Bam Adebayo vs. Rui Hachimura Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rui Hachimura 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, 2 more than Rui Hachimura, who played 7. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Rui Hachimura had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Rui Hachimura
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+21	+10.3	+6.6	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.4	-0.1	-0.2	+2.8	+6.5	+.046	+0.5	+1.7	+.287	+0.5	+0.3	+.108
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
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
Rui Hachimura	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Rui Hachimura
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Wizards
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:	+30	+11.1	+4.6	+1.8	+4.6	+6.4	+4.0	+0.6	+1.1	-2.0	-1.2	+1.6	+1.9	+.066	+1.3	+2.7	+.304	+2.6	+3.7	+.006
Rui Hachimura	42	22.5	11.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.3	4.5	9.1	.491	1.3	2.9	.447	1.1	1.6	.697
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
Rui Hachimura	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Rui Hachimura
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+10.2	+7.5	+1.4	+3.0	+4.5	+4.5	+0.9	+0.6	-1.8	-1.2	+2.6	+3.2	+.084	+0.8	+2.4	+.069	+3.0	+3.6	+.060
Rui Hachimura	63	23.3	11.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	4.5	9.3	.486	0.8	2.5	.319	1.4	1.9	.739
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:	+12	+9.7	+3.3	+2.9	+2.7	+5.7	+3.7	+0.8	+0.2	-2.2	-1.2	+1.9	+6.1	+.101	+1.2	+2.4		+0.6	+1.2	+.113
Rui Hachimura	16	24.3	12.2	0.6	3.1	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	4.6	8.2	.557	1.2	2.4	.487	1.9	2.1	.882

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Rui Hachimura
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup 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:	+12	+5.7	+5.5	+1.5	+4.1	+5.8	+2.2	+0.8	+0.4	-1.9	-1.6	+2.0	+3.1	+.020	+1.4	+3.3	+.422	+3.1	+4.1	+.014
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
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:	+13	+3.7	+7.0	+0.9	+3.3	+4.2	+1.9	+1.0	+0.7	-1.7	-1.5	+2.8	+2.1	+.199	+1.0	+2.7	+.357	+2.4	+2.6	+.263
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Rui Hachimura
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West 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:	+16	+2.9	+7.3	+1.2	+3.0	+4.2	+1.8	+0.4	+0.4	-1.7	-1.0	+3.0	+5.1	+.031	+1.7	+4.0	+.330	+2.8	+3.5	+.036
Rui Hachimura	59	31.7	13.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.0	9.8	.509	1.7	4.2	.413	1.5	1.9	.770
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:	+18	+0.6	+3.1	+1.9	+3.3	+5.3	+2.7	+0.2	+0.1	-1.3	-0.7	+1.7	+3.7	+.010	+3.0	+6.1	+.484	+2.8	+3.5	+.179
Rui Hachimura	5	36.4	14.8	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.491	3.0	6.2	.484	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Rui Hachimura
Season	2023-24	2025-26
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+63	+2.0	+2.4	+1.4	+4.7	+6.3	+2.1	+0.6	+0.5	-0.7	-0.4	+1.1	+3.5	+.072	+1.7	+3.5	+.098	+1.8	+2.7	+.063
Rui Hachimura	8	36.0	16.9	0.8	3.4	4.1	1.8	0.5	0.4	1.6	2.6	6.4	10.8	.593	1.9	4.1	.455	2.3	2.8	.818
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
Rui Hachimura	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-