Rick Adelman vs. Anthony Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Davis and Rick Adelman, 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.

Rick Adelman played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Anthony Davis, who played 12. Rick Adelman had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Anthony Davis had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Rick Adelman	7	3	1968-69 to 1974-75
Anthony Davis	12	6	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	1968-69	2012-13
Team	San Diego Rockets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Rick Adelman	77	18.8	6.3	-	-	2.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	2.3	5.8	.394	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.642
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	6	31.2	11.7	-	-	2.5	4.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	8.8	.453	-	-	-	3.7	6.2	.595
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	1969-70	2013-14
Team	San Diego Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
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		%
Rick Adelman	35	20.5	7.4	-	-	2.3	3.2	-	-	-	2.6	2.7	7.1	.389	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.747
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	1970-71	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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		%
Rick Adelman	81	28.4	12.6	-	-	3.5	4.7	-	-	-	2.6	4.7	11.0	.422	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.724
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889


Season 4
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	1971-72	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Rick Adelman	80	30.6	10.1	-	-	2.9	5.2	-	-	-	2.6	4.1	9.4	.437	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.751
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	1972-73	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Rick Adelman	76	24.0	6.6	-	-	2.1	3.9	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	6.9	.408	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.716
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	1973-74	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals	Pelicans 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		%
Rick Adelman	55	11.2	3.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	-	1.1	1.2	3.1	.376	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.711
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	9	12.0	4.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.0	-	0.6	1.8	3.8	.471	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.636
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828


Season 7
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	1974-75	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Jazz, Kansas City-Omaha Kings	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Rick Adelman	58	18.5	5.5	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.9	1.2	0.1	-	1.7	2.1	5.0	.423	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.709
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	6	5.7	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.0	-	1.5	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832


Season 9
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	36	32.3	21.8	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.7	8.4	17.0	.491	0.7	2.8	.260	4.4	5.9	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	5	28.8	17.4	1.4	5.2	6.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	5.0	12.4	.403	0.4	2.2	.182	7.0	8.4	.833


Season 10
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	40	35.1	23.2	2.7	7.2	9.9	3.1	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.4	9.3	17.4	.532	0.3	1.8	.186	4.4	6.1	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	56	34.0	25.9	3.5	9.1	12.5	2.6	1.1	2.0	2.2	2.6	9.7	17.2	.563	0.3	1.3	.257	6.2	7.9	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	16	38.0	22.6	2.4	11.7	14.1	2.6	1.4	3.1	2.1	2.9	8.3	15.9	.520	0.3	0.9	.333	5.8	6.8	.852


Season 12
	Rick Adelman	Anthony Davis
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	In-Season Tournament 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		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	76	35.5	24.7	3.1	9.5	12.6	3.5	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.3	9.4	16.9	.556	0.4	1.4	.271	5.5	6.8	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Adelman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	5	41.6	27.8	3.0	12.6	15.6	4.0	0.4	1.6	2.2	3.8	11.8	18.6	.634	0.0	1.0	.000	4.2	5.2	.808

Rick Adelman vs. Anthony Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Davis and Rick Adelman, 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