Steven Adams vs. Tracy McGrady Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tracy McGrady and Steven 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.

Steven Adams played 10 years in the NBA, 6 less than Tracy McGrady, who played 16. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Tracy McGrady had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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
Steven Adams	10	7	2013-14 to 2022-23
Tracy McGrady	16	9	1997-98 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	2013-14	1997-98
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Steven Adams	81	14.8	3.3	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.5	1.1	2.3	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.581
Tracy McGrady	64	18.4	7.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	6.2	.450	0.2	0.6	.341	1.2	1.7	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	18.4	3.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.2	0.1	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.5	.689	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.3	.348
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	2014-15	1998-99
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Toronto Raptors
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		%
Steven Adams	70	25.3	7.7	2.8	4.6	7.5	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.2	3.1	5.7	.544	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.9	.502
Tracy McGrady	49	22.6	9.3	2.4	3.2	5.7	2.3	1.1	1.3	1.6	1.9	3.4	7.9	.436	0.2	0.7	.229	2.3	3.2	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	2015-16	1999-00
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Raptors 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		%
Steven Adams	80	25.2	8.0	2.7	3.9	6.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.1	2.8	3.3	5.3	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.5	.582
Tracy McGrady	79	31.2	15.4	2.4	4.0	6.3	3.3	1.1	1.9	2.0	2.5	5.8	12.9	.451	0.2	0.8	.277	3.5	5.0	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	30.7	10.1	3.4	6.1	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.9	3.1	3.8	6.2	.613	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	4.1	.630
Tracy McGrady	3	37.0	16.7	3.3	3.7	7.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.3	5.7	14.7	.386	0.7	2.3	.286	4.7	5.3	.875


Season 4
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	2016-17	2000-01
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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		%
Steven Adams	80	29.9	11.3	3.5	4.2	7.7	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	4.7	8.2	.571	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.2	.611
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.4	8.0	3.4	3.4	6.8	1.4	1.2	1.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	5.6	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816


Season 5
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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		%
Steven Adams	76	32.7	13.9	5.1	4.0	9.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.9	9.4	.629	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.8	.559
Tracy McGrady	76	38.3	25.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	2.5	1.8	9.4	20.9	.451	1.4	3.7	.364	5.5	7.3	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	6	33.3	10.5	3.2	4.3	7.5	1.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	2.5	4.5	7.7	.587	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.692
Tracy McGrady	4	44.5	30.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	10.5	22.8	.462	1.3	4.0	.313	8.5	11.5	.739


Season 6
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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		%
Steven Adams	80	33.4	13.9	4.9	4.6	9.5	1.6	1.5	1.0	1.7	2.6	6.0	10.1	.595	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.7	.500
Tracy McGrady	75	39.4	32.1	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.1	11.1	24.2	.457	2.3	6.0	.386	7.7	9.7	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.8	11.8	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.8	2.6	5.6	8.4	.667	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.6	.375
Tracy McGrady	7	44.1	31.7	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	2.0	0.9	3.7	2.3	10.6	23.6	.448	2.3	6.7	.340	8.3	10.7	.773


Season 7
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Steven Adams	63	26.7	10.9	3.3	6.0	9.3	2.3	0.8	1.1	1.5	1.9	4.5	7.6	.592	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	3.2	.582
Tracy McGrady	67	39.9	28.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.7	1.9	9.7	23.4	.417	2.6	7.7	.339	5.9	7.5	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	30.0	10.1	4.9	6.7	11.6	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.3	1.4	4.4	7.4	.596	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.9	.450
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Steven Adams	58	27.7	7.6	3.7	5.2	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.9	3.3	5.3	.614	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.444
Tracy McGrady	78	40.8	25.7	0.9	5.3	6.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.2	21.3	.431	1.8	5.6	.326	5.5	7.1	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	7	43.1	30.7	1.7	5.7	7.4	6.7	1.6	1.4	3.7	2.9	11.1	24.4	.456	2.4	6.6	.370	6.0	7.3	.824


Season 9
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Steven Adams	76	26.3	6.9	4.6	5.4	10.0	3.4	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.0	2.8	5.1	.547	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.6	.543
Tracy McGrady	47	37.1	24.4	1.0	5.6	6.5	4.8	1.3	0.9	2.6	1.9	8.7	21.5	.406	1.6	5.0	.312	5.4	7.2	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	16.3	3.4	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.3	3.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.545
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Steven Adams	42	27.0	8.6	5.1	6.5	11.5	2.3	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.3	3.7	6.3	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	3.1	.364
Tracy McGrady	71	35.8	24.6	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.5	1.3	0.5	3.0	1.9	9.0	20.8	.431	1.8	5.4	.331	4.9	6.9	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	7	40.0	25.3	0.7	5.1	5.9	7.3	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.7	9.0	22.9	.394	1.3	5.1	.250	6.0	8.1	.737


Season 11
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	66	37.0	21.6	0.6	4.5	5.1	5.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	1.4	8.3	19.8	.419	1.3	4.5	.292	3.7	5.4	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	6	41.2	27.0	1.2	7.0	8.2	6.8	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.3	10.3	24.3	.425	0.8	4.0	.208	5.5	8.8	.623


Season 12
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	35	33.7	15.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.0	1.2	0.4	2.0	1.1	5.4	13.9	.388	1.3	3.3	.376	3.6	4.5	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Houston Rockets, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	30	22.4	8.2	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.3	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.3	3.0	7.8	.387	0.5	2.1	.250	1.6	2.1	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	72	23.4	8.0	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.5	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.4	3.2	7.1	.442	0.4	1.2	.341	1.3	1.8	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	52	16.1	5.3	0.4	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.9	4.4	.437	0.3	0.6	.455	1.1	1.6	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	6	15.0	4.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.7	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.7	.000	0.8	1.0	.833


Season 16
	Steven Adams	Tracy McGrady
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	6	5.2	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.2	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Steven Adams vs. Tracy McGrady Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tracy McGrady and Steven 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

Season 15

Season 16