Andre Drummond vs. Louie Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Louie Nelson 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

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 12 years in the NBA, 7 more than Louie Nelson, who played 5. Andre Drummond had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Louie Nelson had his rookie season in 1973-74. 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
Andre Drummond	12	4	2012-13 to 2023-24
Louie Nelson	5	0	1973-74 to 1977-78

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
Season	2012-13	1973-74
Team	Detroit Pistons	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	49	11.3	4.9	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.1	0.6	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	4.4	.433	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.726

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


Season 2
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
Season	2013-14	1974-75
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Jazz
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	72	26.4	11.2	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.5	0.9	0.1	-	2.6	4.3	9.4	.452	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.768

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


Season 3
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
Season	2014-15	1975-76
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Jazz
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	66	30.8	12.5	1.2	1.8	3.1	2.6	1.2	0.1	-	2.2	5.0	11.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.735

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


Season 4
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
Season	2015-16	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
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
Louie Nelson	4	14.3	4.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	-	2.3	1.8	3.5	.500	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.571

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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
Season	2016-17	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	Kansas City Kings, New Jersey Nets
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	33	12.3	6.9	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.0	2.6	6.4	.403	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.679

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


Season 6
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 7
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Andre Drummond	Louie Nelson
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		%
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
Louie Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Andre Drummond vs. Louie Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Louie Nelson 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12