Vinny Del Negro vs. Clyde Drexler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Drexler and Vinny Del Negro, 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.

Vinny Del Negro played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than Clyde Drexler, who played 15. Vinny Del Negro had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
Vinny Del Negro	12	7	1988-89 to 2001-02
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	1988-89	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	80	19.5	7.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.3	.475	0.1	0.3	.300	1.1	1.3	.850
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	1989-90	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	76	24.4	9.7	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.3	0.8	0.1	1.5	2.4	3.9	8.5	.462	0.1	0.4	.313	1.8	2.0	.871
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Vinny Del Negro didn't play in 1990-91 and 1991-92.


Season 3
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	1992-93	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	73	20.9	7.4	0.3	2.0	2.2	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.3	2.0	3.0	5.9	.507	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.6	.863
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	8	14.0	5.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.8	.447	0.3	1.1	.222	0.5	0.5	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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	1993-94	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	77	25.3	10.0	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.2	4.0	8.2	.487	0.2	0.6	.349	1.8	2.2	.824
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	4	23.3	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.5	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	6.8	.444	0.5	1.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.600
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	1994-95	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	75	31.5	12.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.7	2.4	5.0	10.2	.486	0.9	2.2	.407	1.7	2.2	.790
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	15	25.5	8.7	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.5	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.5	3.4	7.9	.432	0.6	1.3	.450	1.3	1.6	.833
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	1995-96	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	82	33.7	14.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	3.8	1.0	0.1	1.2	2.0	5.8	11.7	.497	0.7	1.8	.380	2.2	2.6	.832
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	10	37.9	14.3	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	0.6	1.9	5.7	12.4	.460	1.6	2.7	.593	1.3	1.9	.684
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	1996-97	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	72	31.2	12.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.8	5.1	10.8	.467	0.6	1.9	.314	1.6	1.8	.868
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	1997-98	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	54	31.9	9.5	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.1	3.9	8.9	.441	0.3	0.7	.436	1.4	1.7	.796
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	9	31.6	10.7	0.2	2.4	2.7	3.2	0.9	0.0	1.4	3.3	4.3	9.0	.481	0.2	1.1	.200	1.8	1.9	.941
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	1998-99	1991-92
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	48	22.8	5.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	5.6	.422	0.3	0.6	.433	0.8	1.0	.800
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	1999-00	1992-93
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	67	18.1	5.2	0.1	1.5	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.3	4.9	.471	0.1	0.4	.333	0.5	0.6	.897
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	5	18.6	5.2	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	2.6	6.0	.433	0.0	0.4	.000	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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	2000-01	1993-94
Team	Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	65	14.2	3.9	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.6	3.6	.453	0.0	0.2	.077	0.6	0.7	.932
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	3	8.7	2.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Clyde Drexler
Season	2001-02	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	2	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Vinny Del Negro vs. Clyde Drexler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Drexler and Vinny Del Negro, 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