Chris Ford vs. Bob McAdoo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob McAdoo and Chris Ford, 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.

Chris Ford played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Bob McAdoo, who played 14. Chris Ford had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Bob McAdoo had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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
	Chris Ford	Bob McAdoo
Season	1972-73	1972-73
Team	Detroit Pistons	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Chris Ford	74	20.8	6.4	-	-	3.6	2.6	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	5.9	.479	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.645
Bob McAdoo	80	32.0	18.0	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Chris Ford	Bob McAdoo
Season	1973-74	1973-74
Team	Detroit Pistons	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Braves 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		%
Chris Ford	82	25.1	7.1	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.4	1.8	0.2	-	1.9	3.2	7.3	.444	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.740
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	5	18.8	4.0	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.4	-	2.0	1.6	3.4	.471	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.667
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

Season 3
	Chris Ford	Bob McAdoo
Season	1974-75	1974-75
Team	Detroit Pistons	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Braves 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		%
Chris Ford	80	24.5	5.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	2.9	1.4	0.3	-	2.3	2.6	5.4	.474	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.663
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	3	27.3	4.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	3.3	0.3	0.0	-	2.7	2.0	3.7	.545	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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

Season 4
	Chris Ford	Bob McAdoo
Season	1975-76	1975-76
Team	Detroit Pistons	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Braves 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		%
Chris Ford	82	26.8	8.4	1.0	2.6	3.5	3.3	2.2	0.3	-	2.7	3.7	8.6	.426	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.722
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	9	30.7	8.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	4.4	1.2	0.6	-	3.7	3.7	9.0	.407	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800
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

Season 5
	Chris Ford	Bob McAdoo
Season	1976-77	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West 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		%
Chris Ford	82	31.0	12.3	1.2	2.1	3.3	4.1	2.2	0.3	-	2.3	5.3	11.2	.476	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	.771
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	3	33.7	13.7	2.7	3.7	6.3	4.0	2.3	0.0	-	3.7	6.0	14.7	.409	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.556
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Chris Ford	Bob McAdoo
Season	1977-78	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Chris Ford	82	31.5	10.5	1.4	1.8	3.3	4.6	2.0	0.2	2.8	2.2	4.6	9.5	.481	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.734
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 9
	Chris Ford	Bob McAdoo
Season	1980-81	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets
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		%
Chris Ford	82	33.2	8.9	0.9	1.1	2.0	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.8	8.6	.444	0.4	1.3	.330	0.8	1.1	.736
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	17	29.8	9.1	0.8	1.9	2.6	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.8	3.9	8.6	.452	0.4	1.5	.280	0.9	1.5	.600
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Chris Ford	Bob McAdoo
Season	1981-82	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Chris Ford	76	20.9	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.9	.418	0.3	0.8	.317	0.5	0.7	.696
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	12	11.5	3.9	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.5	.476	0.2	0.6	.286	0.4	0.6	.714
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

Season 13
	Chris Ford	Bob McAdoo
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		%
Chris Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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