Sam Cassell vs. Dean Tolson Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dean Tolson and Sam Cassell, 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.
Sam Cassell played 15 years in the NBA, 12 more than Dean Tolson, who played 3. Sam Cassell had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Dean Tolson had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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 |
Sam Cassell |
15 |
11 |
1993-94 to 2007-08 |
Dean Tolson |
3 |
1 |
1974-75 to 1977-78 |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
66 |
17.0 |
6.7 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
5.9 |
.418 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
.295 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
.841 |
Dean Tolson |
19 |
4.6 |
2.3 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
- |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
.432 |
- |
- |
- |
0.6 |
0.9 |
.647 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
22 |
21.7 |
9.4 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
4.2 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
7.3 |
.394 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
.378 |
2.9 |
3.4 |
.865 |
Dean Tolson |
4 |
5.5 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.8 |
0.3 |
2.0 |
.125 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.000 |
Note: Dean Tolson didn't play in 1975-76.
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
82 |
23.0 |
9.5 |
0.5 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
4.9 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
7.2 |
.427 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
.330 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
.843 |
Dean Tolson |
60 |
9.8 |
6.0 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
- |
1.4 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
.566 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
2.7 |
.535 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
22 |
22.0 |
11.0 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
7.7 |
.438 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
.400 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
.835 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
61 |
27.6 |
14.5 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.1 |
4.6 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
4.7 |
10.8 |
.439 |
1.2 |
3.4 |
.348 |
3.9 |
4.7 |
.825 |
Dean Tolson |
1 |
7.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
.000 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
8 |
25.8 |
10.4 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
4.3 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
10.1 |
.321 |
1.0 |
3.6 |
.276 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.793 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
61 |
28.1 |
15.9 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
5.5 |
12.8 |
.430 |
1.3 |
3.8 |
.351 |
3.5 |
4.1 |
.845 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
75 |
34.7 |
19.6 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
8.0 |
1.6 |
0.3 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
6.8 |
15.4 |
.441 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
.188 |
5.8 |
6.8 |
.860 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
3 |
9.0 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
.333 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
8 |
24.9 |
15.9 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
4.5 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
4.9 |
11.6 |
.419 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
.200 |
5.9 |
6.3 |
.940 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
3 |
34.3 |
15.3 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
8.7 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
2.3 |
4.7 |
5.3 |
10.7 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
4.7 |
5.3 |
.875 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
81 |
35.8 |
18.6 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.7 |
9.0 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
6.7 |
14.4 |
.466 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
.289 |
4.8 |
5.5 |
.876 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
5 |
35.6 |
15.8 |
0.0 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
9.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
3.8 |
6.0 |
14.4 |
.417 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
.200 |
3.6 |
4.2 |
.857 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
76 |
35.6 |
18.2 |
0.6 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
7.6 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
7.1 |
14.9 |
.474 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
.306 |
3.6 |
4.3 |
.858 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
18 |
37.9 |
17.4 |
0.7 |
3.9 |
4.6 |
6.7 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
2.9 |
4.2 |
6.1 |
15.4 |
.396 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
.333 |
4.7 |
5.4 |
.866 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
74 |
35.2 |
19.7 |
0.7 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
6.7 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
7.5 |
16.2 |
.463 |
1.0 |
2.8 |
.348 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
.860 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
78 |
34.6 |
19.7 |
0.7 |
3.7 |
4.4 |
5.8 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
7.0 |
14.9 |
.470 |
0.8 |
2.1 |
.362 |
4.9 |
5.7 |
.861 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
6 |
36.2 |
17.2 |
0.5 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
2.7 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
6.5 |
13.8 |
.470 |
1.8 |
3.5 |
.524 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
.933 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
81 |
35.0 |
19.8 |
0.5 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
7.3 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
7.7 |
15.7 |
.488 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
.398 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
.873 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
16 |
31.1 |
16.6 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
4.4 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
5.9 |
12.6 |
.465 |
1.6 |
3.8 |
.417 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
.852 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
59 |
25.8 |
13.5 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
5.1 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
5.4 |
11.6 |
.464 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
.262 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
.865 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
78 |
34.0 |
17.2 |
0.5 |
3.2 |
3.7 |
6.3 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
6.3 |
14.3 |
.443 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
.368 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
.863 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
12 |
33.7 |
18.0 |
0.8 |
3.3 |
4.0 |
5.8 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
6.1 |
13.9 |
.437 |
1.3 |
3.6 |
.349 |
4.6 |
5.7 |
.809 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
58 |
24.3 |
12.3 |
0.5 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
4.7 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
4.5 |
10.8 |
.418 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
.294 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
.879 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
55 |
23.2 |
11.2 |
0.3 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
3.9 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
4.2 |
9.7 |
.438 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
.303 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
.882 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
21 |
12.6 |
4.5 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
5.3 |
.333 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
.214 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
.824 |
Dean Tolson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |