Clyde Drexler vs. Charles Oakley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charles Oakley and Clyde Drexler, 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.

Clyde Drexler played 15 years in the NBA, 4 less than Charles Oakley, who played 19. Clyde Drexler had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Charles Oakley had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1983-84	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	82	17.2	7.7	1.4	1.5	2.9	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.1	6.8	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.728
difference:	+5	+5.8	+1.9	+1.9	+3.8	+5.7	+0.2	+0.4		-0.8	-0.7	+0.5	+0.2	+.068				+0.8	+1.4	+.066
Charles Oakley	77	23.0	9.6	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	2.3	3.2	3.6	7.0	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.5	.662
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	5	17.0	7.2	1.4	2.0	3.4	1.6	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:	+2	+12.3	+2.8	+1.9	+4.7	+6.6	+0.6	+1.0	+0.5	-0.3	-2.1	+0.7		+.095		+0.2		+1.5	+2.9	+.242
Charles Oakley	3	29.3	10.0	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.3	.615

Season 3
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1985-86	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	75	34.3	18.5	2.3	3.3	5.6	8.0	2.6	0.6	3.8	3.6	7.2	15.2	.475	0.2	0.8	.200	3.9	5.1	.769
difference:	+7		+6.1	+1.7	+5.7	+7.4	+5.0	+1.8	+0.3	-0.9	-0.3	+2.6	+5.7	+.008	+0.2	+0.7	+.050	+0.7	+0.7	+.042
Charles Oakley	82	34.3	12.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	3.0	0.8	0.3	2.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.250	3.2	4.4	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	36.3	18.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	6.5	1.5	0.8	4.8	4.8	6.5	14.3	.456	0.5	1.3	.400	4.5	5.8	.783
difference:	+6	+1.0	+7.9	+1.6	+4.9	+6.5	+3.3	+0.9	+0.4	-3.0	-1.5	+2.5	+5.2	+.016	+0.5	+1.1	+.400	+2.4	+3.4	+.092
Charles Oakley	10	37.3	10.1	3.9	8.9	12.8	3.2	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.3	4.0	9.1	.440	0.0	0.2	.000	2.1	2.4	.875

Season 5
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1987-88	1989-90
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	81	37.8	27.0	3.2	3.4	6.6	5.8	2.5	0.6	2.9	3.1	10.5	20.7	.506	0.1	0.6	.212	5.9	7.2	.811
difference:	+20	+1.8	+12.4	+1.0	+4.3	+5.3	+3.4	+1.5	+0.3	-0.2	-0.5	+5.0	+10.2	+.018	+0.1	+0.6		+2.3	+2.5	+.050
Charles Oakley	61	36.0	14.6	4.2	7.7	11.9	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	42.5	22.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	5.3	3.0	0.5	3.0	3.5	8.0	20.8	.386	0.8	1.5	.500	5.3	7.3	.724
difference:	+6	+8.9	+9.9	+0.9	+3.1	+4.0	+2.6	+1.9	+0.3	-0.8	-0.2	+3.7	+12.4	+.126	+0.7	+1.4	+.500	+1.9	+2.1	+.070
Charles Oakley	10	33.6	12.1	3.9	7.1	11.0	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.2	3.3	4.3	8.4	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.2	.654

Season 6
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	78	39.3	27.2	3.7	4.2	7.9	5.8	2.7	0.7	3.2	3.4	10.6	21.4	.496	0.3	1.3	.260	5.6	7.0	.799
difference:	+2	+3.3	+16.0	+0.3	+3.9	+4.2	+3.1	+1.9	+0.5	-0.4	-0.4	+6.6	+13.6	+.020	+0.3	+1.3		+2.5	+3.0	+.015
Charles Oakley	76	36.0	11.2	4.0	8.1	12.1	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.8	3.8	4.0	7.8	.516	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.0	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	3	42.7	27.7	4.3	2.3	6.7	8.3	2.0	0.7	4.0	3.7	11.7	23.7	.493	0.0	0.7	.000	4.3	5.7	.765
difference:		+9.4	+20.0	+0.7	+3.0	+3.6	+7.3	+1.3	+0.4	-1.7	-0.6	+8.4	+16.7	+.017		+0.7		+3.3	+3.7	+.265
Charles Oakley	3	33.3	7.7	5.0	5.3	10.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	4.3	3.3	7.0	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500

