Alvan Adams vs. Wilt Chamberlain Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wilt Chamberlain 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 Wilt Chamberlain, who played 14. Alvan Adams had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Wilt Chamberlain had his rookie season in 1959-60. 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
Wilt Chamberlain	14	13	1959-60 to 1972-73

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1975-76	1959-60
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Warriors 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	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
Wilt Chamberlain	72	46.4	37.6	-	-	27.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.1	14.8	32.1	.461	-	-	-	8.0	13.8	.582

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
Wilt Chamberlain	9	46.1	33.2	-	-	25.8	2.1	-	-	-	1.9	13.9	28.0	.496	-	-	-	5.4	12.2	.445


Season 2
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1976-77	1960-61
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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
Wilt Chamberlain	79	47.8	38.4	-	-	27.2	1.9	-	-	-	1.6	15.8	31.1	.509	-	-	-	6.7	13.3	.504

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wilt Chamberlain	3	48.0	37.0	-	-	23.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	15.0	32.0	.469	-	-	-	7.0	12.7	.553


Season 3
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1977-78	1961-62
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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
Wilt Chamberlain	80	48.5	50.4	-	-	25.7	2.4	-	-	-	1.5	20.0	39.5	.506	-	-	-	10.4	17.0	.613

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
Wilt Chamberlain	12	48.0	35.0	-	-	26.6	3.1	-	-	-	2.3	13.5	28.9	.467	-	-	-	8.0	12.6	.636


Season 4
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1978-79	1962-63
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
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
Wilt Chamberlain	80	47.6	44.8	-	-	24.3	3.4	-	-	-	1.7	18.3	34.6	.528	-	-	-	8.3	13.9	.593

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
Wilt Chamberlain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1979-80	1963-64
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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	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
Wilt Chamberlain	80	46.1	36.9	-	-	22.3	5.0	-	-	-	2.3	15.1	28.7	.524	-	-	-	6.8	12.7	.531

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
Wilt Chamberlain	12	46.5	34.7	-	-	25.2	3.3	-	-	-	2.3	14.6	26.8	.543	-	-	-	5.5	11.6	.475


Season 6
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1980-81	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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	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
Wilt Chamberlain	73	45.2	34.7	-	-	22.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	14.6	28.5	.510	-	-	-	5.6	12.1	.464

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
Wilt Chamberlain	11	48.7	29.3	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.6	11.2	21.1	.530	-	-	-	6.9	12.4	.559


Season 7
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1981-82	1965-66
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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	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
Wilt Chamberlain	79	47.3	33.5	-	-	24.6	5.2	-	-	-	2.2	13.6	25.2	.540	-	-	-	6.3	12.4	.513

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
Wilt Chamberlain	5	48.0	28.0	-	-	30.2	3.0	-	-	-	2.0	11.2	22.0	.509	-	-	-	5.6	13.6	.412


Season 8
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1982-83	1966-67
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	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	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
Wilt Chamberlain	81	45.5	24.1	-	-	24.2	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	9.7	14.2	.683	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	.441

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
Wilt Chamberlain	15	47.9	21.7	-	-	29.1	9.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.8	15.2	.579	-	-	-	4.1	10.7	.388


Season 9
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1983-84	1967-68
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	76ers 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	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
Wilt Chamberlain	82	46.8	24.3	-	-	23.8	8.6	-	-	-	2.0	10.0	16.8	.595	-	-	-	4.3	11.4	.380

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
Wilt Chamberlain	13	48.5	23.7	-	-	24.7	6.5	-	-	-	2.2	9.5	17.8	.534	-	-	-	4.6	12.2	.380


Season 10
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1984-85	1968-69
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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	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
Wilt Chamberlain	81	45.3	20.5	-	-	21.1	4.5	-	-	-	1.8	7.9	13.6	.583	-	-	-	4.7	10.6	.446

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
Wilt Chamberlain	18	46.2	13.9	-	-	24.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	9.8	.545	-	-	-	3.2	8.2	.392


Season 11
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1985-86	1969-70
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	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
Wilt Chamberlain	12	42.1	27.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.6	10.8	18.9	.568	-	-	-	5.8	13.1	.446

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wilt Chamberlain	18	47.3	22.1	-	-	22.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.3	8.8	16.0	.549	-	-	-	4.6	11.2	.406


Season 12
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1986-87	1970-71
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	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
Wilt Chamberlain	82	44.3	20.7	-	-	18.2	4.3	-	-	-	2.1	8.1	15.0	.545	-	-	-	4.4	8.2	.538

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wilt Chamberlain	12	46.2	18.3	-	-	20.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.8	7.1	15.6	.455	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	.515


Season 13
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	1987-88	1971-72
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds 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		%
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
Wilt Chamberlain	82	42.3	14.8	-	-	19.2	4.0	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	9.3	.649	-	-	-	2.7	6.4	.422

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wilt Chamberlain	15	46.9	14.7	-	-	21.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	9.5	.563	-	-	-	4.0	8.1	.492


Season 14
	Alvan Adams	Wilt Chamberlain
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wilt Chamberlain	82	43.2	13.2	-	-	18.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	7.1	.727	-	-	-	2.8	5.5	.510

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wilt Chamberlain	17	47.1	10.4	-	-	22.5	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	6.8	.552	-	-	-	2.9	5.8	.500

Alvan Adams vs. Wilt Chamberlain Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wilt Chamberlain 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