Steven Adams vs. Dale Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dale Davis 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

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 10 years in the NBA, 6 less than Dale Davis, who played 16. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Dale Davis had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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
Steven Adams	10	7	2013-14 to 2022-23
Dale Davis	16	14	1991-92 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	2013-14	1991-92
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Dale Davis	64	20.3	6.2	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.5	0.4	1.2	0.8	3.0	2.4	4.4	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.572

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
Dale Davis	3	23.0	2.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	0.7	0.0	1.7	0.3	2.7	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	2014-15	1992-93
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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	.000	1.5	2.9	.502
Dale Davis	82	27.6	8.9	3.5	5.3	8.8	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.0	3.3	3.7	6.5	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.7	.529

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	4	29.3	4.3	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250


Season 3
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	2015-16	1993-94
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Dale Davis	66	34.7	11.7	4.2	6.6	10.9	1.5	0.7	1.6	1.5	3.2	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	4.5	.527

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
Dale Davis	16	36.1	7.7	3.9	6.0	9.9	0.7	1.1	1.1	1.9	3.3	3.5	6.6	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	2.3	.306


Season 4
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	2016-17	1994-95
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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	.000	2.0	3.2	.611
Dale Davis	74	31.7	10.6	3.5	5.9	9.4	0.8	1.0	1.6	1.7	3.0	4.4	7.8	.563	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.5	.533

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
Dale Davis	17	28.8	7.9	3.1	4.9	8.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.3	3.3	6.2	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.8	.489


Season 5
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	2017-18	1995-96
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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	.000	2.1	3.8	.559
Dale Davis	78	33.6	10.3	3.2	5.9	9.1	1.0	0.7	1.4	1.5	3.1	4.3	7.7	.558	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.7	.467

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
Dale Davis	5	36.8	7.2	4.0	7.2	11.2	0.8	0.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	3.2	6.2	.516	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364


Season 6
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	2018-19	1996-97
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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	.000	1.8	3.7	.500
Dale Davis	80	32.4	10.4	3.8	5.9	9.7	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.9	4.6	8.6	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.7	.428

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
Dale Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	2019-20	1997-98
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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	.333	1.9	3.2	.582
Dale Davis	78	27.9	8.0	3.0	4.8	7.8	0.9	0.7	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	6.4	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.2	.465

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
Dale Davis	16	29.2	8.8	2.8	4.8	7.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.6	3.5	5.4	.651	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	4.0	.453


Season 8
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	2020-21	1998-99
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Dale Davis	50	27.5	8.0	3.1	5.2	8.3	0.4	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.3	3.2	6.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.618

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	13	30.3	9.1	3.5	6.7	10.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.5	5.9	.584	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.8	.560


Season 9
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	2021-22	1999-00
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost NBA 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		%
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	.000	1.4	2.6	.543
Dale Davis	74	28.7	10.0	3.5	6.4	9.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.7	4.1	8.1	.502	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.685

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
Dale Davis	23	31.1	8.3	3.6	7.8	11.4	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.8	3.6	3.4	6.6	.523	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.6	.542


Season 10
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	2022-23	2000-01
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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	.000	1.1	3.1	.364
Dale Davis	81	26.7	7.2	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.3	0.5	0.9	0.8	2.5	3.0	6.0	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	2	10.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 11
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	78	31.4	9.5	3.4	5.5	8.8	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.8	2.5	3.8	7.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	3	23.7	2.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	5.3	1.0	3.7	.273	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 12
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	78	29.3	7.4	3.0	4.2	7.2	1.2	0.7	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.0	5.6	.541	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.633

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	6	26.8	7.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.7	1.8	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.654


Season 13
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	76	22.1	4.4	2.1	3.2	5.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.0	1.8	3.7	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.613

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	61	21.4	4.7	2.5	3.7	6.1	0.8	0.5	1.1	0.7	2.7	1.8	3.8	.479	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.606

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	13	24.2	5.3	2.8	3.4	6.2	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.0	4.5	.448	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.680


Season 15
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	28	6.4	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	.375	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	8	4.5	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 16
	Steven Adams	Dale Davis
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	46	10.1	1.8	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.6	.446	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Davis	8	6.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.4	1.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Steven Adams vs. Dale Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dale Davis 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16