Bam Adebayo vs. Nerlens Noel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nerlens Noel 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, 2 less than Nerlens Noel, who played 9. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Nerlens Noel had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Nerlens Noel
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Nerlens Noel	75	30.8	9.9	2.5	5.7	8.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.8	4.0	8.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.1	.609
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
Nerlens Noel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Nerlens Noel
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks
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
Nerlens Noel	51	20.5	8.7	1.8	3.9	5.8	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	6.1	.595	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.694
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
Nerlens Noel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Nerlens Noel
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second 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	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
Nerlens Noel	30	15.7	4.4	1.6	4.0	5.6	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.9	2.0	1.8	3.5	.524	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.750
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
Nerlens Noel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Nerlens Noel
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West 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	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
Nerlens Noel	77	13.7	4.9	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.6	0.9	1.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	3.6	.587	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.684
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
Nerlens Noel	5	12.0	4.8	2.2	1.6	3.8	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.4	4.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.4	.000

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Nerlens Noel
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Thunder Lost West 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	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
Nerlens Noel	61	18.5	7.4	1.5	3.4	4.9	0.9	1.0	1.5	1.1	2.7	3.0	4.4	.684	0.0	0.0	.333	1.3	1.7	.755
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
Nerlens Noel	7	13.9	3.0	0.7	3.4	4.1	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.3	2.1	1.1	2.4	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.4	.500

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Nerlens Noel
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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	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
Nerlens Noel	64	24.2	5.1	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.7	1.1	2.2	1.0	2.8	2.1	3.5	.614	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.714
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
Nerlens Noel	5	18.4	4.6	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.2	0.8	0.6	0.8	3.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.2	.813