Michael Adams vs. Al Horford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Al Horford and Michael Adams, 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.

Michael Adams played 11 years in the NBA, 6 less than Al Horford, who played 17. Michael Adams had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Al Horford had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Michael Adams	11	5	1985-86 to 1995-96
Al Horford	17	15	2007-08 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1985-86	2007-08
Team	Sacramento Kings	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Michael Adams	18	7.7	2.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.9	2.4	.364	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.7	.667
Al Horford	81	31.4	10.1	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.3	4.1	8.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	7	39.6	12.6	3.1	7.3	10.4	3.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.7	4.9	10.3	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741


Season 2
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1986-87	2008-09
Team	Washington Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Michael Adams	63	20.7	7.2	0.6	1.3	2.0	3.9	1.3	0.1	1.3	1.4	2.5	6.2	.407	0.4	1.6	.275	1.7	2.0	.847
Al Horford	67	33.5	11.5	2.2	7.1	9.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.5	2.8	4.7	8.9	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.1	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	3	27.3	6.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.3	2.3	0.0	1.7	2.0	2.7	8.3	.320	0.7	3.0	.222	0.3	1.0	.333
Al Horford	9	28.0	6.9	1.3	4.4	5.8	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	2.9	2.8	6.6	.424	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.0	.667


Season 3
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1987-88	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Michael Adams	82	33.9	13.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.1	2.0	0.2	1.8	1.7	5.1	11.3	.449	1.7	4.6	.367	2.0	2.4	.834
Al Horford	81	35.1	14.2	2.9	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	5.8	10.5	.551	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.6	3.3	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	11	36.9	13.4	0.8	2.5	3.3	5.8	1.6	0.2	2.1	1.7	4.3	11.8	.362	1.5	4.9	.315	3.3	3.7	.878
Al Horford	11	35.3	14.6	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.4	3.2	6.1	11.6	.523	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	2.8	.839


Season 4
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1988-89	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Michael Adams	77	36.2	18.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	6.4	2.2	0.1	2.3	1.9	6.1	14.1	.433	2.2	6.1	.356	4.2	5.1	.819
Al Horford	77	35.1	15.3	2.4	7.0	9.3	3.5	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	6.7	12.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.500	1.9	2.4	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	2	37.5	23.5	2.5	6.0	8.5	4.5	1.5	0.0	4.0	3.0	7.5	18.0	.417	5.0	11.0	.455	3.5	4.0	.875
Al Horford	12	39.0	11.3	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	11.4	.423	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.2	.769


Season 5
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1989-90	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Michael Adams	79	34.1	15.5	0.6	2.2	2.8	6.3	1.5	0.0	1.8	1.7	5.0	12.5	.402	2.0	5.5	.366	3.4	4.0	.850
Al Horford	11	31.6	12.4	2.4	4.6	7.0	2.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.2	9.4	.553	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	3	35.0	13.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	1.3	0.0	2.7	3.3	4.3	11.3	.382	2.0	6.7	.300	2.3	2.7	.875
Al Horford	3	36.0	15.3	1.7	6.7	8.3	2.7	1.3	1.3	4.0	3.7	6.7	11.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 6
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1990-91	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Michael Adams	66	35.5	26.5	0.9	3.0	3.9	10.5	2.2	0.1	3.6	2.5	8.5	21.5	.394	2.5	8.5	.296	7.0	8.0	.879
Al Horford	74	37.2	17.4	2.6	7.6	10.2	3.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.2	7.8	14.3	.543	0.0	0.1	.500	1.8	2.8	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	6	36.3	16.7	2.0	6.8	8.8	3.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.8	6.8	13.8	.494	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667


