Bam Adebayo vs. Chet Holmgren Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chet Holmgren 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 9 years in the NBA, 6 more than Chet Holmgren, who played 3. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Chet Holmgren had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.

Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	Chet Holmgren
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+9.6	+9.6	+0.1	+2.5	+2.4	+0.9	+0.1	+1.7	-0.6	-0.4	+3.7	+6.7	+.018	+1.6	+4.2	+.370	+0.8	+0.8	+.072
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
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:	+5	+19.1	+12.2	+0.4	+3.6	+3.2	+2.1	+0.7	+2.1	-1.5	-1.0	+4.5	+8.9	+.029	+1.3	+4.8	+.260	+1.9	+0.5	+.544
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758

Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	Chet Holmgren
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+50	+4.1	+6.1	+0.5	+1.2	+0.7	+0.2	+0.2	+1.4	-0.3	-0.2	+1.8	+4.8	+.086	+1.4	+3.4	+.179	+1.2	+1.4	+.019
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Chet Holmgren
Season	2019-20	2025-26
Team	Miami Heat	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+67	+0.2	+4.7	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+3.1	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-1.5	+0.5	+0.8	+.002	+2.0	+4.8	+.257	+1.7	+1.1	+.153
Chet Holmgren	5	33.4	20.6	1.8	7.4	9.2	2.0	1.2	1.6	3.0	4.0	6.6	11.8	.559	2.0	5.0	.400	5.4	6.4	.844
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
Chet Holmgren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Bam Adebayo played 6 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 9, from 2021 to 2026—Bam Adebayo played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Bam Adebayo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 All-Star Game