Steven Adams vs. Allan Houston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allan Houston and Steven 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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.

Steven Adams and Allan Houston both played 12 years in the NBA. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Allan Houston had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Steven Adams	12	8	2013-14 to 2025-26
Allan Houston	12	6	1993-94 to 2004-05

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


Rookie Season
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2013-14	1993-94
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Steven Adams	81	14.8	3.3	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.5	1.1	2.3	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.581
difference:	+2	+4.4	+5.2	+1.6	+1.0	+2.6	+0.8	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4	-0.4	+2.3	+6.2	+.098	+0.4	+1.5		+0.1	+0.3	+.243
Allan Houston	79	19.2	8.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.1	3.4	8.5	.405	0.4	1.5	.299	1.1	1.4	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	18.4	3.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.2	0.1	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.5	.689	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.3	.348
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2014-15	1994-95
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Steven Adams	70	25.3	7.7	2.8	4.6	7.5	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.2	3.1	5.7	.544	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.9	.502
difference:	+6	+1.0	+6.8	+2.4	+2.8	+5.3	+1.3	+0.3	+1.0	-0.1	-0.8	+2.1	+5.6	+.081	+2.1	+4.9		+0.4	+0.6	+.358
Allan Houston	76	26.3	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	2.1	4.9	.424	1.9	2.3	.860

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor Allan Houston played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2015-16	1995-96
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steven Adams	80	25.2	8.0	2.7	3.9	6.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.1	2.8	3.3	5.3	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.5	.582
difference:	+2	+12.3	+11.7	+2.0	+0.9	+3.0	+2.2	+0.2	+0.9	-1.7		+3.6	+9.9	+.160	+2.3	+5.5		+2.2	+1.9	+.241
Allan Houston	82	37.5	19.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.8	2.8	6.9	15.2	.453	2.3	5.5	.427	3.6	4.4	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	30.7	10.1	3.4	6.1	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.9	3.1	3.8	6.2	.613	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	4.1	.630
difference:	+15	+14.6	+14.9	+3.1	+3.8	+6.8	+1.3	+0.5	+0.5	-2.8	-0.6	+4.5	+13.1	+.182	+2.3	+6.9	+.333	+3.4	+2.6	+.270
Allan Houston	3	45.3	25.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	3.7	3.7	8.3	19.3	.431	2.3	7.0	.333	6.0	6.7	.900


Season 4
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2016-17	1996-97
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Steven Adams	80	29.9	11.3	3.5	4.2	7.7	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	4.7	8.2	.571	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.611
difference:	+1	+3.2	+3.5	+3.0	+1.8	+4.7	+1.1	+0.6	+0.8	-0.3	-0.5	+0.7	+4.5	+.148	+1.8	+4.7		+0.2	+0.5	+.192
Allan Houston	81	33.1	14.8	0.5	2.4	3.0	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.1	2.9	5.4	12.7	.423	1.8	4.7	.385	2.2	2.7	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.4	8.0	3.4	3.4	6.8	1.4	1.2	1.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	5.6	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364
difference:	+4	+8.6	+11.2	+3.1	+1.2	+4.2	+0.9	+0.5	+1.5	-1.9	-1.2	+2.8	+9.2	+.207	+2.9	+5.8		+2.6	+1.7	+.522
Allan Houston	9	40.0	19.2	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	1.6	6.4	14.8	.436	2.9	5.8	.500	3.4	3.9	.886


Season 5
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2017-18	1997-98
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Steven Adams	76	32.7	13.9	5.1	4.0	9.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.9	9.4	.629	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.8	.559
difference:	+6	+2.0	+4.5	+4.6	+1.2	+5.7	+1.4	+0.4	+0.7	-0.7	-0.3	+1.1	+6.2	+.182	+1.0	+2.6		+1.4	+0.3	+.292
Allan Houston	82	34.7	18.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	7.0	15.6	.447	1.0	2.6	.385	3.5	4.1	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	6	33.3	10.5	3.2	4.3	7.5	1.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	2.5	4.5	7.7	.587	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.692
difference:	+4	+7.1	+10.6	+2.6	+1.1	+3.7	+1.3	+0.2	+0.6	-2.5	-0.2	+3.1	+9.8	+.153	+0.9	+2.3		+3.5	+3.6	+.170
Allan Houston	10	40.4	21.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.8	0.5	0.1	3.2	2.7	7.6	17.5	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	5.0	5.8	.862


