Ryan Anderson vs. Clyde Drexler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Drexler and Ryan Anderson, 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.

Ryan Anderson played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than Clyde Drexler, who played 15. Ryan Anderson had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Clyde Drexler had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Ryan Anderson	12	6	2008-09 to 2019-20
Clyde Drexler	15	15	1983-84 to 1997-98

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


Rookie Season
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2008-09	1983-84
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	66	19.9	7.4	1.6	3.1	4.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.4	2.4	6.2	.393	1.0	2.9	.365	1.5	1.8	.845
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2009-10	1984-85
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	63	14.5	7.7	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.3	2.7	6.2	.436	1.2	3.3	.370	1.1	1.3	.866
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	9	9.9	2.6	0.9	2.6	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	.310	0.4	1.6	.286	0.1	0.1	1.000
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


Season 3
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2010-11	1985-86
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	64	22.3	10.6	2.0	3.5	5.5	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.8	2.1	3.5	8.2	.430	2.1	5.3	.393	1.5	1.8	.812
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	6	24.5	4.7	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.7	1.3	5.0	.267	1.0	3.3	.300	1.0	1.0	1.000
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


Season 4
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2011-12	1986-87
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	61	32.2	16.1	3.7	4.0	7.7	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	5.4	12.4	.439	2.7	6.9	.393	2.5	2.8	.877
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	5	34.4	9.6	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	4.4	3.0	8.8	.341	2.4	6.0	.400	1.2	1.4	.857
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


Season 5
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2012-13	1987-88
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	81	30.9	16.2	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.2	2.2	5.8	13.8	.423	2.6	6.9	.382	1.9	2.2	.844
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2013-14	1988-89
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	22	36.1	19.8	3.0	3.5	6.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.1	7.0	16.1	.438	3.0	7.5	.409	2.7	2.8	.952
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 7
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	61	27.5	13.7	1.8	3.1	4.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.9	4.8	12.0	.399	2.0	5.9	.340	2.1	2.5	.854
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	4	23.8	10.8	1.8	2.5	4.3	2.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	9.0	.444	1.3	3.0	.417	1.5	1.5	1.000
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


Season 8
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	66	30.4	17.0	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.4	1.7	6.0	14.1	.427	2.0	5.4	.366	3.0	3.5	.873
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2016-17	1991-92
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	72	29.4	13.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.0	4.5	10.7	.418	2.8	7.0	.403	1.8	2.1	.860
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	11	30.5	9.4	1.4	3.8	5.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.2	3.3	8.4	.391	1.5	5.5	.283	1.3	1.5	.875
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


Season 10
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	66	26.1	9.3	1.4	3.6	5.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.1	7.3	.431	2.0	5.1	.386	1.1	1.4	.774
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	11	8.6	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.8	.350	0.5	1.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 11
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ryan Anderson	25	12.8	2.5	0.7	1.4	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.0	0.8	2.8	.304	0.4	1.6	.225	0.5	0.6	.750
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ryan Anderson	2	7.0	2.5	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.5	.286	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.0	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 13
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 14
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 15
	Ryan Anderson	Clyde Drexler
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		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Ryan Anderson vs. Clyde Drexler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Drexler and Ryan Anderson, 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15