OG Anunoby vs. DeMarcus Cousins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMarcus Cousins and OG Anunoby, 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.

OG Anunoby played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than DeMarcus Cousins, who played 11. OG Anunoby had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	OG Anunoby	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Toronto Raptors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	74	20.0	5.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.8	2.2	4.7	.471	1.0	2.7	.371	0.5	0.8	.629
difference:	+7	+8.5	+8.2	+2.1	+4.1	+6.1	+1.8	+0.3	+0.6	-2.7	-2.3	+3.1	+7.7	+.041	+1.0	+2.5	+.204	+2.9	+4.2	+.058
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	10	23.8	7.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	5.2	.558	1.3	2.9	.448	0.8	1.1	.727
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	OG Anunoby	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Toronto Raptors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
OG Anunoby	67	20.2	7.0	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.7	6.0	.453	1.0	3.0	.332	0.5	0.9	.581
difference:	+3	+10.3	+11.1	+3.2	+4.7	+8.1	+0.9	+0.8	+0.9	-1.9	-1.9	+4.3	+9.6	+.005	+1.0	+2.8	+.189	+3.6	+4.9	+.121
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
* Neiher OG Anunoby nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 5
	OG Anunoby	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Toronto Raptors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
OG Anunoby	48	36.0	17.1	1.5	4.0	5.5	2.6	1.5	0.5	1.7	2.7	6.4	14.5	.443	2.4	6.6	.363	1.9	2.5	.754
difference:	+11	+1.9	+7.0	+1.6	+5.5	+7.2	+1.0		+1.2	-2.6	-1.4	+2.0	+3.6	+.024	+2.4	+6.5	+.113	+5.3	+6.7	+.028
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		%
OG Anunoby	6	36.2	17.3	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.5	1.0	0.2	1.7	3.0	6.5	13.7	.476	2.3	6.8	.341	2.0	2.7	.750
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	OG Anunoby	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Toronto Raptors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	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		%
OG Anunoby	67	35.6	16.8	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.0	1.9	0.7	2.0	3.0	6.3	13.2	.476	2.1	5.5	.387	2.1	2.5	.838
difference:	+2	+1.0	+10.1	+1.0	+5.6	+6.5	+1.3	+0.3	+0.7	-1.8	-0.6	+2.9	+7.3	+.025	+1.0	+2.3	+.054	+5.2	+7.7	+.120
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 OG Anunoby nor DeMarcus Cousins played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	OG Anunoby	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
OG Anunoby	50	34.0	14.7	0.9	3.2	4.2	2.1	1.4	0.7	1.6	2.4	5.6	11.5	.489	2.0	5.3	.382	1.3	1.8	.753
difference:	+22	+0.2	+12.3	+1.2	+5.7	+6.8	+2.5		+0.6	-2.1	-1.5	+3.4	+8.4	+.037	+0.2	+0.3	+.021	+5.9	+7.5	+.019
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		%
OG Anunoby	9	36.0	15.1	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.7	6.2	12.3	.505	1.8	4.3	.410	0.9	1.4	.615
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	OG Anunoby	DeMarcus Cousins
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
OG Anunoby	74	36.6	18.0	1.3	3.5	4.8	2.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	2.3	6.6	13.9	.476	2.3	6.2	.372	2.5	3.1	.810
difference:	+26	+0.4	+7.2	+0.9	+7.2	+8.1	+3.2	+0.1	+0.7	-3.6	-1.5	+1.9	+4.1	+.006	+0.1	+0.1	+.018	+3.6	+5.1	+.064
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		%
OG Anunoby	18	39.2	16.3	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.3	2.0	1.2	1.7	2.7	5.7	13.7	.417	2.3	6.7	.339	2.6	3.2	.810
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-