Clyde Drexler vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / 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.

Clyde Drexler played 15 years in the NBA, 2 less than Gary Payton, who played 17. Clyde Drexler had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Gary Payton had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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
Clyde Drexler	15	15	1983-84 to 1997-98
Gary Payton	17	15	1990-91 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1983-84	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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:		+10.2	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+4.5	+0.7	+0.2	-0.7	-0.5	+0.1	+0.2	+.001		+0.2		+0.7	+0.9	+.017
Gary Payton	82	27.4	7.2	1.3	1.6	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	2.2	3.0	3.2	7.0	.450	0.0	0.2	.077	0.8	1.2	.711

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:		+10.0	+2.4	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+4.8	+0.6		-0.4	-1.0	+0.8	+1.6	+.022				+0.8	+1.0	+.143
Gary Payton	5	27.0	4.8	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.4	1.6	0.2	1.8	3.2	2.2	5.4	.407	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 2
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1984-85	1991-92
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Clyde Drexler	80	31.9	17.2	2.7	3.2	6.0	5.5	2.2	0.9	2.8	3.3	7.2	14.5	.494	0.1	0.5	.216	2.8	3.7	.759
difference:	+1	+0.4	+7.8	+1.2	+1.1	+2.4	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6	-0.7	-0.2	+3.1	+5.4	+.043	+0.1	+0.2	+.086	+1.6	+1.9	+.090
Gary Payton	81	31.5	9.4	1.5	2.1	3.6	6.2	1.8	0.3	2.1	3.1	4.1	9.1	.451	0.0	0.3	.130	1.2	1.8	.669

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	9	37.7	16.7	3.0	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.6	1.0	3.2	4.1	6.1	14.9	.410	0.2	0.8	.286	4.2	5.0	.844
difference:	+1	+10.1	+9.1	+2.2	+1.2	+3.5	+4.4	+1.6	+0.7	-1.9	-0.8	+2.7	+7.6	+.056	+0.2	+0.5	+.286	+3.3	+3.5	+.261
Gary Payton	8	27.6	7.6	0.8	1.9	2.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.3	3.4	7.3	.466	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.5	.583


Season 3
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1985-86	1992-93
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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	+3.2	+5.0	+1.1	+1.0	+2.2	+3.1	+0.4	+0.3	-2.0	-0.6	+1.4	+3.5	+.019	+0.1	+0.4	+.006	+2.1	+2.7	+.001
Gary Payton	82	31.1	13.5	1.2	2.3	3.4	4.9	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	5.8	11.7	.494	0.1	0.4	.206	1.8	2.4	.770

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:	+15	+4.5	+5.7	+1.1	+1.8	+3.0	+2.8	+0.3	+0.6	-3.0	-1.4	+1.0	+1.9	+.013	+0.4	+1.0	+.233	+3.2	+3.9	+.107
Gary Payton	19	31.8	12.3	1.2	2.2	3.3	3.7	1.8	0.2	1.8	3.4	5.5	12.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.167	1.3	1.9	.676


Season 4
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1986-87	1993-94
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Clyde Drexler	82	38.0	21.7	2.8	3.5	6.3	6.9	2.5	0.9	3.1	3.4	8.6	17.2	.502	0.1	0.6	.234	4.4	5.7	.760
difference:		+2.9	+5.2	+1.5	+1.5	+3.0	+0.9	+0.2	+0.7	-1.0	-0.6	+1.5	+3.1	+.002	+0.1	+0.1	+.044	+2.4	+2.3	+.165
Gary Payton	82	35.1	16.5	1.3	2.0	3.3	6.0	2.3	0.2	2.1	2.8	7.1	14.1	.504	0.2	0.7	.278	2.0	3.4	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	38.3	24.0	4.0	3.5	7.5	3.8	1.8	0.8	1.5	4.0	9.0	19.8	.456	0.3	1.0	.250	5.8	7.3	.793
difference:	+1	+2.1	+8.2	+2.8	+1.3	+4.1	+1.8	+0.2	+0.4	-0.1	-1.0	+2.2	+6.0	+.037	+0.3	+0.8	+.083	+4.2	+3.5	+.372
Gary Payton	5	36.2	15.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	5.6	1.6	0.4	1.6	3.0	6.8	13.8	.493	0.6	1.8	.333	1.6	3.8	.421


