Bam Adebayo vs. Stephen Curry: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Stephen Curry and Bam Adebayo to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Stephen Curry is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Bam Adebayo.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Stephen Curry has better scoring stats than Bam Adebayo in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 16 NBA regular seasons played, Stephen Curry averages 9 points more than Bam Adebayo in his 8 seasons (24.7 points against 15.7), and he also scored a total of 16,463 points more (25,386 vs. 8,923).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Bam Adebayo 15.7
8
Stephen Curry 24.7
+9.0
16

Total Points

Seasons
Bam Adebayo 8,923
8
Stephen Curry 25,386
+16,463
16

Scoring Titles

Bam Adebayo 0
Stephen Curry 2
Scoring leaderScoring leader
+2

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Stephen Curry has a better career point average than Bam Adebayo (+10.4 points per game) and he also scored more points (+2,869).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Bam Adebayo 16.4
7
Stephen Curry 26.8
+10.4
10

Total Points

Playoffs
Bam Adebayo 1,278
7
Stephen Curry 4,147
+2,869
10

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

60+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 0
Stephen Curry 2
+2

50+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 0
Stephen Curry 15
+15

40+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 1
Stephen Curry 71
+70

30+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 27
Stephen Curry 311
+284

20+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 178
Stephen Curry 717
+539

10+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 438
Stephen Curry 967
+529

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Bam Adebayo 561
Stephen Curry 1,021
+460

0 Point Games (games without points)

Bam Adebayo 6
+1
Stephen Curry 5

Playoffs

50+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 0
Stephen Curry 1
+1

40+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 0
Stephen Curry 8
+8

30+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 2
Stephen Curry 60
+58

20+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 33
Stephen Curry 123
+90

10+ Point Games

Bam Adebayo 64
Stephen Curry 153
+89

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Bam Adebayo 77
Stephen Curry 155
+78

0 Point Games (games without points)

Bam Adebayo 1
+1
Stephen Curry 0

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Bam Adebayo 15.7 6.0 11.3 53.7 0.2 0.6 31.4 3.5 4.6 75.6 8 567
difference:+9.0+2.4+6.6+6.5+3.8+8.7+10.9+0.4+0.3+15.5+8+459
Stephen Curry 24.7 8.4 17.9 47.1 4.0 9.3 42.3 3.9 4.3 91.1 16 1,026

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Bam Adebayo 8,923 3,428 6,389 53.7 102 325 31.4 1,965 2,598 75.6 8 567
difference:+16,463+5,220+11,967+6.5+3,956+9,264+10.9+2,067+1,826+15.5+8+459
Stephen Curry 25,386 8,648 18,356 47.1 4,058 9,589 42.3 4,032 4,424 91.1 16 1,026

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Bam Adebayo 16.4 6.5 12.5 51.7 0.1 0.5 24.3 3.3 4.4 75.7 7 78
difference:+10.4+2.5+7.2+6.3+4.1+10.1+15.4+1.4+0.8+13.2+3+77
Stephen Curry 26.8 9.0 19.7 45.4 4.2 10.6 39.7 4.7 5.2 88.9 10 155

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Bam Adebayo 1,278 504 975 51.7 9 37 24.3 261 345 75.7 7 78
difference:+2,869+884+2,081+6.3+641+1,600+15.4+460+466+13.2+3+77
Stephen Curry 4,147 1,388 3,056 45.4 650 1,637 39.7 721 811 88.9 10 155

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Scoring leader= NBA Scoring Leader
NBA Champion = NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 6.9
201869
Stephen Curry 17.5
+10.6
201080

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 8.9
201982
Stephen Curry 18.6
+9.7
201174

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 15.9
+1.2
202072
Stephen Curry 14.7
201226

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 18.7
202164
Stephen Curry 22.9
+4.2
201378

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 19.1
202256
Stephen Curry 24.0
+4.9
201478

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 20.4
202375
Stephen Curry 23.8
+3.4
2015NBA Champion80

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 19.3
202471
Stephen Curry Scoring leader30.1
+10.8
201679

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 18.1
202578
Stephen Curry 25.3
+7.2
2017NBA Champion79

Stephen Curry's additional seasons:

* Stephen Curry played 8 seasons more than Bam Adebayo in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2018 to 2025—he averaged 27.2 points in a total of 452 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 32 ppg and his lowest 20.8.

In those 8 extra years over Bam Adebayo, Stephen Curry won 1 scoring title.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 3.4
+3.4
20185
Stephen Curry -
DNP
20100

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo -
DNP
20190
Stephen Curry -
DNP
20110

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 17.8
+17.8
202019
Stephen Curry -
DNP
20120

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 15.5
20214
Stephen Curry 23.4
+7.9
201312

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 14.8
202218
Stephen Curry 23.0
+8.2
20147

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 17.9
202323
Stephen Curry 28.3
+10.4
2015NBA Champion21

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 22.6
20245
Stephen Curry 25.1
+2.5
201618

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Bam Adebayo 17.5
20254
Stephen Curry 28.1
+10.6
2017NBA Champion17

Stephen Curry's additional Playoffs:

* During his 8 additional NBA seasons, Stephen Curry played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those postseasons he averaged 27.3 points in a total of 80 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 30.5 ppg and his lowest 22.6.