Bam Adebayo vs. John Drew Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Drew and Bam Adebayo, 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.

Bam Adebayo played 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than John Drew, who played 11. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while John Drew had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	John Drew
Season	2017-18	1974-75
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	69	19.8	6.9	1.7	3.8	5.5	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.9	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.721
John Drew	78	29.3	18.5	4.6	6.1	10.7	1.8	1.5	0.5	-	3.5	6.8	15.8	.428	-	-	-	5.0	7.0	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	15.4	3.4	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	2.8	.214
John Drew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	John Drew
Season	2018-19	1975-76
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	82	23.3	8.9	2.0	5.3	7.3	2.2	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.5	3.4	5.9	.576	0.0	0.2	.200	2.0	2.8	.735
John Drew	77	30.5	21.6	3.7	4.9	8.6	1.9	1.8	0.4	-	3.4	7.6	15.2	.502	-	-	-	6.3	8.5	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Drew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	John Drew
Season	2019-20	1976-77
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	72	33.6	15.9	2.4	7.8	10.2	5.1	1.1	1.3	2.8	2.5	6.1	11.0	.557	0.0	0.2	.143	3.7	5.3	.691
John Drew	74	36.3	24.2	3.8	5.3	9.1	1.8	1.4	0.4	-	3.7	9.3	19.1	.487	-	-	-	5.6	7.8	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	19	36.2	17.8	2.5	7.8	10.3	4.4	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.1	6.5	11.6	.564	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.1	.783
John Drew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	John Drew
Season	2020-21	1977-78
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	64	33.5	18.7	2.2	6.7	9.0	5.4	1.2	1.0	2.6	2.3	7.1	12.5	.570	0.0	0.1	.250	4.4	5.5	.799
John Drew	70	31.5	23.2	3.0	4.3	7.3	2.0	1.7	0.4	3.0	3.5	8.5	17.7	.480	-	-	-	6.2	8.2	.760
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	4	34.0	15.5	3.5	5.8	9.3	4.3	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.8	6.5	14.3	.456	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.3	.769
John Drew	2	39.5	26.0	4.5	3.0	7.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.5	10.5	24.5	.429	-	-	-	5.0	8.0	.625

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	John Drew
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	56	32.6	19.1	2.4	7.6	10.1	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.6	3.1	7.3	13.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.1	.753
John Drew	79	30.5	22.7	2.8	3.8	6.6	1.5	1.6	0.2	2.7	4.2	8.2	17.4	.473	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	18	34.1	14.8	2.1	5.9	8.0	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.1	5.8	9.7	.594	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.2	.763
John Drew	9	30.6	16.1	2.2	4.4	6.7	0.8	1.0	0.4	1.8	4.0	6.1	14.6	.420	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.761

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	John Drew
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	75	34.6	20.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.5	2.8	8.0	14.9	.540	0.0	0.2	.083	4.3	5.4	.806
John Drew	80	28.8	19.5	2.5	3.4	5.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	3.0	3.9	6.7	14.8	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.1	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	23	37.0	17.9	2.7	7.1	9.9	3.7	0.9	0.7	2.7	3.1	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.821
John Drew	5	30.0	14.6	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.8	1.4	0.0	2.4	4.2	4.8	12.6	.381	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	7.0	.714

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	John Drew
Season	2023-24	1980-81
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	71	34.0	19.3	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.9	1.1	0.9	2.3	2.2	7.5	14.3	.521	0.2	0.6	.357	4.1	5.5	.755
John Drew	67	31.0	21.7	2.2	3.6	5.7	1.2	1.5	0.2	2.9	3.9	7.5	16.4	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	6.8	8.6	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	38.4	22.6	2.2	7.2	9.4	3.8	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.0	9.6	19.4	.495	0.4	2.0	.200	3.0	4.2	.714
John Drew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-