Bam Adebayo vs. Carmelo Anthony Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Carmelo Anthony 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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 8 years in the NBA, 11 less than Carmelo Anthony, who played 19. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Carmelo Anthony had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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 achievements, 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
Bam Adebayo	8	7	2017-18 to 2024-25
Carmelo Anthony	19	13	2003-04 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2017-18	2003-04
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+13	+16.7	+14.1	+0.5		+0.6	+1.3	+0.7	+0.1	-2.0	-0.7	+5.1	+13.0	+.086	+0.8	+2.5	+.322	+3.1	+3.8	+.056
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777

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
difference:	+1	+20.9	+11.6		+4.3	+4.3	+2.8	+1.3	+0.4	-3.9	-1.2	+3.9	+13.0	+.139	+0.5	+2.6	+.182	+3.4	+2.2	+.586
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+7	+11.5	+11.9	+0.1	+1.5	+1.6	+0.4		+0.4	-1.5	-0.6	+3.7	+10.5	+.145	+0.6	+1.9	+.066	+4.1	+4.8	+.061
Carmelo Anthony	75	34.8	20.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.6	0.9	0.4	3.0	3.1	7.1	16.4	.431	0.6	2.1	.266	6.1	7.6	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carmelo Anthony	5	36.2	19.2	2.8	2.6	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.0	7.0	16.6	.422	0.0	0.2	.000	5.2	6.4	.813


Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+8	+3.2	+10.6	+0.9	+4.4	+5.3	+2.4		+0.8	-0.1	-0.4	+3.4	+8.7	+.076	+0.5	+1.7	+.100	+3.5	+3.6	+.117
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808

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
difference:	+14	+2.4	+3.2	+0.1	+3.6	+3.7	+1.6	+0.2	+0.6	-0.5	-0.9	+0.1	+8.2	+.231		+0.7		+3.1	+4.3	+.033
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750


Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+1	+4.7	+10.2		+2.9	+3.0	+1.6		+0.6	-1.0	-0.8	+3.5	+9.9	+.094	+0.6	+2.2	+.018	+2.7	+3.2	+.009
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808

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
difference:	+1	+8.0	+11.3	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+3.1	+0.3	+0.5	-1.0	-0.4	+2.9	+5.3	+.024	+1.8	+3.6		+3.7	+4.5	+.026
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795


Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+21	+3.8	+6.6	+0.1	+2.5	+2.7		+0.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.2	+2.2	+6.2	+.065	+0.8	+2.0	+.354	+1.4	+1.6	+.033
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786

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
difference:	+14	+2.4	+7.7	+2.7	+1.1	+1.5	+0.7	+0.5	+0.4	-0.9	-1.2	+2.2	+12.3	+.230	+0.5	+1.9	+.250	+2.8	+3.1	+.065
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828


Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+9	+0.1	+2.4	+0.9	+1.5	+2.4	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.5	-0.2	+0.1	+3.4	+.097	+1.0	+2.4	+.288	+1.3	+1.7	+.013
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793

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	0.8	0.7	2.7	3.1	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.821
difference:	+7	+1.3	+9.3	+1.1	+2.9	+4.1	+0.4	+1.0	+0.1	-0.4	-0.7	+1.8	+5.0	+.028	+1.5	+4.0	+.364	+4.0	+4.9	+.005
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826


Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+2	+4.2	+8.9		+3.7	+3.8	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	-0.7	-1.1	+2.5	+7.5	+.063	+0.7	+2.1	+.041	+3.3	+3.4	+.075
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830

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
difference:	+1	+3.9	+8.1	+0.1	+1.0	+0.9	+0.5	+1.6	+0.5	-1.9	-1.3	+1.1	+3.6	+.031	+0.6	+1.2	+.116	+5.3	+5.3	+.163
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877


Season 8
	Bam Adebayo	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	78	34.3	18.1	2.4	7.2	9.6	4.3	1.3	0.7	2.1	2.1	6.9	14.3	.485	1.0	2.8	.357	3.2	4.2	.765
difference:	+1	+1.4	+7.5	+0.9	+1.4	+2.3	+1.4	+0.4	+0.1	-0.6	-0.8	+2.0	+5.2	+.030	+0.2	+0.5	+.021	+3.4	+3.7	+.073
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	4	38.3	17.5	4.0	7.0	11.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	3.0	2.3	7.0	16.0	.438	1.8	5.3	.333	1.8	2.8	.636
difference:		+0.7	+8.5	+0.7		+0.7	+0.5	+0.3	+0.5	-0.3	-1.7	+1.3	+6.0	+.063	+0.5	+1.2	+.013	+5.5	+5.7	+.217
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853


Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 11 seasons more than Bam Adebayo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 19, from 2012 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 5 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Bam Adebayo, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 6 All-Star Game

Bam Adebayo vs. Carmelo Anthony Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Carmelo Anthony 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years