Andre Drummond vs. Jaden McDaniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaden McDaniels 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, 8 more than Jaden McDaniels, who played 6. Andre Drummond had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Jaden McDaniels had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+3	+3.3	+1.1	+2.0	+1.9	+3.9	+0.6	+0.4	+0.6	-0.3	-0.3	+0.9	+0.1	+.161	+1.1	+3.1		+0.6	+2.0	+.229
Jaden McDaniels	63	24.0	6.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.6	5.8	.447	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	0.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Jaden McDaniels played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Andre Drummond	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+9	+3.7	+5.7	+4.1	+7.6	+11.7	+0.6	+0.6	+0.8	-0.7		+2.5	+4.4	+.032	+1.2	+3.4	+.004	+1.8	+6.1	+.367
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.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:	+12	+0.8	+4.6	+1.2	+3.9	+5.2	+1.1	+0.6	+0.4	-0.1	-1.4	+2.5	+4.7	+.005	+1.5	+3.2	+.429	+1.1	+6.3	+.447
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771

Season 6
	Andre Drummond	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2017-18	2025-26
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+57	+1.8	+0.5	+3.8	+7.3	+11.1	+0.5	+0.3	+0.6	-0.7	-0.5		+0.3	+.006	+1.6	+3.3	+.465	+1.2	+3.0	+.262
Jaden McDaniels	21	31.9	15.5	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.5	1.2	1.0	1.9	3.7	6.0	11.6	.523	1.6	3.4	.465	1.9	2.1	.867
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Jaden McDaniels played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Andre Drummond played 8 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 2019 to 2026—Andre Drummond played in 3 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Jaden McDaniels, Andre Drummond got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Rebounds Leader