Bam Adebayo vs. Mario Chalmers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mario Chalmers and Bam Adebayo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Bam Adebayo played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Mario Chalmers, who played 9. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Mario Chalmers had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	Mario Chalmers
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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		%
Bam Adebayo	69	19.8	6.9	1.7	3.8	5.5	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.9	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.721
Mario Chalmers	82	32.0	10.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.9	2.0	0.1	2.0	2.9	3.4	8.1	.420	1.4	3.8	.367	1.8	2.4	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	15.4	3.4	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	2.8	.214
Mario Chalmers	7	33.0	7.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.4	2.9	0.1	2.4	3.0	2.9	7.1	.400	0.9	3.0	.286	0.7	1.0	.714

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Mario Chalmers
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
Bam Adebayo	72	33.6	15.9	2.4	7.8	10.2	5.1	1.1	1.3	2.8	2.5	6.1	11.0	.557	0.0	0.2	.143	3.7	5.3	.691
Mario Chalmers	70	22.6	6.4	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.5	1.1	0.1	1.3	2.3	2.2	5.5	.399	1.2	3.3	.359	0.8	0.9	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	19	36.2	17.8	2.5	7.8	10.3	4.4	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.1	6.5	11.6	.564	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.1	.783
Mario Chalmers	21	24.3	7.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.1	1.3	0.0	1.3	2.3	2.6	5.9	.435	1.5	4.0	.381	1.1	1.5	.719

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Mario Chalmers
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Bam Adebayo	64	33.5	18.7	2.2	6.7	9.0	5.4	1.2	1.0	2.6	2.3	7.1	12.5	.570	0.0	0.1	.250	4.4	5.5	.799
Mario Chalmers	64	28.5	9.8	0.3	2.4	2.7	3.5	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.6	3.5	7.8	.448	1.6	4.1	.388	1.3	1.6	.792
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	4	34.0	15.5	3.5	5.8	9.3	4.3	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.8	6.5	14.3	.456	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.3	.769
Mario Chalmers	23	35.6	11.3	0.5	3.1	3.7	3.9	1.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	4.0	9.0	.442	1.4	4.0	.359	1.9	2.6	.717

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Mario Chalmers
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Bam Adebayo	56	32.6	19.1	2.4	7.6	10.1	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.6	3.1	7.3	13.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.1	.753
Mario Chalmers	77	26.9	8.6	0.2	2.0	2.2	3.5	1.5	0.2	1.5	2.5	2.9	6.9	.429	1.6	3.9	.409	1.2	1.5	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	18	34.1	14.8	2.1	5.9	8.0	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.1	5.8	9.7	.594	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.2	.763
Mario Chalmers	23	28.3	9.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.1	0.9	0.0	1.7	3.0	3.3	8.0	.415	1.0	3.0	.353	1.7	2.3	.755

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Mario Chalmers
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
Bam Adebayo	75	34.6	20.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.5	2.8	8.0	14.9	.540	0.0	0.2	.083	4.3	5.4	.806
Mario Chalmers	73	29.8	9.8	0.6	2.4	2.9	4.9	1.6	0.2	2.2	2.9	3.5	7.7	.454	1.2	3.1	.385	1.7	2.2	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	23	37.0	17.9	2.7	7.1	9.9	3.7	0.9	0.7	2.7	3.1	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.821
Mario Chalmers	20	26.8	6.4	0.1	2.2	2.3	3.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.4	2.4	5.6	.423	0.8	2.2	.349	1.0	1.3	.760

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Mario Chalmers
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Bam Adebayo	71	34.0	19.3	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.9	1.1	0.9	2.3	2.2	7.5	14.3	.521	0.2	0.6	.357	4.1	5.5	.755
Mario Chalmers	80	29.6	10.2	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	3.1	3.3	8.3	.403	0.9	3.1	.294	2.6	3.3	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	38.4	22.6	2.2	7.2	9.4	3.8	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.0	9.6	19.4	.495	0.4	2.0	.200	3.0	4.2	.714
Mario Chalmers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mario Chalmers didn't play in 2016-17.