Fred Brown vs. Joe Dumars Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Dumars and Fred Brown, 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.

Fred Brown played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Joe Dumars, who played 14. Fred Brown had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, while Joe Dumars had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Fred Brown	13	8	1971-72 to 1983-84
Joe Dumars	14	10	1985-86 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Fred Brown	33	10.9	4.2	-	-	1.1	1.8	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	5.5	.328	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.759
Joe Dumars	82	23.9	9.4	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.5	7.3	.481	0.1	0.2	.313	2.3	2.9	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	4	36.8	15.0	1.5	1.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	4.0	6.3	10.3	.610	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667


Season 2
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1972-73	1986-87
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Fred Brown	79	29.4	13.5	-	-	4.0	5.5	-	-	-	2.9	6.0	13.1	.455	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.818
Joe Dumars	79	30.9	11.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	4.7	9.5	.493	0.1	0.3	.409	2.3	3.1	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	15	31.5	12.7	0.5	0.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	5.2	9.7	.538	0.1	0.2	.667	2.1	2.7	.780


Season 3
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1973-74	1987-88
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Fred Brown	82	30.5	16.5	1.4	3.5	4.9	5.0	1.7	0.2	-	3.4	7.0	15.0	.471	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.863
Joe Dumars	82	33.3	14.2	0.8	1.7	2.4	4.7	1.1	0.2	2.1	1.9	5.5	11.7	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.1	3.8	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	23	35.0	12.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2	4.9	10.7	.457	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.889


Season 4
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1974-75	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	81	33.0	21.0	1.4	2.8	4.2	3.5	2.3	0.2	-	2.8	9.1	19.0	.480	-	-	-	2.8	3.4	.831
Joe Dumars	69	34.9	17.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.6	13.1	.505	0.2	0.4	.483	3.8	4.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	8	30.0	20.6	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.9	2.1	0.1	-	2.4	8.6	17.4	.496	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.844
Joe Dumars	17	36.5	17.6	0.6	1.9	2.6	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	6.2	13.7	.455	0.1	0.7	.083	5.1	5.9	.861


Season 5
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1975-76	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	76	33.1	23.1	1.5	2.7	4.2	2.7	1.9	0.2	-	2.4	9.8	20.0	.488	-	-	-	3.6	4.1	.869
Joe Dumars	75	34.4	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.9	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.1	.480	0.3	0.7	.400	4.0	4.4	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	6	39.3	28.5	2.0	2.7	4.7	2.8	2.2	0.0	-	3.3	11.3	22.2	.511	-	-	-	5.8	7.3	.795
Joe Dumars	20	37.7	18.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.0	2.7	1.9	6.5	14.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.263	5.0	5.7	.876


Season 6
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1976-77	1990-91
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Fred Brown	72	29.1	17.2	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.4	1.7	0.3	-	1.9	7.4	15.5	.479	-	-	-	2.3	2.6	.884
Joe Dumars	80	38.1	20.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	7.8	16.2	.481	0.2	0.6	.311	4.6	5.2	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	15	39.2	20.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	4.1	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.2	7.0	16.3	.429	1.1	2.8	.405	5.5	6.5	.845


Season 7
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1977-78	1991-92
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Pistons 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		%
Fred Brown	72	27.3	16.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.1	14.5	.488	-	-	-	2.4	2.7	.898
Joe Dumars	82	38.9	19.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	1.8	7.2	16.0	.448	0.6	1.5	.408	5.0	5.8	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	22	26.1	17.3	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.1	7.0	15.5	.449	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	.833
Joe Dumars	5	44.2	16.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.4	13.6	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	3.0	3.8	.789


Season 8
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1978-79	1992-93
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Fred Brown	77	25.5	14.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.4	1.5	0.3	2.1	1.8	5.8	12.4	.469	-	-	-	2.4	2.7	.888
Joe Dumars	77	40.2	23.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	8.8	18.9	.466	1.5	3.9	.375	4.5	5.2	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	17	15.3	8.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.4	3.8	8.4	.451	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.824
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1979-80	1993-94
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Fred Brown	80	21.3	12.0	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	5.1	10.5	.479	0.5	1.1	.443	1.4	1.7	.837
Joe Dumars	69	37.6	20.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.8	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	7.3	16.2	.452	1.8	4.6	.388	4.0	4.8	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	15	20.9	12.5	1.1	1.5	2.5	2.1	0.1	0.1	1.5	1.5	5.3	12.1	.440	0.7	2.3	.294	1.2	1.4	.857
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1980-81	1994-95
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Fred Brown	78	25.5	15.5	0.7	1.6	2.2	3.0	1.1	0.2	1.7	1.8	6.5	13.3	.488	0.3	0.8	.359	2.2	2.7	.832
Joe Dumars	67	38.0	18.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.5	1.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	6.2	14.5	.430	1.5	5.0	.305	4.1	5.1	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1981-82	1995-96
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Fred Brown	82	21.8	11.2	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.2	1.4	4.8	10.5	.455	0.3	0.9	.325	1.4	1.6	.860
Joe Dumars	67	32.7	11.8	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.6	3.8	8.9	.426	1.8	4.4	.406	2.4	2.9	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	8	19.8	11.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.0	1.1	0.6	5.4	11.1	.483	0.3	0.6	.400	0.9	1.3	.700
Joe Dumars	3	41.0	13.7	1.7	2.7	4.3	3.7	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	1.7	4.7	.357	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 12
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1982-83	1996-97
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Fred Brown	80	17.9	10.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.4	1.2	4.6	8.9	.520	0.2	0.4	.438	0.7	0.9	.806
Joe Dumars	79	37.0	14.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.2	4.9	11.1	.440	2.1	4.9	.432	2.8	3.2	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	2	15.0	3.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	4.5	.222	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Joe Dumars	5	42.6	13.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.4	12.2	.361	1.2	4.6	.261	3.8	4.0	.950


Season 13
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	1983-84	1997-98
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Fred Brown	71	15.9	8.5	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.2	3.6	7.1	.510	0.1	0.5	.265	1.1	1.2	.895
Joe Dumars	72	32.3	13.1	0.2	1.3	1.4	3.5	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4	4.6	11.0	.416	2.2	5.9	.371	1.8	2.1	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	5	17.6	9.8	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.6	0.8	4.0	9.4	.426	0.2	0.6	.333	1.6	2.2	.727
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Fred Brown	Joe Dumars
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	38	29.4	11.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.3	3.8	9.2	.411	2.3	5.8	.403	1.3	1.6	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	5	30.6	10.2	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.8	7.8	.487	2.0	3.8	.526	0.6	0.6	1.000

Fred Brown vs. Joe Dumars Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Dumars and Fred Brown, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14