Eric Bledsoe vs. DeMarcus Cousins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMarcus Cousins 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.

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, 1 more than DeMarcus Cousins, who played 11. Eric Bledsoe had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while DeMarcus Cousins had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
	Eric Bledsoe	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2010-11	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Sacramento Kings
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		%
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:		+5.8	+7.4	+1.9	+4.1	+5.8	+1.1	+0.1	+0.5	-0.9	-2.5	+2.8	+6.4	+.006	+0.4	+1.2	+.109	+2.2	+3.4	+.057
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Eric Bledsoe nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Eric Bledsoe	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2014-15	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
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		%
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:	+22	+0.5	+7.1	+2.2	+5.2	+7.5	+2.5	+0.1	+1.1	-0.9	-1.8	+2.6	+5.2	+.020	+1.1	+3.3	+.074	+2.8	+3.8	+.018
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Eric Bledsoe nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Eric Bledsoe	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
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		%
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:	+34	+0.4	+6.5	+1.8	+5.6	+7.5	+2.8	+0.4	+0.8	-0.3	-1.2	+2.0	+4.6	+.002	+0.4	+1.0	+.039	+2.8	+4.7	+.084
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Eric Bledsoe nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Eric Bledsoe	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
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:	+6	+1.2	+5.9	+1.3	+4.8	+6.2	+1.7		+0.8	-0.3	-1.4	+2.2	+4.2	+.018	+0.2	+0.3	+.026	+1.3	+2.4	+.075
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Eric Bledsoe nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Eric Bledsoe	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+26	+4.8	+7.5	+1.5	+7.6	+9.1	+0.4	+0.4	+1.0	-2.1	-1.3	+2.2	+4.6	+.003	+0.5	+1.2	+.007	+2.7	+3.9	+.049
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
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
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Eric Bledsoe	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+48	+3.4	+0.4	+0.3	+3.2	+3.6	+1.9	+0.2	+1.1	-0.3	-1.6	+0.1		+.004	+0.7	+1.6	+.055	+1.2	+1.8	+.014
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
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:	+7	+11.6	+6.1	+0.2	+1.4	+1.2	+1.9	+0.5	+0.4	-0.3	-1.1	+2.5	+5.7	+.015	+0.7	+3.3	+.014	+0.4	+0.3	+.066
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

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

Season 10
	Eric Bledsoe	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+20	+9.6	+6.0	+0.6	+1.2	+1.8	+3.5	+0.1	+0.2	-0.8	-0.5	+2.3	+4.1	+.049	+0.1	+0.2	+.004	+1.4	+1.5	+.062
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
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:	+2	+21.4	+4.1	+0.3	+2.9	+2.6	+5.2	+0.9	+0.3	-1.9	-0.3	+1.5	+4.9	+.064	+0.3	+2.2	+.150	+0.7	+0.9	+.022
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