Bob Cousy vs Jerry West
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5of 7 lines
Bob Cousy and Jerry West compared on their NBA careers: Bob Cousy played 14 seasons, 1950-51 to 1969-70, Jerry West 14 seasons, 1960-61 to 1973-74. Bob Cousy averaged 18.4 points a game to Jerry West's 27. They have faced each other 37 times: Bob Cousy's team won 24, Jerry West's 13. In the playoffs Bob Cousy leads 8-5. Bob Cousy won 6 titles, Jerry West won 1 title.
Who has the better career numbers?
Jerry West leads in 5 of the 7 lines, Bob Cousy in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.
Bob Cousy vs Jerry West head to head
They have faced each other 37 times: Bob Cousy's team won 24, Jerry West's 13. In the playoffs Bob Cousy leads 8-5.
Every game against each other
| Apr 24, 1963 |  BOS at LAL (playoffs) | W 112-109 | 18 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 30 MIN | 32 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 44 MIN |
| Apr 21, 1963 |  LAL at BOS (playoffs) | L 126-119 | 12 PTS, 4 REB, 14 AST, 35 MIN | 32 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 43 MIN |
| Apr 19, 1963 | BOS at LAL (playoffs) | W 108-105 | 10 PTS, 1 REB, 5 AST, 26 MIN | 18 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 43 MIN |
| Apr 17, 1963 | BOS at LAL (playoffs) | L 119-99 | 7 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 27 MIN | 42 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 46 MIN |
| Apr 16, 1963 | LAL at BOS (playoffs) | W 113-106 | 18 PTS, 4 REB, 11 AST, 38 MIN | 28 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 44 MIN |
| Apr 14, 1963 | LAL at BOS (playoffs) | W 117-114 | 8 PTS, 2 REB, 11 AST, 33 MIN | 25 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 44 MIN |
| Jan 20, 1963 | LAL at BOS | W 133-121 | 9 PTS, 4 REB, 11 AST, 28 MIN | 14 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 27 MIN |
| Jan 5, 1963 | BOS at LAL | L 106-104 | 9 PTS, 5 REB, 0 MIN | 27 PTS, 7 REB, 0 MIN |
| Jan 4, 1963 | BOS at LAL | L 125-123 | 7 PTS, 2 REB, 0 MIN | 21 PTS, 8 REB, 0 MIN |
| Dec 7, 1962 | LAL at BOS | W 126-112 | 13 PTS, 5 REB, 10 AST, 26 MIN | 23 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 42 MIN |
| Nov 9, 1962 | LAL at BOS | L 133-120 | 22 PTS, 4 REB, 14 AST, 31 MIN | 27 PTS, 5 AST, 43 MIN |
| Apr 18, 1962 | LAL at BOS (playoffs) | W 110-107 | 8 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 44 MIN | 35 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 53 MIN |
| Apr 16, 1962 | BOS at LAL (playoffs) | W 119-105 | 13 PTS, 1 REB, 7 AST, 31 MIN | 34 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 46 MIN |
| Apr 14, 1962 | LAL at BOS (playoffs) | L 126-121 | 16 PTS, 5 REB, 10 AST, 41 MIN | 24 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 47 MIN |
| Apr 11, 1962 | BOS at LAL (playoffs) | W 115-103 | 17 PTS, 1 REB, 10 AST, 37 MIN | 26 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 40 MIN |
| Apr 10, 1962 | BOS at LAL (playoffs) | L 117-115 | 24 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 37 MIN | 36 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 41 MIN |
| Apr 8, 1962 | LAL at BOS (playoffs) | L 129-122 | 23 PTS, 8 REB, 11 AST, 39 MIN | 40 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 45 MIN |
| Apr 7, 1962 | LAL at BOS (playoffs) | W 122-108 | 15 PTS, 1 REB, 7 AST, 27 MIN | 21 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 43 MIN |
| Mar 11, 1962 | LAL at BOS | W 119-105 | 13 PTS, 6 AST, 20 MIN | 31 PTS, 3 AST, 43 MIN |
| Feb 20, 1962 | BOS at LAL | W 115-96 | 16 PTS, 5 REB, 0 MIN | 19 PTS, 5 REB, 0 MIN |
| Feb 18, 1962 | BOS at LAL | L 125-99 | 13 PTS, 0 REB, 0 MIN | 30 PTS, 6 REB, 0 MIN |
| Feb 1, 1962 | LAL at BOS | W 130-115 | 5 PTS, 0 MIN | 22 PTS, 0 MIN |
| Jan 23, 1962 | LAL at BOS | W 118-103 | 11 PTS, 0 MIN | 32 PTS, 0 MIN |
| Jan 7, 1962 | BOS at LAL | W 118-95 | 12 PTS, 5 REB, 0 MIN | 31 PTS, 5 REB, 0 MIN |
| Dec 26, 1961 | LAL at BOS | W 129-117 | 26 PTS, 6 AST, 28 MIN | 21 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 34 MIN |
| Dec 19, 1961 | BOS at LAL | L 104-101 | 13 PTS, 5 REB, 0 MIN | 29 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST, 0 MIN |
| Nov 18, 1961 | LAL at BOS | L 103-101 | 18 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 33 MIN | 20 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 35 MIN |
| Feb 22, 1961 | BOS at LAL | L 105-93 | 10 PTS, 1 REB, 0 MIN | 4 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 0 MIN |
| Feb 14, 1961 | LAL at BOS | W 113-93 | 19 PTS, 4 REB, 26 MIN | 21 PTS, 8 REB, 29 MIN |
| Feb 7, 1961 | LAL at BOS | W 96-95 | 7 PTS, 6 AST, 0 MIN | 29 PTS, 0 MIN |
| Jan 19, 1961 | LAL at BOS | W 106-103 | 22 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 0 MIN | 10 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN |
| Jan 3, 1961 | BOS at LAL | W 102-96 | 27 PTS, 4 REB, 0 MIN | 18 PTS, 4 REB, 0 MIN |
| Dec 17, 1960 | LAL at BOS | W 140-112 | 25 PTS, 8 AST, 34 MIN | 28 PTS, 1 AST, 36 MIN |
| Dec 5, 1960 | BOS at LAL | W 123-101 | 24 PTS, 0 MIN | 9 PTS, 0 MIN |
| Dec 4, 1960 | BOS at LAL | W 113-103 | 11 PTS, 4 REB, 42 MIN | 7 PTS, 7 REB, 0 MIN |
| Dec 2, 1960 | LAL at BOS | L 120-117 | 26 PTS, 13 AST, 41 MIN | 19 PTS, 0 AST, 21 MIN |
| Nov 12, 1960 | LAL at BOS | W 131-124 | 5 PTS, 0 MIN | 27 PTS, 0 MIN |
Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.
Career totals
Where each stands all time
Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.
Titles and awards
Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.
Season by season
Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.