Steven Adams vs. Derrick Favors Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Favors and Steven Adams, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Steven Adams played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Derrick Favors, who played 12. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Derrick Favors had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Steven Adams	10	7	2013-14 to 2022-23
Derrick Favors	12	5	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	2013-14	2010-11
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Steven Adams	81	14.8	3.3	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.5	1.1	2.3	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.581
Derrick Favors	78	19.7	6.8	2.2	3.1	5.3	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.0	3.2	2.8	5.3	.517	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.2	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	18.4	3.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.2	0.1	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.5	.689	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.3	.348
Derrick Favors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	2014-15	2011-12
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Steven Adams	70	25.3	7.7	2.8	4.6	7.5	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.2	3.1	5.7	.544	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.9	.502
Derrick Favors	65	21.2	8.8	2.4	4.1	6.5	0.7	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.2	3.4	6.8	.499	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Favors	4	29.0	11.8	3.5	6.0	9.5	0.5	1.3	1.5	1.3	2.8	3.8	9.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	7.3	.586


Season 3
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	2015-16	2012-13
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Steven Adams	80	25.2	8.0	2.7	3.9	6.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.1	2.8	3.3	5.3	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.5	.582
Derrick Favors	77	23.2	9.4	2.4	4.7	7.1	1.0	0.9	1.7	1.7	3.2	3.6	7.4	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.4	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	30.7	10.1	3.4	6.1	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.9	3.1	3.8	6.2	.613	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	4.1	.630
Derrick Favors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	2016-17	2013-14
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Steven Adams	80	29.9	11.3	3.5	4.2	7.7	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	4.7	8.2	.571	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.2	.611
Derrick Favors	73	30.2	13.3	2.7	6.0	8.7	1.2	1.0	1.5	1.8	3.2	5.3	10.2	.522	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.9	.669

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.4	8.0	3.4	3.4	6.8	1.4	1.2	1.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	5.6	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364
Derrick Favors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Steven Adams	76	32.7	13.9	5.1	4.0	9.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.9	9.4	.629	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.8	.559
Derrick Favors	74	30.8	16.0	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.5	0.8	1.7	1.6	2.8	6.5	12.4	.525	0.0	0.1	.167	3.0	4.5	.669

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	6	33.3	10.5	3.2	4.3	7.5	1.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	2.5	4.5	7.7	.587	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.692
Derrick Favors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	2018-19	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Steven Adams	80	33.4	13.9	4.9	4.6	9.5	1.6	1.5	1.0	1.7	2.6	6.0	10.1	.595	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.7	.500
Derrick Favors	62	32.0	16.4	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.5	1.2	1.5	1.7	2.4	6.7	13.1	.515	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.1	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.8	11.8	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.8	2.6	5.6	8.4	.667	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.6	.375
Derrick Favors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Steven Adams	63	26.7	10.9	3.3	6.0	9.3	2.3	0.8	1.1	1.5	1.9	4.5	7.6	.592	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	3.2	.582
Derrick Favors	50	23.7	9.5	1.8	4.3	6.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.2	2.1	4.1	8.3	.487	0.1	0.2	.300	1.3	2.2	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	30.0	10.1	4.9	6.7	11.6	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.3	1.4	4.4	7.4	.596	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.9	.450
Derrick Favors	11	20.5	7.5	1.4	4.1	5.5	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	2.3	3.3	5.6	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.1	.478


Season 8
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steven Adams	58	27.7	7.6	3.7	5.2	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.9	3.3	5.3	.614	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.444
Derrick Favors	77	28.0	12.3	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.3	0.7	1.1	1.1	2.1	5.1	9.1	.563	0.2	0.8	.222	1.8	2.8	.651

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Favors	11	26.0	9.3	1.8	3.4	5.2	1.2	0.7	1.0	0.9	1.5	3.8	6.2	.618	0.2	0.5	.400	1.5	3.0	.485


Season 9
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Steven Adams	76	26.3	6.9	4.6	5.4	10.0	3.4	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.0	2.8	5.1	.547	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.6	.543
Derrick Favors	76	23.2	11.8	2.7	4.6	7.4	1.2	0.7	1.4	1.1	2.1	4.8	8.1	.586	0.2	1.0	.218	2.0	3.0	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	16.3	3.4	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.3	3.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.545
Derrick Favors	5	20.6	11.8	3.0	4.4	7.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.0	2.4	4.6	7.2	.639	0.0	0.6	.000	2.6	3.8	.684


Season 10
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Steven Adams	42	27.0	8.6	5.1	6.5	11.5	2.3	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.3	3.7	6.3	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	3.1	.364
Derrick Favors	51	24.4	9.0	3.2	6.6	9.8	1.6	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.1	4.1	6.6	.617	0.0	0.1	.143	0.8	1.4	.563

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Favors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Favors	68	15.3	5.4	2.0	3.5	5.5	0.6	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.3	3.6	.638	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Favors	11	13.2	3.4	1.7	2.5	4.2	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.5	2.3	1.5	2.1	.696	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.556


Season 12
	Steven Adams	Derrick Favors
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Favors	39	16.7	5.3	1.5	3.2	4.7	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.6	2.4	4.7	.516	0.1	0.4	.125	0.4	0.6	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Favors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steven Adams vs. Derrick Favors Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Favors and Steven Adams, 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