Alvan Adams vs. Artis Gilmore Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Artis Gilmore and Alvan 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.

Alvan Adams played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Artis Gilmore, who played 12. Alvan Adams had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Artis Gilmore 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
Alvan Adams	13	9	1975-76 to 1987-88
Artis Gilmore	12	6	1976-77 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1975-76	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Bulls 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		%
Alvan Adams	80	33.2	19.0	2.7	6.4	9.1	5.6	1.5	1.5	-	3.4	7.9	16.8	.469	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.735
Artis Gilmore	82	35.1	18.6	3.8	9.2	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	-	3.2	7.0	13.3	.522	-	-	-	4.7	7.1	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	19	35.2	17.9	2.8	7.2	10.1	5.2	1.3	1.1	-	3.2	7.2	15.9	.452	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.817
Artis Gilmore	3	42.0	18.7	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	-	3.0	6.3	13.3	.475	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.783


Season 2
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1976-77	1977-78
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
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		%
Alvan Adams	72	31.6	18.0	2.5	6.6	9.1	4.5	1.3	1.2	-	3.6	7.3	15.3	.474	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	.754
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1977-78	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Alvan Adams	70	27.3	15.5	2.3	5.8	8.1	3.2	1.2	0.9	3.3	3.5	6.2	12.8	.485	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.730
Artis Gilmore	82	39.8	23.7	3.6	9.1	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8	3.4	9.2	16.0	.575	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	2	35.5	16.0	4.0	4.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	4.5	4.0	7.5	16.5	.455	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1978-79	1979-80
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Alvan Adams	77	30.7	17.8	2.9	6.3	9.2	4.7	1.4	0.8	3.6	3.2	7.4	13.9	.530	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.799
Artis Gilmore	48	32.7	17.8	2.3	6.8	9.0	2.8	0.6	1.2	2.8	3.5	6.4	10.7	.595	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.2	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	12	31.0	12.8	2.1	5.4	7.5	4.4	0.9	1.0	3.0	3.4	5.5	11.6	.475	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.710
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1979-80	1980-81
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Alvan Adams	75	28.9	14.9	2.1	6.0	8.1	4.3	1.4	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.2	11.7	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.1	.797
Artis Gilmore	82	34.5	17.9	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	6.7	10.0	.670	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.5	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	8	31.4	16.1	2.3	7.4	9.6	5.8	0.9	1.3	3.0	3.0	7.0	12.4	.566	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.4	.895
Artis Gilmore	6	41.2	18.0	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	5.8	10.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	9.2	.691


Season 6
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1980-81	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Alvan Adams	75	27.4	14.9	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.4	0.9	3.0	3.0	6.1	11.6	.526	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.5	.768
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.5	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	2.8	3.5	6.7	10.2	.652	0.0	0.0	1.000	5.2	6.7	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	7	31.1	10.6	1.6	4.3	5.9	3.7	0.6	0.1	2.7	2.9	3.9	8.6	.450	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.0	.714
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1981-82	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Alvan Adams	79	30.3	15.1	1.7	5.7	7.4	4.5	1.4	1.0	2.5	3.4	6.4	13.0	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	2.9	.781
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.0	3.6	8.4	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.1	3.3	6.8	10.8	.626	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.0	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	7	33.3	16.9	2.7	4.6	7.3	3.7	2.0	1.4	3.0	3.1	6.9	13.1	.522	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.0	.786
Artis Gilmore	11	36.5	16.7	3.4	9.5	12.9	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.2	6.9	12.0	.576	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.2	.696


Season 8
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1982-83	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Alvan Adams	80	30.6	14.2	2.0	4.8	6.9	4.7	1.4	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.0	12.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.333	2.3	2.7	.829
Artis Gilmore	64	31.8	15.3	3.3	7.0	10.3	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.3	3.6	5.5	8.7	.631	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	6.1	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	3	28.0	11.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.7	0.7	1.7	1.7	5.0	5.0	10.7	.469	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.714
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1983-84	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
Alvan Adams	70	20.7	9.6	1.7	2.9	4.6	3.1	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.8	3.8	8.3	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.825
Artis Gilmore	81	34.0	19.1	2.9	7.6	10.4	1.6	0.5	2.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	10.5	.623	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	8.0	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	17	18.4	8.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.1	3.1	7.4	.421	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.1	.679
Artis Gilmore	5	37.0	17.8	2.0	8.0	10.0	1.4	0.4	1.4	4.6	3.6	5.8	10.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	9.0	.689


Season 10
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1984-85	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Alvan Adams	82	26.0	14.7	1.9	4.2	6.1	3.8	1.4	0.6	2.4	3.1	5.8	11.2	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.883
Artis Gilmore	71	33.7	16.7	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.4	6.0	9.6	.618	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	6.8	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	3	26.3	17.0	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.7	2.3	0.3	2.0	2.7	7.7	15.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.833
Artis Gilmore	3	35.7	13.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	5.3	8.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 11
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1985-86	1986-87
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Alvan Adams	78	25.7	10.8	1.9	4.2	6.1	4.2	1.3	0.6	2.6	3.5	4.4	8.7	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.6	.783
Artis Gilmore	82	29.3	11.4	2.3	4.8	7.1	1.8	0.5	1.2	2.2	2.9	4.2	7.1	.597	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1986-87	1987-88
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Alvan Adams	68	24.9	11.1	1.3	3.6	5.0	3.3	0.9	0.5	2.0	3.0	4.6	9.1	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.5	.788
Artis Gilmore	71	12.6	3.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.1	1.4	2.5	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.523

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	14	6.1	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 13
	Alvan Adams	Artis Gilmore
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Alvan Adams	82	20.1	7.5	1.4	3.0	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	3.0	3.1	6.2	.496	0.0	0.0	.500	1.3	1.6	.844
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alvan Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alvan Adams vs. Artis Gilmore Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Artis Gilmore and Alvan 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