Shareef Abdur-Rahim vs. Bam Adebayo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bam Adebayo and Shareef Abdur-Rahim, 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.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Bam Adebayo, who played 7. Shareef Abdur-Rahim had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Bam Adebayo
Season	1996-97	2017-18
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	80	35.0	18.7	2.7	4.2	6.9	2.2	1.0	1.0	2.8	2.5	6.9	15.2	.453	0.1	0.3	.259	4.8	6.5	.746
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Bam Adebayo
Season	1998-99	2019-20
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	50	40.4	23.0	2.3	5.2	7.5	3.4	1.4	1.1	3.7	2.7	7.7	17.9	.432	0.2	0.7	.306	7.4	8.8	.841
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Bam Adebayo
Season	1999-00	2020-21
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive 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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	82	39.3	20.3	2.7	7.4	10.1	3.3	1.1	1.1	3.0	3.0	7.2	15.6	.465	0.4	1.2	.302	5.4	6.7	.809
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Bam Adebayo
Season	2000-01	2021-22
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	81	40.0	20.5	2.2	6.9	9.1	3.1	1.1	1.0	2.9	2.9	7.5	15.8	.472	0.1	0.8	.188	5.5	6.6	.834
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Bam Adebayo
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	77	38.7	21.2	2.6	6.5	9.0	3.1	1.3	1.1	3.2	2.8	7.8	16.8	.461	0.3	0.9	.300	5.4	6.8	.801
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Bam Adebayo
Season	2002-03	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	81	38.1	19.9	2.2	6.2	8.4	3.0	1.1	0.5	2.6	3.0	7.0	14.6	.478	0.3	0.7	.350	5.6	6.7	.841
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		%
Shareef Abdur-Rahim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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