Bam Adebayo vs. Kendrick Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kendrick Perkins 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 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Kendrick Perkins, who played 14. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Kendrick Perkins 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.

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Kendrick Perkins
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
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:	+4	+14.0	+10.7	+0.3	+3.9	+4.3	+4.1	+0.8	+0.2	-1.2	-0.4	+4.1	+7.1	+.042		+0.2		+2.5	+3.4	+.076
Kendrick Perkins	68	19.6	5.2	2.1	3.9	5.9	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.6	2.9	2.0	3.9	.515	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.615
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
Kendrick Perkins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Kendrick Perkins
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+8	+11.6	+14.2	+0.6	+3.1	+3.8	+4.1	+0.9	+0.3	-1.0	-0.7	+5.3	+8.8	+.079		+0.1		+3.6	+4.1	+.199
Kendrick Perkins	72	21.9	4.5	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.0	1.8	3.7	.491	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.600
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
Kendrick Perkins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Kendrick Perkins
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+22	+8.1	+12.2	+0.5	+3.4	+4.0	+2.3	+1.0	+0.7	-1.0		+4.6	+8.5	+.058		+0.1		+3.1	+3.8	+.130
Kendrick Perkins	78	24.5	6.9	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.4	1.5	1.6	3.1	2.7	4.5	.615	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.623
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:	+7	+8.9	+8.2		+1.9	+1.9	+2.2	+0.4	+0.6	-0.9	-0.5	+3.3	+5.5	+.009		+0.1		+1.6	+1.8	+.085
Kendrick Perkins	25	25.2	6.6	2.1	4.0	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	1.2	3.6	2.5	4.2	.585	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.678

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Kendrick Perkins
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East 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:	+1	+5.0	+11.9	+0.2	+1.2	+1.1	+1.9	+0.9	+1.2	-0.3	-0.5	+4.4	+8.6	+.037		+0.2		+3.0	+3.3	+.206
Kendrick Perkins	76	29.6	8.5	2.7	5.5	8.1	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.2	3.3	3.6	6.3	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.600
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:	+9	+0.4	+6.0	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+2.3	+0.4	+1.9	-0.3	-0.5	+2.1	+6.0	+.094				+2.0	+2.0	+.154
Kendrick Perkins	14	36.6	11.9	3.6	7.9	11.6	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	3.6	5.2	9.1	.575	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.1	.667

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Kendrick Perkins
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+7	+6.4	+9.2	+0.2	+2.5	+2.8	+2.9	+0.8	+0.8	-0.2	-0.6	+3.5	+7.6	+.081	+0.2	+0.6		+2.0	+1.9	+.173
Kendrick Perkins	78	27.6	10.1	2.0	5.6	7.6	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.1	2.8	4.0	6.7	.602	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	.582
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:	+18	+13.4	+16.9	+0.4	+2.8	+3.2	+2.8		+1.4	-0.3	-0.4	+7.5	+15.2	+.015	+0.4	+2.0		+1.6	+1.8	+.114
Kendrick Perkins	23	25.0	5.7	1.8	4.4	6.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	3.4	2.1	4.2	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.4	.600