Season 7
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1989-90	1991-92
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	73	36.8	23.3	2.8	4.1	6.9	5.9	2.0	0.7	2.6	3.0	9.2	18.6	.494	0.4	1.5	.283	4.6	5.9	.774
difference:	+9	+8.6	+17.1	+0.3	+1.3	+1.6	+4.3	+1.2	+0.5	-1.1	-0.1	+6.6	+13.7	+.028	+0.4	+1.5		+3.6	+4.5	+.039
Charles Oakley	82	28.2	6.2	3.1	5.4	8.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.1	2.6	4.9	.522	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	21	40.6	21.4	3.0	4.2	7.2	7.1	2.5	0.9	3.2	3.4	8.2	18.6	.441	0.4	2.0	.220	4.6	5.9	.774
difference:	+9	+11.1	+16.1	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+6.4	+1.8	+0.5	-1.9	-0.4	+6.4	+13.8	+.062	+0.4	+2.0		+2.9	+3.6	+.033
Charles Oakley	12	29.5	5.3	3.7	5.3	9.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.0	1.8	4.8	.379	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.741

Season 8
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

more >>

8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	82	34.8	21.5	2.6	4.1	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.7	2.8	2.8	7.9	16.3	.482	0.7	2.3	.319	5.1	6.4	.794
difference:		+7.6	+14.6	+0.9	+1.0	+1.9	+4.5	+0.8	+0.5	-1.3	-0.7	+5.2	+11.0	+.026	+0.7	+2.3		+3.6	+4.3	+.072
Charles Oakley	82	27.2	6.9	3.5	5.1	8.6	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.5	2.7	5.3	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	16	39.6	21.7	2.5	5.6	8.1	8.1	2.1	1.0	3.8	3.5	8.0	16.8	.476	0.9	3.5	.268	4.8	6.1	.776
difference:	+1	+5.8	+10.6	+2.2	+0.7	+2.9	+7.0	+1.0	+0.9	-1.4	-0.1	+3.8	+8.1	+.005	+0.9	+3.5		+2.1	+2.4	+.049
Charles Oakley	15	33.8	11.1	4.7	6.3	11.0	1.1	1.1	0.1	2.4	3.4	4.2	8.7	.481	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.7	.727

Season 9
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1991-92	1993-94
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

more >>

9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	76	36.2	25.0	2.2	4.4	6.6	6.7	1.8	0.9	3.2	3.0	9.1	19.4	.470	1.5	4.4	.337	5.3	6.6	.794
difference:	+6	+0.4	+13.2	+2.1	+3.1	+5.2	+4.0	+0.5	+0.7	-0.8	-0.6	+4.7	+10.1	+.008	+1.5	+4.4		+2.3	+2.8	+.018
Charles Oakley	82	35.8	11.8	4.3	7.5	11.8	2.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	3.6	4.4	9.3	.478	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.8	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	21	40.3	26.3	2.9	4.5	7.4	7.0	1.5	1.0	2.8	3.7	9.4	20.2	.466	0.9	3.9	.235	6.6	8.1	.807
difference:	+4	+0.6	+13.1	+1.7	+2.5	+4.3	+4.6	+0.1	+0.8	-0.2	-0.2	+4.4	+9.7	+.011	+0.9	+3.9		+3.4	+4.0	+.032
Charles Oakley	25	39.7	13.2	4.6	7.0	11.7	2.4	1.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	5.0	10.5	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.1	.775

Season 10
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1992-93	1994-95
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	49	34.1	19.9	2.6	3.7	6.3	5.7	1.9	0.8	2.3	3.2	7.1	16.7	.429	0.6	2.7	.233	5.0	6.0	.839
difference:	+1	+2.8	+9.8	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+3.2	+0.7	+0.7	-0.2	-0.4	+3.3	+8.8	+.060	+0.5	+2.5	+.017	+2.6	+3.0	+.046
Charles Oakley	50	31.3	10.1	3.1	5.8	8.9	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	3.6	3.8	7.9	.489	0.1	0.2	.250	2.4	3.0	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	3	38.7	19.0	2.7	3.7	6.3	4.7	1.7	1.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.7	4.0	.417	5.3	6.7	.800
difference:	+8	+0.4	+5.9	+0.1	+1.9	+2.2	+1.0		+0.5	-1.2	-0.8	+1.5	+4.4	+.031	+1.3	+3.1	+.017	+1.5	+2.1	+.024
Charles Oakley	11	38.3	13.1	2.8	5.6	8.5	3.7	1.7	0.5	2.2	3.8	4.5	9.9	.450	0.4	0.9	.400	3.8	4.6	.824