Season 7
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	Washington Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Michael Adams	78	35.8	18.1	0.7	3.2	4.0	7.6	1.9	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.2	15.8	.393	1.6	4.9	.324	4.0	4.6	.869
Al Horford	29	33.0	18.6	2.3	6.1	8.4	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.2	1.9	8.2	14.5	.567	0.1	0.4	.364	2.0	2.9	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Washington Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Michael Adams	70	35.7	14.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	7.5	1.4	0.1	2.5	2.1	5.2	11.9	.439	1.0	3.0	.321	3.4	4.0	.856
Al Horford	76	30.5	15.2	1.7	5.4	7.2	3.2	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	6.8	12.7	.538	0.1	0.5	.306	1.4	1.9	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	16	32.6	14.4	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.7	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.1	6.7	13.2	.507	0.1	0.6	.222	0.9	1.3	.750


Season 9
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Washington Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Michael Adams	70	33.4	12.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	6.9	1.4	0.1	2.4	2.0	4.1	10.0	.408	0.8	2.7	.288	3.2	3.9	.830
Al Horford	82	32.1	15.2	1.8	5.5	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	6.5	12.8	.505	1.1	3.1	.344	1.3	1.6	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	10	32.7	13.4	1.3	5.2	6.5	3.1	1.2	2.4	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.6	.466	1.1	2.8	.393	1.5	1.6	.938


Season 10
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Michael Adams	29	15.3	6.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.3	0.8	0.0	0.9	1.4	2.3	5.1	.453	1.0	2.8	.358	0.9	1.0	.833
Al Horford	68	32.3	14.0	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	2.0	5.6	11.8	.473	1.3	3.6	.355	1.6	2.0	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	1	11.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Al Horford	18	33.9	15.1	1.7	4.8	6.6	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.8	6.2	10.6	.584	1.5	2.9	.519	1.2	1.6	.759


Season 11
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Michael Adams	21	15.7	5.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.2	1.8	4.0	.446	0.7	2.0	.341	1.2	1.7	.743
Al Horford	72	31.6	12.9	1.4	5.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	5.1	10.5	.489	1.3	3.1	.429	1.3	1.7	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	19	35.7	15.7	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.3	1.0	1.2	1.7	2.1	5.8	10.7	.544	0.8	2.3	.349	3.3	3.9	.827


Season 12
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	68	29.0	13.6	1.8	5.0	6.7	4.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.7	10.6	.535	1.1	3.0	.360	1.1	1.4	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	9	34.4	13.9	1.4	7.6	9.0	4.4	0.4	0.8	2.1	2.3	5.1	12.2	.418	2.0	4.9	.409	1.7	2.0	.833


Season 13
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	67	30.2	11.9	1.5	5.3	6.8	4.0	0.8	0.9	1.2	2.1	4.8	10.6	.450	1.5	4.2	.350	0.9	1.2	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	4	32.3	7.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.3	0.3	1.3	0.8	3.5	3.0	6.3	.480	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.8	.571


Season 14
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	28	27.9	14.2	1.0	5.7	6.7	3.4	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.7	5.8	12.9	.450	2.0	5.4	.368	0.6	0.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	69	29.1	10.2	1.6	6.1	7.7	3.4	0.7	1.3	0.9	1.9	3.9	8.2	.467	1.3	3.8	.336	1.2	1.4	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	23	35.4	12.0	1.5	7.8	9.3	3.3	0.8	1.3	1.3	2.8	4.4	8.4	.523	2.0	4.3	.480	1.2	1.6	.778


Season 16
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	63	30.5	9.8	1.2	5.0	6.2	3.0	0.5	1.0	0.6	1.9	3.6	7.6	.476	2.3	5.2	.446	0.2	0.3	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	20	30.9	6.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	3.0	1.1	1.7	0.6	2.4	2.6	6.6	.386	1.4	4.7	.298	0.2	0.2	.750


Season 17
	Michael Adams	Al Horford
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	65	26.8	8.6	1.3	5.1	6.4	2.6	0.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	3.3	6.4	.511	1.7	4.0	.419	0.4	0.5	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	10	28.6	8.8	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.3	3.5	7.4	.473	1.6	5.0	.320	0.2	0.4	.500

Michael Adams vs. Al Horford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Al Horford and Michael Adams, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17