Alvan Adams vs. Paul George Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul George 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, 1 less than Paul George, who played 14. Alvan Adams had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Paul George had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Paul George	14	11	2010-11 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1975-76	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Pacers 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		%
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
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762

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
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 2
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1976-77	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
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
Paul George	66	29.7	12.1	0.8	4.8	5.6	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.3	9.7	.440	1.4	3.5	.385	2.2	2.8	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	11	33.7	9.7	1.4	5.3	6.6	2.4	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.9	3.4	8.6	.389	1.0	3.7	.268	2.0	2.5	.786


Season 3
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1977-78	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
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
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807

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
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727


Season 4
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1978-79	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers 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		%
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
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864

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
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789


Season 5
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1979-80	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
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
Paul George	6	15.2	8.8	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	3.0	8.2	.367	1.5	3.7	.409	1.3	1.8	.727

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
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1980-81	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
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
Paul George	81	34.8	23.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.418	2.6	7.0	.371	5.6	6.5	.860

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
Paul George	7	39.3	27.3	1.3	6.3	7.6	4.3	2.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	8.0	17.6	.455	2.6	6.1	.419	8.7	9.1	.953


Season 7
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1981-82	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
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
Paul George	75	35.9	23.7	0.8	5.8	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	18.0	.461	2.6	6.6	.393	4.5	5.0	.898

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
Paul George	4	43.0	28.0	1.3	7.5	8.8	7.3	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.3	8.5	22.0	.386	4.5	10.5	.429	6.5	7.5	.867


Season 8
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1982-83	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West 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		%
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
Paul George	79	36.6	21.9	0.9	4.7	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	7.3	17.0	.430	3.1	7.7	.401	4.3	5.2	.822

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
Paul George	6	41.8	24.7	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.0	2.8	8.2	20.0	.408	3.2	8.7	.365	5.2	6.0	.861


Season 9
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1983-84	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West 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		%
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
Paul George	77	36.9	28.0	1.4	6.8	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	9.2	21.0	.438	3.8	9.8	.386	5.9	7.0	.839

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
Paul George	5	40.8	28.6	1.2	7.4	8.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	4.2	8.8	20.2	.436	3.0	9.4	.319	8.0	9.8	.816


Season 10
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1984-85	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West 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		%
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
Paul George	48	29.6	21.5	0.5	5.2	5.7	3.9	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	7.1	16.3	.439	3.3	7.9	.412	4.0	4.5	.876

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
Paul George	13	36.8	20.2	1.1	5.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	3.8	6.8	17.0	.398	2.8	8.5	.333	3.8	4.2	.909


Season 11
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1985-86	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West 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		%
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
Paul George	54	33.7	23.3	0.8	5.8	6.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	3.3	2.4	8.2	17.6	.467	3.2	7.7	.411	3.7	4.2	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	19	40.8	26.9	0.9	8.7	9.6	5.4	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.1	8.7	19.7	.441	2.7	8.0	.336	6.8	8.1	.844


Season 12
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1986-87	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Paul George	31	34.7	24.3	0.4	6.5	6.9	5.7	2.2	0.4	4.1	2.4	8.6	20.5	.421	2.9	8.3	.354	4.1	4.8	.858

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


Season 13
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	1987-88	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
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
Paul George	56	34.6	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.1	1.5	0.4	3.1	2.8	8.2	17.9	.457	2.8	7.6	.371	4.6	5.3	.871

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


Season 14
	Alvan Adams	Paul George
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	74	33.8	22.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	7.9	16.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.413	3.6	3.9	.907

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	6	37.0	19.5	0.5	6.3	6.8	4.8	1.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	6.5	15.8	.411	3.0	8.2	.367	3.5	4.2	.840

Alvan Adams vs. Paul George Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul George 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

Season 14