Bob McAdoo vs. Jakob Poeltl Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jakob Poeltl 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, 5 more than Jakob Poeltl, who played 9. Bob McAdoo had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Jakob Poeltl had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Jakob Poeltl
Season	1972-73	2016-17
Team	Buffalo Braves	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Bob McAdoo	80	32.0	18.0	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.774
difference:	+26	+20.4	+14.9			+6.0	+1.5				-1.1	+6.1	+14.1	+.131				+2.8	+3.3	+.230
Jakob Poeltl	54	11.6	3.1	1.4	1.6	3.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.1	1.2	2.1	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.544
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jakob Poeltl	6	4.3	1.7	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000

Season 2
	Bob McAdoo	Jakob Poeltl
Season	1973-74	2017-18
Team	Buffalo Braves	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+8	+24.4	+23.7	+1.8	+8.5	+10.3	+1.6	+0.7	+2.1		-0.8	+9.1	+17.6	+.112				+5.5	+6.6	+.199
Jakob Poeltl	82	18.6	6.9	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.0	2.6	3.1	4.7	.659	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.594
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:	+3	+29.6	+26.3	+0.6	+9.0	+9.7	+0.8	+0.7	+1.8		-1.4	+10.8	+23.1	+.070				+4.6	+5.7	+.020
Jakob Poeltl	9	15.6	5.4	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.9	2.8	1.9	3.4	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.1	.789

Season 3
	Bob McAdoo	Jakob Poeltl
Season	1974-75	2018-19
Team	Buffalo Braves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+26.7	+29.0	+1.4	+7.3	+8.8	+1.0	+0.7	+1.2		-1.8	+11.0	+22.3	+.133				+7.2	+8.5	+.272
Jakob Poeltl	77	16.5	5.5	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.2	0.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.8	.645	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.533
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
difference:		+21.4	+30.1		+5.8	+5.7	+0.3	+0.6	+2.0		-0.4	+11.6	+25.8	+.158				+7.0	+9.1	+.184
Jakob Poeltl	7	25.3	7.3	3.6	4.1	7.7	1.7	0.3	0.7	0.4	3.7	3.3	5.1	.639	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.3	.556

Season 4
	Bob McAdoo	Jakob Poeltl
Season	1975-76	2019-20
Team	Buffalo Braves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Bob McAdoo	78	42.7	31.1	3.1	9.3	12.4	4.0	1.2	2.1	-	3.8	12.0	24.6	.487	-	-	-	7.2	9.4	.762
difference:	+12	+25.0	+25.5	+1.1	+5.6	+6.7	+2.2	+0.6	+0.7		-1.9	+9.5	+20.6	+.137				+6.6	+8.1	+.297
Jakob Poeltl	66	17.7	5.6	2.0	3.7	5.7	1.8	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.9	2.5	4.0	.624	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.3	.465
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	9	45.1	28.0	3.4	10.8	14.2	3.2	0.8	2.0	-	4.1	10.8	23.9	.451	-	-	-	6.4	9.1	.707
Jakob Poeltl	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bob McAdoo	Jakob Poeltl
Season	1976-77	2020-21
Team	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Bob McAdoo	72	38.9	25.8	2.8	10.1	12.9	2.8	1.1	1.4	-	3.6	10.3	20.1	.512	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.738
difference:	+3	+12.2	+17.2	+0.4	+5.3	+5.0	+0.9	+0.4	+0.4		-1.1	+6.5	+13.9	+.104				+4.4	+5.4	+.230
Jakob Poeltl	69	26.7	8.6	3.2	4.8	7.9	1.9	0.7	1.8	1.2	2.5	3.8	6.2	.616	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.508
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob McAdoo nor Jakob Poeltl played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Bob McAdoo	Jakob Poeltl
Season	1977-78	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Bob McAdoo	79	40.3	26.5	3.0	9.8	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	4.4	3.8	10.3	19.8	.520	-	-	-	5.9	8.2	.727
difference:	+11	+11.3	+13.0	+0.9	+4.3	+3.5	+1.0	+0.6	+0.1	-2.8	-0.7	+4.3	+10.0	+.098				+4.5	+5.4	+.232
Jakob Poeltl	68	29.0	13.5	3.9	5.5	9.3	2.8	0.7	1.7	1.6	3.1	6.0	9.8	.618	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.8	.495
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	6	39.7	23.8	1.8	7.8	9.7	3.8	1.2	2.0	3.8	3.2	10.2	21.0	.484	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.600
Jakob Poeltl	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-