Season 6
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2018-19	1998-99
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Steven Adams	80	33.4	13.9	4.9	4.6	9.5	1.6	1.5	1.0	1.7	2.6	6.0	10.1	.595	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.7	.500
difference:	+30	+2.9	+2.4	+4.5	+2.0	+6.5	+1.1	+0.8	+0.8	-0.9	-0.3	+0.1	+4.0	+.177	+1.1	+2.8		+1.6	+0.2	+.362
Allan Houston	50	36.3	16.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.3	5.9	14.1	.418	1.1	2.8	.407	3.4	3.9	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.8	11.8	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.8	2.6	5.6	8.4	.667	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.6	.375
difference:	+15	+7.5	+6.7	+2.1	+2.4	+4.5	+1.2	+0.6	+0.9	-0.7	-0.6	+1.2	+6.9	+.224	+0.5	+1.6	+.250	+4.0	+3.6	+.508
Allan Houston	20	39.3	18.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.6	0.4	0.1	2.5	2.0	6.8	15.3	.443	0.5	1.8	.250	4.6	5.2	.883


Season 7
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2019-20	1999-00
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Steven Adams	63	26.7	10.9	3.3	6.0	9.3	2.3	0.8	1.1	1.5	1.9	4.5	7.6	.592	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.2	.582
difference:	+19	+11.9	+8.8	+2.8	+3.2	+6.0	+0.4		+0.9	-0.8	-0.8	+3.0	+7.9	+.109	+1.3	+3.0		+1.5	+0.9	+.256
Allan Houston	82	38.6	19.7	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.7	7.5	15.5	.483	1.3	3.0	.436	3.4	4.1	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	30.0	10.1	4.9	6.7	11.6	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.3	1.4	4.4	7.4	.596	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.9	.450
difference:	+9	+10.8	+7.5	+4.7	+3.6	+8.3	+0.3	+0.6	+0.1		-1.2	+2.0	+7.3	+.158	+1.2	+2.3	+.500	+2.2	+1.2	+.412
Allan Houston	16	40.8	17.6	0.2	3.1	3.3	1.6	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.7	.438	1.2	2.4	.500	3.5	4.1	.862


Season 8
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2020-21	2000-01
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steven Adams	58	27.7	7.6	3.7	5.2	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.9	3.3	5.3	.614	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.444
difference:	+20	+8.9	+11.1	+3.4	+1.8	+5.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	-0.8	-0.5	+3.6	+10.2	+.165	+1.2	+3.1	+.381	+2.6	+1.6	+.465
Allan Houston	78	36.6	18.7	0.3	3.4	3.6	2.2	0.7	0.1	2.1	2.4	6.9	15.5	.449	1.2	3.2	.381	3.6	3.9	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allan Houston	5	38.0	20.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.4	7.6	12.8	.594	1.2	2.2	.545	4.4	4.4	1.000


Season 9
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Steven Adams	76	26.3	6.9	4.6	5.4	10.0	3.4	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.0	2.8	5.1	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.6	.543
difference:	+1	+11.5	+13.5	+4.1	+2.6	+6.7	+0.9	+0.2	+0.7	-0.7	-0.4	+4.6	+11.8	+.110	+1.8	+4.5		+2.4	+1.8	+.327
Allan Houston	77	37.8	20.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	16.9	.437	1.8	4.5	.393	3.8	4.4	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	16.3	3.4	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.3	3.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.545
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Steven Adams	42	27.0	8.6	5.1	6.5	11.5	2.3	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.3	3.7	6.3	.597	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	3.1	.364
difference:	+40	+10.9	+13.9	+4.8	+4.0	+8.7	+0.4	+0.2	+1.0	-0.3		+4.3	+11.6	+.152	+2.2	+5.5		+3.3	+1.7	+.555
Allan Houston	82	37.9	22.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.7	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.3	8.0	17.9	.445	2.2	5.5	.396	4.4	4.8	.919

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor Allan Houston played in the postseason in their season 10

Note: Steven Adams didn't play in 2023-24.


Season 11
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2024-25	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	58	13.7	3.9	2.9	2.8	5.6	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.0	1.6	2.9	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.6	.462
difference:	+8	+22.3	+14.6	+2.5	+0.8	+3.2	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	-1.1	-1.1	+5.2	+12.7	+.110	+1.7	+4.0		+2.4	+1.8	+.451
Allan Houston	50	36.0	18.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.0	2.1	6.8	15.6	.435	1.7	4.0	.431	3.1	3.4	.913

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	22.1	5.7	3.3	3.3	6.6	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.9	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.3	.533
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Steven Adams	Allan Houston
Season	2025-26	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Steven Adams	18	21.6	6.4	4.7	4.3	9.1	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.1	1.9	2.3	4.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.762
difference:	+2	+5.0	+5.5	+4.5	+3.3	+7.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.6		-0.1	+2.0	+5.9	+.117	+1.6	+4.0			+0.1	+.075
Allan Houston	20	26.6	11.9	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	4.3	10.3	.415	1.6	4.0	.388	1.8	2.2	.837

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor Allan Houston played in the postseason in their season 12

Steven Adams vs. Allan Houston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allan Houston and Steven 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.

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

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison