Steven Adams

Seasons 2013-14–2025-26 · 12 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1993

Player info

Nickname	Big Kiwi, Kiwi Phenom, Aquaman
Position	C
Number	#12 (also #4)
Team	Houston Rockets
Height	6-11
Weight	265 lb
Born	1993-07-20 (age 33)
College	Pitt
Drafted	2013 · Round 1, Pick 12 · Oklahoma City Thunder
Seasons	2013-14–2025-26 (12)

Career averages

8.7 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 1.5 APG · 796 games · .584 FG% · .059 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2013-14	OKC	20	81	14.8	.503	—	.581	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	3.3	11.2	.541
2014-15	OKC	21	70	25.3	.544	0.000	.502	7.5	0.9	0.5	1.2	7.7	14.1	.549
2015-16	OKC	22	80	25.2	.613	—	.582	6.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	8.0	15.5	.621
2016-17	OKC	23	80	29.9	.571	0.000	.611	7.7	1.1	1.1	1.0	11.3	16.5	.589
2017-18	OKC	24	76	32.7	.629	0.000	.559	9.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	13.9	20.6	.630
2018-19	OKC	25	80	33.4	.595	0.000	.500	9.5	1.6	1.5	1.0	13.9	18.5	.591
2019-20	OKC	26	63	26.7	.592	.333	.582	9.3	2.3	0.8	1.1	10.9	20.5	.604
2020-21	NOP	27	58	27.7	.614	0.000	.444	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.7	7.6	15.1	.596
2021-22	MEM	28	76	26.3	.547	0.000	.543	10.0	3.4	0.9	0.8	6.9	17.6	.560
2022-23	MEM	29	42	27.0	.597	0.000	.364	11.5	2.3	0.9	1.1	8.6	17.5	.564
2024-25	HOU	31	58	13.7	.545	0.000	.462	5.6	1.1	0.4	0.5	3.9	16.6	.541
2025-26	HOU	32	32	22.8	.504	—	.580	8.6	1.5	0.7	0.6	5.8	15.8	.535

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2013-14	OKC	81	20	1,197	93	185	.503	0	0	79	136	332	43	40	57	71	265
2014-15	OKC	70	67	1,771	217	399	.544	0	2	103	205	523	66	38	86	99	537
2015-16	OKC	80	80	2,014	261	426	.613	0	0	114	196	533	62	42	89	84	636
2016-17	OKC	80	80	2,389	374	655	.571	0	1	157	257	613	86	89	78	146	905
2017-18	OKC	76	76	2,487	448	712	.629	0	2	160	286	685	88	92	78	128	1,056
2018-19	OKC	80	80	2,669	481	809	.595	0	2	146	292	760	124	117	76	135	1,108
2019-20	OKC	63	63	1,680	283	478	.592	1	3	117	201	583	146	51	67	94	684
2020-21	NOP	58	58	1,605	189	308	.614	0	3	60	135	514	111	54	38	78	438
2021-22	MEM	76	75	1,999	210	384	.547	0	1	108	199	760	256	65	60	115	528
2022-23	MEM	42	42	1,133	157	263	.597	0	1	47	129	485	97	36	46	79	361
2024-25	HOU	58	3	794	91	167	.545	0	2	43	93	327	66	22	28	54	225
2025-26	HOU	32	11	730	70	139	.504	0	0	47	81	276	48	22	20	35	187
Career		796	—	—	2,874	4,925	.584	1	17	1181	2210	6391	1193	668	723	1118	6,930

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2013-14	OKC	81	14.8	2.8	5.6	.503	0.0	2.4	4.1	10.0	1.3	1.2	1.7	2.1	8.0
2014-15	OKC	70	25.3	4.4	8.1	.544	0.0	2.1	4.2	10.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	2.0	10.9
2015-16	OKC	80	25.2	4.7	7.6	.613	0.0	2.0	3.5	9.5	1.1	0.8	1.6	1.5	11.4
2016-17	OKC	80	29.9	5.6	9.9	.571	0.0	2.4	3.9	9.2	1.3	1.3	1.2	2.2	13.6
2017-18	OKC	76	32.7	6.5	10.3	.629	0.0	2.3	4.1	9.9	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.9	15.3
2018-19	OKC	80	33.4	6.5	10.9	.595	0.0	2.0	3.9	10.3	1.7	1.6	1.0	1.8	14.9
2019-20	OKC	63	26.7	6.1	10.2	.592	0.1	2.5	4.3	12.5	3.1	1.1	1.4	2.0	14.7
2020-21	NOP	58	27.7	4.2	6.9	.614	0.1	1.3	3.0	11.5	2.5	1.2	0.9	1.7	9.8
2021-22	MEM	76	26.3	3.8	6.9	.547	0.0	1.9	3.6	13.7	4.6	1.2	1.1	2.1	9.5
2022-23	MEM	42	27.0	5.0	8.4	.597	0.0	1.5	4.1	15.4	3.1	1.1	1.5	2.5	11.5
2024-25	HOU	58	13.7	4.1	7.6	.545	0.1	1.9	4.2	14.8	3.0	1.0	1.3	2.4	10.2
2025-26	HOU	32	22.8	3.5	6.9	.504	0.0	2.3	4.0	13.6	2.4	1.1	1.0	1.7	9.2

