Adrian Dantley vs. Richard Hamilton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Hamilton and Adrian Dantley, 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.

Adrian Dantley played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Richard Hamilton, who played 14. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Richard Hamilton had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Adrian Dantley	15	7	1976-77 to 1990-91
Richard Hamilton	14	9	1999-00 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1976-77	1999-00
Team	Buffalo Braves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818
Richard Hamilton	71	19.3	9.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.0	3.6	8.5	.420	0.4	1.1	.364	1.5	1.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1977-78	2000-01
Team	Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Adrian Dantley	79	37.1	21.5	3.4	4.5	7.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.9	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	6.8	8.6	.796
Richard Hamilton	78	32.3	18.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.9	1.0	0.1	2.6	2.6	7.0	16.0	.438	0.5	1.9	.274	3.6	4.1	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	3	34.7	17.0	3.0	5.3	8.3	3.7	1.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.7	11.7	.571	-	-	-	3.7	5.7	.647
Richard Hamilton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1978-79	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Adrian Dantley	60	29.6	17.3	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	2.6	2.7	6.2	12.2	.510	-	-	-	4.9	5.7	.854
Richard Hamilton	63	35.0	20.0	1.2	2.3	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.2	2.1	2.2	7.5	17.2	.435	0.3	0.7	.381	4.8	5.3	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	8	29.5	17.6	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	6.3	11.1	.562	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.788
Richard Hamilton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1979-80	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Adrian Dantley	68	39.3	28.0	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	10.7	18.6	.576	0.0	0.0	.000	6.5	7.7	.842
Richard Hamilton	82	32.2	19.7	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.5	0.8	0.2	2.4	3.0	7.0	15.7	.443	0.4	1.5	.269	5.4	6.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	17	38.7	22.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	3.4	3.0	7.9	17.8	.442	0.5	1.6	.333	6.2	6.9	.906


Season 5
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1980-81	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	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		%
Adrian Dantley	80	42.7	30.7	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	7.9	9.8	.806
Richard Hamilton	78	35.5	17.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.8	6.8	14.9	.455	0.2	0.9	.265	3.8	4.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	23	40.6	21.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	4.2	1.2	0.0	3.1	3.1	7.9	17.6	.447	0.7	1.7	.385	5.1	6.0	.848


Season 6
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1981-82	2004-05
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Adrian Dantley	81	39.8	30.3	2.9	3.5	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.1	11.2	19.6	.570	0.0	0.0	.333	8.0	10.1	.792
Richard Hamilton	76	38.5	18.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.9	1.0	0.2	2.9	3.1	6.7	15.3	.440	0.5	1.6	.305	4.8	5.6	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	25	43.2	20.0	1.2	3.1	4.3	4.3	0.8	0.1	3.1	3.2	7.9	17.5	.453	0.4	1.4	.294	3.8	4.8	.798


Season 7
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1982-83	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Adrian Dantley	22	40.3	30.7	2.6	3.7	6.4	4.8	0.9	0.0	3.7	2.8	10.6	18.3	.580	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.847
Richard Hamilton	80	35.3	20.1	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.6	8.1	16.5	.491	0.7	1.5	.458	3.2	3.8	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	18	38.3	20.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.3	2.2	3.3	7.1	17.2	.413	0.8	2.2	.350	5.4	6.3	.851


Season 8
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1983-84	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Adrian Dantley	79	37.8	30.6	2.3	3.4	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	2.5	10.2	18.2	.558	0.0	0.1	.250	10.3	12.0	.859
Richard Hamilton	75	36.8	19.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.1	3.1	7.3	15.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.341	4.6	5.4	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	11	41.3	32.2	3.4	4.2	7.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	3.5	2.7	10.6	21.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	10.9	12.6	.863
Richard Hamilton	16	39.9	18.8	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.9	3.8	6.8	15.8	.429	0.5	1.3	.400	4.8	5.6	.865


Season 9
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1984-85	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Adrian Dantley	55	35.8	26.6	2.7	3.2	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	9.9	.804
Richard Hamilton	72	33.7	17.3	1.0	2.2	3.3	4.2	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.3	.484	0.9	2.0	.440	2.6	3.1	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	10	39.8	25.3	2.5	5.0	7.5	2.0	1.6	0.0	3.6	3.9	7.9	15.1	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	9.5	12.2	.779
Richard Hamilton	17	38.6	21.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.9	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.8	7.9	16.8	.470	0.5	1.5	.308	5.4	5.9	.911


Season 10
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1985-86	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	76	36.1	29.8	2.3	2.9	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	10.8	19.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.091	8.3	10.5	.791
Richard Hamilton	67	34.0	18.3	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.4	0.6	0.1	2.0	2.6	7.0	15.6	.447	1.0	2.8	.368	3.3	3.9	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	4	38.5	13.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.3	0.3	2.5	3.0	5.3	14.8	.356	0.5	2.5	.200	2.3	2.5	.900


Season 11
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1986-87	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Adrian Dantley	81	33.8	21.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.0	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	13.9	.534	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.2	.812
Richard Hamilton	46	33.7	18.1	0.7	2.0	2.7	4.4	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.5	6.4	15.6	.409	0.9	3.0	.297	4.4	5.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	15	33.3	20.5	1.9	2.6	4.5	2.3	0.9	0.0	2.2	2.4	7.4	13.7	.539	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.4	.775
Richard Hamilton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1987-88	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Adrian Dantley	69	31.1	20.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.4	12.5	.514	0.0	0.0	.000	7.1	8.3	.860
Richard Hamilton	55	27.2	14.1	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.7	5.2	12.2	.429	1.0	2.6	.382	2.7	3.1	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	23	35.0	19.4	1.6	3.0	4.7	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.2	2.2	6.7	12.7	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.7	.787
Richard Hamilton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1988-89	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	73	33.2	19.2	1.6	2.7	4.3	2.3	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	13.1	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	7.8	.810
Richard Hamilton	28	24.9	11.6	0.7	1.6	2.4	3.0	0.4	0.0	1.8	2.0	5.0	11.1	.452	0.6	1.6	.370	1.0	1.3	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	6	28.5	13.0	1.3	1.8	3.2	3.0	0.2	0.0	1.3	2.5	4.8	11.7	.414	0.3	1.0	.333	3.0	3.7	.818


Season 14
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1989-90	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 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		%
Adrian Dantley	45	28.9	14.7	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.1	10.8	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.6	.787
Richard Hamilton	50	21.8	9.8	0.3	1.3	1.7	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.7	1.9	4.1	9.5	.429	0.3	1.0	.308	1.3	1.5	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	4	17.0	6.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.3	2.5	6.8	.370	0.8	1.8	.429	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 15
	Adrian Dantley	Richard Hamilton
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	10	12.6	5.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.9	5.0	.380	0.1	0.3	.333	1.8	2.6	.692
Richard Hamilton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	3	6.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Richard Hamilton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Adrian Dantley vs. Richard Hamilton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Hamilton and Adrian Dantley, 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