John Drew vs. Artis Gilmore Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Artis Gilmore and John Drew, 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.

John Drew played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than Artis Gilmore, who played 12. John Drew had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while Artis Gilmore had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
	John Drew	Artis Gilmore
Season	1974-75	1976-77
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
John Drew	78	29.3	18.5	4.6	6.1	10.7	1.8	1.5	0.5	-	3.5	6.8	15.8	.428	-	-	-	5.0	7.0	.713
Artis Gilmore	82	35.1	18.6	3.8	9.2	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	-	3.2	7.0	13.3	.522	-	-	-	4.7	7.1	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Drew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	3	42.0	18.7	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	-	3.0	6.3	13.3	.475	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.783

Season 2
	John Drew	Artis Gilmore
Season	1975-76	1977-78
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
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		%
John Drew	77	30.5	21.6	3.7	4.9	8.6	1.9	1.8	0.4	-	3.4	7.6	15.2	.502	-	-	-	6.3	8.5	.744
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Drew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	John Drew	Artis Gilmore
Season	1976-77	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
John Drew	74	36.3	24.2	3.8	5.3	9.1	1.8	1.4	0.4	-	3.7	9.3	19.1	.487	-	-	-	5.6	7.8	.714
Artis Gilmore	82	39.8	23.7	3.6	9.1	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8	3.4	9.2	16.0	.575	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Drew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	John Drew	Artis Gilmore
Season	1978-79	1980-81
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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		%
John Drew	79	30.5	22.7	2.8	3.8	6.6	1.5	1.6	0.2	2.7	4.2	8.2	17.4	.473	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.731
Artis Gilmore	82	34.5	17.9	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	6.7	10.0	.670	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.5	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Drew	9	30.6	16.1	2.2	4.4	6.7	0.8	1.0	0.4	1.8	4.0	6.1	14.6	.420	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.761
Artis Gilmore	6	41.2	18.0	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	5.8	10.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	9.2	.691

Season 6
	John Drew	Artis Gilmore
Season	1979-80	1981-82
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
John Drew	80	28.8	19.5	2.5	3.4	5.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	3.0	3.9	6.7	14.8	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.1	.757
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.5	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	2.8	3.5	6.7	10.2	.652	0.0	0.0	1.000	5.2	6.7	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Drew	5	30.0	14.6	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.8	1.4	0.0	2.4	4.2	4.8	12.6	.381	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	7.0	.714
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	John Drew	Artis Gilmore
Season	1980-81	1982-83
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
John Drew	67	31.0	21.7	2.2	3.6	5.7	1.2	1.5	0.2	2.9	3.9	7.5	16.4	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	6.8	8.6	.787
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.0	3.6	8.4	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.1	3.3	6.8	10.8	.626	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.0	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Drew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	11	36.5	16.7	3.4	9.5	12.9	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.2	6.9	12.0	.576	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.2	.696

Season 10
	John Drew	Artis Gilmore
Season	1983-84	1985-86
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
John Drew	81	22.2	17.7	1.8	2.4	4.2	1.7	1.1	0.0	2.4	2.6	6.3	13.2	.479	0.1	0.3	.273	5.0	6.4	.778
Artis Gilmore	71	33.7	16.7	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.4	6.0	9.6	.618	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	6.8	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Drew	11	15.6	10.2	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.4	3.9	7.7	.506	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.788
Artis Gilmore	3	35.7	13.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	5.3	8.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571