Bam Adebayo vs. Walter Dukes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walter Dukes 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 less than Walter Dukes, who played 8. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Walter Dukes had his rookie season in 1955-56. 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.

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Walter Dukes
Season	2019-20	1957-58
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost West 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		%
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
Walter Dukes	72	30.3	11.2	-	-	13.3	0.7	-	-	-	4.3	3.9	11.1	.349	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.675
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
Walter Dukes	7	40.9	15.9	-	-	13.9	0.6	-	-	-	5.4	5.3	14.4	.366	-	-	-	5.3	8.0	.661

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Walter Dukes
Season	2020-21	1958-59
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West 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		%
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
Walter Dukes	72	32.5	13.0	-	-	13.3	0.9	-	-	-	4.6	4.4	12.6	.352	-	-	-	4.1	6.3	.657
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
Walter Dukes	3	37.7	14.3	-	-	13.3	1.0	-	-	-	5.0	5.0	10.0	.500	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.765

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Walter Dukes
Season	2021-22	1959-60
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost West 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		%
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
Walter Dukes	66	32.4	15.2	-	-	13.4	1.2	-	-	-	4.7	4.8	13.2	.361	-	-	-	5.7	7.7	.740
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
Walter Dukes	2	39.0	24.0	-	-	16.5	1.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.0	15.5	.516	-	-	-	8.0	11.0	.727

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Walter Dukes
Season	2022-23	1960-61
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost West 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		%
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
Walter Dukes	73	28.0	11.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	3.9	9.7	.405	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	.703
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
Walter Dukes	5	30.4	10.0	-	-	9.8	2.2	-	-	-	5.0	4.0	10.6	.377	-	-	-	2.0	3.6	.556

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Walter Dukes
Season	2023-24	1961-62
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West 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		%
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
Walter Dukes	77	24.6	9.4	-	-	10.4	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	3.3	8.4	.396	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.715
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
Walter Dukes	10	34.7	12.4	-	-	13.8	2.4	-	-	-	5.2	3.9	9.1	.429	-	-	-	4.6	6.1	.754