Season 5
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1987-88	1994-95
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
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:	+1	+1.0	+6.4	+1.9	+1.3	+3.2	+1.3		+0.4	-0.4	-0.6	+2.1	+4.3	+.003	+0.8	+2.2	+.090	+2.9	+3.0	+.095
Gary Payton	82	36.8	20.6	1.3	2.1	3.4	7.1	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.5	8.4	16.4	.509	0.9	2.8	.302	3.0	4.2	.716

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:		+0.5	+4.2	+1.5	+3.0	+4.5		+1.7	+0.5	-1.0	-0.2		+4.0	+.092	+0.3	+1.0	+.300	+4.0	+4.3	+.307
Gary Payton	4	43.0	17.8	1.5	1.0	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.0	2.0	3.3	8.0	16.8	.478	0.5	2.5	.200	1.3	3.0	.417


Season 6
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1988-89	1995-96
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost NBA 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		%
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:	+3	+0.3	+7.9	+2.4	+1.3	+3.7	+1.7	+0.2	+0.5		-0.7	+3.0	+5.6	+.012	+0.9	+2.4	+.068	+2.8	+3.2	+.051
Gary Payton	81	39.0	19.3	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	3.2	2.7	7.6	15.8	.484	1.2	3.7	.328	2.8	3.8	.748

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:	+18	+0.7	+7.0	+3.4	+1.9	+1.6	+1.5	+0.2	+0.4	-1.0	-0.4	+4.0	+7.8	+.008	+2.0	+4.1	+.410	+1.0	+0.5	+.132
Gary Payton	21	43.4	20.7	0.9	4.2	5.1	6.8	1.8	0.3	3.0	3.3	7.7	15.9	.485	2.0	4.8	.410	3.3	5.2	.633


Season 7
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1989-90	1996-97
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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	+2.4	+1.5	+1.5	+0.8	+2.3	+1.2	+0.4	+0.5		-0.5	+0.6	+0.5	+.018	+1.1	+3.1	+.030	+1.5	+1.6	+.059
Gary Payton	82	39.2	21.8	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	2.6	2.5	8.6	18.1	.476	1.5	4.6	.313	3.1	4.3	.715

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	+5.0	+2.4	+1.3	+0.4	+1.8	+1.6	+0.3	+0.6	-0.3	-1.2	+0.6	+2.7	+.029	+1.7	+4.3	+.113	+0.4	+0.8	+.046
Gary Payton	12	45.6	23.8	1.7	3.8	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	2.9	2.2	8.8	21.3	.412	2.1	6.3	.333	4.2	5.1	.820


Season 8
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1990-91	1997-98
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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:		+3.6	+2.3	+1.7	+0.5	+2.1	+2.3	+0.5	+0.5		-0.4	+0.8	+0.7	+.029	+0.9	+2.5	+.019	+1.7	+1.8	+.050
Gary Payton	82	38.4	19.2	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.1	15.6	.453	1.6	4.8	.338	3.4	4.6	.744

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:	+6	+3.1	+2.3	+1.6	+3.1	+4.7	+1.1	+0.3	+0.9	-1.2	-0.4	+0.7	+1.5	+.001	+1.0	+1.5	+.112	+0.1	+1.1	+.164
Gary Payton	10	42.7	24.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.1	8.7	18.3	.475	1.9	5.0	.380	4.7	5.0	.940


Season 9
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1991-92	1998-99
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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:	+26	+4.0	+3.3	+1.0	+0.8	+1.7	+2.0	+0.4	+0.7	-0.1	-0.7	+1.1	+0.9	+.036	+0.2	+1.2	+.042	+1.3	+1.1	+.073
Gary Payton	50	40.2	21.7	1.2	3.6	4.9	8.7	2.2	0.2	3.1	2.3	8.0	18.5	.434	1.7	5.6	.295	4.0	5.5	.721

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
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1992-93	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+33	+7.7	+4.3	+1.4	+1.5	+0.2	+3.2		+0.6	-0.4	-1.0	+2.0	+3.6	+.019	+1.6	+3.6	+.107	+1.2	+0.8	+.104
Gary Payton	82	41.8	24.2	1.2	5.2	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	2.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.448	2.2	6.3	.340	3.8	5.2	.735

