Bob Cousy vs. Stephen Curry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Curry and Bob Cousy, 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.

Bob Cousy played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Stephen Curry, who played 15. Bob Cousy had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Stephen Curry had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Bob Cousy	14	13	1950-51 to 1969-70
Stephen Curry	15	9	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1950-51	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	69	-	15.6	-	-	6.9	4.9	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.5	.352	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.756
Stephen Curry	80	36.2	17.5	0.6	3.9	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.6	14.3	.462	2.1	4.8	.437	2.2	2.5	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	2	-	14.0	-	-	7.5	6.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	21.0	.214	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1951-52	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	66	40.6	21.7	-	-	6.4	6.7	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	21.0	.369	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.808
Stephen Curry	74	33.6	18.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.8	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.1	6.8	14.2	.480	2.0	4.6	.442	2.9	3.1	.934

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	3	46.0	31.0	-	-	4.0	6.3	-	-	-	4.3	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	13.7	14.7	.932
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1952-53	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	71	41.5	19.8	-	-	6.3	7.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	18.6	.352	-	-	-	6.7	8.3	.816
Stephen Curry	26	28.2	14.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.3	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	5.6	11.4	.490	2.1	4.7	.455	1.5	1.8	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	6	45.0	25.5	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	20.0	.383	-	-	-	10.2	12.2	.836
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1953-54	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	72	39.7	19.2	-	-	5.5	7.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.8	17.5	.385	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	.787
Stephen Curry	78	38.2	22.9	0.8	3.3	4.0	6.9	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.5	8.0	17.8	.451	3.5	7.7	.453	3.4	3.7	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	6	43.3	21.0	-	-	5.3	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.5	19.3	.284	-	-	-	10.0	12.5	.800
Stephen Curry	12	41.4	23.4	0.4	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.9	8.5	19.6	.434	3.5	8.8	.396	2.9	3.2	.921


Season 5
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1954-55	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	71	38.7	21.2	-	-	6.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.3	7.4	18.5	.397	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.807
Stephen Curry	78	36.5	24.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	2.5	8.4	17.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.424	3.9	4.5	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	7	42.7	21.7	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.6	19.9	.381	-	-	-	6.6	6.9	.958
Stephen Curry	7	42.3	23.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.6	7.3	16.6	.440	3.1	8.1	.386	5.3	6.0	.881


Season 6
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1955-56	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	72	38.4	18.8	-	-	6.8	8.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.1	17.0	.360	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.844
Stephen Curry	80	32.7	23.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	16.8	.487	3.6	8.1	.443	3.9	4.2	.914

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	3	41.3	26.3	-	-	8.0	8.7	-	-	-	1.3	9.3	18.7	.500	-	-	-	7.7	8.3	.920
Stephen Curry	21	39.3	28.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	3.9	2.2	9.5	20.9	.456	4.7	11.0	.422	4.6	5.5	.835


Season 7
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1956-57	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	Assists Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	64	36.9	20.6	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.1	7.5	19.8	.378	-	-	-	5.7	6.9	.821
Stephen Curry	79	34.2	30.1	0.9	4.6	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.0	10.2	20.2	.504	5.1	11.2	.454	4.6	5.1	.908

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	10	44.0	20.2	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	20.7	.324	-	-	-	6.8	9.1	.747
Stephen Curry	18	34.1	25.1	0.8	4.7	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.2	2.2	8.2	18.8	.438	4.4	11.0	.404	4.2	4.6	.916


Season 8
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1957-58	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	65	34.2	18.0	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	2.1	6.8	19.4	.353	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.850
Stephen Curry	79	33.4	25.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.3	8.5	18.3	.468	4.1	10.0	.411	4.1	4.6	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	11	41.5	18.0	-	-	6.5	7.5	-	-	-	1.8	6.1	17.8	.342	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.853
Stephen Curry	17	35.4	28.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	6.7	2.0	0.2	3.4	2.2	8.9	18.4	.484	4.2	10.1	.419	6.1	6.7	.904


Season 9
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1958-59	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	65	37.0	20.0	-	-	5.5	8.6	-	-	-	2.1	7.4	19.4	.384	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	.855
Stephen Curry	51	32.0	26.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	6.1	1.6	0.2	3.0	2.2	8.4	16.9	.495	4.2	9.8	.423	5.5	5.9	.921

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	11	41.8	19.5	-	-	6.9	10.8	-	-	-	2.5	6.5	20.1	.326	-	-	-	6.4	8.5	.745
Stephen Curry	15	37.0	25.5	0.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.5	9.1	20.3	.451	4.3	10.8	.395	3.0	3.1	.957


Season 10
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1959-60	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	75	34.5	19.4	-	-	4.7	9.5	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	19.7	.384	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.792
Stephen Curry	69	33.8	27.3	0.7	4.7	5.3	5.2	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.4	9.2	19.4	.472	5.1	11.7	.437	3.8	4.2	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	13	36.0	15.3	-	-	3.7	8.9	-	-	-	2.1	6.2	20.2	.305	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.765
Stephen Curry	22	38.5	28.2	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.7	1.1	0.2	3.0	3.1	8.6	19.6	.441	4.2	11.1	.377	6.7	7.1	.943


Season 11
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1960-61	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	76	32.5	18.1	-	-	4.4	7.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.8	18.2	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779
Stephen Curry	5	27.8	20.8	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.6	1.0	0.4	3.2	2.2	6.6	16.4	.402	2.4	9.8	.245	5.2	5.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	10	33.7	16.7	-	-	4.3	9.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	14.7	.340	-	-	-	6.7	8.8	.761
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1961-62	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	75	28.2	15.7	-	-	3.5	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	6.2	15.7	.391	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.754
Stephen Curry	63	34.2	32.0	0.5	5.0	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	3.4	1.9	10.4	21.7	.482	5.3	12.7	.421	5.7	6.3	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	14	33.9	16.0	-	-	4.6	8.8	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	17.2	.357	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	.684
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1962-63	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	76	26.0	13.2	-	-	2.5	6.8	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.397	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.735
Stephen Curry	64	34.5	25.5	0.5	4.7	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	3.2	2.0	8.4	19.1	.437	4.5	11.7	.380	4.3	4.7	.923

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	13	30.2	14.1	-	-	2.5	8.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.5	15.7	.353	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.830
Stephen Curry	22	34.7	27.4	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.9	1.3	0.4	2.6	2.7	9.2	20.0	.459	4.1	10.4	.397	4.9	5.9	.829

Note: Bob Cousy didn't play in 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68 and 1968-69.


Season 14
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	1969-70	2022-23
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	7	4.9	0.7	-	-	0.7	1.4	-	-	-	1.6	0.1	0.4	.333	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Stephen Curry	56	34.7	29.4	0.7	5.4	6.1	6.3	0.9	0.4	3.2	2.1	10.0	20.2	.493	4.9	11.4	.427	4.6	5.0	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	13	37.9	30.5	0.7	4.5	5.2	6.1	1.0	0.5	3.2	2.6	11.2	23.9	.466	4.4	12.1	.363	3.8	4.5	.845


Season 15
	Bob Cousy	Stephen Curry
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Clutch Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	74	32.7	26.4	0.5	4.0	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	2.8	1.6	8.8	19.5	.450	4.8	11.8	.408	4.0	4.4	.923

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Cousy vs. Stephen Curry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Curry and Bob Cousy, 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

Season 15