Bam Adebayo vs. Jason Kidd Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Kidd 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, 10 less than Jason Kidd, who played 19. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jason Kidd had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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	Jason Kidd
Season	2017-18	1994-95
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First 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:	+10	+14.0	+4.8	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+6.2	+1.4	+0.3	-2.2	-0.2	+1.7	+5.9	+.127	+0.9	+3.2	+.272	+0.5	+0.9	+.023
Jason Kidd	79	33.8	11.7	1.9	3.5	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	3.2	1.8	4.2	10.8	.385	0.9	3.3	.272	2.4	3.5	.698
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
Jason Kidd	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	Jason Kidd
Season	2018-19	1995-96
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+14.2	+7.7	+0.5	+1.0	+0.5	+7.5	+1.3	+0.5	-2.5	-0.6	+2.7	+10.1	+.195	+1.6	+4.7	+.136	+0.8	+1.3	+.043
Jason Kidd	81	37.5	16.6	2.5	4.3	6.8	9.7	2.2	0.3	4.0	1.9	6.1	16.0	.381	1.6	4.9	.336	2.8	4.1	.692
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bam Adebayo nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Jason Kidd
Season	2019-20	1996-97
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Suns 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:	+17	+2.1	+5.0	+1.2	+4.4	+5.7	+3.9	+1.2	+0.9	-0.2	-0.4	+2.2	+1.4	+.154	+1.1	+2.8	+.227	+1.7	+2.3	+.012
Jason Kidd	55	35.7	10.9	1.2	3.4	4.5	9.0	2.3	0.4	2.6	2.1	3.9	9.6	.403	1.1	3.0	.370	2.0	3.0	.679
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	+5.4	+5.8	+1.7	+2.6	+4.3	+5.4	+1.2	+0.4	-0.1	-0.9	+2.3	+1.0	+.168	+1.6	+4.3	+.364	+2.7	+2.3	+.257
Jason Kidd	5	41.6	12.0	0.8	5.2	6.0	9.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.2	4.2	10.6	.396	1.6	4.4	.364	2.0	3.8	.526

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Jason Kidd
Season	2020-21	1997-98
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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:	+18	+4.5	+7.1	+0.9	+1.8	+2.8	+3.7	+0.8	+0.7	-0.6	-0.6	+2.7	+2.0	+.154	+0.9	+2.7	+.063	+2.4	+3.0
Jason Kidd	82	38.0	11.6	1.3	4.9	6.2	9.1	2.0	0.3	3.2	1.7	4.4	10.5	.416	0.9	2.8	.313	2.0	2.5	.799
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:		+8.8	+1.2	+2.2	+1.3	+3.5	+3.5	+2.7		-0.2	-0.5	+1.0	+0.2	+.077		+1.8		+0.8	+0.7	+.044
Jason Kidd	4	42.8	14.3	1.3	4.5	5.8	7.8	4.0	0.5	3.0	3.3	5.5	14.5	.379	0.0	1.8	.000	3.3	4.0	.813

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Jason Kidd
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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:	+6	+8.6	+2.2	+0.7	+2.6	+3.3	+7.4	+0.9	+0.4	-0.4	-0.9	+1.1	+1.0	+.113	+0.9	+2.4	+.366	+1.0	+1.3	+.004
Jason Kidd	50	41.2	16.9	1.7	5.0	6.8	10.8	2.3	0.4	3.0	2.2	6.2	14.0	.444	0.9	2.5	.366	3.6	4.8	.757
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:	+15	+7.9	+0.2	+1.8	+3.9	+5.7	+7.6	+0.7	+0.4	-0.9	-0.9	+0.2	+4.6	+.175	+1.3	+5.2	+.250	+1.5	+1.9	+.049
Jason Kidd	3	42.0	15.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	10.3	1.7	0.3	3.0	4.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.3	5.3	.250	1.7	2.3	.714

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Jason Kidd
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+8	+4.4	+6.1	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	+6.9	+0.8	+0.4	-0.9	-0.6	+2.8	+2.1	+.131	+0.8	+2.3	+.254	+1.3	+1.7	+.023
Jason Kidd	67	39.0	14.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	10.1	2.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	5.2	12.8	.409	0.8	2.5	.337	3.0	3.7	.829
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:	+17	+1.0	+8.1	+1.4	+1.8	+3.2	+5.1	+1.0	+0.5	-1.1	-0.8	+3.6	+5.9	+.081	+1.3	+3.6	+.364	+2.2	+2.6	+.043
Jason Kidd	6	38.0	9.8	1.3	5.3	6.7	8.8	1.8	0.2	3.8	2.3	3.7	9.2	.400	1.3	3.7	.364	1.2	1.5	.778

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Jason Kidd
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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:	+6	+5.8	+2.4	+1.0	+2.9	+4.0	+5.9	+1.1	+0.6	-1.4		+1.6	+0.1	+.110	+0.7	+2.4	+.060	+0.2	+0.3	+.059
Jason Kidd	77	39.8	16.9	1.2	5.2	6.4	9.8	2.2	0.3	3.7	2.2	5.9	14.2	.411	0.9	3.0	.297	4.3	5.2	.814
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	+3.1	+8.3	+0.1	+3.4	+3.4	+9.5	+1.6		-1.4	-0.3	+4.1	+2.1	+.176	+0.6	+2.3	+.035	+0.7	+1.2	+.036
Jason Kidd	4	41.5	14.3	2.3	3.8	6.0	13.3	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.3	5.5	17.3	.319	1.0	4.3	.235	2.3	3.0	.750

Season 8
	Bam Adebayo	Jason Kidd
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Miami Heat	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+4	+3.0	+3.4	+0.8	+1.5	+2.3	+5.6	+0.8	+0.5	-1.4	-0.4	+1.5	+0.4	+.094	+0.4	+1.6	+.036	+0.7	+1.2	+.049
Jason Kidd	82	37.3	14.7	1.6	5.7	7.3	9.9	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.7	5.4	13.9	.391	1.4	4.4	.321	2.5	3.0	.814
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:	+16	+2.0	+2.1	+1.9	+0.9	+2.8	+4.8	+0.7	+0.1	-0.4	-0.3	+0.4	+1.7	+.023	+0.9	+0.8	+.144	+2.2	+2.2	+.172
Jason Kidd	20	40.3	19.6	2.1	6.1	8.2	9.1	1.7	0.4	3.4	2.0	7.4	17.7	.415	0.9	4.5	.189	4.0	5.0	.808

Season 9
	Bam Adebayo	Jason Kidd
Season	2025-26	2002-03
Team	Miami Heat	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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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	4	32.8	21.0	1.5	7.5	9.0	2.8	0.5	0.0	3.0	2.0	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	5.8	.391	5.3	5.8	.913
difference:	+76	+4.6	+2.3	+0.1	+2.6	+2.7	+6.1	+1.7	+0.3	-0.7	-0.4	+0.4	+0.2	+.015	+0.7	+1.2	+.050	+1.1	+0.8	+.072
Jason Kidd	80	37.4	18.7	1.4	4.9	6.3	8.9	2.2	0.3	3.7	1.6	6.4	15.6	.414	1.6	4.6	.341	4.2	5.0	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	20	42.6	20.1	1.8	5.9	7.7	8.2	1.8	0.2	4.0	2.3	6.9	17.1	.402	1.7	5.2	.327	4.7	5.7	.825

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 10 seasons more than Bam Adebayo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 19, from 2004 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Bam Adebayo, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 4 All-Star Game