Clyde Drexler vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin 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, 5 more than George Gervin, who played 10. Clyde Drexler had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while George Gervin had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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	George Gervin
Season	1983-84	1976-77
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost East 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:		+15.8	+15.4	+0.2	+2.4	+2.6	+1.0		+0.9		-1.0	+5.8	+9.5	+.093				+3.9	+4.4	+.105
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
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:	+3	+14.0	+17.8	+1.1	+1.0	+2.1	+0.1	+0.5	+0.8		-2.3	+6.5	+15.0	+.003				+4.8	+6.1	+.057
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800

Season 2
	Clyde Drexler	George Gervin
Season	1984-85	1977-78
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost East 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:	+2	+2.9	+10.0	+1.3	+0.5	+0.9	+1.8	+0.5	+0.4	-0.9	-0.2	+3.3	+5.1	+.042				+3.3	+3.7	+.071
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
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:	+3	+0.1	+16.5	+1.2	+0.7	+0.4	+6.0	+1.6	+1.7		-0.3	+6.9	+8.8	+.139				+3.0	+4.3	+.076
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768

Season 3
	Clyde Drexler	George Gervin
Season	1985-86	1978-79
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost East 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:	+5	+1.8	+11.1	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+5.3	+0.9	+0.5	-0.2	-0.2	+4.6	+6.7	+.066				+2.0	+2.0	+.057
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
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:	+10	+0.3	+10.6	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+4.0	+0.4	+0.2	-1.9	-1.2	+4.8	+6.8	+.080				+1.5	+1.6	+.025
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.0	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808

Season 4
	Clyde Drexler	George Gervin
Season	1986-87	1979-80
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost East 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:	+4	+0.4	+11.4	+0.8	+0.3	+1.1	+4.3	+1.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.7	+4.5	+7.7	+.026	+0.3	+0.7	+.080	+2.1	+1.9	+.092
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
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	+2.4	+9.3	+1.0	+0.2	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	-1.5	-1.3	+3.3	+4.9	+.044	+0.3	+0.3	+.250	+2.9	+2.7	+.074
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867

Season 5
	Clyde Drexler	George Gervin
Season	1987-88	1980-81
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+4.1	+0.1	+1.7	+0.2	+1.5	+2.6	+1.4	+0.1	-0.2	-0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+.014		+0.2	+.045	+0.3	+0.4	+.015
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
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:	+3	+3.4	+5.1	+1.7	+0.3	+2.0	+1.9	+2.3	+0.2	-0.1	-0.8	+3.0	+1.2	+.114	+0.8	+1.1	+.500	+0.2	+0.9	+.076
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800

Season 6
	Clyde Drexler	George Gervin
Season	1988-89	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
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:	+1	+3.6	+5.1	+2.0	+1.0	+2.9	+3.4	+1.7	+0.1	-0.5	-0.7	+2.0	+3.8	+.004	+0.2	+0.8	+.018	+1.4	+1.1	+.065
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
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:	+6	+1.3	+1.7	+2.2	+2.9	+0.6	+3.7	+0.9	+0.3	-0.6	-0.3	+0.3	+1.6	+.041		+0.4		+2.3	+2.2	+.066
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831

Season 7
	Clyde Drexler	George Gervin
Season	1989-90	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+5	+0.5	+2.9	+1.4	+0.9	+2.3	+2.5	+0.9	+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+0.5	+1.3	+.007	+0.2	+1.1	+.081	+2.0	+1.9	+.079
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
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:	+10	+0.9	+3.8	+1.1	+0.6	+0.5	+3.7	+1.4	+0.5	-1.0	-0.1	+1.6	+0.3	+.078	+0.4	+1.8	+.220	+0.9	+0.4	+.110
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884

Season 8
	Clyde Drexler	George Gervin
Season	1990-91	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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:	+6	+0.8	+4.4	+1.2	+1.4	+2.6	+3.1	+0.8	+0.1	-0.1	-0.1	+2.2	+4.2	+.008	+0.6	+2.0	+.098	+0.5	+0.3	+.048
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
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
George Gervin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Clyde Drexler	George Gervin
Season	1991-92	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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		%
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:	+4	+7.2	+3.8	+1.1	+2.2	+3.3	+4.2	+0.9	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+0.8	+3.0	+.038	+1.5	+4.3	+.337	+0.8	+1.3	+.050
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
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:	+16	+3.7	+4.1	+2.3	+1.5	+3.8	+4.2	+0.9	+0.4	-1.2	-0.1	+1.0	+4.4	+.066	+0.9	+3.3	+.235	+1.2	+1.3	+.013
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794

Season 10
	Clyde Drexler	George Gervin
Season	1992-93	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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	+8.9	+3.7	+1.6	+2.0	+3.7	+3.9	+1.3	+0.5	-0.3	-0.6	+0.8	+3.3	+.043	+0.6	+2.5	+.022	+1.5	+2.1	+.040
George Gervin	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879
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:	+1	+33.2	+19.0	+2.7	+3.2	+5.8	+4.2	+1.7	+1.0		-1.5	+6.0	+13.8	+.419	+1.7	+4.0		+5.3	+6.7
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Clyde Drexler played 5 seasons more than George Gervin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 15, from 1994 to 1998—Clyde Drexler played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over George Gervin, Clyde Drexler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game