Maurice Cheeks vs. Adrian Dantley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Adrian Dantley and Maurice Cheeks, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Maurice Cheeks and Adrian Dantley both played 15 years in the NBA. Maurice Cheeks had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Adrian Dantley had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Maurice Cheeks	15	13	1978-79 to 1992-93
Adrian Dantley	15	7	1976-77 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1978-79	1976-77
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Maurice Cheeks	82	29.4	8.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	2.4	2.4	3.6	7.0	.510	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.721
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	9	36.7	18.8	1.4	2.4	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	3.2	3.2	7.3	13.4	.545	-	-	-	4.1	6.2	.661
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1979-80	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	33.2	11.4	0.9	2.5	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	2.7	2.5	4.5	8.4	.540	0.1	0.1	.444	2.3	2.9	.779
Adrian Dantley	79	37.1	21.5	3.4	4.5	7.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.9	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	6.8	8.6	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	18	37.5	11.6	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.2	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.4	4.9	9.7	.511	0.1	0.3	.200	1.6	2.3	.707
Adrian Dantley	3	34.7	17.0	3.0	5.3	8.3	3.7	1.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.7	11.7	.571	-	-	-	3.7	5.7	.647


Season 3
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1980-81	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	81	29.8	9.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.9	2.4	0.5	2.1	2.9	3.8	7.2	.534	0.0	0.1	.375	1.7	2.2	.787
Adrian Dantley	60	29.6	17.3	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	2.6	2.7	6.2	12.2	.510	-	-	-	4.9	5.7	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	16	32.1	10.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	7.3	2.5	0.8	2.3	3.4	4.3	7.8	.544	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.6	.762
Adrian Dantley	8	29.5	17.6	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	6.3	11.1	.562	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.788


Season 4
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1981-82	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	31.6	11.2	0.6	2.5	3.1	8.4	2.6	0.4	2.3	3.1	4.5	8.6	.521	0.1	0.3	.273	2.2	2.8	.777
Adrian Dantley	68	39.3	28.0	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	10.7	18.6	.576	0.0	0.0	.000	6.5	7.7	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	21	36.4	14.3	0.7	2.2	3.0	8.2	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	6.0	12.6	.472	0.0	0.4	.111	2.4	3.1	.769
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1982-83	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	31.2	12.5	0.7	2.0	2.6	6.9	2.3	0.4	2.3	2.3	5.1	9.4	.542	0.0	0.1	.167	2.3	3.0	.754
Adrian Dantley	80	42.7	30.7	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	7.9	9.8	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	13	37.2	16.3	0.8	2.2	3.0	7.0	2.0	0.2	2.6	1.8	6.4	12.7	.503	0.1	0.2	.500	3.5	4.9	.703
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1983-84	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	75	33.3	12.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.4	2.3	0.3	2.4	2.6	5.1	9.4	.550	0.1	0.3	.400	2.3	3.1	.733
Adrian Dantley	81	39.8	30.3	2.9	3.5	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.1	11.2	19.6	.570	0.0	0.0	.333	8.0	10.1	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	34.2	16.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.8	2.6	0.0	2.0	3.6	7.0	13.4	.522	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.0	.867
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1984-85	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	78	33.5	13.1	0.7	2.1	2.8	6.4	2.2	0.3	2.0	2.4	5.4	9.5	.570	0.1	0.3	.231	2.2	2.6	.879
Adrian Dantley	22	40.3	30.7	2.6	3.7	6.4	4.8	0.9	0.0	3.7	2.8	10.6	18.3	.580	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	13	37.2	15.2	0.9	2.6	3.5	5.2	2.4	0.4	2.6	2.2	6.2	11.8	.529	0.0	0.4	.000	2.8	3.2	.857
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1985-86	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	82	39.9	15.4	0.7	2.2	2.9	9.2	2.5	0.3	2.9	2.0	6.0	11.1	.537	0.0	0.2	.235	3.4	4.1	.842
Adrian Dantley	79	37.8	30.6	2.3	3.4	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	2.5	10.2	18.2	.558	0.0	0.1	.250	10.3	12.0	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	12	43.3	20.8	1.1	3.6	4.7	7.1	1.1	0.3	2.7	1.5	7.8	15.2	.516	0.0	0.6	.000	5.2	6.1	.849
Adrian Dantley	11	41.3	32.2	3.4	4.2	7.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	3.5	2.7	10.6	21.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	10.9	12.6	.863


Season 9
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1986-87	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	68	38.6	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	2.5	1.6	6.1	11.6	.527	0.1	0.3	.235	3.3	4.3	.777
Adrian Dantley	55	35.8	26.6	2.7	3.2	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	9.9	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	42.0	17.6	0.2	2.4	2.6	8.8	1.8	0.8	2.4	2.8	7.0	13.2	.530	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.2	.857
Adrian Dantley	10	39.8	25.3	2.5	5.0	7.5	2.0	1.6	0.0	3.6	3.9	7.9	15.1	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	9.5	12.2	.779


Season 10
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1987-88	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	36.3	13.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.0	2.1	0.3	2.0	1.5	5.4	10.9	.495	0.0	0.3	.136	2.9	3.5	.825
Adrian Dantley	76	36.1	29.8	2.3	2.9	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	10.8	19.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.091	8.3	10.5	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1988-89	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	71	32.4	11.6	0.5	2.0	2.6	7.8	1.5	0.2	1.6	1.6	4.7	9.8	.483	0.0	0.2	.077	2.1	2.7	.774
Adrian Dantley	81	33.8	21.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.0	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	13.9	.534	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	3	42.7	17.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	13.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	7.0	13.7	.512	0.0	0.3	.000	3.7	4.3	.846
Adrian Dantley	15	33.3	20.5	1.9	2.6	4.5	2.3	0.9	0.0	2.2	2.4	7.4	13.7	.539	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.4	.775


Season 12
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1989-90	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	81	31.1	9.7	0.6	2.3	3.0	5.6	1.5	0.1	1.5	1.0	3.8	7.5	.504	0.0	0.2	.250	2.1	2.5	.847
Adrian Dantley	69	31.1	20.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.4	12.5	.514	0.0	0.0	.000	7.1	8.3	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	10	38.8	12.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	8.5	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.0	10.4	.481	0.0	0.4	.000	2.8	3.1	.903
Adrian Dantley	23	35.0	19.4	1.6	3.0	4.7	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.2	2.2	6.7	12.7	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.7	.787


Season 13
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1990-91	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	76	28.3	7.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.2	6.4	.499	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.7	.814
Adrian Dantley	73	33.2	19.2	1.6	2.7	4.3	2.3	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	13.1	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	7.8	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	3	33.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.7	7.7	.609	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1991-92	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Maurice Cheeks	56	19.4	4.6	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.3	1.5	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.4	.462	0.1	0.1	.500	0.5	0.8	.605
Adrian Dantley	45	28.9	14.7	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.1	10.8	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.6	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Maurice Cheeks	Adrian Dantley
Season	1992-93	1990-91
Team	New Jersey Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	35	14.6	3.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.5	2.7	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.8	.889
Adrian Dantley	10	12.6	5.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.9	5.0	.380	0.1	0.3	.333	1.8	2.6	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	16.4	4.4	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	1.2	0.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	4.6	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.2	.000
Adrian Dantley	3	6.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750

Maurice Cheeks vs. Adrian Dantley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Adrian Dantley and Maurice Cheeks, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15