Bam Adebayo vs. Patrick Ewing Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Patrick Ewing 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, 8 less than Patrick Ewing, who played 17. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Patrick Ewing had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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	Patrick Ewing
Season	2017-18	1985-86
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+19	+15.6	+13.1	+0.8	+2.7	+3.5	+0.5	+0.6	+1.5	-2.4	-1.8	+5.2	+11.4	+.038				+2.6	+3.5	+.018
Patrick Ewing	50	35.4	20.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	7.7	16.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.739
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
Patrick Ewing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Patrick Ewing
Season	2019-20	1987-88
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East 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:	+10	+2.6	+4.3	+0.6	+2.5	+2.0	+3.6	+0.2	+1.7	-0.7	-1.5	+1.9	+3.4	+.002		+0.2		+0.5	+0.5	+.025
Patrick Ewing	82	31.0	20.2	3.0	5.3	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.5	4.0	8.0	14.4	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.716
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:	+15	+2.1	+1.0	+1.5	+1.0	+2.5	+1.9	+0.5	+2.5	-0.3	-1.2	+0.5	+2.7	+.073		+0.2		+0.1	+0.6	+.081
Patrick Ewing	4	38.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.0	14.3	.491	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	5.5	.864

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Patrick Ewing
Season	2020-21	1988-89
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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	+2.7	+4.0	+0.5	+0.1	+0.3	+3.0	+0.3	+2.5	-0.7	-1.6	+2.0	+3.5	+.003			+.250	+0.1	+0.6	+.053
Patrick Ewing	80	36.2	22.7	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	3.3	3.9	9.1	16.0	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.746
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:	+5	+3.8	+4.4	+0.9	+1.6	+0.7	+2.1	+0.3	+1.5	-1.1	-1.1	+1.3	+1.7	+.030				+1.8	+2.5	+.019
Patrick Ewing	9	37.8	19.9	2.6	7.4	10.0	2.2	1.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	.750

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Patrick Ewing
Season	2021-22	1989-90
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+26	+6.0	+9.5	+0.5	+0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+0.4	+3.2	-0.8	-0.9	+3.9	+7.4	+.006		+0.1		+1.5	+1.8	+.022
Patrick Ewing	82	38.6	28.6	2.9	8.0	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	3.4	4.0	11.2	20.4	.551	0.0	0.0	-	6.1	7.9	.775
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:	+8	+5.4	+14.6		+2.5	+2.5	+0.4	+0.3	+1.3	-0.6	-1.0	+5.6	+12.2	+.073	+0.1	+0.1	+.500	+3.3	+3.7	+.060
Patrick Ewing	10	39.5	29.4	2.1	8.4	10.5	3.1	1.3	2.0	2.7	4.1	11.4	21.9	.521	0.1	0.2	.500	6.5	7.9	.823

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Patrick Ewing
Season	2022-23	1990-91
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+6	+3.7	+6.2	+0.1	+2.1	+2.0	+0.2	+0.2	+2.4	-1.1	-0.7	+2.4	+5.4	+.026		+0.1	+.083	+1.4	+2.3	+.061
Patrick Ewing	81	38.3	26.6	2.4	8.8	11.2	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.6	3.5	10.4	20.3	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.7	.745
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:	+20	+0.3	+1.2	+2.0	+2.2	+0.1	+1.7	+0.5	+1.0	-1.0	-0.9	+1.3	+0.1	+.081		+0.1		+1.3	+1.9	+.043
Patrick Ewing	3	36.7	16.7	0.7	9.3	10.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	4.0	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.778

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Patrick Ewing
Season	2023-24	1991-92
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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:	+11	+4.4	+4.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.8	+2.0		+2.1	-0.2	-1.2	+2.2	+4.3	+.001	+0.2	+0.5	+.190	+0.5	+0.7	+.017
Patrick Ewing	82	38.4	24.0	2.8	8.5	11.2	1.9	1.1	3.0	2.5	3.4	9.7	18.6	.522	0.0	0.1	.167	4.6	6.2	.738
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:	+7	+1.8	+0.1	+0.6	+1.1	+1.7	+1.5	+0.2	+2.6	-0.3	-1.1	+0.5	+0.5	+.039	+0.4	+1.9	+.200	+1.5	+1.9	+.026
Patrick Ewing	12	40.2	22.7	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.3	0.6	2.6	1.9	4.1	9.1	19.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.740

Season 8
	Bam Adebayo	Patrick Ewing
Season	2024-25	1992-93
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 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:	+3	+2.8	+6.1		+2.5	+2.5	+2.4	+0.4	+1.3	-1.2	-1.4	+2.7	+4.8	+.018	+1.0	+2.7	+.214	+1.7	+2.7	+.046
Patrick Ewing	81	37.1	24.2	2.4	9.7	12.1	1.9	0.9	2.0	3.3	3.5	9.6	19.1	.503	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	6.9	.719
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:	+11	+2.0	+8.0	+1.1	+1.1	+0.1	+1.9	+0.1	+1.8	-0.4	-1.7	+4.0	+5.5	+.074	+1.7	+5.2	+.667	+1.6	+2.5	+.002
Patrick Ewing	15	40.3	25.5	2.9	8.1	10.9	2.4	1.1	2.1	2.6	4.0	11.0	21.5	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.3	.638

Season 9
	Bam Adebayo	Patrick Ewing
Season	2025-26	1993-94
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	5	33.6	23.0	1.4	7.8	9.2	2.8	0.6	0.2	2.8	2.0	7.8	18.0	.433	2.6	7.2	.361	4.8	5.4	.889
difference:	+74	+4.0	+1.5	+1.4	+0.6	+2.0	+0.5	+0.5	+2.5	-0.5	-1.5	+1.6	+1.0	+.063	+2.5	+7.0	+.075	+0.8	+2.0	+.124
Patrick Ewing	79	37.6	24.5	2.8	8.4	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	3.3	3.5	9.4	19.0	.496	0.1	0.2	.286	5.6	7.4	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patrick Ewing	25	41.3	21.9	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.6	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.8	8.4	19.2	.437	0.2	0.4	.364	4.9	6.5	.755

Additional Years
* Patrick Ewing played 8 seasons more than Bam Adebayo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 1995 to 2002—Patrick Ewing played in 7 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Bam Adebayo, Patrick Ewing got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game