Steven Adams vs. Serge Ibaka Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Serge Ibaka 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 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Serge Ibaka, who played 14. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Serge Ibaka had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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	Serge Ibaka
Season	2013-14	2009-10
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West 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:	+8	+3.3	+3.0	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6		-0.2	+1.7	+2.8	+.040				+0.2	+0.4	+.049
Serge Ibaka	73	18.1	6.3	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.9	2.7	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.630
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	+7.1	+3.9	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.7	-0.4	-0.5	+1.6	+3.3	+.118				+0.8	+0.4	+.352
Serge Ibaka	6	25.5	7.8	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.0	3.2	3.3	5.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.700

Season 3
	Steven Adams	Serge Ibaka
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder 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:	+14	+2.0	+1.1	+0.2	+0.7	+0.8	+0.4		+2.6	-0.1	-0.1	+0.7	+2.1	+.078				+0.2	+0.7	+.079
Serge Ibaka	66	27.2	9.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.661
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:	+2	+2.2	+0.3	+1.0	+2.7	+3.7	+0.1	+0.1	+2.2	-0.3	-0.2	+0.4	+1.8	+.085	+0.1	+0.1	+.250	+1.3	+2.3	+.092
Serge Ibaka	20	28.5	9.8	2.4	3.4	5.8	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.0	.528	0.1	0.2	.250	1.3	1.8	.722

Season 4
	Steven Adams	Serge Ibaka
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+1.2	+1.9	+0.7	+0.7		+0.6	+0.7	+2.0	-0.2	-0.3	+0.9	+1.5	+.002	+0.3	+0.7		+0.2	+0.8	+.138
Serge Ibaka	80	31.1	13.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	0.5	0.4	3.0	1.6	2.7	5.6	9.7	.573	0.3	0.7	.351	1.8	2.4	.749
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:	+6	+1.9	+4.8	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6	+0.7	+1.2	+1.2	-0.2	-0.7	+1.8	+6.7	+.206	+0.4	+0.8		+0.9		+.428
Serge Ibaka	11	33.3	12.8	3.5	4.8	8.4	0.7	0.0	3.0	0.6	3.5	5.4	12.3	.437	0.4	0.8	.444	1.7	2.2	.792

Season 5
	Steven Adams	Serge Ibaka
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+0.2	+1.2	+2.3	+2.0	+0.2	+0.2	+0.7	+1.7	-0.2	-0.1	+0.6	+2.7	+.093	+0.3	+0.7		+0.2	+1.3	+.225
Serge Ibaka	81	32.9	15.1	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	1.5	2.9	6.5	12.1	.536	0.3	0.7	.383	1.9	2.5	.784
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:	+11	+0.9	+1.6	+1.4	+0.7	+0.7	+0.8	+0.1	+1.8	-0.5	-0.7	+0.6	+0.9	+.005	+0.3	+0.8			+0.2	+.073
Serge Ibaka	17	34.2	12.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.7	0.6	2.5	1.2	3.2	5.1	8.6	.592	0.3	0.8	.385	1.5	2.0	.765

Season 10
	Steven Adams	Serge Ibaka
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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	+0.2	+6.4	+3.0	+0.5	+3.4	+1.0	+0.5	+0.3	-0.4	-0.6	+2.6	+5.6	+.068	+0.7	+2.3		+0.7	+0.7	+.399
Serge Ibaka	74	27.2	15.0	2.1	6.0	8.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	1.5	2.9	6.3	11.9	.529	0.7	2.3	.290	1.8	2.4	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	24	20.8	9.4	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.8	8.0	.477	0.4	1.6	.237	1.3	1.8	.762

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