Clyde Drexler vs. Kurt Rambis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kurt Rambis and Clyde Drexler, 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.

Clyde Drexler played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kurt Rambis, who played 14. Clyde Drexler had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Kurt Rambis had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Clyde Drexler	15	15	1983-84 to 1997-98
Kurt Rambis	14	9	1981-82 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1983-84	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Clyde Drexler	82	17.2	7.7	1.4	1.5	2.9	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.1	6.8	.451	0.0	0.0	.250	1.5	2.1	.728
Kurt Rambis	64	17.7	4.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.2	2.6	1.8	3.6	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.8	.504

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	5	17.0	7.2	1.4	2.0	3.4	1.6	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.4	.857
Kurt Rambis	14	19.9	5.9	2.3	3.9	6.1	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.2	3.4	2.4	4.6	.516	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.615


Season 2
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1984-85	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Clyde Drexler	80	31.9	17.2	2.7	3.2	6.0	5.5	2.2	0.9	2.8	3.3	7.2	14.5	.494	0.1	0.5	.216	2.8	3.7	.759
Kurt Rambis	78	23.2	7.5	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	3.0	5.3	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.687

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	9	37.7	16.7	3.0	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.6	1.0	3.2	4.1	6.1	14.9	.410	0.2	0.8	.286	4.2	5.0	.844
Kurt Rambis	15	25.1	7.5	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.5	3.4	3.0	5.3	.570	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.657


Season 3
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1985-86	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clyde Drexler	75	34.3	18.5	2.3	3.3	5.6	8.0	2.6	0.6	3.8	3.6	7.2	15.2	.475	0.2	0.8	.200	3.9	5.1	.769
Kurt Rambis	47	15.8	3.6	1.7	3.9	5.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.3	1.3	2.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	36.3	18.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	6.5	1.5	0.8	4.8	4.8	6.5	14.3	.456	0.5	1.3	.400	4.5	5.8	.783
Kurt Rambis	21	20.4	6.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.7	2.9	4.4	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.636


Season 4
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1986-87	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Clyde Drexler	82	38.0	21.7	2.8	3.5	6.3	6.9	2.5	0.9	3.1	3.4	8.6	17.2	.502	0.1	0.6	.234	4.4	5.7	.760
Kurt Rambis	82	19.7	5.2	2.0	4.4	6.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.6	2.2	4.0	.554	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	38.3	24.0	4.0	3.5	7.5	3.8	1.8	0.8	1.5	4.0	9.0	19.8	.456	0.3	1.0	.250	5.8	7.3	.793
Kurt Rambis	19	19.7	6.1	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.7	2.5	4.3	.593	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.679


Season 5
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1987-88	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Clyde Drexler	81	37.8	27.0	3.2	3.4	6.6	5.8	2.5	0.6	2.9	3.1	10.5	20.7	.506	0.1	0.6	.212	5.9	7.2	.811
Kurt Rambis	74	21.3	5.5	2.1	4.9	7.0	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.7	2.2	3.6	.595	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	42.5	22.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	5.3	3.0	0.5	3.0	3.5	8.0	20.8	.386	0.8	1.5	.500	5.3	7.3	.724
Kurt Rambis	14	19.1	4.8	1.9	4.1	5.9	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	1.9	3.2	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.722


Season 6
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1988-89	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Clyde Drexler	78	39.3	27.2	3.7	4.2	7.9	5.8	2.7	0.7	3.2	3.4	10.6	21.4	.496	0.3	1.3	.260	5.6	7.0	.799
Kurt Rambis	78	19.4	5.7	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.8	0.9	0.5	1.3	2.6	2.1	4.0	.521	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	3	42.7	27.7	4.3	2.3	6.7	8.3	2.0	0.7	4.0	3.7	11.7	23.7	.493	0.0	0.7	.000	4.3	5.7	.765
Kurt Rambis	17	12.6	4.6	0.9	3.0	3.9	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	1.4	2.4	.585	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.912


Season 7
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1989-90	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Clyde Drexler	73	36.8	23.3	2.8	4.1	6.9	5.9	2.0	0.7	2.6	3.0	9.2	18.6	.494	0.4	1.5	.283	4.6	5.9	.774
Kurt Rambis	70	12.1	4.0	1.5	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	1.5	2.7	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	21	40.6	21.4	3.0	4.2	7.2	7.1	2.5	0.9	3.2	3.4	8.2	18.6	.441	0.4	2.0	.220	4.6	5.9	.774
Kurt Rambis	19	9.8	2.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.1	1.8	.618	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.692


