Andre Drummond vs. Austin Reaves Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Reaves and Andre Drummond, 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.

Andre Drummond played 14 years in the NBA, 9 more than Austin Reaves, who played 5. Andre Drummond had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Austin Reaves had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Andre Drummond	Austin Reaves
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-	1.0	2.7	.371
difference:	+1	+2.5	+0.6	+2.1	+2.4	+4.4	+1.3	+0.5	+1.3	-0.3	-1.0	+1.1	+0.5	+.149	+0.9	+2.7		+0.6	+0.8	+.468
Austin Reaves	61	23.2	7.3	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.2	.459	0.9	2.7	.317	1.6	1.9	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Austin Reaves played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Andre Drummond	Austin Reaves
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-	1.7	4.5	.389
difference:		+1.6	+2.1	+4.6	+4.5	+9.2	+4.8	+0.1	+1.6	-0.6	-1.6	+0.4	+0.2	+.028	+1.9	+5.1		+1.1	+1.2	+.464
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Drummond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895

Season 4
	Andre Drummond	Austin Reaves
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+8	+2.0	+4.0	+4.1	+6.2	+10.3	+5.0	+0.4	+1.1	-0.5	-0.9	+0.3	+1.1	+.061	+2.7	+7.2	+.044	+1.8	+2.2	+.522
Austin Reaves	73	34.9	20.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.1	6.5	14.2	.460	2.7	7.3	.377	4.4	5.0	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+6.4	+0.6	+2.2	+1.4	+3.6	+3.6	+0.1	+0.9	-1.8	-1.6	+1.0	+1.1	+.108	+3.0	+9.1	+.319	+1.6	+7.1	+.533
Austin Reaves	5	39.2	16.2	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.2	0.6	2.8	3.6	6.0	14.6	.411	3.0	9.4	.319	1.2	1.4	.857

Additional Years
* Andre Drummond played 9 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 14, from 2018 to 2026—Andre Drummond played in 3 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Austin Reaves, Andre Drummond got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Rebounds Leader 1 All-Star Game