Bob McAdoo vs. Tim Thomas Season by Season Comparison

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

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 1 more than Tim Thomas, who played 13. Bob McAdoo had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Tim Thomas 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bob McAdoo	14	9	1972-73 to 1985-86
Tim Thomas	13	7	1997-98 to 2009-10

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1972-73	1997-98
Team	Buffalo Braves	Philadelphia 76ers
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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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
Tim Thomas	77	23.1	11.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	4.0	8.9	.447	0.8	2.2	.363	2.2	3.0	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1973-74	1998-99
Team	Buffalo Braves	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
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
Tim Thomas	50	16.2	7.2	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.1	2.6	5.6	.473	0.4	1.4	.309	1.5	2.2	.652

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
Tim Thomas	3	19.7	7.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.7	3.7	2.7	6.0	.444	0.0	0.7	.000	2.3	4.0	.583


Season 3
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1974-75	1999-00
Team	Buffalo Braves	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
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
Tim Thomas	80	26.2	11.8	1.3	2.9	4.2	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.8	4.3	9.4	.461	0.8	2.3	.346	2.4	3.0	.774

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
Tim Thomas	5	28.4	15.4	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.0	0.2	0.8	0.2	2.8	5.8	11.8	.492	1.0	3.0	.333	2.8	3.4	.824


Season 4
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1975-76	2000-01
Team	Buffalo Braves	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Tim Thomas	76	27.4	12.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	0.6	1.5	2.6	4.3	10.0	.430	1.4	3.4	.412	2.6	3.3	.771

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
Tim Thomas	18	26.5	11.3	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.5	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.6	7.9	.448	1.2	2.8	.431	2.9	3.6	.815


Season 5
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1976-77	2001-02
Team	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Tim Thomas	74	26.9	11.7	0.9	3.2	4.1	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.7	4.3	10.2	.420	1.3	3.9	.326	1.9	2.4	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1977-78	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
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
Tim Thomas	80	29.5	13.3	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.7	3.2	5.2	11.6	.443	1.2	3.3	.366	1.8	2.3	.780

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
Tim Thomas	6	31.8	17.8	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.3	4.5	6.0	13.0	.462	2.0	3.5	.571	3.8	5.3	.719


Season 7
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1978-79	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks, Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Bob McAdoo	60	37.2	24.8	2.2	6.5	8.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	3.6	3.2	9.9	18.8	.529	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.656
Tim Thomas	66	31.7	14.7	1.0	3.9	4.8	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.8	3.0	5.5	12.3	.446	1.1	2.9	.376	2.6	3.3	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	1	23.0	12.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	10.0	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 8
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1979-80	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bob McAdoo	58	36.2	21.1	1.7	6.3	8.1	3.4	1.3	1.1	4.1	3.1	8.5	17.7	.480	0.1	0.4	.125	4.1	5.6	.730
Tim Thomas	71	27.3	12.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.4	10.1	.439	1.2	2.9	.409	1.9	2.4	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1980-81	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets	Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	16	20.1	10.3	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.9	1.1	0.8	2.0	2.4	4.3	9.8	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.6	.707
Tim Thomas	29	23.0	10.3	0.8	3.8	4.5	0.7	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.7	3.9	9.0	.431	1.6	3.8	.414	1.0	1.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	20	31.8	15.1	0.8	5.5	6.3	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.1	4.5	5.4	11.0	.491	2.4	5.4	.444	1.9	2.5	.776


Season 10
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1981-82	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob McAdoo	41	18.2	9.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.1	.714
Tim Thomas	76	27.0	11.0	0.8	4.1	5.0	2.3	0.7	0.4	1.4	3.0	3.9	9.5	.414	1.8	4.7	.382	1.3	1.9	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	14	27.7	16.7	1.5	5.3	6.8	1.6	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.1	7.2	12.8	.564	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.681
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1982-83	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Bob McAdoo	47	21.7	15.0	1.6	3.6	5.3	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.4	3.3	6.2	12.0	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.730
Tim Thomas	63	30.8	12.4	1.0	4.1	5.1	2.7	0.6	0.5	1.6	3.0	4.6	11.2	.413	1.3	4.3	.306	1.8	2.4	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	8	20.8	10.9	1.9	3.9	5.8	0.6	1.4	1.3	1.8	2.9	4.6	10.5	.440	0.3	0.8	.333	1.4	1.8	.786
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1983-84	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls 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		%
Bob McAdoo	70	20.8	13.1	1.2	3.0	4.1	1.1	0.6	0.7	1.8	2.6	5.0	10.7	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.8	.803
Tim Thomas	64	19.5	8.5	0.7	2.5	3.1	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.3	3.0	6.8	.432	1.2	3.0	.413	1.4	1.9	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	20	22.4	14.0	1.5	3.9	5.4	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.2	5.6	10.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.1	.704
Tim Thomas	2	7.5	3.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	5.0	.300	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1984-85	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob McAdoo	66	19.0	10.5	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.5	.753
Tim Thomas	18	15.8	7.5	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.7	5.9	.462	0.9	2.4	.372	1.2	1.3	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	19	20.9	11.4	1.3	3.2	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	1.7	3.5	4.8	10.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.5	.745
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Bob McAdoo	Tim Thomas
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	29	21.0	10.1	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.6	1.7	2.2	4.0	8.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.8	.765
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	5	14.6	10.8	1.6	1.2	2.8	0.4	0.8	1.0	0.4	2.6	4.0	7.2	.556	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.2	.875
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob McAdoo vs. Tim Thomas Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14