Steven Adams vs. Joe Dumars Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Dumars 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 / 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 played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Joe Dumars, who played 14. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Joe Dumars had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Joe Dumars	14	10	1985-86 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2013-14	1985-86
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East 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	+9.1	+6.1	+1.1	+1.6	+2.6	+4.3	+0.3	+0.6	-1.0	-0.1	+2.4	+5.0	+.022	+0.1	+0.2		+1.3	+1.2	+.217
Joe Dumars	82	23.9	9.4	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.5	7.3	.481	0.1	0.2	.313	2.3	2.9	.798

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	+18.4	+11.1	+0.3	+1.1	+0.8	+6.1	+0.9	+1.3	-1.2	-1.3	+4.6	+7.8	+.079				+2.1	+2.5	+.319
Joe Dumars	4	36.8	15.0	1.5	1.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	4.0	6.3	10.3	.610	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667


Season 2
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2014-15	1986-87
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+9	+5.6	+4.1	+2.2	+3.1	+5.4	+3.6	+0.6	+1.1	-0.8	-0.7	+1.6	+3.8	+.051	+0.1	+0.3		+0.8	+0.2	+.246
Joe Dumars	79	30.9	11.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	4.7	9.5	.493	0.1	0.3	.409	2.3	3.1	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	15	31.5	12.7	0.5	0.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	5.2	9.7	.538	0.1	0.2	.667	2.1	2.7	.780


Season 3
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2015-16	1987-88
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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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	+8.1	+6.2	+1.9	+2.2	+4.3	+3.9	+0.6	+0.9	-1.0	-0.9	+2.2	+6.4	+.141		+0.2		+1.7	+1.3	+.233
Joe Dumars	82	33.3	14.2	0.8	1.7	2.4	4.7	1.1	0.2	2.1	1.9	5.5	11.7	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.1	3.8	.815

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:	+5	+4.3	+2.2	+2.6	+4.7	+7.3	+4.2	+0.1	+0.7	-0.8	-0.9	+1.1	+4.5	+.156	+0.1	+0.2	+.333	+0.2	+1.4	+.259
Joe Dumars	23	35.0	12.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2	4.9	10.7	.457	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.889


Season 4
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+11	+5.0	+5.9	+2.7	+2.5	+5.2	+4.6	+0.2	+0.9	-0.8	-0.9	+1.9	+4.9	+.066	+0.2	+0.4		+1.8	+1.2	+.239
Joe Dumars	69	34.9	17.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.6	13.1	.505	0.2	0.4	.483	3.8	4.4	.850

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:	+12	+5.1	+9.6	+2.8	+1.5	+4.2	+4.2	+0.5	+1.7	-1.0	-1.0	+2.6	+8.1	+.188	+0.1	+0.7		+4.3	+3.7	+.497
Joe Dumars	17	36.5	17.6	0.6	1.9	2.6	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	6.2	13.7	.455	0.1	0.7	.083	5.1	5.9	.861


Season 5
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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	+1.7	+3.9	+4.3	+2.0	+6.2	+3.7	+0.4	+1.0	-0.2	-1.1	+0.9	+4.7	+.149	+0.3	+0.7		+1.9	+0.6	+.341
Joe Dumars	75	34.4	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.9	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.1	.480	0.3	0.7	.400	4.0	4.4	.900

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:	+14	+4.4	+7.7	+2.3	+3.0	+5.3	+3.3	+0.4	+0.7	-2.0	-0.6	+2.0	+6.5	+.129	+0.3	+1.0		+3.5	+3.5	+.184
Joe Dumars	20	37.7	18.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.0	2.7	1.9	6.5	14.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.263	5.0	5.7	.876


Season 6
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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:		+4.7	+6.5	+4.1	+3.0	+7.2	+3.9	+0.4	+0.9	-0.7	-0.9	+1.8	+6.1	+.114	+0.2	+0.6		+2.8	+1.5	+.390
Joe Dumars	80	38.1	20.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	7.8	16.2	.481	0.2	0.6	.311	4.6	5.2	.890

