Steven Adams vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum 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 / Games against each other

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 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than C.J. McCollum, who played 13. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while C.J. McCollum had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
C.J. McCollum	13	10	2013-14 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2013-14	2013-14
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+43	+2.3	+2.0	+1.6	+1.2	+2.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.6		-1.1	+0.8	+2.4	+.087	+0.8	+2.1		+0.4	+0.8	+.095
C.J. McCollum	38	12.5	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.9	4.7	.416	0.8	2.1	.375	0.6	0.9	.676

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:	+12	+14.4	+3.2	+1.2	+2.7	+3.9	+0.2	+0.1	+1.3	-0.4	-2.4	+1.5	+0.7	+.598		+0.8		+0.1	+1.0	+.652
C.J. McCollum	6	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	.091	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2014-15	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+9.6	+0.9	+2.6	+3.4	+6.0	+0.1	+0.2	+1.1	-0.6	-1.9	+0.5	+0.2	+.108	+0.9	+2.2		+0.7	+1.7	+.197
C.J. McCollum	62	15.7	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.6	5.9	.436	0.9	2.2	.396	0.8	1.2	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	5	33.2	17.0	0.2	3.8	4.0	0.4	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.6	6.4	13.4	.478	2.2	4.6	.478	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 3
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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:		+9.6	+12.8	+2.1	+1.2	+3.5	+3.5	+0.7	+0.8	-1.4	-0.5	+4.7	+12.6	+.165	+2.5	+5.9		+0.9	+0.3	+.245
C.J. McCollum	80	34.8	20.8	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.0	17.9	.448	2.5	5.9	.417	2.3	2.8	.827

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:	+7	+9.5	+10.4	+2.8	+3.1	+5.9	+2.6	+0.4	+0.3	-0.9	-0.4	+3.8	+11.7	+.187	+1.8	+5.2	+.345	+0.8	+0.1	+.174
C.J. McCollum	11	40.2	20.5	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	1.8	5.3	.345	3.4	4.2	.804


Season 4
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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:		+5.1	+11.7	+2.7	+1.3	+4.1	+2.5	+0.2	+0.5	-0.4	-0.1	+4.0	+9.8	+.091	+2.3	+5.5		+1.4	+0.5	+.301
C.J. McCollum	80	35.0	23.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	3.6	0.9	0.5	2.2	2.5	8.7	18.0	.480	2.3	5.5	.421	3.4	3.7	.912

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:	+1	+3.6	+14.5	+1.4	+0.6	+0.8	+0.4	+0.2	+1.3	-3.0	-0.3	+4.4	+14.4	+.243	+2.8	+5.5		+3.0	+1.8	+.574
C.J. McCollum	4	35.0	22.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	3.8	2.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.8	5.5	.500	3.8	4.0	.938


Season 5
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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:	+5	+3.4	+7.5	+4.4	+0.7	+5.0	+2.2	+0.2	+0.6	-0.2	-0.7	+2.3	+9.2	+.186	+2.3	+5.9		+0.5	+0.7	+.277
C.J. McCollum	81	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	8.2	18.6	.443	2.3	5.9	.397	2.6	3.1	.836

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	+5.5	+14.8	+3.2	+2.3	+5.5	+2.0	+0.6	+0.4	-1.6	-0.3	+5.5	+11.6	+.068	+2.8	+6.5		+1.0	+1.1	+.077
C.J. McCollum	4	38.8	25.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	10.0	19.3	.519	2.8	6.5	.423	2.5	3.3	.769


Season 6
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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:	+10	+0.5	+7.1	+4.0	+1.5	+5.5	+1.4	+0.7	+0.6	-0.2	-0.1	+2.2	+7.7	+.136	+2.4	+6.4		+0.5	+1.0	+.328
C.J. McCollum	70	33.9	21.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	8.2	17.8	.459	2.4	6.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.828

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	+7.9	+12.9	+1.5	+0.7	+2.2	+2.3	+0.2	+0.4	-0.1	-0.5	+4.0	+13.5	+.227	+2.9	+7.1	+.393	+2.0	+1.9	+.357
C.J. McCollum	16	39.7	24.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.1	9.6	21.9	.440	2.9	7.3	.393	2.6	3.5	.732


