Andre Drummond vs. Dorian Finney-Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dorian Finney-Smith 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Andre Drummond played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Dorian Finney-Smith, who played 9. Andre Drummond had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Dorian Finney-Smith had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Andre Drummond	13	4	2012-13 to 2024-25
Dorian Finney-Smith	9	5	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Andre Drummond	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+21	+0.4	+3.6	+2.1	+2.7	+4.9	+0.3	+0.4	+1.3	-0.4	-0.9	+2.0	+1.6	+.236	+0.7	+2.4		+0.4	+1.9	+.383
Dorian Finney-Smith	81	20.3	4.3	0.7	2.1	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.5	1.5	4.1	.372	0.7	2.4	.293	0.6	0.8	.754

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Dorian Finney-Smith played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Andre Drummond	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	32.3	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	-	1.7	4.0	.418
difference:	+60	+11.0	+7.6	+4.4	+5.3	+9.6	+0.8	+0.7	+1.4	-0.4	-1.4	+3.7	+3.7	+.243	+1.0	+3.2		+1.2	+3.3	+.315
Dorian Finney-Smith	21	21.3	5.9	1.0	2.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.0	2.2	5.8	.380	1.0	3.2	.299	0.5	0.7	.733

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Dorian Finney-Smith played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Andre Drummond	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	+6.0	+6.3	+3.6	+5.0	+8.7	+0.5		+1.5	-0.6	-1.2	+3.2	+5.2	+.082	+1.0	+3.1		+0.8	+3.2	+.320
Dorian Finney-Smith	81	24.5	7.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.3	2.8	6.5	.432	1.0	3.1	.311	0.9	1.3	.709

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Dorian Finney-Smith played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Andre Drummond	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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:	+10	+3.0	+6.7	+2.9	+6.2	+9.1	+0.8	+0.9	+0.9	-0.9	-0.5	+3.4	+5.7	+.055	+1.6	+4.2	+.043	+1.5	+5.7	+.367
Dorian Finney-Smith	71	29.9	9.5	2.0	3.7	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.4	7.4	.466	1.6	4.3	.376	1.1	1.5	.722

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:	+2	+1.0	+6.6	+1.0	+2.3	+3.3	+3.2	+0.9	+1.0	-0.5	-1.7	+3.2	+4.8	+.077	+1.8	+4.7	+.367	+2.1	+7.7	+.476
Dorian Finney-Smith	6	31.8	10.2	2.0	3.7	5.7	3.2	1.2	0.5	1.5	3.7	3.8	8.7	.442	1.8	5.0	.367	0.7	0.8	.800


Season 5
	Andre Drummond	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th 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	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
difference:	+21	+2.3	+3.8	+2.7	+5.7	+8.4	+0.6	+0.6	+0.7	-1.1	-0.6	+2.3	+3.4	+.058	+2.0	+4.9	+.108	+1.2	+3.7	+.370
Dorian Finney-Smith	60	32.0	9.8	1.6	3.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.8	2.3	3.7	7.8	.472	2.0	5.0	.394	0.5	0.7	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Drummond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dorian Finney-Smith	7	38.7	10.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.7	3.3	3.7	9.1	.406	2.3	5.3	.432	0.6	0.7	.800


Season 6
	Andre Drummond	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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6th 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	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
difference:	+2	+0.6	+4.0	+3.6	+7.7	+11.3	+1.1	+0.4	+1.1	-1.6	-0.9	+1.9	+2.6	+.058	+2.2	+5.3	+.395	+2.4	+4.1	+.070
Dorian Finney-Smith	80	33.1	11.0	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	1.0	2.3	4.1	8.7	.471	2.2	5.4	.395	0.7	1.0	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Drummond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dorian Finney-Smith	18	38.2	11.7	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.9	4.1	8.7	.471	2.6	6.0	.426	0.9	1.3	.708


Season 7
	Andre Drummond	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th 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	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
difference:	+13	+3.1	+9.0	+3.7	+7.1	+10.8	+0.1	+0.9	+1.2	-1.3	-1.2	+4.1	+5.7	+.142	+1.6	+4.6	+.205	+2.4	+4.3	+.173
Dorian Finney-Smith	66	30.4	8.3	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.2	3.0	7.6	.391	1.7	5.1	.337	0.7	0.9	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:		+6.5	+8.0	+3.5	+5.0	+8.5	+1.5	+0.7	+0.8	-1.5	-2.5	+3.7	+7.7	+.053	+1.8	+4.0	+.412	+2.3	+5.3
Dorian Finney-Smith	4	25.3	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	5.8	.391	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Andre Drummond	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th 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	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
difference:	+11	+4.5	+9.2	+2.8	+7.7	+10.5	+1.1	+1.1	+1.0	-2.7	-1.3	+4.1	+6.3	+.112	+1.6	+4.3	+.205	+2.5	+4.5	+.142
Dorian Finney-Smith	68	28.4	8.5	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.2	7.5	.421	1.7	4.9	.348	0.5	0.7	.717

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Dorian Finney-Smith played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Andre Drummond	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th 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	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
difference:	+17	+1.9	+6.2	+2.3	+5.7	+8.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.7	-1.8	-1.0	+3.0	+5.5	+.045	+2.0	+4.8	+.411	+2.2	+3.8	+.067
Dorian Finney-Smith	63	28.9	8.7	1.3	2.7	3.9	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.9	.448	2.0	5.0	.411	0.5	0.7	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:		+13.0	+2.8	+1.8	+5.0	+6.8	+2.6	+0.6	+0.2	-1.2	-1.0	+1.4	+0.6	+.180	+1.4	+3.8		+1.4	+2.0
Dorian Finney-Smith	5	34.0	6.2	2.0	2.2	4.2	2.6	0.2	0.4	1.0	3.4	2.4	5.8	.414	1.4	3.8	.368	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years

* Andre Drummond played 4 seasons more than Dorian Finney-Smith in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 13, from 2022 to 2025—Andre Drummond played in one postseason.

Andre Drummond vs. Dorian Finney-Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dorian Finney-Smith 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years