Season 8
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1990-91	1988-89
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clyde Drexler	82	34.8	21.5	2.6	4.1	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.7	2.8	2.8	7.9	16.3	.482	0.7	2.3	.319	5.1	6.4	.794
Kurt Rambis	75	29.8	11.1	3.6	5.8	9.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.4	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	16	39.6	21.7	2.5	5.6	8.1	8.1	2.1	1.0	3.8	3.5	8.0	16.8	.476	0.9	3.5	.268	4.8	6.1	.776
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1991-92	1989-90
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West 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		%
Clyde Drexler	76	36.2	25.0	2.2	4.4	6.6	6.7	1.8	0.9	3.2	3.0	9.1	19.4	.470	1.5	4.4	.337	5.3	6.6	.794
Kurt Rambis	74	25.7	6.2	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.8	1.4	0.5	1.4	2.8	2.6	5.0	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.7	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	21	40.3	26.3	2.9	4.5	7.4	7.0	1.5	1.0	2.8	3.7	9.4	20.2	.466	0.9	3.9	.235	6.6	8.1	.807
Kurt Rambis	16	24.1	4.2	2.4	5.3	7.7	1.4	0.5	0.5	1.1	3.2	1.5	3.4	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.679


Season 10
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1992-93	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Clyde Drexler	49	34.1	19.9	2.6	3.7	6.3	5.7	1.9	0.8	2.3	3.2	7.1	16.7	.429	0.6	2.7	.233	5.0	6.0	.839
Kurt Rambis	62	14.5	3.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.7	1.3	2.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	3	38.7	19.0	2.7	3.7	6.3	4.7	1.7	1.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.7	4.0	.417	5.3	6.7	.800
Kurt Rambis	4	13.3	1.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1993-94	1991-92
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clyde Drexler	68	34.3	19.2	2.3	4.3	6.5	4.9	1.4	0.5	2.5	3.0	7.0	16.3	.428	1.0	3.2	.324	4.2	5.4	.777
Kurt Rambis	28	13.6	3.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.4	2.9	.463	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	39.3	21.0	2.5	7.8	10.3	5.5	2.0	0.5	2.3	1.8	7.8	18.3	.425	0.8	3.3	.231	4.8	5.8	.826
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1994-95	1992-93
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Clyde Drexler	76	35.9	21.8	2.0	4.3	6.3	4.8	1.8	0.6	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.3	.461	1.9	5.4	.360	4.8	5.8	.824
Kurt Rambis	72	11.4	2.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.9	1.8	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.662

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	22	38.6	20.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	5.0	1.5	0.7	2.0	3.1	7.0	14.6	.481	1.4	4.5	.303	5.0	6.4	.786
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1995-96	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Clyde Drexler	52	38.4	19.3	1.9	5.3	7.2	5.8	2.0	0.5	2.6	2.9	6.4	14.7	.433	1.5	4.5	.332	5.1	6.5	.784
Kurt Rambis	50	12.7	3.3	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.2	2.3	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.648

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	8	36.5	16.6	1.9	5.9	7.8	5.0	2.6	0.5	2.5	2.8	6.1	14.8	.415	1.1	4.3	.265	3.3	4.3	.765
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1996-97	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Clyde Drexler	62	36.6	18.0	1.9	4.1	6.0	5.7	1.9	0.6	2.5	2.4	6.4	14.5	.442	1.9	5.4	.355	3.2	4.3	.750
Kurt Rambis	26	7.5	1.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	.514	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	16	39.1	18.1	1.6	4.0	5.6	4.8	1.6	0.4	2.3	3.3	6.6	15.1	.436	2.4	6.4	.373	2.6	3.4	.778
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Clyde Drexler	Kurt Rambis
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Clyde Drexler	70	35.3	18.4	1.5	3.4	4.9	5.5	1.8	0.6	2.7	2.8	6.5	15.1	.427	1.5	4.8	.317	4.0	4.9	.801
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	5	36.4	15.0	1.8	3.6	5.4	4.6	1.6	0.6	2.6	3.0	4.2	13.6	.309	1.0	5.2	.192	5.6	7.4	.757
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Clyde Drexler vs. Kurt Rambis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kurt Rambis and Clyde Drexler, 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

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