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Bam Adebayo
Heat · C-F · 29
Bam Adebayo
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2025-26
Dillon Brooks
Suns · G-F · 30
Dillon Brooks
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Bam Adebayo vs Dillon Brooks

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Adebayo · Brooks

Bam Adebayo: Day-To-Day (Back · Torso).

AdebayoBrooks
73Games
availability
56
32.4Minutes
per game
30.4
20.1Points
per game
20.2
10.0Rebounds
per game
3.6
3.2Assists
per game
1.8
1.9Steals + blocks
per game
1.2
1.6Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.8
44.2%Field goal %43.5%
31.8%Three-point %
5.5 vs 6.6 attempts
34.4%
77.8%Free throw %84.2%
55.1%True shooting
TS%
54.0%
24.8%Usage
USG%
27.9%
14.2%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
9.5%
14.6%Rebound %
of available
5.8%
+6.1Net rating
on court
-1.1
13.8%PIE
player impact estimate
8.8%
+4.5Plus-minus
per game
-0.9

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Dillon Brooks scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (20.2 vs 20.1), on Brooks's heavier usage (27.9% vs 24.8%).

Adebayo is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 55.1% to 54.0%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Adebayo (3.2 vs 1.8 assists), the glass to Adebayo (10.0 vs 3.6 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Adebayo played 17 more games (73 vs 56 of 82).

With Adebayo on the floor his team outscored opponents by +6.1 per 100 possessions, against -1.1 for Brooks; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Adebayo $49.8M through 2028-29, Brooks $20.0M through 2029-30. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
AdebayoBrooks
37-36Record when playing32-24
21.8Points at home23.7
18.5Points on the road16.9
22.4Points in wins20.4
17.8Points in losses19.9
83Season high40
530-point games4
35Double-doubles0
Adebayo · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 vs ATL25 pts · 10 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at WAS20 pts · 11 reb · 8 ast
Thu, Apr 9 at TOR24 pts · 11 reb · 8 ast
Tue, Apr 7 at TOR7 pts · 9 reb · 3 ast
Sat, Apr 4 vs WAS14 pts · 9 reb · 7 ast
Brooks · last 5
Mon, Apr 27 vs OKC23 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs OKC33 pts · 7 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Apr 22 at OKC30 pts · 6 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Apr 19 at OKC18 pts · 7 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at LAL12 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Adebayo · contract
2026-27$49.8M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29player option$57.8M
Brooks · contract
2026-27$20.0M
2027-28$22.5M
2028-29$24.3M
2029-30$26.1M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).