Steven Adams vs. Carmelo Anthony Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Carmelo Anthony 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.

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 played 11 years in the NBA, 8 less than Carmelo Anthony, who played 19. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Carmelo Anthony had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
	Steven Adams	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+21.7	+17.7	+0.4	+1.5	+2.0	+2.3	+0.7	+0.2	-2.1	-0.2	+6.5	+15.6	+.077	+0.8	+2.6		+4.0	+4.7	+.196
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
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
difference:	+14	+17.9	+11.1	+0.6	+3.6	+4.2	+2.6	+1.2	+1.3	-3.7	-0.1	+3.6	+13.5	+.361	+0.5	+2.8		+3.6	+3.7	+.452
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800

Season 3
	Steven Adams	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West 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:		+11.6	+18.5	+1.2	+0.5	+1.8	+1.9	+0.6	+0.6	-1.6	-0.1	+6.2	+14.4	+.132	+0.5	+1.9		+5.8	+6.4	+.226
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
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:	+13	+7.9	+10.9	+1.0	+1.9	+2.9	+2.1	+0.3	+0.6	-2.1	-0.9	+2.8	+13.6	+.280		+0.7		+5.2	+6.3	+.120
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750

Season 4
	Steven Adams	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+15	+8.3	+17.6	+1.3	+0.4	+1.7	+2.7	+0.1	+0.6	-1.8	-0.7	+5.9	+14.2	+.095	+0.6	+2.3		+5.1	+5.5	+.197
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
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:		+10.6	+18.8	+0.2	+1.6	+1.8	+0.2	+0.2	+1.8	-3.0	-0.4	+5.8	+14.0	+.163	+1.8	+3.6		+5.4	+5.6	+.431
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795

Season 5
	Steven Adams	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+3.7	+11.8	+2.8	+1.1	+1.6	+2.2	+0.1	+0.5	-1.6	-0.5	+3.6	+9.8	+.137	+0.8	+2.1		+3.9	+3.9	+.227
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
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:	+2	+3.2	+12.0	+1.6	+0.5	+2.0	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	-2.3	-1.8	+3.5	+14.3	+.223	+0.5	+2.0		+4.5	+5.1	+.136
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828

Season 6
	Steven Adams	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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:	+14	+1.1	+8.9	+3.3	+0.6	+2.7	+1.8	+0.4	+0.6	-1.3	-0.4	+2.1	+8.2	+.152	+1.0	+2.6		+3.8	+3.4	+.293
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
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:	+11	+6.5	+15.4	+0.8	+0.6	+1.4	+2.7	+0.8	+0.4	-0.5	-1.2	+3.5	+11.7	+.214	+1.5	+3.9	+.364	+6.8	+7.4	+.451
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826

Season 7
	Steven Adams	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+6	+11.5	+17.3	+1.1	+1.6	+2.7	+0.9	+0.5	+0.7	-1.5	-1.4	+5.5	+14.2	+.134	+0.9	+2.7		+5.5	+5.7	+.248
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
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:	+1	+12.3	+20.6	+2.6	+0.5	+3.1	+2.0	+1.4	+0.2	-1.2	-2.9	+6.3	+15.6	+.132	+1.0	+3.1	+.316	+7.0	+6.6	+.427
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877

Season 8
	Steven Adams	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets, 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:	+19	+8.0	+18.0	+2.2	+0.6	+1.6	+1.0		+0.1	-1.4	-1.0	+5.6	+14.2	+.159	+1.2	+3.2	+.378	+5.6	+5.6	+.394
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853

Season 9
	Steven Adams	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+21	+7.8	+15.7	+3.0	+0.7	+3.7	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	-1.1	-0.8	+5.2	+13.5	+.117	+1.2	+3.7		+4.0	+4.1	+.261
Carmelo Anthony	55	34.1	22.6	1.6	4.7	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	8.0	18.6	.430	1.2	3.7	.335	5.4	6.7	.804
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
difference:	+2	+24.5	+24.4	+0.5	+1.3	+1.8	+0.1	+1.1	+0.1	-2.2	-2.5	+9.1	+21.8	+.010	+0.8	+3.6		+5.3	+6.6	+.211
Carmelo Anthony	5	40.8	27.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.8	4.2	10.4	24.8	.419	0.8	3.6	.222	6.2	8.2	.756

Season 10
	Steven Adams	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+25	+10.0	+20.1	+3.1	+1.6	+4.6	+0.3	+0.1	+0.6	-0.7	-0.8	+6.3	+15.9	+.148	+2.3	+6.2		+5.2	+4.5	+.466
Carmelo Anthony	67	37.0	28.7	2.0	4.9	6.9	2.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	10.0	22.2	.449	2.3	6.2	.379	6.3	7.6	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carmelo Anthony	12	40.1	28.8	0.9	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	10.5	25.8	.406	1.4	4.8	.298	6.4	7.3	.885

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

Season 11
	Steven Adams	Carmelo Anthony
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+19	+25.0	+23.5	+1.0	+3.4	+2.5	+2.0	+0.8	+0.2	-1.7	-1.9	+8.0	+18.4	+.093	+2.2	+5.4		+5.3	+5.4	+.386
Carmelo Anthony	77	38.7	27.4	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.6	21.3	.452	2.2	5.4	.402	6.0	7.0	.848
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
Carmelo Anthony	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 8 seasons more than Steven Adams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 19, from 2015 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 3 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Steven Adams, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game