Connie Dierking vs Mel Counts

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Connie Dierking and Mel Counts compared on their NBA careers: Connie Dierking played 10 seasons, 1958-59 to 1970-71, Mel Counts 12 seasons, 1964-65 to 1975-76. Connie Dierking averaged 10 points a game to Mel Counts's 8.3. They have faced each other 42 times: Connie Dierking's team won 16, Mel Counts's 26. In the playoffs they are level at 1-1. Mel Counts won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Connie Dierking leads in 3 of the 3 lines, Mel Counts in 0. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Connie Dierking and Mel Counts career per game
706GP789
21.9MIN17.4
10, betterPTS8.3
6.7, betterREB6
1.5, betterAST1.4
—STL0.1
—BLK0.1

Connie Dierking and Mel Counts: no career line is published, so it is worked out from the seasons on file — career totals divided by games played.

Connie Dierking vs Mel Counts head to head

They have faced each other 42 times: Connie Dierking's team won 16, Mel Counts's 26. In the playoffs they are level at 1-1.

Connie Dierking and Mel Counts, record against each other
Regular season401525, better
Playoffs211
Total421626, better
Connie Dierking and Mel Counts, averages in their games against each other
11.3, betterPTS9.6
8.4, betterREB7.1
1.9, betterAST1.1
4.6MIN4.9

Every game against each other

Connie Dierking vs Mel Counts, every game
Feb 26, 1971PHX at PHIL 108-942 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 10 MIN11 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 22 MIN
Jan 9, 1971PHX at PHIW 123-1123 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 12 MIN17 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 25 MIN
Dec 22, 1970PHI at PHXW 133-1292 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 5 MIN6 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 15 MIN
Nov 21, 1970PHX at PHIL 125-1195 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 15 MIN8 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 23 MIN
Mar 8, 1970SAC at LALL 144-11620 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST, 0 MIN18 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 16 MIN
Feb 3, 1970LAL at SACL 124-11410 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN5 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 0 MIN
Dec 19, 1969SAC at LALW 117-10931 PTS, 12 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN10 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN
Nov 19, 1969LAL at SACL 116-10316 PTS, 11 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN6 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN
Nov 2, 1969SAC at LALW 124-11614 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 37 MIN2 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 7 MIN
Oct 22, 1969LAL at SACL 116-1094 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 12 MIN9 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 28 MIN
Mar 19, 1969LAL at SACW 136-12824 PTS, 28 REB, 0 MIN16 PTS, 6 REB, 0 MIN
Jan 26, 1969LAL at SACL 126-11332 PTS, 8 REB, 0 MIN11 PTS, 17 REB, 0 MIN
Jan 19, 1969SAC at LALL 132-11716 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 0 MIN23 PTS, 15 REB, 4 AST, 0 MIN
Jan 17, 1969SAC at LALL 128-10720 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 0 MIN20 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 0 MIN
Dec 17, 1968SAC at LALL 112-10817 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 0 MIN17 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 0 MIN
Oct 22, 1968LAL at SACW 107-10310 PTS, 5 REB, 0 MIN6 PTS, 5 REB, 0 MIN
Feb 27, 1968SAC at LALL 117-1068 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN8 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 0 MIN
Feb 23, 1968SAC at LALL 131-11524 PTS, 20 REB, 4 AST, 0 MIN8 PTS, 14 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN
Feb 6, 1968SAC at LALL 146-1026 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN10 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN
Jan 25, 1968LAL at SACL 118-11625 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN1 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 0 MIN
Dec 27, 1967LAL at SACW 132-12713 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 0 MIN30 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN
Nov 4, 1967LAL at SACL 106-10430 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST, 44 MIN18 PTS, 12 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN
Oct 25, 1967SAC at LALL 132-11619 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 0 MIN19 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 0 MIN
Mar 1, 1967LAL at SACW 122-11612 PTS, 11 REB, 0 MIN19 PTS, 10 REB, 0 MIN
Feb 26, 1967SAC at LALL 141-1275 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN4 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 0 MIN
Feb 22, 1967SAC at LALL 103-10211 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST, 0 MIN0 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN
Jan 8, 1967SAC at WSHW 126-944 PTS, 11 REB, 0 MIN8 PTS, 3 REB, 0 MIN
Dec 18, 1966WSH at SACW 138-11421 PTS, 23 REB, 0 MIN3 PTS, 5 REB, 0 MIN
Nov 11, 1966SAC at WSHW 119-1049 PTS, 3 REB, 0 MIN7 PTS, 4 REB, 0 MIN
Mar 26, 1966BOS at SAC (playoffs)L 132-12510 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN0 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN
Mar 23, 1966SAC at BOS (playoffs)W 107-1030 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN7 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN
Mar 20, 1966SAC at BOSL 121-10413 PTS, 4 REB, 0 MIN2 PTS, 1 REB, 0 MIN
Mar 10, 1966BOS at SACL 124-12010 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN0 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN
Feb 15, 1966BOS at SACW 136-1232 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN11 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 0 MIN
Jan 25, 1966BOS at SACW 113-1017 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 0 MIN9 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN
Jan 21, 1966SAC at BOSL 113-960 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 2 MIN13 PTS, 11 REB, 0 AST, 22 MIN
Dec 15, 1965SAC at BOSW 117-1102 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 6 MIN12 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 13 MIN
Nov 19, 1965SAC at BOSL 129-1031 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 11 MIN8 PTS, 12 REB, 0 AST, 20 MIN
Feb 20, 1965BOS at GSL 114-1086 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 24 MIN4 PTS, 0 REB, 2 AST, 6 MIN
Jan 22, 1965GS at BOSL 104-949 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 14 MIN4 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 10 MIN
Nov 21, 1964BOS at PHIW 108-963 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 0 MIN0 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN
Nov 14, 1964BOS at PHIL 113-1020 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN12 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 0 MIN

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

Titles and awards

Connie Dierking and Mel Counts titles and awards
Connie DierkingTitle or awardMel Counts
—Championships2, better

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.

Connie Dierking and Mel Counts season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st1958-594.63.60.5, better1964-654.8, better4.9, better0.4
2nd1959-606.96.40.8, better1965-668.4, better6.40.7
3rd1963-646.55.60.71966-677.6, better6.1, better0.9, better
4th1964-657.96.41.11967-6811.7, better8.9, better1.7, better
5th1965-665.64.30.81968-6912.4, better7.8, better1.4, better
6th1966-679.37.82.1, better1969-7012.6, better8.4, better2.0
7th1967-6816.4, better9.5, better2.4, better1970-7111.06.31.7
8th1968-6916.3, better9.0, better2.7, better1971-725.23.41.3
9th1969-7016.7, better8.2, better2.2, better1972-734.63.81.0
10th1970-715.8, better4.3, better1.11973-743.23.21.2, better
11th————1974-756.95.92.4
12th————1975-763.03.31.3

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST