Bob McAdoo vs. Xavier McDaniel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Xavier McDaniel 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 / Games against each other

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, 2 more than Xavier McDaniel, who played 12. Bob McAdoo had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Xavier McDaniel had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Xavier McDaniel	12	7	1985-86 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1972-73	1985-86
Team	Buffalo Braves	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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
Xavier McDaniel	82	33.0	17.1	3.7	4.2	8.0	2.4	1.2	0.5	3.0	3.7	7.0	14.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.200	3.0	4.4	.687

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


Season 2
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1973-74	1986-87
Team	Buffalo Braves	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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	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
Xavier McDaniel	82	37.0	23.0	4.1	4.5	8.6	2.5	1.4	0.6	2.9	3.7	9.8	19.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.214	3.4	4.8	.696

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
Xavier McDaniel	14	37.7	20.3	3.7	4.6	8.4	3.0	1.5	0.6	3.0	4.5	8.9	18.1	.488	0.1	0.7	.200	2.4	4.0	.607


Season 3
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1974-75	1987-88
Team	Buffalo Braves	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West 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
Xavier McDaniel	78	34.7	21.4	2.6	4.0	6.6	3.4	1.2	0.7	2.9	2.9	8.8	18.0	.488	0.2	0.6	.280	3.6	5.0	.715

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
Xavier McDaniel	5	36.0	21.2	2.8	6.8	9.6	5.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	3.0	9.0	16.2	.556	0.8	1.6	.500	2.4	4.8	.500


Season 4
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1975-76	1988-89
Team	Buffalo Braves	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West 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	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
Xavier McDaniel	82	29.1	20.5	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.5	2.6	2.8	8.3	16.9	.489	0.1	0.4	.306	3.8	5.2	.732

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
Xavier McDaniel	8	35.1	18.8	3.0	5.4	8.4	2.8	0.3	0.6	2.8	3.8	7.3	18.0	.403	0.4	1.1	.333	3.9	5.1	.756


Season 5
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1976-77	1989-90
Team	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
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
Xavier McDaniel	69	35.2	21.3	2.4	4.1	6.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	2.7	3.3	8.9	17.9	.496	0.1	0.2	.294	3.5	4.8	.733

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


Season 6
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1977-78	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West 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
Xavier McDaniel	81	32.5	17.0	2.1	4.7	6.9	2.3	0.9	0.6	2.3	3.3	7.3	14.6	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.723

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
Xavier McDaniel	4	25.3	9.5	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.3	0.0	0.5	2.5	2.5	4.3	10.3	.415	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 7
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1978-79	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks, Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	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
Xavier McDaniel	82	28.6	13.7	2.1	3.5	5.6	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.9	6.0	12.5	.478	0.1	0.5	.308	1.7	2.3	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Xavier McDaniel	12	38.2	18.8	3.6	3.6	7.2	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.8	7.8	16.4	.477	0.2	0.7	.250	3.0	4.1	.735


Season 8
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1979-80	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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	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
Xavier McDaniel	82	27.0	13.5	2.0	3.9	6.0	2.0	0.9	0.6	2.1	3.0	5.6	11.3	.495	0.1	0.3	.273	2.3	2.9	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Xavier McDaniel	4	31.5	12.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	4.0	5.5	13.3	.415	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	2.3	.667


Season 9
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1980-81	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
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	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
Xavier McDaniel	82	24.0	11.3	1.7	3.1	4.9	1.5	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.4	4.7	10.2	.461	0.1	0.5	.244	1.8	2.6	.676

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


Season 10
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1981-82	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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	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
Xavier McDaniel	68	21.0	8.6	1.4	3.0	4.4	1.6	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.1	3.6	8.0	.451	0.1	0.3	.286	1.3	1.8	.712

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
Xavier McDaniel	4	14.8	3.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.3	1.3	4.3	.294	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	1.0	.750

Note: Xavier McDaniel didn't play in 1995-96.


Season 11
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1982-83	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
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
Xavier McDaniel	62	18.9	5.6	2.0	3.1	5.1	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.3	2.2	5.7	.389	0.1	0.4	.200	1.0	1.4	.730

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
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1983-84	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
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	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
Xavier McDaniel	20	9.0	1.3	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.2	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.625

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
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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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
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Bob McAdoo	Xavier McDaniel
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
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob McAdoo vs. Xavier McDaniel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Xavier McDaniel 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