Bam Adebayo vs. Tim Duncan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Duncan 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.

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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, 10 less than Tim Duncan, who played 19. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Tim Duncan had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bam Adebayo	9	7	2017-18 to 2025-26
Tim Duncan	19	18	1997-98 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	Tim Duncan
Season	2017-18	1997-98
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+13	+19.3	+14.2	+1.6	+4.8	+6.4	+1.2	+0.2	+1.9	-2.4	-1.1	+6.1	+10.8	+.037				+2.0	+3.3	+.059
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662

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
difference:	+4	+26.2	+17.3	+0.4	+4.6	+5.0	+1.9	+0.6	+2.2	-2.4	-1.1	+6.7	+12.6	+.054		+0.1		+3.8	+3.9	+.453
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667


Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	Tim Duncan
Season	2018-19	1998-99
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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2nd 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	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
difference:	+32	+16.0	+12.8	+1.2	+2.9	+4.1	+0.2		+1.7	-1.4	-0.4	+5.0	+11.0	+.081		+0.1	+.057	+2.9	+4.4	+.045
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748


Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Tim Duncan
Season	2019-20	1999-00
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
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:	+2	+5.3	+7.3	+1.1	+1.1	+2.2	+1.9	+0.2	+0.9	-0.5	-0.3	+2.4	+6.3	+.067		+0.1	+.052	+2.5	+2.8	+.070
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761

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
Tim Duncan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Tim Duncan
Season	2020-21	2000-01
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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:	+18	+5.2	+3.5	+1.0	+2.3	+3.2	+2.4	+0.3	+1.3	-0.4	-0.7	+1.5	+4.6	+.071	+0.1	+0.2	+.009	+0.6	+2.6	+.181
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618

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:	+9	+6.5	+8.9	+0.7	+4.5	+5.2	+0.5	+0.2	+2.2	-1.0	-0.5	+2.7	+4.6	+.032	+0.1	+0.1		+3.3	+5.9	+.130
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639


Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Tim Duncan
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West 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	+8.0	+6.4	+0.9	+1.8	+2.6	+0.3	+0.7	+1.7	-0.6	-0.5	+2.0	+5.3	+.049			+.100	+2.2	+2.4	+.046
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799

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:	+9	+8.1	+12.8	+1.0	+5.4	+6.4	+2.3	+0.3	+3.6	-2.0	-0.7	+3.3	+10.4	+.141	+0.1	+0.2	+.333	+6.0	+7.0	+.059
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822


Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Tim Duncan
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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	+4.7	+2.9	+0.7	+3.0	+3.7	+0.7	+0.5	+2.1	-0.6	-0.1	+0.8	+2.3	+.027	+0.1	+0.1	+.190	+1.3	+2.4	+.096
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710

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:	+1	+5.5	+6.8	+1.3	+4.3	+5.5	+1.6	+0.2	+2.6	-0.5	-0.2	+1.8	+2.1	+.048		+0.2		+3.1	+5.6	+.144
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677


Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Tim Duncan
Season	2023-24	2003-04
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West 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:	+2	+2.6	+3.0	+1.1	+1.1	+2.0	+0.8	+0.2	+1.8	-0.4	-0.2	+1.1	+2.8	+.020	+0.2	+0.4	+.190	+1.0	+3.0	+.156
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599

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:	+5	+2.0	+0.5	+1.1	+0.8	+1.9	+0.6	+0.4	+2.0	-2.6	-0.4	+1.3	+3.5	+.027	+0.4	+1.9	+.200	+2.5	+4.5	+.082
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632


Season 8
	Bam Adebayo	Tim Duncan
Season	2024-25	2004-05
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+12	+0.9	+2.2	+0.7	+0.8	+1.5	+1.6	+0.6	+1.9	-0.2	-0.1	+0.9	+1.5	+.011	+1.0	+2.7	+.024	+1.4	+2.7	+.095
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670

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:	+19	+0.6	+6.1	+0.2	+1.7	+1.4	+1.6	+0.7	+2.0	-0.3	-0.6	+1.6	+2.5	+.026	+1.8	+5.1	+.133	+4.6	+6.1	+.081
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717


Season 9
	Bam Adebayo	Tim Duncan
Season	2025-26	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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	16	30.3	19.5	1.4	7.4	8.8	2.5	1.0	0.8	1.8	1.3	6.9	14.8	.470	1.9	5.3	.357	3.8	4.6	.811
difference:	+64	+4.5	+0.9	+1.5	+0.7	+2.2	+0.7	+0.1	+1.2	-0.7	-1.4	+0.3		+.014	+1.9	+5.2	+.043	+0.4	+2.1	+.182
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718


Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 10 seasons more than Bam Adebayo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 19, from 2007 to 2016—Tim Duncan played in 10 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Bam Adebayo, Tim Duncan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 7 All-Star Game

Bam Adebayo vs. Tim Duncan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Duncan 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years