Season 11
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1993-94	1995-96
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	68	34.3	19.2	2.3	4.3	6.5	4.9	1.4	0.5	2.5	3.0	7.0	16.3	.428	1.0	3.2	.324	4.2	5.4	.777
difference:	+15	+0.8	+7.8	+0.8	+1.3	+2.2	+2.3	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.7	+3.0	+7.8	+.043	+0.9	+2.7	+.055	+0.9	+1.4	+.056
Charles Oakley	53	33.5	11.4	3.1	5.6	8.7	2.6	1.1	0.3	2.0	3.7	4.0	8.5	.471	0.1	0.5	.269	3.3	4.0	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	39.3	21.0	2.5	7.8	10.3	5.5	2.0	0.5	2.3	1.8	7.8	18.3	.425	0.8	3.3	.231	4.8	5.8	.826
difference:	+4	+0.8	+7.9	+1.0	+2.7	+1.7	+3.7	+1.0	+0.5	-1.2	-2.3	+2.9	+8.5	+.075	+0.5	+2.5	+.102	+1.7	+1.3	+.132
Charles Oakley	8	38.5	13.1	3.5	5.1	8.6	1.8	1.0	0.0	3.5	4.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.8	.333	3.1	4.5	.694

Season 12
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1994-95	1996-97
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	76	35.9	21.8	2.0	4.3	6.3	4.8	1.8	0.6	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.3	.461	1.9	5.4	.360	4.8	5.8	.824
difference:	+4		+11.0	+1.1	+2.4	+3.5	+2.0	+0.4	+0.3	-0.3	-1.1	+3.3	+7.6	+.027	+1.8	+5.2	+.097	+2.5	+3.0	+.016
Charles Oakley	80	35.9	10.8	3.1	6.7	9.8	2.8	1.4	0.3	2.1	3.8	4.2	8.7	.488	0.1	0.2	.263	2.3	2.8	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	22	38.6	20.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	5.0	1.5	0.7	2.0	3.1	7.0	14.6	.481	1.4	4.5	.303	5.0	6.4	.786
difference:	+12	+2.8	+10.7	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+3.4	+0.7	+0.4	-0.2	-0.6	+3.2	+6.0	+.039	+1.4	+4.4	+.303	+2.8	+3.5	+.027
Charles Oakley	10	35.8	9.8	2.3	6.5	8.8	1.6	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.7	3.8	8.6	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.9	.759

Season 13
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1995-96	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	52	38.4	19.3	1.9	5.3	7.2	5.8	2.0	0.5	2.6	2.9	6.4	14.7	.433	1.5	4.5	.332	5.1	6.5	.784
difference:	+27	+3.8	+10.3	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+3.3	+0.4	+0.2	-1.0	-0.6	+2.5	+5.9	+.007	+1.5	+4.4	+.332	+3.9	+5.1	+.067
Charles Oakley	79	34.6	9.0	2.8	6.4	9.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	1.6	3.5	3.9	8.8	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	8	36.5	16.6	1.9	5.9	7.8	5.0	2.6	0.5	2.5	2.8	6.1	14.8	.415	1.1	4.3	.265	3.3	4.3	.765
difference:	+2	+2.5	+8.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+3.6	+1.5	+0.3	-1.2	-1.0	+3.2	+7.7	+.007	+1.1	+4.3		+1.0	+1.8	+.155
Charles Oakley	10	34.0	8.1	2.1	6.4	8.5	1.4	1.1	0.2	1.3	3.8	2.9	7.1	.408	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.5	.920

Season 14
	Clyde Drexler	Charles Oakley
Season	1996-97	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	62	36.6	18.0	1.9	4.1	6.0	5.7	1.9	0.6	2.5	2.4	6.4	14.5	.442	1.9	5.4	.355	3.2	4.3	.750
difference:	+12	+3.9	+11.0		+1.5	+1.5	+2.3	+1.0	+0.2	-0.6	-1.2	+3.6	+8.0	+.014	+1.9	+5.3	+.155	+1.9	+2.6	+.057
Charles Oakley	50	32.7	7.0	1.9	5.6	7.5	3.4	0.9	0.4	1.9	3.6	2.8	6.5	.428	0.0	0.1	.200	1.3	1.7	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	16	39.1	18.1	1.6	4.0	5.6	4.8	1.6	0.4	2.3	3.3	6.6	15.1	.436	2.4	6.4	.373	2.6	3.4	.778
Charles Oakley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-