Adrian Dantley vs. Tom Owens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Owens and Adrian Dantley, 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.

Adrian Dantley played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Tom Owens, who played 7. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Tom Owens had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Adrian Dantley	15	7	1976-77 to 1990-91
Tom Owens	7	5	1976-77 to 1982-83

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1976-77	1976-77
Team	Buffalo Braves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost East 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		%
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818
Tom Owens	46	10.0	4.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.4	0.1	0.3	-	2.1	1.5	2.9	.504	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Owens	3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	-	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1977-78	1977-78
Team	Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Adrian Dantley	79	37.1	21.5	3.4	4.5	7.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.9	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	6.8	8.6	.796
Tom Owens	82	20.9	10.1	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.0	0.4	0.5	1.9	3.2	3.8	7.8	.490	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	3	34.7	17.0	3.0	5.3	8.3	3.7	1.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.7	11.7	.571	-	-	-	3.7	5.7	.647
Tom Owens	6	33.3	15.2	2.2	4.3	6.5	4.3	0.8	1.2	1.2	5.0	6.3	11.5	.551	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714


Season 3
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1978-79	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Adrian Dantley	60	29.6	17.3	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	2.6	2.7	6.2	12.2	.510	-	-	-	4.9	5.7	.854
Tom Owens	82	34.0	18.5	3.2	5.8	9.0	3.7	0.7	0.7	3.0	4.0	7.3	13.4	.548	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	8	29.5	17.6	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	6.3	11.1	.562	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.788
Tom Owens	3	26.7	11.7	3.0	3.3	6.3	1.7	1.3	0.3	2.3	5.3	5.0	10.3	.484	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625


Season 4
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1979-80	1979-80
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Adrian Dantley	68	39.3	28.0	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	10.7	18.6	.576	0.0	0.0	.000	6.5	7.7	.842
Tom Owens	76	30.8	16.4	2.5	5.1	7.5	2.6	0.6	0.7	2.3	3.6	6.8	13.3	.514	0.0	0.0	.500	2.8	3.7	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Owens	3	27.7	11.0	4.3	2.7	7.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.7	4.7	4.7	8.7	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.7	.625


Season 5
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1980-81	1980-81
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Adrian Dantley	80	42.7	30.7	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	7.9	9.8	.806
Tom Owens	79	23.3	10.6	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.8	0.5	0.6	1.6	3.5	4.1	8.0	.511	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Owens	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1981-82	1981-82
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Adrian Dantley	81	39.8	30.3	2.9	3.5	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.1	11.2	19.6	.570	0.0	0.0	.333	8.0	10.1	.792
Tom Owens	74	21.6	10.5	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.7	0.6	0.5	1.9	3.5	4.0	8.6	.470	0.0	0.0	.500	2.4	3.1	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1982-83	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Adrian Dantley	22	40.3	30.7	2.6	3.7	6.4	4.8	0.9	0.0	3.7	2.8	10.6	18.3	.580	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.847
Tom Owens	49	14.8	4.2	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	2.3	1.7	3.9	.422	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Adrian Dantley	79	37.8	30.6	2.3	3.4	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	2.5	10.2	18.2	.558	0.0	0.1	.250	10.3	12.0	.859
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	11	41.3	32.2	3.4	4.2	7.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	3.5	2.7	10.6	21.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	10.9	12.6	.863
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Adrian Dantley	55	35.8	26.6	2.7	3.2	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	9.9	.804
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	10	39.8	25.3	2.5	5.0	7.5	2.0	1.6	0.0	3.6	3.9	7.9	15.1	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	9.5	12.2	.779
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Adrian Dantley	76	36.1	29.8	2.3	2.9	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	10.8	19.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.091	8.3	10.5	.791
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Adrian Dantley	81	33.8	21.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.0	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	13.9	.534	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.2	.812
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	15	33.3	20.5	1.9	2.6	4.5	2.3	0.9	0.0	2.2	2.4	7.4	13.7	.539	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.4	.775
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Adrian Dantley	69	31.1	20.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.4	12.5	.514	0.0	0.0	.000	7.1	8.3	.860
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	23	35.0	19.4	1.6	3.0	4.7	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.2	2.2	6.7	12.7	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.7	.787
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Adrian Dantley	73	33.2	19.2	1.6	2.7	4.3	2.3	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	13.1	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	7.8	.810
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Adrian Dantley	45	28.9	14.7	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.1	10.8	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.6	.787
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Adrian Dantley	Tom Owens
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Adrian Dantley	10	12.6	5.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.9	5.0	.380	0.1	0.3	.333	1.8	2.6	.692
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	3	6.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Adrian Dantley vs. Tom Owens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Owens and Adrian Dantley, 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