Reggie Jackson vs. Bob McAdoo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob McAdoo and Reggie Jackson, 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.

Reggie Jackson and Bob McAdoo both played 14 years in the NBA. Reggie Jackson had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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 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.

Rookie Season
	Reggie Jackson	Bob McAdoo
Season	2011-12	1972-73
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Reggie Jackson	45	11.1	3.1	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.6	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.7	1.1	3.5	.321	0.3	1.4	.210	0.6	0.6	.862
difference:	+35	+20.9	+14.9			+7.9	+0.1				-2.5	+6.2	+12.7	+.131				+2.8	+3.8	+.088
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
* Neiher Reggie Jackson nor Bob McAdoo played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Reggie Jackson	Bob McAdoo
Season	2012-13	1973-74
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Braves Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Reggie Jackson	70	14.2	5.3	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.2	2.1	4.6	.458	0.3	1.5	.231	0.7	0.9	.839
difference:	+4	+28.8	+25.3	+3.5	+9.2	+12.7	+0.6	+0.8	+3.1		-2.2	+10.1	+17.7	+.089				+5.5	+6.9	+.046
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		%
Reggie Jackson	11	33.5	13.9	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.6	0.5	0.5	1.9	3.1	5.2	10.8	.479	1.2	3.9	.302	2.4	2.6	.897
difference:	+5	+11.7	+17.8	+1.9	+6.8	+8.8	+2.1	+0.5	+1.7		-1.1	+7.5	+15.7	+.001				+3.9	+5.2	+.088
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
	Reggie Jackson	Bob McAdoo
Season	2013-14	1974-75
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Braves Lost East 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		%
Reggie Jackson	80	28.5	13.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	4.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.8	5.0	11.5	.440	1.0	3.1	.339	2.0	2.2	.893
difference:	+2	+14.7	+21.4	+3.2	+6.9	+10.2	+1.9		+2.0		-1.6	+8.4	+14.6	+.072				+5.8	+7.5	+.088
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		%
Reggie Jackson	19	27.9	11.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	2.4	0.3	0.2	2.0	2.6	3.9	8.5	.466	1.1	2.8	.396	2.1	2.3	.886
difference:	+12	+18.8	+26.3	+2.9	+6.8	+9.6	+1.0	+0.6	+2.5		-1.5	+11.0	+22.4	+.015				+5.6	+8.1	+.146
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
	Reggie Jackson	Bob McAdoo
Season	2014-15	1975-76
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Braves Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Reggie Jackson	77	29.5	14.5	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.2	5.6	12.9	.434	0.9	3.1	.299	2.4	2.8	.830
difference:	+1	+13.2	+16.6	+2.4	+5.8	+8.2	+2.0	+0.4	+2.0		-1.6	+6.4	+11.7	+.053				+4.8	+6.6	+.068
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		%
Reggie Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Reggie Jackson	Bob McAdoo
Season	2015-16	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Reggie Jackson	79	30.7	18.8	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.2	0.7	0.1	2.8	2.4	6.8	15.7	.434	1.5	4.2	.353	3.7	4.3	.864
difference:	+7	+8.2	+7.0	+2.1	+7.6	+9.7	+3.4	+0.4	+1.3		-1.2	+3.5	+4.4	+.078				+1.6	+2.9	+.126
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		%
Reggie Jackson	4	36.8	14.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.3	1.5	0.5	2.5	2.5	6.3	13.8	.455	0.8	4.5	.167	1.0	1.0	1.000
Bob McAdoo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Reggie Jackson	Bob McAdoo
Season	2016-17	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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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	52	27.4	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	5.2	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.5	13.0	.419	1.3	3.5	.359	2.3	2.6	.868
difference:	+27	+12.9	+12.0	+2.6	+8.0	+10.6	+1.4	+0.6	+1.5	-2.2	-1.3	+4.8	+6.8	+.101				+3.6	+5.6	+.141
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		%
Reggie Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 10
	Reggie Jackson	Bob McAdoo
Season	2020-21	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	67	23.0	10.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.1	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.9	3.9	8.7	.450	1.8	4.2	.433	1.0	1.2	.817
difference:	+26	+4.8	+1.1	+0.7	+0.3	+1.0	+2.3	+0.1	+0.8	-0.1	-0.8	+0.2	+0.7	+.008	+1.8	+4.1	+.433	+1.2	+1.9	+.103
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		%
Reggie Jackson	19	32.7	17.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.4	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.6	6.4	13.3	.484	3.1	7.5	.408	1.9	2.2	.878
difference:	+5	+5.0	+1.1	+1.1	+2.5	+3.6	+1.8	+0.2	+1.3	-1.0	-0.5	+0.8	+0.5	+.080	+3.1	+7.5		+0.4	+1.2	+.197
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 12
	Reggie Jackson	Bob McAdoo
Season	2022-23	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	68	24.4	10.2	0.4	1.8	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.7	3.9	9.4	.411	1.4	4.2	.333	1.0	1.1	.910
difference:	+2	+3.6	+2.9	+0.8	+1.2	+2.0	+2.3	+0.1	+0.6	-0.1	-0.9	+1.1	+1.3	+.060	+1.4	+4.1	+.333	+2.0	+2.7	+.107
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	6	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	.500	0.2	0.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+14	+19.4	+13.5	+1.5	+3.6	+5.1	+0.3	+0.4	+1.4	-1.8	-3.2	+5.4	+10.5	+.016	+0.2	+0.2	+.500	+2.9	+4.1
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

Season 13
	Reggie Jackson	Bob McAdoo
Season	2023-24	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	82	22.2	10.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.8	0.5	0.2	1.3	1.8	4.0	9.2	.431	1.2	3.5	.359	1.0	1.2	.806
difference:	+16	+3.2	+0.3	+0.8	+1.8	+2.6	+2.8	+0.2	+0.6	-0.1	-0.8	+0.3	+0.9	+.089	+1.2	+3.5		+0.8	+1.3	+.053
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	-	1.8	2.5	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	12	9.8	3.5	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.0	1.3	4.0	.333	0.7	1.9	.348	0.2	0.2	1.000
difference:	+7	+11.1	+7.9	+1.1	+2.1	+3.2	+0.2	+0.3	+1.3	-1.0	-2.5	+3.5	+6.2	+.139	+0.7	+1.8	+.348	+1.6	+2.3	+.255
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