.1				-0.2	+2.1	+8.2	+.091				+1.5	+1.9	+.002
Bob Cousy	75	34.5	19.4	-	-	4.7	9.5	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	19.7	.384	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	9	29.7	11.7	0.6	4.0	4.6	5.9	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.2	4.2	10.9	.388	0.9	3.6	.250	2.3	2.9	.808
difference:	+4	+6.3	+3.6			+0.9	+3.0				-0.1	+2.0	+9.3	+.083				+0.7	+1.0	+.043
Bob Cousy	13	36.0	15.3	-	-	3.7	8.9	-	-	-	2.1	6.2	20.2	.305	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.765


Season 11
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2020-21	1960-61
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	71	29.7	12.2	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.8	0.8	0.3	1.6	1.6	4.3	10.3	.421	1.7	5.0	.341	1.9	2.7	.687
difference:	+5	+2.8	+5.9			+1.0	+3.9				-1.0	+2.5	+7.9	+.050				+2.7	+3.2	+.092
Bob Cousy	76	32.5	18.1	-	-	4.4	7.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.8	18.2	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	10	33.7	16.7	-	-	4.3	9.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	14.7	.340	-	-	-	6.7	8.8	.761


Season 12
	Eric Bledsoe	Bob Cousy
Season	2021-22	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	54	25.2	9.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.2	1.3	0.4	2.1	1.6	3.6	8.7	.421	0.9	3.0	.313	1.6	2.2	.761
difference:	+21	+3.0	+5.8			+0.1	+3.6				-0.2	+2.6	+7.0	+.030				+1.7	+2.2	+.007
Bob Cousy	75	28.2	15.7	-	-	3.5	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	6.2	15.7	.391	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cousy	14	33.9	16.0	-	-	4.6	8.8	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	17.2	.357	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	.684


Additional Years
* Bob Cousy played 2 seasons more than Eric Bledsoe in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 1963 to 1970—Bob Cousy played in one postseason and won the NBA Championship. In those 2 extra years over Eric Bledsoe, Bob Cousy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Eric Bledsoe vs. Bob Cousy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Cousy and Eric Bledsoe, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years