Mike Brown vs. Bob McAdoo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob McAdoo and Mike Brown, 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.

Mike Brown played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bob McAdoo, who played 14. Mike Brown had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mike Brown	12	9	1986-87 to 1997-98
Bob McAdoo	14	9	1972-73 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1986-87	1972-73
Team	Chicago Bulls	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Mike Brown	62	13.2	4.2	1.1	2.3	3.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	1.0	2.1	1.7	3.2	.527	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.639
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		%
Mike Brown	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1987-88	1973-74
Team	Chicago Bulls	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Mike Brown	46	12.8	4.3	1.4	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.8	1.7	3.8	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.577
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		%
Mike Brown	1	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1988-89	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Brown	66	15.9	4.5	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.0	1.6	3.8	.419	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.0	.708
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		%
Mike Brown	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1989-90	1975-76
Team	Utah Jazz	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Brown	82	17.0	6.2	1.4	3.2	4.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.3	2.2	4.2	.515	0.0	0.0	.500	1.9	2.4	.789
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		%
Mike Brown	5	13.4	3.6	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.2	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.800
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
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1990-91	1976-77
Team	Utah Jazz	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Mike Brown	82	17.0	4.8	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.0	1.6	3.5	.454	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.742
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		%
Mike Brown	9	24.8	9.6	2.2	5.1	7.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.3	4.0	3.0	6.2	.482	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.2	.842
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1991-92	1977-78
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Mike Brown	82	21.7	7.7	2.3	3.5	5.8	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	2.7	6.0	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.5	.667
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		%
Mike Brown	16	17.1	5.8	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.7	0.1	0.1	1.0	2.7	1.9	4.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.6	.780
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 7
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1992-93	1978-79
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Mike Brown	82	18.9	5.7	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.3	2.1	5.0	.430	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.689
Bob McAdoo	60	37.2	24.8	2.2	6.5	8.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	3.6	3.2	9.9	18.8	.529	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	5	18.6	6.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.6	5.0	.520	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.636
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1993-94	1979-80
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Mike Brown	82	23.4	3.6	1.5	4.0	5.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.7	1.4	3.2	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.653
Bob McAdoo	58	36.2	21.1	1.7	6.3	8.1	3.4	1.3	1.1	4.1	3.1	8.5	17.7	.480	0.1	0.4	.125	4.1	5.6	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1994-95	1980-81
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets
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		%
Mike Brown	27	7.9	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.3	0.4	1.5	.250	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.556
Bob McAdoo	16	20.1	10.3	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.9	1.1	0.8	2.0	2.4	4.3	9.8	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.6	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1995-96	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Mike Brown	9	18.0	2.9	1.6	2.6	4.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.7	1.0	1.8	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.9	.471
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		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1996-97	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Brown	6	13.8	2.7	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.5	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.600
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		%
Mike Brown	4	6.5	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875
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 12
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	1997-98	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	70	20.8	13.1	1.2	3.0	4.1	1.1	0.6	0.7	1.8	2.6	5.0	10.7	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.8	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bob McAdoo	20	22.4	14.0	1.5	3.9	5.4	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.2	5.6	10.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.1	.704


Season 13
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 14
	Mike Brown	Bob McAdoo
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	29	21.0	10.1	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.6	1.7	2.2	4.0	8.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.8	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	5	14.6	10.8	1.6	1.2	2.8	0.4	0.8	1.0	0.4	2.6	4.0	7.2	.556	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.2	.875

Mike Brown vs. Bob McAdoo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob McAdoo and Mike Brown, 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