Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf vs. Bam Adebayo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bam Adebayo and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, 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.

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Bam Adebayo, who played 7. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Bam Adebayo had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bam Adebayo
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	67	22.5	14.1	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	6.2	15.1	.413	0.4	1.5	.240	1.3	1.5	.857
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bam Adebayo
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	81	33.5	19.2	0.6	2.1	2.8	4.2	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	7.8	17.4	.450	0.9	2.4	.355	2.7	2.9	.935
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bam Adebayo
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	80	32.7	18.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.5	1.0	0.1	1.9	1.9	7.4	16.0	.460	0.5	1.7	.316	2.7	2.9	.956
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	12	28.3	12.9	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.5	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.4	4.8	12.8	.370	1.0	3.1	.324	2.4	2.6	.935
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

Season 5
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bam Adebayo
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf 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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	73	28.5	16.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	3.6	1.1	0.1	1.6	1.7	6.5	13.8	.470	1.1	2.9	.386	1.9	2.1	.885
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	3	25.3	13.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	4.0	11.0	.364	0.7	4.0	.167	4.7	4.7	1.000
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

Season 6
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bam Adebayo
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	57	35.6	19.2	0.5	2.0	2.4	6.8	1.1	0.1	2.0	2.1	7.3	16.8	.434	2.1	5.4	.392	2.6	2.8	.930
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 7
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bam Adebayo
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	75	28.4	13.7	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.3	5.5	12.3	.445	1.3	3.3	.382	1.5	1.8	.846
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf didn't play in 1998-99 and 1999-00.