Bam Adebayo vs. Norris Cole Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norris Cole 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, 1 more than Norris Cole, who played 6. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Norris Cole had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Norris Cole
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
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	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
Norris Cole	65	19.4	6.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.9	2.7	6.9	.393	0.3	1.2	.276	1.0	1.3	.776
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
Norris Cole	19	8.9	1.8	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.6	1.9	.324	0.2	0.6	.250	0.4	0.5	.778

Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	Norris Cole
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
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		%
Bam Adebayo	82	23.3	8.9	2.0	5.3	7.3	2.2	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.5	3.4	5.9	.576	0.0	0.2	.200	2.0	2.8	.735
Norris Cole	80	19.9	5.6	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.9	2.2	5.3	.421	0.4	1.2	.357	0.7	1.0	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norris Cole	21	19.9	6.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.9	2.3	4.9	.480	0.8	1.5	.531	0.7	0.9	.737

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Norris Cole
Season	2019-20	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	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
Norris Cole	82	24.6	6.4	0.2	1.7	2.0	3.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.9	2.5	6.1	.414	0.7	2.1	.345	0.6	0.8	.779
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
Norris Cole	20	20.2	4.6	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.7	1.6	3.9	.410	0.8	2.0	.375	0.7	0.8	.867

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Norris Cole
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pelicans 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		%
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
Norris Cole	75	24.4	7.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.1	7.4	.412	0.7	2.3	.313	0.8	1.1	.716
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
Norris Cole	4	26.5	8.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.3	2.0	3.8	3.8	9.0	.417	0.8	3.5	.214	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Norris Cole
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
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
Norris Cole	45	26.6	10.6	0.2	3.1	3.4	3.7	0.8	0.1	1.7	2.3	4.4	10.8	.405	0.7	2.3	.324	1.2	1.4	.800
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
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Norris Cole
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
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
Norris Cole	13	9.6	3.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.4	1.2	4.0	.308	0.2	1.0	.231	0.6	0.8	.800
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
Norris Cole	4	6.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Norris Cole
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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	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
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-