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:	+2	+5.5	+6.8	+1.1	+2.3	+1.3	+2.7	+0.1	+0.8	-2.6	-0.2	+4.0	+8.3	+.023	+0.1	+0.6	+.026	+1.3	+1.5	+.031
Gary Payton	5	44.2	25.8	1.6	6.0	7.6	7.4	1.8	0.2	3.6	3.2	10.0	22.6	.442	1.8	4.6	.391	4.0	5.2	.769


Season 11
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1993-94	2000-01
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+6.8	+3.9	+1.4	+0.7	+1.9	+3.2	+0.2	+0.2	-0.1	-0.7	+2.2	+3.8	+.028	+0.3	+0.2	+.051	+0.8	+0.9	+.011
Gary Payton	79	41.1	23.1	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.1	1.6	0.3	2.6	2.3	9.2	20.1	.456	1.3	3.4	.375	3.4	4.5	.766

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
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1994-95	2001-02
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+6	+4.4	+0.3	+1.0	+0.4	+1.5	+4.2	+0.2	+0.3	-0.1	-0.5	+1.5	+2.9	+.006	+1.0	+2.5	+.046	+1.5	+1.7	+.027
Gary Payton	82	40.3	22.1	1.0	3.9	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.0	19.2	.467	0.9	2.9	.314	3.3	4.1	.797

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:	+17	+2.6	+1.7		+1.6	+1.6	+0.8	+0.9	+0.3	-0.6	-0.7	+2.0	+6.6	+.056	+0.6	+1.5	+.036	+1.6	+0.6	+.200
Gary Payton	5	41.2	22.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	5.8	0.6	0.4	2.6	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	0.8	3.0	.267	3.4	5.8	.586


Season 13
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1995-96	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+28	+1.7	+1.1	+0.9	+2.1	+3.0	+2.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.3	-0.6	+1.9	+3.6	+.021	+0.8	+2.2	+.035	+2.0	+2.1	+.074
Gary Payton	80	40.1	20.4	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.3	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	8.3	18.3	.454	0.7	2.3	.297	3.1	4.4	.710

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	+5.3	+1.9	+1.2	+3.6	+4.8	+3.7	+1.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.2	+1.9	+3.9	+.014	+0.9	+1.8	+.198	+1.0	+1.0	+.065
Gary Payton	6	41.8	18.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	8.7	1.3	0.2	2.2	3.0	8.0	18.7	.429	0.2	2.5	.067	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 14
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1996-97	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+20	+2.1	+3.4	+1.0	+0.8	+1.8	+0.2	+0.7	+0.4	-0.7	-0.3	+0.5	+2.0	+.029	+1.2	+3.4	+.022	+1.0	+1.2	+.036
Gary Payton	82	34.5	14.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	5.5	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.1	5.9	12.5	.471	0.7	2.0	.333	2.2	3.1	.714

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
difference:	+6	+4.1	+10.3	+0.7	+1.6	+2.3	+0.5	+0.6	+0.2	-1.0	-0.6	+3.5	+6.6	+.070	+1.8	+3.9	+.123	+1.6	+2.1	+.028
Gary Payton	22	35.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	5.3	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.7	3.1	8.5	.366	0.6	2.5	.250	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 15
	Clyde Drexler	Gary Payton
Season	1997-98	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th 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	70	35.3	18.4	1.5	3.4	4.9	5.5	1.8	0.6	2.7	2.8	6.5	15.1	.427	1.5	4.8	.317	4.0	4.9	.801
difference:	+7	+2.3	+7.1	+0.9	+1.0	+1.8	+0.6	+0.7	+0.4	-0.8	-1.2	+2.1	+5.7	+.041	+1.0	+3.1	+.009	+2.0	+2.3	+.040
Gary Payton	77	33.0	11.3	0.6	2.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	1.6	4.4	9.4	.468	0.5	1.7	.326	2.0	2.6	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	5	36.4	15.0	1.8	3.6	5.4	4.6	1.6	0.6	2.6	3.0	4.2	13.6	.309	1.0	5.2	.192	5.6	7.4	.757
difference:	+2	+2.3	+4.7	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3		+0.7	+0.5	-1.0	-1.6	+0.5	+3.0	+.137	+0.9	+3.2	+.121	+4.9	+6.5	+.076
Gary Payton	7	34.1	10.3	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.6	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.4	4.7	10.6	.446	0.1	2.0	.071	0.7	0.9	.833

Additional Years

* Gary Payton played 2 seasons more than Clyde Drexler in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 16 to 17, from 2006 to 2007—Gary Payton played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Clyde Drexler vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

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Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

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