Bam Adebayo vs. Rich Kelley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rich Kelley 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 Rich Kelley, who played 11. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Rich Kelley had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
Rich Kelley	11	6	1975-76 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	2017-18	1975-76
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Jazz
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
Rich Kelley	75	17.9	7.0	2.6	4.5	7.0	2.1	0.7	0.8	-	2.8	2.5	5.1	.485	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.776

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
Rich Kelley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	2018-19	1976-77
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Jazz
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
Rich Kelley	76	19.8	6.9	2.8	5.0	7.7	2.7	0.6	0.8	-	3.2	2.4	5.1	.477	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.792

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


Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	2019-20	1977-78
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Rich Kelley	82	25.8	10.2	3.0	6.2	9.3	2.8	1.1	1.6	2.7	3.6	3.7	7.3	.505	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.779

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
Rich Kelley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	2020-21	1978-79
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Jazz
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
Rich Kelley	80	33.8	15.7	3.8	9.0	12.8	3.6	1.6	2.1	3.6	3.9	5.5	10.9	.506	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.814

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
Rich Kelley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	2021-22	1979-80
Team	Miami Heat	New Jersey Nets, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Rich Kelley	80	23.0	8.8	2.5	3.9	6.4	2.2	1.0	1.2	2.5	3.4	2.9	6.1	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	3.9	.787

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
Rich Kelley	8	18.3	5.9	1.8	2.8	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.4	5.5	.432	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.900


Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	2022-23	1980-81
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Rich Kelley	81	20.8	7.0	1.6	3.8	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.8	2.6	2.6	2.4	4.8	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.9	.758

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
Rich Kelley	7	16.1	4.1	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.9	0.9	0.4	2.0	1.7	1.4	3.6	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.0	.643


Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	2023-24	1981-82
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Rich Kelley	81	23.4	7.9	2.1	4.1	6.1	3.6	0.8	0.9	3.0	3.6	2.9	6.2	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.8	.749

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
Rich Kelley	7	27.3	9.7	2.6	4.3	6.9	4.3	0.9	0.4	1.7	3.6	3.9	7.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.9	.700


Season 8
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Kelley	70	19.2	5.7	1.9	3.9	5.8	2.0	0.8	0.6	1.7	3.2	1.9	4.2	.444	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.811

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


Season 9
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Kelley	75	22.3	5.2	1.9	4.7	6.5	2.1	0.7	0.4	2.0	3.6	1.8	3.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Kelley	11	18.3	5.0	1.7	3.5	5.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.8	1.4	2.5	.556	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.6	.862


Season 10
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Kelley	77	16.6	3.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.6	0.5	0.4	1.6	2.9	1.3	2.8	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Kelley	9	19.3	5.4	2.8	3.6	6.3	1.6	0.8	0.6	1.6	3.6	2.0	4.2	.474	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.867


Season 11
	Bam Adebayo	Rich Kelley
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Kings Lost West 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Kelley	37	8.8	2.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.7	0.8	1.3	.571	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Kelley	3	11.7	3.7	2.0	2.0	4.0	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.7	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.833

Bam Adebayo vs. Rich Kelley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rich Kelley 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