Bam Adebayo vs. Pervis Ellison Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pervis Ellison 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

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 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than Pervis Ellison, who played 11. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Pervis Ellison had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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 achivements, 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	7	6	2017-18 to 2023-24
Pervis Ellison	11	1	1989-90 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Miami Heat	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Pervis Ellison	34	25.5	8.0	1.9	3.9	5.8	1.9	0.5	1.7	1.8	3.9	3.3	7.4	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.3	.628

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
Pervis Ellison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Pervis Ellison	76	25.6	10.4	2.9	4.8	7.7	1.3	0.6	2.1	1.9	3.5	4.3	8.4	.513	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.8	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pervis Ellison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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
Pervis Ellison	66	38.0	20.0	3.3	7.9	11.2	2.9	0.9	2.7	3.0	3.4	8.3	15.4	.539	0.0	0.0	.333	3.4	4.7	.728

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
Pervis Ellison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Pervis Ellison	49	34.7	17.4	2.8	6.0	8.8	2.4	0.9	2.2	2.2	3.1	7.0	13.4	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.9	.702

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
Pervis Ellison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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
Pervis Ellison	47	25.1	7.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.6	3.0	2.9	6.2	.469	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.1	.722

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
Pervis Ellison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Pervis Ellison	55	19.7	6.8	2.3	3.4	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	3.3	2.8	5.5	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.717

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	0.9	0.7	2.7	3.1	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.821
Pervis Ellison	4	17.0	6.0	2.8	1.5	4.3	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.0	4.3	2.8	4.8	.579	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	2023-24	1995-96
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Pervis Ellison	69	20.7	5.3	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.9	0.6	1.4	1.2	3.0	2.1	4.3	.492	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.7	.641

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
Pervis Ellison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pervis Ellison	6	20.8	2.5	1.5	2.8	4.3	0.7	0.8	1.5	1.2	3.5	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pervis Ellison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pervis Ellison	33	13.5	3.0	1.6	1.7	3.3	0.9	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.7	1.2	2.1	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.588

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pervis Ellison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Pervis Ellison didn't play in 1998-99.


Season 10
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pervis Ellison	30	9.0	1.8	1.0	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	2.2	0.6	1.4	.442	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pervis Ellison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bam Adebayo	Pervis Ellison
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pervis Ellison	9	4.4	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.3	1.4	0.2	0.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pervis Ellison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bam Adebayo vs. Pervis Ellison Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pervis Ellison 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11