John Drew vs. De'Aaron Fox Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of De'Aaron Fox 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 4 more than De'Aaron Fox, who played 7. John Drew had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while De'Aaron Fox had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
John Drew 11 5 1974-75 to 1984-85
De'Aaron Fox 7 1 2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1974-752017-18
Team Atlanta HawksSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 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
De'Aaron Fox 73 27.8 11.6 0.5 2.3 2.8 4.4 1.0 0.3 2.4 2.2 4.5 10.9 .412 0.6 2.1 .307 1.9 2.7 .723
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
John Drew ------- --- ----------
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Season 2

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1975-762018-19
Team Atlanta HawksSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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
De'Aaron Fox 81 31.4 17.3 0.5 3.2 3.8 7.3 1.6 0.6 2.8 2.5 6.2 13.6 .458 1.1 2.9 .371 3.7 5.1 .727
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
John Drew ------- --- ----------
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Season 3

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1976-772019-20
Team Atlanta HawksSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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
De'Aaron Fox 51 32.0 21.1 0.7 3.2 3.8 6.8 1.5 0.5 3.1 2.8 7.7 16.0 .480 1.1 3.6 .292 4.7 6.7 .705
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
John Drew ------- --- ----------
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Season 4

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1977-782020-21
Team Atlanta HawksSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 70 31.5 23.2 3.0 4.3 7.3 2.0 1.7 0.4 3.0 3.5 8.5 17.7 .480 - - - 6.2 8.2 .760
De'Aaron Fox 58 35.1 25.2 0.6 2.9 3.5 7.2 1.5 0.5 3.0 2.9 9.1 19.1 .477 1.8 5.5 .322 5.2 7.2 .719
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
John Drew 2 39.5 26.0 4.5 3.0 7.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 2.0 4.5 10.5 24.5 .429 - - - 5.0 8.0 .625
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 5

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1978-792021-22
Team Atlanta HawksSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost East Conf SemisDid 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 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
De'Aaron Fox 59 35.3 23.2 0.4 3.5 3.9 5.6 1.2 0.4 2.8 2.9 8.7 18.5 .473 1.3 4.2 .297 4.4 5.9 .750
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
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 6

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1979-802022-23
Team Atlanta HawksSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement Clutch Player of the Year
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Hawks Lost East Conf SemisKings 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 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
De'Aaron Fox 73 33.4 25.0 0.5 3.6 4.2 6.1 1.1 0.3 2.5 2.4 9.3 18.2 .512 1.6 5.0 .324 4.7 6.0 .780
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
De'Aaron Fox 7 38.6 27.4 1.7 3.7 5.4 7.7 2.1 0.6 4.0 3.3 10.0 23.6 .424 3.0 9.0 .333 4.4 5.9 .756

Season 7

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1980-812023-24
Team Atlanta HawksSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 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
De'Aaron Fox 74 35.9 26.6 0.9 3.7 4.6 5.6 2.0 0.4 2.6 2.6 9.7 20.9 .465 2.9 7.8 .369 4.2 5.7 .738
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
John Drew ------- --- ----------
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 8

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1981-82-
Team Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost East 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 70 29.1 18.5 2.4 2.9 5.4 1.4 0.9 0.0 2.5 3.6 6.6 13.7 .486 0.1 0.2 .333 5.2 7.0 .741
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
John Drew 2 29.5 11.5 3.0 2.0 5.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.5 5.5 4.0 11.0 .364 0.0 0.0 - 3.5 6.0 .583
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 9

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1982-83-
Team Utah Jazz-
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 %
John Drew 44 27.4 21.2 2.2 3.1 5.3 2.2 0.8 0.2 3.1 3.5 7.2 15.3 .474 0.0 0.1 .000 6.7 8.9 .755
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
John Drew ------- --- ----------
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 10

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1983-84-
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 %
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
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------
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
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------

Season 11

John Drew De'Aaron Fox
Season 1984-85-
Team Utah Jazz-
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 %
John Drew 19 24.4 16.2 1.9 2.4 4.3 1.8 1.2 0.1 2.2 3.4 5.6 13.7 .412 0.0 0.2 .000 4.9 6.4 .770
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
John Drew ------- --- ----------
De'Aaron Fox ------- --- ----------