Raja Bell vs. Dave DeBusschere Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave DeBusschere and Raja Bell, 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.

Raja Bell and Dave DeBusschere both played 12 years in the NBA. Raja Bell had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, while Dave DeBusschere had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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
Raja Bell	12	6	2000-01 to 2011-12
Dave DeBusschere	12	8	1962-63 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2000-01	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	5	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.4	.286	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Dave DeBusschere	80	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	15	8.1	2.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	.444	0.1	0.5	.250	0.5	0.9	.571
Dave DeBusschere	4	39.8	20.0	-	-	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	-	-	-	7.5	11.0	.682


Season 2
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2001-02	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Raja Bell	74	12.0	3.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.2	.429	0.2	0.6	.273	0.5	0.6	.750
Dave DeBusschere	15	20.3	8.6	-	-	7.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.1	3.5	8.9	.391	-	-	-	1.7	2.9	.581

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2002-03	1964-65
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Raja Bell	75	15.6	3.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.8	1.2	2.8	.441	0.3	0.7	.412	0.3	0.5	.676
Dave DeBusschere	79	35.1	16.7	-	-	11.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.1	.425	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	17	17.8	5.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	2.4	2.4	4.3	.548	0.4	0.8	.462	0.6	1.2	.550
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2003-04	1965-66
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Raja Bell	82	24.6	11.2	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.3	0.8	0.2	1.4	3.2	4.0	9.8	.409	0.8	2.0	.373	2.4	3.0	.786
Dave DeBusschere	79	34.1	16.4	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	16.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2004-05	1966-67
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Raja Bell	63	28.4	12.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.3	3.3	4.8	10.6	.454	0.9	2.1	.403	1.8	2.4	.747
Dave DeBusschere	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2005-06	1967-68
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	79	37.5	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.1	3.1	5.4	11.8	.457	2.5	5.6	.442	1.5	1.8	.788
Dave DeBusschere	80	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	17	39.6	13.6	0.5	2.4	2.8	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	4.1	4.6	9.7	.479	2.4	5.1	.465	2.0	2.4	.829
Dave DeBusschere	6	43.8	19.3	-	-	16.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.5	17.7	.425	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.578


Season 7
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2006-07	1968-69
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Raja Bell	78	37.4	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.5	0.6	0.3	1.1	3.0	5.3	12.2	.432	2.6	6.4	.413	1.5	1.9	.776
Dave DeBusschere	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	11	39.8	10.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.6	3.6	7.9	.460	1.8	4.1	.444	1.1	1.3	.857
Dave DeBusschere	10	41.9	16.3	-	-	14.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	17.4	.351	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.820


Season 8
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2007-08	1969-70
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Raja Bell	75	35.3	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.9	4.2	10.0	.421	2.3	5.9	.401	1.1	1.2	.868
Dave DeBusschere	79	33.3	14.6	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	13.7	.451	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	5	43.0	13.6	1.2	4.4	5.6	2.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.8	4.2	7.4	.568	2.6	4.0	.650	2.6	3.2	.813
Dave DeBusschere	19	36.9	16.1	-	-	11.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.8	16.3	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.662


Season 9
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2008-09	1970-71
Team	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Raja Bell	67	34.6	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.5	4.5	10.2	.437	1.7	4.0	.421	1.3	1.5	.853
Dave DeBusschere	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	12	40.7	16.4	-	-	13.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	16.8	.416	-	-	-	2.4	3.7	.659


Season 10
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2009-10	1971-72
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Raja Bell	6	30.0	11.8	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.5	4.7	10.2	.459	2.0	4.5	.444	0.5	0.5	1.000
Dave DeBusschere	80	38.4	15.4	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	16	38.5	16.6	-	-	12.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	6.8	15.1	.450	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 11
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2010-11	1972-73
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Raja Bell	68	30.8	8.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.5	2.8	6.9	.409	1.0	2.8	.352	1.3	1.5	.892
Dave DeBusschere	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	17	37.2	15.6	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	15.6	.442	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.775


Season 12
	Raja Bell	Dave DeBusschere
Season	2011-12	1973-74
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Raja Bell	34	23.4	6.4	0.2	1.3	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	2.3	2.4	5.1	.466	1.0	2.6	.391	0.6	0.7	.840
Dave DeBusschere	71	38.0	18.1	1.9	8.8	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	-	3.1	7.9	17.1	.461	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave DeBusschere	12	33.7	12.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	3.2	0.6	0.3	-	3.0	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.621

Raja Bell vs. Dave DeBusschere Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave DeBusschere and Raja Bell, 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