Bam Adebayo vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Giannis Antetokounmpo 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, 4 less than Giannis Antetokounmpo, who played 13. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Giannis Antetokounmpo 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.

Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+8	+4.8	+0.1	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	-0.6	-0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+.098	+0.5	+1.4	+.347	+0.1		+.038
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
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
Giannis Antetokounmpo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
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:	+8	+1.7	+1.0	+1.0	+1.6	+2.5	+0.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.7	+0.3	+1.7	+.051	+0.4	+1.2	+.114		+0.2	+.033
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.3	16.9	1.4	6.2	7.7	4.3	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.2	6.4	12.7	.506	0.4	1.4	.257	3.7	5.1	.724
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
Giannis Antetokounmpo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East 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	+2.1	+4.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2		+0.4	+0.9	-0.3	-0.8	+1.1	+3.2	+.049	+0.6	+2.2	+.022	+1.5	+2.2	+.029
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
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:	+2	+6.5	+9.3	+1.8	+2.0	+0.2	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	-0.5	-0.7	+3.5	+4.4	+.080	+0.7	+1.7		+1.7	+4.4	+.226
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East 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:	+19	+4.1	+7.8	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+1.4	+0.1	+0.6	-0.4		+2.6	+5.7	+.028	+0.6	+1.8	+.307	+1.9	+2.4	+.007
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
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:	+11	+5.9	+10.9	+1.0	+2.5	+1.6	+3.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.3	-0.9	+4.1	+7.6	+.024	+0.6	+1.9	+.286	+2.2	+3.7	+.072
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Bucks Lost East 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:	+3	+1.8	+7.3	+0.3	+3.6	+3.3	+2.7	+0.1	+0.7	-1.2	-0.4	+2.0	+2.4	+.038	+0.7	+2.6	+.173	+2.6	+4.1	+.077
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
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:	+8	+2.7	+7.6	+0.3	+2.7	+2.3	+1.2	+0.4	+1.3	-0.6	-0.1	+1.3	+2.3	+.013	+1.2	+3.6	+.327	+3.7	+7.1	+.184
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+8	+3.6	+10.2		+3.3	+3.2	+1.7	+0.1	+0.1	-1.4	-0.9	+3.4	+5.4	+.032	+1.2	+4.1	+.053	+2.2	+4.5	+.122
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
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:	+4	+7.6	+4.1	+0.8	+3.6	+4.4	+1.9	+0.3	+0.9	-1.7	-0.4	+0.4	+1.5	+.064	+1.0	+2.4	+.125	+2.2	+4.8	+.134
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580

Season 8
	Bam Adebayo	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+17	+1.3	+10.0	+0.8	+2.2	+1.4	+1.6	+0.1	+0.5	-1.3	-0.7	+3.4	+3.7	+.084	+0.1	+0.8	+.054	+3.3	+5.3	+.080
Giannis Antetokounmpo	61	33.0	28.1	1.6	9.4	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	3.4	2.8	10.3	18.0	.569	1.1	3.6	.303	6.5	9.5	.685
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:	+17	+0.2	+12.7	+1.2	+3.0	+1.8	+0.8		+0.9		-0.6	+4.9	+4.9	+.131	+1.2	+2.0	+.147	+4.0	+7.0	+.049
Giannis Antetokounmpo	21	38.1	30.2	2.8	10.0	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	3.0	2.9	11.9	20.9	.569	0.6	3.3	.186	5.8	9.8	.587

Season 9
	Bam Adebayo	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2025-26	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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9th 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	21	30.9	18.7	1.4	8.0	9.4	2.4	1.0	1.0	1.8	1.5	6.8	14.3	.473	1.6	4.7	.333	3.6	4.7	.765
difference:	+46	+2.0	+11.2	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+3.4	+0.1	+0.4	-1.5	-1.7	+3.5	+4.3	+.080	+0.5	+1.1	+.040	+4.7	+6.7	+.043
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	32.9	29.9	2.0	9.6	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	3.2	10.3	18.6	.553	1.1	3.6	.293	8.3	11.4	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	37.3	31.7	2.2	12.0	14.2	6.8	0.7	1.3	4.5	3.6	11.7	23.8	.491	0.8	3.4	.220	7.6	11.2	.679

Additional Years
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 4 seasons more than Bam Adebayo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 13, from 2023 to 2026—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in two Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 4 extra years over Bam Adebayo, Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 Cup MVP 2 Cup All-Tournament Team 3 All-Star Game