Gerald Henderson vs. Bob McAdoo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob McAdoo and Gerald Henderson, 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.

Gerald Henderson played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bob McAdoo, who played 14. Gerald Henderson had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Bob McAdoo had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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
	Gerald Henderson	Bob McAdoo
Season	1979-80	1972-73
Team	Boston Celtics	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Gerald Henderson	76	14.0	6.2	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.3	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.333	1.2	1.7	.690
Bob McAdoo	80	32.0	18.0	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	9	11.2	4.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	4.1	.405	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	2.2	.600
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Gerald Henderson	Bob McAdoo
Season	1980-81	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Braves 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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	19.6	7.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.2	7.1	.451	0.0	0.2	.063	1.4	1.9	.720
Bob McAdoo	74	43.0	30.6	3.8	11.3	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	-	3.4	12.2	22.3	.547	-	-	-	6.2	7.8	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	16	14.3	5.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.6	5.4	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.833
Bob McAdoo	6	45.2	31.7	2.3	11.3	13.7	1.5	1.0	2.2	-	4.2	12.7	26.5	.478	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.809

Season 3
	Gerald Henderson	Bob McAdoo
Season	1981-82	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Braves 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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	22.5	10.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	4.3	8.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	1.5	2.1	.727
Bob McAdoo	82	43.2	34.5	3.7	10.3	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1	-	3.4	13.4	26.1	.512	-	-	-	7.8	9.7	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	12	25.8	8.3	1.0	1.1	2.1	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.5	3.2	7.8	.409	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.9	.686
Bob McAdoo	7	46.7	37.4	3.6	9.9	13.4	1.4	0.9	2.7	-	4.1	14.9	30.9	.481	-	-	-	7.7	10.4	.740

Season 4
	Gerald Henderson	Bob McAdoo
Season	1982-83	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Braves 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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	18.9	8.2	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.0	1.6	2.3	3.5	7.5	.463	0.0	0.2	.188	1.2	1.6	.722
Bob McAdoo	78	42.7	31.1	3.1	9.3	12.4	4.0	1.2	2.1	-	3.8	12.0	24.6	.487	-	-	-	7.2	9.4	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	7	26.7	10.9	1.1	0.9	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.1	2.0	3.6	5.0	12.1	.412	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.0	.857
Bob McAdoo	9	45.1	28.0	3.4	10.8	14.2	3.2	0.8	2.0	-	4.1	10.8	23.9	.451	-	-	-	6.4	9.1	.707

Season 5
	Gerald Henderson	Bob McAdoo
Season	1983-84	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Gerald Henderson	78	26.8	11.6	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.8	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.7	4.8	9.2	.524	0.3	0.7	.351	1.7	2.3	.768
Bob McAdoo	72	38.9	25.8	2.8	10.1	12.9	2.8	1.1	1.4	-	3.6	10.3	20.1	.512	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	23	26.8	12.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.2	1.5	0.0	1.8	3.4	5.0	10.3	.485	0.1	0.5	.273	2.3	3.3	.720
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Gerald Henderson	Bob McAdoo
Season	1984-85	1977-78
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Gerald Henderson	79	33.5	13.4	0.9	1.5	2.4	7.1	1.8	0.1	2.9	2.5	5.4	11.3	.479	0.1	0.5	.237	2.5	3.2	.780
Bob McAdoo	79	40.3	26.5	3.0	9.8	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	4.4	3.8	10.3	19.8	.520	-	-	-	5.9	8.2	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	6	39.7	23.8	1.8	7.8	9.7	3.8	1.2	2.0	3.8	3.2	10.2	21.0	.484	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.600

Season 10
	Gerald Henderson	Bob McAdoo
Season	1988-89	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	65	15.2	6.5	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.0	1.1	1.9	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.6	.308	1.6	2.0	.819
Bob McAdoo	41	18.2	9.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.1	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	3	23.0	8.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	1.7	3.3	3.3	8.3	.400	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	2.0	.333
Bob McAdoo	14	27.7	16.7	1.5	5.3	6.8	1.6	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.1	7.2	12.8	.564	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 11
	Gerald Henderson	Bob McAdoo
Season	1989-90	1982-83
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	57	8.1	2.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.9	1.9	.486	0.3	0.7	.447	0.2	0.3	.800
Bob McAdoo	47	21.7	15.0	1.6	3.6	5.3	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.4	3.3	6.2	12.0	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	8	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Bob McAdoo	8	20.8	10.9	1.9	3.9	5.8	0.6	1.4	1.3	1.8	2.9	4.6	10.5	.440	0.3	0.8	.333	1.4	1.8	.786

Season 13
	Gerald Henderson	Bob McAdoo
Season	1991-92	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	16	6.0	2.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.0	.375	0.2	0.5	.375	0.6	0.7	.818
Bob McAdoo	66	19.0	10.5	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.5	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	19	20.9	11.4	1.3	3.2	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	1.7	3.5	4.8	10.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.5	.745