Malik Beasley vs. Adrian Dantley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Adrian Dantley and Malik Beasley, 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.

Malik Beasley played 9 years in the NBA, 6 less than Adrian Dantley, who played 15. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Adrian Dantley had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Malik Beasley	9	5	2016-17 to 2024-25
Adrian Dantley	15	7	1976-77 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Malik Beasley	Adrian Dantley
Season	2016-17	1976-77
Team	Denver Nuggets	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Malik Beasley	22	7.5	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.3	.452	0.4	1.3	.321	0.4	0.5	.800
difference:	+55	+29.1	+16.5	+3.1	+3.9	+6.8	+1.4	+0.9	+0.2		-2.3	+5.6	+10.3	+.068				+5.8	+7.1	+.018
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Adrian Dantley played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Malik Beasley	Adrian Dantley
Season	2017-18	1977-78
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Malik Beasley	62	9.4	3.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.9	.410	0.5	1.3	.341	0.4	0.5	.667
difference:	+17	+27.7	+18.3	+3.2	+3.6	+6.7	+2.7	+1.3	+0.2	-2.5	-2.3	+6.1	+11.4	+.102				+6.4	+8.1	+.129
Adrian Dantley	79	37.1	21.5	3.4	4.5	7.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.9	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	6.8	8.6	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	3	34.7	17.0	3.0	5.3	8.3	3.7	1.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.7	11.7	.571	-	-	-	3.7	5.7	.647


Season 3
	Malik Beasley	Adrian Dantley
Season	2018-19	1978-79
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Malik Beasley	81	23.2	11.3	0.4	2.0	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.4	4.3	9.1	.474	2.0	5.0	.402	0.7	0.8	.848
difference:	+21	+6.4	+6.0	+1.8	+1.5	+3.2	+1.1	+0.4	+0.1	-1.9	-1.3	+1.9	+3.1	+.036				+4.2	+4.9	+.006
Adrian Dantley	60	29.6	17.3	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	2.6	2.7	6.2	12.2	.510	-	-	-	4.9	5.7	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	14	20.1	8.1	0.8	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.6	6.6	.387	1.4	3.4	.404	1.6	2.2	.710
difference:	+6	+9.4	+9.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6		-1.9	-1.6	+3.7	+4.5	+.175				+3.5	+4.3	+.078
Adrian Dantley	8	29.5	17.6	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	6.3	11.1	.562	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.788


Season 4
	Malik Beasley	Adrian Dantley
Season	2019-20	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Malik Beasley	55	22.0	11.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	5.0	.388	1.0	1.2	.818
difference:	+13	+17.3	+16.8	+2.4	+2.5	+4.9	+1.4	+0.7	+0.1	-2.4	-1.7	+6.6	+8.9	+.151	+1.9	+5.0		+5.5	+6.5	+.024
Adrian Dantley	68	39.3	28.0	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	10.7	18.6	.576	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	7.7	.842

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Adrian Dantley played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Malik Beasley	Adrian Dantley
Season	2020-21	1980-81
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	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		%
Malik Beasley	37	32.8	19.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.7	7.1	16.2	.440	3.5	8.7	.399	1.8	2.2	.850
difference:	+43	+9.9	+11.1	+1.6	+0.4	+2.0	+1.6	+0.6		-1.9	-1.4	+4.3	+4.1	+.119	+3.5	+8.6	+.113	+6.1	+7.6	+.044
Adrian Dantley	80	42.7	30.7	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	7.9	9.8	.806

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Adrian Dantley played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Malik Beasley	Adrian Dantley
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Malik Beasley	79	25.0	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1	4.2	10.8	.391	3.0	8.1	.377	0.6	0.8	.817
difference:	+2	+14.8	+18.2	+2.6	+1.0	+3.4	+2.5	+0.7		-3.2	-2.0	+7.0	+8.8	+.179	+3.0	+8.1		+7.4	+9.3	+.025
Adrian Dantley	81	39.8	30.3	2.9	3.5	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.1	11.2	19.6	.570	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	10.1	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	19.8	8.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	7.3	.432	1.3	4.2	.320	0.8	1.0	.833
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Adrian Dantley
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	81	25.8	12.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.9	8.1	.357	0.6	0.8	.769
difference:	+59	+14.5	+18.0	+2.2	+0.6	+2.9	+3.3	+0.1	+0.1	-2.6	-1.5	+6.0	+6.7	+.185	+2.9	+8.1		+8.9	+10.5	+.078
Adrian Dantley	22	40.3	30.7	2.6	3.7	6.4	4.8	0.9	0.0	3.7	2.8	10.6	18.3	.580	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	11	8.3	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.1	.294	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	1.000
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Malik Beasley	Adrian Dantley
Season	2023-24	1983-84
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	79	29.6	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.0	4.1	9.1	.443	2.8	6.9	.413	0.3	0.4	.714
difference:		+8.2	+19.3	+1.8	+0.2	+2.0	+2.5	+0.1		-2.6	-0.5	+6.1	+9.1	+.115	+2.8	+6.8	+.163	+10.0	+11.6	+.145
Adrian Dantley	79	37.8	30.6	2.3	3.4	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	2.5	10.2	18.2	.558	0.0	0.1	.250	10.3	12.0	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	21.8	8.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	6.8	.512	1.8	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+5	+19.5	+23.4	+3.2	+1.9	+5.0	+3.5	+0.2	+0.1	-3.0	-1.2	+7.1	+14.3	+.008	+1.8	+4.2		+10.9	+12.6
Adrian Dantley	11	41.3	32.2	3.4	4.2	7.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	3.5	2.7	10.6	21.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	10.9	12.6	.863


Season 9
	Malik Beasley	Adrian Dantley
Season	2024-25	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	82	27.8	16.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	5.6	13.1	.430	3.9	9.3	.416	1.2	1.7	.679
difference:	+27	+8.0	+10.3	+2.1	+1.2	+3.3	+1.7	+0.1		-2.1	-0.9	+3.7	+4.4	+.101	+3.9	+9.3		+6.8	+8.2	+.125
Adrian Dantley	55	35.8	26.6	2.7	3.2	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	9.9	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	27.2	14.0	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.7	12.5	.373	3.3	9.8	.339	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+4	+12.6	+11.3	+2.3	+2.7	+5.0	+0.8	+1.1	+0.2	-2.4	-2.2	+3.2	+2.6	+.150	+3.3	+9.7	+.339	+8.2	+10.9	+.221
Adrian Dantley	10	39.8	25.3	2.5	5.0	7.5	2.0	1.6	0.0	3.6	3.9	7.9	15.1	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	9.5	12.2	.779


Additional Years
* Adrian Dantley played 6 seasons more than Malik Beasley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 15, from 1986 to 1991—Adrian Dantley played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Malik Beasley, Adrian Dantley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Malik Beasley vs. Adrian Dantley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Adrian Dantley and Malik Beasley, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years