Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. DeMarcus Cousins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMarcus Cousins and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than DeMarcus Cousins, who played 11. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Giannis Antetokounmpo	13	9	2013-14 to 2025-26
DeMarcus Cousins	11	3	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2013-14	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+4	+3.9	+7.3	+1.7	+2.6	+4.2	+0.6	+0.2		-1.7	-1.9	+3.1	+7.0	+.016	+0.5	+1.3	+.180	+1.6	+2.4	+.004
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 Giannis Antetokounmpo nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2014-15	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	81	31.4	12.7	1.2	5.5	6.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.1	3.1	4.7	9.6	.491	0.1	0.5	.159	3.2	4.3	.741
difference:	+17	+0.9	+5.4	+2.9	+1.3	+4.3	+1.0	+0.6	+0.2	-0.6	-0.9	+2.3	+6.0	+.043	+0.1	+0.3	+.016	+0.9	+1.5	+.039
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	33.5	11.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	2.7	0.5	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.3	11.8	.366	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.8	.739
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2015-16	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.3	16.9	1.4	6.2	7.7	4.3	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.2	6.4	12.7	.506	0.4	1.4	.257	3.7	5.1	.724
difference:	+5	+4.8	+0.2	+1.6	+0.8	+2.2	+1.6	+0.2	+0.7	-0.4	-0.4		+1.1	+.041	+0.3	+1.1	+.075	+0.5	+0.5	+.014
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2016-17	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
difference:	+9	+3.2	+0.2	+1.3	+1.6	+2.9	+2.5	+0.1	+0.6	-0.6	-0.7	+0.1	+1.1	+.025	+0.6	+2.2	+.272	+0.2	+0.7	+.044
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
difference:	+16	+2.6	+2.8	+1.0	+1.5	+2.7	+1.2		+0.3	-1.3	-1.0	+1.5	+0.6	+.062	+0.6	+1.8	+.057	+0.7	+0.7	+.022
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2018-19	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
difference:	+7	+1.8	+0.8	+0.2	+1.2	+1.0	+2.6	+0.3	+0.1	-0.1	-0.4	+0.8	+3.2	+.127	+0.4	+0.4	+.077	+0.4	+0.7	+.011
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
difference:	+9	+3.8	+2.5	+0.1	+2.5	+2.6	+1.0	+0.4	+0.3		-0.8	+1.9	+0.2	+.101	+0.4	+0.3	+.057	+0.9	+0.7	+.139
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	61	33.0	28.1	1.6	9.4	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	3.4	2.8	10.3	18.0	.569	1.1	3.6	.303	6.5	9.5	.685
difference:	+13	+3.2	+2.9	+0.6	+1.3	+1.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.4	-1.6	-1.0	+1.8		+.099	+1.1	+2.5	+.051	+0.4	+1.3	+.061
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	21	38.1	30.2	2.8	10.0	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	3.0	2.9	11.9	20.9	.569	0.6	3.3	.186	5.8	9.8	.587
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	32.9	29.9	2.0	9.6	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	3.2	10.3	18.6	.553	1.1	3.6	.293	8.3	11.4	.722
difference:	+37	+7.2	+13.6	+0.6	+2.8	+3.4	+2.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9	-0.4	+4.4	+6.2	+.073	+0.2	+0.4	+.019	+4.8	+6.6	+.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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	37.3	31.7	2.2	12.0	14.2	6.8	0.7	1.3	4.5	3.6	11.7	23.8	.491	0.8	3.4	.220	7.6	11.2	.679
difference:	+4	+20.7	+24.1	+1.1	+8.2	+9.3	+4.4	+0.1	+0.5	-2.1	-0.6	+9.1	+17.2	+.095	+0.4	+1.9	+.030	+5.6	+8.1	+.039
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	32.1	31.1	2.2	9.6	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	3.9	3.1	11.2	20.3	.553	0.7	2.7	.275	7.9	12.3	.645
difference:	+22	+14.7	+22.2	+0.9	+4.5	+5.4	+3.8		+0.2	-2.3	-0.5	+8.0	+12.9	+.127	+0.4	+0.6	+.073	+6.5	+10.3	+.083
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	30.3	23.3	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.3	0.3	0.7	4.7	3.0	9.3	17.7	.528	0.0	1.0	.000	4.7	10.3	.452
difference:	+4	+22.0	+15.7	+1.8	+7.2	+9.0	+4.6		+0.3	-4.0	-1.1	+6.6	+11.7	+.076	+0.6	+0.4	+.400	+3.1	+8.3	+.334
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


Season 11
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	73	35.2	30.4	2.7	8.8	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	3.4	2.9	11.5	18.8	.611	0.5	1.7	.274	7.0	10.7	.657
difference:	+25	+20.3	+21.4	+1.2	+4.7	+5.9	+5.0	+0.5	+0.7	-1.6		+8.4	+12.0	+.151	+0.3	+0.8	+.029	+5.0	+8.1	+.103
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Additional Years
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 2 seasons more than DeMarcus Cousins in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 13, from 2025 to 2026—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in one postseason and one NBA Cup. In those 2 extra years over DeMarcus Cousins, Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 1 All-Star Game

Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. DeMarcus Cousins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMarcus Cousins and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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

Additional Years