Bob McAdoo vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Bob McAdoo, 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.

Bob McAdoo played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Bob McAdoo had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Bob McAdoo	Amen Thompson
Season	1972-73	2023-24
Team	Buffalo Braves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Bob McAdoo	80	32.0	18.0	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.774
difference:	+18	+9.6	+8.5			+2.5	+0.9				-0.9	+3.4	+9.0	+.084				+1.7	+1.9	+.090
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob McAdoo nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Bob McAdoo	Amen Thompson
Season	1973-74	2024-25
Team	Buffalo Braves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Bob McAdoo	74	43.0	30.6	3.8	11.3	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	-	3.4	12.2	22.3	.547	-	-	-	6.2	7.8	.793
difference:	+5	+10.8	+16.5	+1.0	+5.9	+6.9	+1.5	+0.2	+2.0		-1.0	+6.6	+12.2	+.010				+3.8	+4.2	+.109
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	6	45.2	31.7	2.3	11.3	13.7	1.5	1.0	2.2	-	4.2	12.7	26.5	.478	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.809
difference:	+1	+12.2	+16.0	+0.4	+7.2	+6.8	+1.8	+0.7	+1.3		-1.6	+6.7	+14.4	+.016				+2.7	+2.7	+.115
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Season 3
	Bob McAdoo	Amen Thompson
Season	1974-75	2025-26
Team	Buffalo Braves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Bob McAdoo	82	43.2	34.5	3.7	10.3	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1	-	3.4	13.4	26.1	.512	-	-	-	7.8	9.7	.805
difference:	+53	+6.5	+16.8	+1.0	+5.7	+6.8	+3.1	+0.2	+1.6		-1.0	+6.3	+12.2	+.005				+4.6	+5.6	+.023
Amen Thompson	29	36.7	17.7	2.7	4.6	7.3	5.3	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.4	7.1	13.9	.507	0.4	2.0	.186	3.2	4.1	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	7	46.7	37.4	3.6	9.9	13.4	1.4	0.9	2.7	-	4.1	14.9	30.9	.481	-	-	-	7.7	10.4	.740
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Bob McAdoo played 11 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1976 to 1986—Bob McAdoo played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Amen Thompson, Bob McAdoo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Scoring Leader 3 All-Star Game