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:	+10	+7.4	+8.8	+1.0	+2.9	+3.9	+2.7	+0.1	+0.9	-0.7	-0.4	+1.4	+7.9	+.238	+1.1	+2.6	+.405	+4.9	+4.9	+.470
Joe Dumars	15	39.2	20.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	4.1	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.2	7.0	16.3	.429	1.1	2.8	.405	5.5	6.5	.845


Season 7
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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:	+19	+12.2	+9.0	+2.3	+4.7	+7.0	+2.3	+0.1	+1.0	-0.9	-0.1	+2.7	+8.4	+.144	+0.6	+1.5		+3.1	+2.6	+.285
Joe Dumars	82	38.9	19.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	1.8	7.2	16.0	.448	0.6	1.5	.408	5.0	5.8	.867

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	+14.2	+6.7	+3.9	+6.1	+10.0	+1.9	+0.4	+0.1	-0.9	-0.8	+2.0	+6.2	+.125	+1.0	+1.9	+.500	+1.7	+0.9	+.339
Joe Dumars	5	44.2	16.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.4	13.6	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	3.0	3.8	.789


Season 8
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	+12.5	+15.9	+2.9	+4.1	+7.0	+2.1	+0.1	+0.6	-0.5	-0.1	+5.5	+13.6	+.148	+1.5	+3.8	+.375	+3.5	+2.9	+.420
Joe Dumars	77	40.2	23.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	8.8	18.9	.466	1.5	3.9	.375	4.5	5.2	.864

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor Joe Dumars played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons
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:	+7	+11.3	+13.5	+4.1	+3.7	+7.8	+0.4		+0.7	-0.8	-0.3	+4.5	+11.1	+.095	+1.8	+4.6		+2.6	+2.2	+.293
Joe Dumars	69	37.6	20.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.8	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	7.3	16.2	.452	1.8	4.6	.388	4.0	4.8	.836

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
Joe Dumars	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+25	+11.0	+9.5	+4.4	+4.8	+9.1	+3.2	+0.2	+1.0	-1.4		+2.5	+8.2	+.167	+1.5	+5.0		+3.0	+2.0	+.441
Joe Dumars	67	38.0	18.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.5	1.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	6.2	14.5	.430	1.5	5.0	.305	4.1	5.1	.805

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor Joe Dumars played in the postseason in their season 10

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


Season 11
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2024-25	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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:	+9	+19.0	+7.9	+2.5	+1.2	+3.5	+2.9	+0.2	+0.5	-0.5	-0.6	+2.2	+6.0	+.119	+1.8	+4.4		+1.7	+1.3	+.360
Joe Dumars	67	32.7	11.8	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.6	3.8	8.9	.426	1.8	4.4	.406	2.4	2.9	.822

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:	+4	+18.9	+8.0	+1.6	+0.6	+2.3	+3.1	+0.4	+1.1	-1.6	-0.7	+3.6	+8.8	+.143	+1.7	+4.7		+1.0	+3.0	+.467
Joe Dumars	3	41.0	13.7	1.7	2.7	4.3	3.7	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	1.7	4.7	.357	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 12
	Steven Adams	Joe Dumars
Season	2025-26	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	16	21.3	6.8	4.9	4.4	9.3	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.4	4.4	.535	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.6	.762
difference:	+63	+15.7	+7.9	+4.4	+2.5	+6.9	+2.6	+0.1	+0.8	-0.5	-0.6	+2.5	+6.7	+.095	+2.1	+4.9		+0.8	+0.6	+.105
Joe Dumars	79	37.0	14.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.2	4.9	11.1	.440	2.1	4.9	.432	2.8	3.2	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	5	42.6	13.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.4	12.2	.361	1.2	4.6	.261	3.8	4.0	.950

Additional Years

* Joe Dumars played 2 seasons more than Steven Adams in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 1998 to 1999—Joe Dumars played in one postseason.

Steven Adams vs. Joe Dumars Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Dumars 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

Additional Years