Norris Cole vs. Andre Drummond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andre Drummond and Norris Cole, 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.

Norris Cole played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Andre Drummond, who played 12. Norris Cole had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Andre Drummond had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Norris Cole	6	5	2011-12 to 2016-17
Andre Drummond	12	4	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	2011-12	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Norris Cole	65	19.4	6.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.9	2.7	6.9	.393	0.3	1.2	.276	1.0	1.3	.776
Andre Drummond	60	20.7	7.9	2.8	4.8	7.6	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.0	2.4	3.5	5.7	.608	0.0	0.0	.500	1.0	2.7	.371

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	19	8.9	1.8	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.6	1.9	.324	0.2	0.6	.250	0.4	0.5	.778
Andre Drummond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	2012-13	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Norris Cole	80	19.9	5.6	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.9	2.2	5.3	.421	0.4	1.2	.357	0.7	1.0	.650
Andre Drummond	81	32.3	13.5	5.4	7.8	13.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.4	3.4	5.9	9.5	.623	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	4.0	.418

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	21	19.9	6.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.9	2.3	4.9	.480	0.8	1.5	.531	0.7	0.9	.737
Andre Drummond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Norris Cole	82	24.6	6.4	0.2	1.7	2.0	3.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.9	2.5	6.1	.414	0.7	2.1	.345	0.6	0.8	.779
Andre Drummond	82	30.5	13.8	5.3	8.1	13.5	0.7	0.9	1.9	1.5	3.5	6.0	11.7	.514	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	4.5	.389

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	20	20.2	4.6	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.7	1.6	3.9	.410	0.8	2.0	.375	0.7	0.8	.867
Andre Drummond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Norris Cole	75	24.4	7.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.1	7.4	.412	0.7	2.3	.313	0.8	1.1	.716
Andre Drummond	81	32.9	16.2	4.9	9.9	14.8	0.8	1.5	1.4	1.9	3.0	6.8	13.1	.521	0.0	0.1	.333	2.6	7.2	.355

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	4	26.5	8.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.3	2.0	3.8	3.8	9.0	.417	0.8	3.5	.214	0.5	0.8	.667
Andre Drummond	4	32.8	16.8	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	2.0	7.0	13.5	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	2.8	8.5	.324


Season 5
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Norris Cole	45	26.6	10.6	0.2	3.1	3.4	3.7	0.8	0.1	1.7	2.3	4.4	10.8	.405	0.7	2.3	.324	1.2	1.4	.800
Andre Drummond	81	29.7	13.6	4.3	9.5	13.8	1.1	1.5	1.1	1.9	2.9	6.0	11.2	.530	0.0	0.1	.286	1.7	4.4	.386

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Norris Cole	13	9.6	3.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.4	1.2	4.0	.308	0.2	1.0	.231	0.6	0.8	.800
Andre Drummond	78	33.7	15.0	5.1	10.9	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	2.6	3.2	6.0	11.3	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	5.1	.605

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	4	6.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Andre Drummond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	79	33.5	17.3	5.4	10.2	15.6	1.4	1.7	1.7	2.2	3.4	7.1	13.3	.533	0.1	0.5	.132	3.1	5.2	.590

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	4	31.8	14.3	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.3	1.5	1.3	2.8	4.3	6.0	13.5	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	5.3	.429


Season 8
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
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		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	57	32.9	17.7	4.4	10.8	15.2	2.7	1.9	1.6	3.6	3.5	7.3	13.8	.533	0.1	0.6	.143	3.0	5.2	.575

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	46	27.0	14.9	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.0	1.4	1.1	2.7	3.2	6.1	12.4	.493	0.0	0.2	.000	2.7	4.5	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	5	21.0	9.0	3.8	7.2	11.0	0.0	0.8	0.6	2.2	2.4	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.0	.700


Season 10
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets 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		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	73	19.7	7.9	3.1	6.2	9.3	1.8	1.1	0.9	1.6	2.6	3.4	5.9	.570	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.2	.524

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	4	15.0	3.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	3.0	1.5	2.8	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600


Season 11
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	67	12.7	6.0	2.1	4.6	6.6	0.5	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.7	2.5	4.1	.606	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.9	.536

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Norris Cole	Andre Drummond
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	79	17.1	8.4	3.4	5.6	9.0	0.5	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.8	3.4	6.1	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.8	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Drummond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Norris Cole vs. Andre Drummond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andre Drummond and Norris Cole, 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