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
2013-14	OKC	81	1,197	11.2	.541	11.7	0.9	1.9	2.9	.114	-3.1	+0.9	-2.2	-0.1
2014-15	OKC	70	1,771	14.1	.549	14.3	1.9	2.2	4.1	.111	-1.5	+0.2	-1.3	+0.3
2015-16	OKC	80	2,014	15.5	.621	12.6	4.2	2.3	6.5	.155	+0.0	+0.2	+0.2	+1.1
2016-17	OKC	80	2,389	16.5	.589	16.2	3.3	3.1	6.5	.130	-0.2	+0.0	-0.2	+1.1
2017-18	OKC	76	2,487	20.6	.630	16.7	6.7	3.0	9.7	.187	+1.7	-0.6	+1.1	+2.0
2018-19	OKC	80	2,669	18.5	.591	16.4	5.1	4.0	9.1	.163	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+2.1
2019-20	OKC	63	1,680	20.5	.604	17.3	3.8	2.7	6.5	.185	+1.9	+1.1	+2.9	+2.1
2020-21	NOP	58	1,605	15.1	.596	11.7	2.3	1.7	4.0	.119	-0.4	+0.1	-0.3	+0.7
2021-22	MEM	76	1,999	17.6	.560	12.0	3.8	3.0	6.8	.163	+1.0	+1.0	+2.0	+2.0
2022-23	MEM	42	1,133	17.5	.564	14.6	1.3	2.1	3.4	.144	-0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+0.7
2024-25	HOU	58	794	16.6	.541	13.6	1.0	1.3	2.3	.137	+0.0	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5
2025-26	HOU	32	730	15.8	.535	12.1	1.1	1.0	2.1	.141	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	+0.3
Career		796	—	—	—	—	—	—	63.9	—	—	—	—	+12.8

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
2013-14	19	17.9	3.7	3.9	0.2	0.1	1.3	.689	—	.635
2015-16	18	30.3	10.1	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	.613	0.000	.636
2016-17	5	30.8	8.0	6.8	1.4	1.2	1.8	.643	—	.609
2017-18	6	33.0	10.5	7.5	1.5	0.7	0.7	.587	—	.609
2018-19	5	31.4	11.8	7.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	.667	0.000	.648
2019-20	6	29.0	10.2	12.0	1.5	0.3	0.2	.587	0.000	.570
2020-21	1	33.0	10.0	9.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	.667	—	.683
2021-22	9	15.7	2.7	5.0	1.7	0.1	0.1	.429	—	.464
2024-25	7	22.0	5.7	6.6	0.6	0.4	1.1	.600	—	.602
Career	76	25.3	7.2	7.0	0.9	0.4	0.9	.614	0.000	.613

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Game log — 2025-26

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	+/−
2025-10-21	@ OKC	L 124–125	36	4	13	3	0	0	1-4	0-0	+2
2025-10-24	vs DET	L 111–115	25	11	10	0	3	0	4-4	0-0	-4
2025-10-27	vs BKN	W 137–109	16	4	8	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	+20
2025-10-29	@ TOR	W 139–121	19	12	12	2	1	1	5-6	0-0	+14
2025-11-01	@ BOS	W 128–101	14	4	5	3	0	0	2-3	0-0	+13
2025-11-03	vs DAL	W 110–102	23	4	9	1	2	2	2-3	0-0	+6
2025-11-07	@ SAS	L 110–121	20	3	8	1	1	0	1-4	0-0	-7
2025-11-09	@ MIL	W 122–115	22	12	6	1	0	0	5-7	0-0	-3
2025-11-12	vs WAS	W 135–112	17	5	8	4	0	2	2-5	0-0	+21
2025-11-14	vs POR	W 140–116	17	5	11	0	1	2	2-4	0-0	+22
2025-11-16	vs ORL	W 117–113	27	3	13	0	0	0	1-8	0-0	-2
2025-11-19	@ CLE	W 114–104	28	6	11	3	0	1	2-6	0-0	+6
2025-11-21	vs DEN	L 109–112	23	5	8	2	0	0	2-2	0-0	+14
2025-11-24	@ PHX	W 114–92	16	6	7	0	1	0	2-4	0-0	+6
2025-11-26	@ GSW	W 104–100	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-11-30	@ UTA	W 129–101	17	13	12	2	1	1	2-4	0-0	+24
2025-12-01	@ UTA	L 125–133	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-12-03	vs SAC	W 121–95	18	11	8	0	0	2	5-6	0-0	+7
2025-12-05	vs PHX	W 117–98	30	4	8	3	2	1	2-4	0-0	+18
2025-12-11	vs LAC	W 115–113	18	4	6	2	2	0	2-4	0-0	+10
2025-12-15	@ DEN	L 125–128	15	3	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	-8
2025-12-18	@ NOP	L 128–133	27	6	10	3	1	1	2-10	0-0	+3
2025-12-20	@ DEN	W 115–101	25	1	12	0	0	0	0-4	0-0	-10
2025-12-21	@ SAC	L 124–125	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-12-23	@ LAC	L 108–128	14	2	4	1	0	0	1-3	0-0	-5
2025-12-25	@ LAL	W 119–96	25	4	9	2	0	0	2-3	0-0	-4
2025-12-27	vs CLE	W 117–100	22	9	8	1	2	0	3-6	0-0	+26
2025-12-29	vs IND	W 126–119	22	8	5	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	+17
2026-01-01	@ BKN	W 120–96	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-05	vs PHX	W 100–97	31	8	11	2	1	0	4-7	0-0	+7
2026-01-07	@ POR	L 102–103	30	7	11	4	2	2	3-6	0-0	+3
2026-01-09	@ POR	L 105–111	32	5	9	3	0	1	2-2	0-0	-14
2026-01-11	@ SAC	L 98–111	23	3	6	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-13	vs CHI	W 119–113	18	4	7	1	2	0	2-5	0-0	+9
2026-01-15	vs OKC	L 91–111	25	6	11	0	0	2	3-6	0-0	-7
2026-01-16	vs MIN	W 110–105	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-18	vs NOP	W 119–110	27	5	10	2	0	0	2-3	0-0	+10

