Bam Adebayo vs. T.J. Ford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of T.J. Ford 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 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than T.J. Ford, who played 8. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while T.J. Ford had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	T.J. Ford
Season	2017-18	2003-04
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie 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	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
T.J. Ford	55	26.8	7.1	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.5	1.1	0.1	2.5	2.2	2.8	7.2	.384	0.1	0.4	.238	1.5	1.8	.816
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
T.J. Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: T.J. Ford didn't play in 2004-05.

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	T.J. Ford
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Raptors 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	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
T.J. Ford	75	29.9	14.0	0.7	2.4	3.1	7.9	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.5	5.2	12.0	.436	0.3	0.9	.304	3.2	3.9	.819
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
T.J. Ford	6	22.7	16.0	0.8	0.8	1.7	4.0	1.2	0.3	2.3	1.2	6.2	12.7	.487	0.8	1.7	.500	2.8	3.5	.810

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	T.J. Ford
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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	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
T.J. Ford	51	23.5	12.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	6.1	1.1	0.0	2.0	1.8	4.8	10.3	.469	0.3	1.0	.294	2.2	2.5	.880
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
T.J. Ford	5	24.8	11.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	6.6	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.2	11.6	.362	0.2	1.6	.125	3.0	3.2	.938

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	T.J. Ford
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
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
T.J. Ford	74	30.5	14.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.3	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.4	5.6	12.3	.452	0.5	1.4	.337	3.3	3.8	.872
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
T.J. Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	T.J. Ford
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	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	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
T.J. Ford	47	25.3	10.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	3.8	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.2	4.0	8.9	.445	0.2	1.1	.160	2.2	2.9	.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	0.9	0.7	2.7	3.1	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.821
T.J. Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	T.J. Ford
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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	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
T.J. Ford	41	18.9	5.4	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.4	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.2	5.8	.386	0.1	0.8	.188	0.9	1.2	.729
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
T.J. Ford	2	7.0	3.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-