Bam Adebayo vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum 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, 4 less than C.J. McCollum, who played 12. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while C.J. McCollum had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
C.J. McCollum	12	10	2013-14 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	C.J. McCollum
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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:	+31	+7.3	+1.6	+1.5	+2.7	+4.2	+0.8	+0.1	+0.5	-0.1	-0.6	+0.6	+0.2	+.096	+0.8	+2.0	+.375	+1.3	+1.7	+.045
C.J. McCollum	38	12.5	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.9	4.7	.416	0.8	2.1	.375	0.6	0.9	.676

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	+11.4	+2.7	+1.8	+2.0	+3.8			+0.4	-0.2	-1.3	+1.2	+1.2	+.376		+0.6		+0.3	+2.5	+.786
C.J. McCollum	6	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	.091	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	C.J. McCollum
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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:	+20	+7.6	+2.1	+1.8	+4.1	+5.8	+1.2	+0.2	+0.7	-0.7	-1.2	+0.8		+.140	+0.9	+2.0	+.196	+1.2	+1.6	+.036
C.J. McCollum	62	15.7	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.6	5.9	.436	0.9	2.2	.396	0.8	1.2	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	5	33.2	17.0	0.2	3.8	4.0	0.4	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.6	6.4	13.4	.478	2.2	4.6	.478	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	C.J. McCollum
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+1.2	+4.9	+1.8	+5.1	+7.0	+0.8	+0.1	+1.0	-0.3	-0.2	+1.9	+6.9	+.109	+2.5	+5.7	+.274	+1.4	+2.5	+.136
C.J. McCollum	80	34.8	20.8	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.0	17.9	.448	2.5	5.9	.417	2.3	2.8	.827

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:	+8	+4.0	+2.7	+1.9	+4.8	+6.7	+1.1	+0.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.4	+1.1	+6.3	+.138	+1.8	+5.2	+.345	+1.3	+1.9	+.021
C.J. McCollum	11	40.2	20.5	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	1.8	5.3	.345	3.4	4.2	.804


Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	C.J. McCollum
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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:	+16	+1.5	+4.3	+1.4	+3.8	+5.4	+1.8	+0.3	+0.5	-0.4	-0.2	+1.6	+5.5	+.090	+2.3	+5.4	+.171	+1.0	+1.8	+.113
C.J. McCollum	80	35.0	23.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	3.6	0.9	0.5	2.2	2.5	8.7	18.0	.480	2.3	5.5	.421	3.4	3.7	.912

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:		+1.0	+7.0	+1.5	+1.8	+3.3	+3.3	+0.3		-1.0	-0.3	+1.5	+5.7	+.056	+2.8	+5.5		+1.3	+0.7	+.169
C.J. McCollum	4	35.0	22.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	3.8	2.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.8	5.5	.500	3.8	4.0	.938


Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	C.J. McCollum
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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:	+25	+3.5	+2.3	+1.7	+4.3	+6.1		+0.4	+0.4	-0.7	-1.0	+0.9	+5.6	+.114	+2.3	+5.8	+.397	+2.0	+3.0	+.083
C.J. McCollum	81	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	8.2	18.6	.443	2.3	5.9	.397	2.6	3.1	.836

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	+4.7	+10.5	+2.1	+3.9	+6.0	+0.8	+0.3	+0.4	-0.2	-0.3	+4.2	+9.6	+.075	+2.8	+6.4	+.423	+0.7	+0.9	+.006
C.J. McCollum	4	38.8	25.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	10.0	19.3	.519	2.8	6.5	.423	2.5	3.3	.769


Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	C.J. McCollum
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers 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:	+5	+0.7	+0.6	+1.6	+3.6	+5.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	-1.0	-0.3	+0.2	+2.9	+.081	+2.4	+6.2	+.292	+2.0	+2.7	+.022
C.J. McCollum	70	33.9	21.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	8.2	17.8	.459	2.4	6.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.828

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	+2.7	+6.8	+1.8	+3.0	+4.9			+0.1	-0.8	-1.0	+2.3	+6.8	+.041	+2.9	+7.2	+.393	+0.8	+0.6	+.089
C.J. McCollum	16	39.7	24.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.1	9.6	21.9	.440	2.9	7.3	.393	2.6	3.5	.732


Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	C.J. McCollum
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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:	+1	+2.5	+2.9	+1.5	+4.5	+6.2	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3	-0.5	-0.4	+1.2	+5.1	+.070	+2.6	+6.7	+.022	+2.1	+2.9	+.002
C.J. McCollum	70	36.5	22.2	0.7	3.6	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.6	8.7	19.4	.451	2.8	7.3	.379	2.0	2.6	.757

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:		+0.8	+0.6	+1.2	+2.4	+3.6	+0.6	+0.8	+0.4	-1.4	-1.0	+0.8	+0.4	+.051	+2.2	+5.0	+.171		+0.2	+.032
C.J. McCollum	5	39.2	23.2	1.0	4.8	5.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	2.6	7.0	.371	3.0	4.4	.682


Season 8
	Bam Adebayo	C.J. McCollum
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+31	+0.3	+5.0	+1.8	+3.9	+5.7	+0.4	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-0.2	+1.7	+4.5	+.027	+2.6	+6.1	+.045	+0.9	+1.4	+.047
C.J. McCollum	47	34.0	23.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.9	8.6	18.8	.458	3.6	8.9	.402	2.3	2.8	.812

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:	+2	+1.7	+3.2	+3.0	+2.0	+5.0		+0.7	+0.4	-1.0	-1.9	+1.3	+3.0	+.001	+0.5	+1.7		+0.1	+0.6	+.133
C.J. McCollum	6	40.0	20.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.2	8.3	19.0	.439	2.3	7.0	.333	1.7	2.2	.769

Additional Years

* C.J. McCollum played 4 seasons more than Bam Adebayo in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 12, from 2022 to 2025—C.J. McCollum played in two Playoffs.

Bam Adebayo vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum 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