Season 7
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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:	+7	+9.8	+11.3	+2.6	+2.4	+5.1	+2.1		+0.5	-0.3	-0.7	+4.2	+11.8	+.141	+2.8	+7.3		+0.1	+0.6	+.175
C.J. McCollum	70	36.5	22.2	0.7	3.6	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.6	8.7	19.4	.451	2.8	7.3	.379	2.0	2.6	.757

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:	+2	+9.2	+13.1	+3.9	+1.9	+5.8	+1.9	+0.6	+0.1	-0.7	-0.6	+4.4	+12.4	+.152	+2.6	+6.9	+.371	+1.7	+1.5	+.232
C.J. McCollum	5	39.2	23.2	1.0	4.8	5.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	2.6	7.0	.371	3.0	4.4	.682


Season 8
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+11	+6.3	+15.5	+3.1	+1.9	+5.0	+2.8		+0.3	-0.1		+5.3	+13.5	+.156	+3.6	+8.8	+.402	+1.3	+0.5	+.368
C.J. McCollum	47	34.0	23.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.9	8.6	18.8	.458	3.6	8.9	.402	2.3	2.8	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	6	40.0	20.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.2	8.3	19.0	.439	2.3	7.0	.333	1.7	2.2	.769


Season 9
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Pelicans Lost West 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:	+14	+8.3	+15.2	+3.7	+1.9	+5.7	+1.7	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5		+5.8	+13.7	+.087	+2.9	+7.6		+0.5	+0.1	+.139
C.J. McCollum	62	34.6	22.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.0	8.6	18.8	.460	2.9	7.6	.388	1.9	2.7	.682

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:	+1	+22.7	+18.8	+0.3	+0.5	+0.3	+2.7	+0.6	+0.7	-1.9	-0.8	+6.9	+17.8	+.037	+2.8	+8.5		+2.1	+2.7	+.147
C.J. McCollum	6	39.0	22.2	1.8	4.8	6.7	4.8	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.5	8.2	20.8	.392	2.8	8.5	.333	3.0	4.3	.692


Season 10
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+33	+8.3	+12.3	+4.4	+2.9	+7.1	+3.4		+0.6	-0.5	-0.3	+4.1	+11.6	+.160	+2.8	+7.2		+1.3	+0.1	+.405
C.J. McCollum	75	35.3	20.9	0.7	3.6	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.0	7.8	17.9	.437	2.8	7.2	.389	2.4	3.2	.769

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor C.J. McCollum played in the postseason in their season 10

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


Season 11
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+19.0	+16.1	+2.3	+0.9	+1.3	+3.5	+0.5	+0.1	-0.8	-0.9	+5.7	+13.1	+.086	+3.6	+8.4		+1.0	+0.5	+.365
C.J. McCollum	66	32.7	20.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.9	7.3	16.0	.459	3.6	8.4	.429	1.7	2.1	.827

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
difference:	+3	+14.9	+12.1	+2.8	+1.0	+1.8	+4.2	+1.4	+0.3	-3.3	-2.5	+6.1	+15.6	+.181	+1.8	+7.3		+1.8	+3.8	+.467
C.J. McCollum	4	37.0	17.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.8	1.8	0.8	4.0	3.5	7.8	18.5	.419	1.8	7.3	.241	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 12
	Steven Adams	C.J. McCollum
Season	2025-26	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
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	4	24.5	7.8	6.0	4.8	10.8	1.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	3.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.0	.917
difference:	+52	+8.2	+13.3	+5.2	+1.8	+7.0	+2.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.3	+5.4	+14.1	+.223	+3.1	+8.2		+0.6	+0.1	+.200
C.J. McCollum	56	32.7	21.1	0.8	3.0	3.8	4.1	0.8	0.4	1.9	2.2	7.9	17.9	.444	3.1	8.2	.373	2.2	3.1	.717

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor C.J. McCollum played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* C.J. McCollum played 1 season more than Steven Adams in the NBA.

In that period—his season 13 in 2026—C.J. McCollum didn't play in the postseason.

Steven Adams vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum 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.

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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

Additional Years