Steven Adams vs. Harrison Barnes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Harrison Barnes 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 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Harrison Barnes, who played 14. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Harrison Barnes 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 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	Harrison Barnes
Season	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors 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:		+10.6	+5.9	+1.1	+1.2		+0.7	+0.1	+0.5	-0.3	-0.8	+2.3	+5.5	+.064	+0.6	+1.8		+0.8	+0.6	+.177
Harrison Barnes	81	25.4	9.2	0.7	3.5	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.4	7.8	.439	0.6	1.8	.359	1.8	2.3	.758
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:	+6	+20.0	+12.2	+0.3	+2.0	+2.3	+1.1	+0.5	+0.9	-0.7	-0.1	+4.3	+11.0	+.245	+1.6	+4.3		+2.1	+1.6	+.509
Harrison Barnes	12	38.4	16.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	1.6	4.3	.365	2.5	2.9	.857

Season 3
	Steven Adams	Harrison Barnes
Season	2015-16	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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	+3.1	+2.1	+1.3	+0.2	+1.2	+0.6	+0.2	+0.9	-0.2	-1.0	+0.6	+2.7	+.131	+1.1	+2.6		+0.1	+0.7	+.138
Harrison Barnes	82	28.3	10.1	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.9	8.0	.482	1.1	2.6	.405	1.3	1.8	.720
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:	+3	+1.7	+0.5	+1.3	+3.0	+4.3	+0.8	+0.3	+0.3	-0.1	-1.0	+0.4	+3.3	+.173	+1.0	+2.9	+.355	+1.4	+2.5	+.105
Harrison Barnes	21	32.4	10.6	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.1	4.2	9.5	.440	1.0	3.0	.355	1.2	1.6	.735

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