Alvan Adams vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Alvan Adams, 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.

Alvan Adams played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Bill Sharman, who played 11. Alvan Adams had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Bill Sharman had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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
Alvan Adams	13	9	1975-76 to 1987-88
Bill Sharman	11	10	1950-51 to 1960-61

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1975-76	1950-51
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Alvan Adams	80	33.2	19.0	2.7	6.4	9.1	5.6	1.5	1.5	-	3.4	7.9	16.8	.469	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.735
Bill Sharman	31	-	12.2	-	-	3.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.3	.370	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	19	35.2	17.9	2.8	7.2	10.1	5.2	1.3	1.1	-	3.2	7.2	15.9	.452	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.817
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1976-77	1951-52
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Alvan Adams	72	31.6	18.0	2.5	6.6	9.1	4.5	1.3	1.2	-	3.6	7.3	15.3	.474	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	.754
Bill Sharman	63	22.0	10.7	-	-	3.5	2.4	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	10.0	.389	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	1	27.0	15.0	-	-	3.0	7.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	12.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 3
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1977-78	1952-53
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Alvan Adams	70	27.3	15.5	2.3	5.8	8.1	3.2	1.2	0.9	3.3	3.5	6.2	12.8	.485	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.730
Bill Sharman	71	32.9	16.2	-	-	4.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	13.0	.436	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	2	35.5	16.0	4.0	4.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	4.5	4.0	7.5	16.5	.455	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Bill Sharman	6	33.5	11.7	-	-	2.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	3.3	10.0	.333	-	-	-	5.0	5.3	.938


Season 4
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1978-79	1953-54
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Alvan Adams	77	30.7	17.8	2.9	6.3	9.2	4.7	1.4	0.8	3.6	3.2	7.4	13.9	.530	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.799
Bill Sharman	72	34.3	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.7	12.7	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	12	31.0	12.8	2.1	5.4	7.5	4.4	0.9	1.0	3.0	3.4	5.5	11.6	.475	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.710
Bill Sharman	6	34.3	18.8	-	-	4.2	1.7	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	13.5	.432	-	-	-	7.2	8.3	.860


Season 5
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1979-80	1954-55
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Alvan Adams	75	28.9	14.9	2.1	6.0	8.1	4.3	1.4	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.2	11.7	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.1	.797
Bill Sharman	68	36.1	18.4	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.6	.427	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	8	31.4	16.1	2.3	7.4	9.6	5.8	0.9	1.3	3.0	3.0	7.0	12.4	.566	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.4	.895
Bill Sharman	7	41.4	20.7	-	-	5.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.4	7.9	15.7	.500	-	-	-	5.0	5.4	.921


Season 6
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1980-81	1955-56
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Alvan Adams	75	27.4	14.9	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.4	0.9	3.0	3.0	6.1	11.6	.526	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.5	.768
Bill Sharman	72	37.5	19.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	17.1	.438	-	-	-	5.0	5.7	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	7	31.1	10.6	1.6	4.3	5.9	3.7	0.6	0.1	2.7	2.9	3.9	8.6	.450	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.0	.714
Bill Sharman	3	39.7	17.3	-	-	2.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	6.0	15.3	.391	-	-	-	5.3	5.7	.941


Season 7
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1981-82	1956-57
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Alvan Adams	79	30.3	15.1	1.7	5.7	7.4	4.5	1.4	1.0	2.5	3.4	6.4	13.0	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	2.9	.781
Bill Sharman	67	35.9	21.1	-	-	4.3	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	18.5	.416	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	7	33.3	16.9	2.7	4.6	7.3	3.7	2.0	1.4	3.0	3.1	6.9	13.1	.522	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.0	.786
Bill Sharman	10	37.7	21.1	-	-	3.5	2.9	-	-	-	2.3	7.5	19.7	.381	-	-	-	6.1	6.4	.953


Season 8
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1982-83	1957-58
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Alvan Adams	80	30.6	14.2	2.0	4.8	6.9	4.7	1.4	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.0	12.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.333	2.3	2.7	.829
Bill Sharman	63	35.1	22.3	-	-	4.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.7	20.6	.424	-	-	-	4.8	5.4	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	3	28.0	11.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.7	0.7	1.7	1.7	5.0	5.0	10.7	.469	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.714
Bill Sharman	11	36.9	21.1	-	-	4.9	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	8.2	20.1	.407	-	-	-	4.7	5.1	.929


Season 9
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1983-84	1958-59
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Alvan Adams	70	20.7	9.6	1.7	2.9	4.6	3.1	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.8	3.8	8.3	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.825
Bill Sharman	72	33.1	20.4	-	-	4.1	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	7.8	19.1	.408	-	-	-	4.8	5.1	.932

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	17	18.4	8.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.1	3.1	7.4	.421	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.1	.679
Bill Sharman	11	29.3	20.1	-	-	3.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	7.5	17.5	.425	-	-	-	5.2	5.4	.966


Season 10
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1984-85	1959-60
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alvan Adams	82	26.0	14.7	1.9	4.2	6.1	3.8	1.4	0.6	2.4	3.1	5.8	11.2	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.883
Bill Sharman	71	27.0	19.3	-	-	3.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.9	17.3	.456	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	3	26.3	17.0	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.7	2.3	0.3	2.0	2.7	7.7	15.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.833
Bill Sharman	13	28.0	16.8	-	-	3.5	1.5	-	-	-	1.7	6.8	16.1	.421	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.811


Season 11
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1985-86	1960-61
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Alvan Adams	78	25.7	10.8	1.9	4.2	6.1	4.2	1.3	0.6	2.6	3.5	4.4	8.7	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.6	.783
Bill Sharman	61	25.2	16.0	-	-	3.7	2.4	-	-	-	2.1	6.3	14.9	.422	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.921

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	10	26.1	16.8	-	-	2.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.2	6.8	13.3	.511	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	.889


Season 12
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Alvan Adams	68	24.9	11.1	1.3	3.6	5.0	3.3	0.9	0.5	2.0	3.0	4.6	9.1	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.5	.788
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Alvan Adams	Bill Sharman
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Alvan Adams	82	20.1	7.5	1.4	3.0	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	3.0	3.1	6.2	.496	0.0	0.0	.500	1.3	1.6	.844
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alvan Adams vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Alvan Adams, 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