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	411	8.5	7.8	1.4	292–119
Away	415	8.3	7.7	1.5	215–200
In wins	507	8.5	7.9	1.5	507–0
In losses	319	8.1	7.4	1.3	0–319

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	16	7.0	7.3	0.9	8–8
BOS Boston Celtics	20	7.1	6.6	1.4	12–8
BKN Brooklyn Nets	23	8.1	7.2	1.3	13–10
CHA Charlotte Hornets	16	10.1	10.9	2.1	11–5
CHI Chicago Bulls	18	8.8	8.3	1.5	12–6
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	23	8.9	9.6	1.7	17–6
DAL Dallas Mavericks	35	7.5	6.7	1.3	17–18
DEN Denver Nuggets	38	8.0	6.9	1.4	18–20
DET Detroit Pistons	21	10.3	8.9	1.6	14–7
GSW Golden State Warriors	34	7.7	6.7	1.3	15–19
HOU Houston Rockets	33	8.4	6.8	1.6	19–14
IND Indiana Pacers	21	10.8	7.9	1.3	11–10
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	35	7.6	7.4	1.5	20–15
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	34	10.1	8.3	1.7	21–13
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	28	9.1	7.9	1.1	19–9
MIA Miami Heat	20	8.9	6.9	1.0	13–7
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	21	7.1	7.6	1.5	14–7
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	37	9.3	6.7	1.2	22–15
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	37	9.4	7.7	1.8	25–12
NYK New York Knicks	20	8.4	8.7	1.8	15–5
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	15	6.4	8.2	1.8	7–8
ORL Orlando Magic	21	7.8	7.6	1.4	17–4
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	19	8.6	7.3	1.4	16–3
PHX Phoenix Suns	37	8.6	7.8	1.3	27–10
POR Portland Trail Blazers	39	7.6	7.5	1.5	17–22
SAC Sacramento Kings	40	8.0	9.2	1.4	25–15
SAS San Antonio Spurs	38	9.6	8.7	1.5	23–15
TOR Toronto Raptors	22	8.2	7.0	1.5	15–7
UTA Utah Jazz	40	7.4	7.6	1.2	27–13
WAS Washington Wizards	23	6.8	8.5	1.5	15–8

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2025-26

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	66%	.582
In the paint (3-10 ft)	31%	.349
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	4%	.400
Long two (16 ft-3P)	0%	—
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	0%	—

Average shot distance 2.6 ft · 13% of attempts were dunks

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
2013-14	$2,090,880
2014-15	$2,184,960
2015-16	$2,279,040
2016-17	$3,140,517
2017-18	$22,471,910
2018-19	$24,157,303
2019-20	$25,842,697
2020-21	$29,592,695
2021-22	$17,073,171
2022-23	$17,926,829
2023-24	$12,600,000
2024-25	$12,600,000
2025-26	$14,130,434
2026-27	$13,000,000
2027-28	$11,869,566
Career earnings	$210,960,002

Frequently asked questions

What team does Steven Adams play for?

Steven Adams plays C for the Houston Rockets.

What are Steven Adams's career stats?

Steven Adams has averaged 8.7 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 1.5 APG over 12 seasons (2013-14–2025-26).

How much does Steven Adams make?

Steven Adams's salary is $11,869,566 for the 2027-28 season, with career earnings of about $211.0M.

How tall is Steven Adams?

Steven Adams is 6-11 (265 lb).

How old is Steven Adams?

Steven Adams was born 1993-07-20 and is 33 years old.

When was Steven Adams drafted?

Steven Adams was drafted in 2013, round 1, pick 12, by the Oklahoma City Thunder.