Steven Adams vs. LaMarcus Aldridge Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaMarcus Aldridge 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 / 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 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than LaMarcus Aldridge, who played 16. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while LaMarcus Aldridge had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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	11	8	2013-14 to 2024-25
LaMarcus Aldridge	16	9	2006-07 to 2021-22

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


Rookie Season
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2013-14	2006-07
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+18	+7.3	+5.7	+0.5	+0.4	+0.9	+0.1	+0.2	+0.5	-0.2	-0.5	+2.7	+5.3					+0.3	+0.1	+.141
LaMarcus Aldridge	63	22.1	9.0	2.3	2.7	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	7.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722

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
LaMarcus Aldridge	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2014-15	2007-08
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+9.6	+10.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.7	+0.2		-0.3		+4.3	+9.6	+.060		+0.1		+1.5	+1.0	+.260
LaMarcus Aldridge	76	34.9	17.8	2.9	4.7	7.6	1.6	0.7	1.2	1.7	3.2	7.4	15.3	.484	0.0	0.1	.143	3.0	3.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor LaMarcus Aldridge played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2015-16	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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:	+1	+11.9	+10.1	+0.2	+0.7	+0.8	+1.1	+0.5	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+4.1	+10.0	+.129	+0.1	+0.3		+1.8	+1.6	+.199
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	37.1	18.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.9	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.6	7.4	15.3	.484	0.1	0.3	.250	3.2	4.1	.781

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:	+12	+8.8	+9.4	+1.9	+0.1	+2.0	+0.6		+0.9	-0.8	-0.4	+4.7	+11.1	+.123	+0.2	+0.6	+.250	+0.3	+0.8	+.070
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	39.5	19.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.7	2.7	8.5	17.3	.490	0.2	0.7	.250	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 4
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2016-17	2009-10
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:	+2	+7.6	+6.6	+1.0	+1.4	+0.3	+1.0	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5	-0.6	+2.7	+6.8	+.076	+0.1	+0.2		+0.9	+0.7	+.146
LaMarcus Aldridge	78	37.5	17.9	2.5	5.6	8.0	2.1	0.9	0.6	1.3	3.0	7.4	15.0	.495	0.1	0.2	.313	2.9	3.9	.757

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	+6.8	+11.0	+1.7	+0.9	+0.8	+0.8			-1.0	-0.1	+3.1	+9.9	+.213	+0.2	+0.3		+4.7	+5.1	+.386
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	38.2	19.0	1.7	4.3	6.0	2.2	1.2	1.8	1.8	2.7	6.7	15.5	.430	0.2	0.3	.500	5.5	7.3	.750


Season 5
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
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	+6.9	+7.9	+1.7	+1.3	+0.2	+0.9	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.1	+2.8	+8.1	+.129		+0.3		+2.2	+1.7	+.232
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	39.6	21.8	3.4	5.3	8.8	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	8.7	17.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.174	4.3	5.5	.791

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:		+9.7	+10.3	+0.5	+0.5		+0.2	+0.6	+1.0	-0.8	-0.7	+4.3	+11.5	+.126				+1.7	+1.8	+.100
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	43.0	20.8	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	3.2	8.8	19.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.792


Season 6
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+25	+2.9	+7.8	+2.2	+0.7	+1.5	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	-0.3	-0.2	+2.8	+7.0	+.083		+0.2		+2.3	+1.3	+.314
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	36.3	21.7	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	8.8	17.1	.512	0.0	0.2	.182	4.1	5.0	.814

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
LaMarcus Aldridge	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+11.0	+10.2	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	+0.3		+0.1	-0.4	-0.6	+4.1	+10.2	+.108		+0.2		+1.9	+1.5	+.228
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	37.7	21.1	2.4	6.7	9.1	2.6	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.5	8.6	17.8	.484	0.0	0.2	.143	3.8	4.7	.810

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
LaMarcus Aldridge	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+8.5	+15.6	+1.3	+3.5	+2.2	+0.7		+0.3	-0.5	-0.2	+6.1	+15.3	+.156		+0.1	+.200	+3.3	+2.9	+.378
LaMarcus Aldridge	69	36.2	23.2	2.4	8.7	11.1	2.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.1	9.4	20.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.200	4.3	5.2	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	11	40.1	26.2	2.7	7.9	10.6	1.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.6	10.3	22.7	.452	0.2	0.3	.667	5.5	6.8	.800


Season 9
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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:	+5	+9.1	+16.5	+2.1	+2.3	+0.2	+1.7	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.2	+6.5	+14.8	+.081	+0.5	+1.5		+2.9	+2.5	+.302
LaMarcus Aldridge	71	35.4	23.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.8	9.3	19.9	.466	0.5	1.5	.352	4.3	5.1	.845

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	+25.3	+18.4	+2.1	+2.7	+4.8	+0.3	+0.3	+2.3	-1.0	-1.5	+6.1	+19.4	+.099	+0.6	+2.2		+5.5	+5.6	+.344
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	41.6	21.8	4.2	7.0	11.2	1.8	0.4	2.4	1.6	3.2	7.4	22.4	.330	0.6	2.2	.273	6.4	7.2	.889


Season 10
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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:	+32	+3.6	+9.4	+2.7	+0.3	+3.0	+0.8	+0.4		-0.6	-0.3	+3.5	+7.8	+.084		+0.2		+2.4	+1.0	+.494
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	30.6	18.0	2.4	6.2	8.5	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.3	2.0	7.2	14.1	.513	0.0	0.2	.000	3.5	4.1	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	10	33.7	21.9	2.2	6.1	8.3	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.1	1.8	8.8	16.9	.521	0.2	0.2	1.000	4.1	4.6	.891

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


Season 11
	Steven Adams	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+14	+18.7	+13.4	+0.5	+2.1	+1.7	+0.8	+0.2	+0.7	-0.5	-1.2	+5.3	+11.7	+.068	+0.3	+0.8		+2.4	+2.2	+.350
LaMarcus Aldridge	72	32.4	17.3	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.9	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	6.9	14.6	.477	0.3	0.8	.411	3.1	3.8	.812

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:	+9	+11.5	+10.8	+0.6	+1.5	+0.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.1	-1.1	-1.6	+5.2	+12.1	+.142	+0.1	+0.9		+0.3	+0.9	+.231
LaMarcus Aldridge	16	33.6	16.5	2.7	4.8	7.4	1.5	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.6	6.9	15.0	.458	0.1	0.9	.143	2.6	3.4	.764


Additional Years
* LaMarcus Aldridge played 5 seasons more than Steven Adams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 16, from 2018 to 2022—LaMarcus Aldridge played in two Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Steven Adams, LaMarcus Aldridge got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game

Steven Adams vs. LaMarcus Aldridge Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaMarcus Aldridge 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

Additional Years