Clyde Drexler vs. Jaxson Hayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaxson Hayes 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

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, 9 more than Jaxson Hayes, who played 6. Clyde Drexler had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Jaxson Hayes had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Jaxson Hayes 6 3 2019-20 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Clyde Drexler Jaxson Hayes
Season 1983-842019-20
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+18+0.3+0.3+0.1+1.0+1.1+1.0+0.9+0.5-0.7+0.4+2.8+.221+0.1+0.4+0.9+.081
Jaxson Hayes 64 16.9 7.4 1.5 2.5 4.0 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.8 2.5 2.7 4.0 .672 0.0 0.1 .250 1.9 3.0 .647
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Jaxson Hayes DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2

Clyde Drexler Jaxson Hayes
Season 1984-852020-21
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf SemisDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+20+15.8+9.7+1.2+0.4+1.7+4.9+1.8+0.3-2.1-1.6+4.3+9.8+.131+0.3+.213+1.2+1.7+.016
Jaxson Hayes 60 16.1 7.5 1.5 2.8 4.3 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.7 2.9 4.7 .625 0.1 0.2 .429 1.6 2.0 .775
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Jaxson Hayes DNP------ --- ----------

Season 3

Clyde Drexler Jaxson Hayes
Season 1985-862021-22
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdPelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+14.3+9.2+0.7+0.4+1.1+7.4+2.1+0.2-3.0-1.4+3.7+9.5+.141+0.1+.151+1.8+2.4+.003
Jaxson Hayes 70 20.0 9.3 1.6 2.9 4.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 2.2 3.5 5.7 .616 0.3 0.8 .351 2.1 2.7 .766
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+2+22.5+12.2+1.6+2.2+3.8+6.3+1.5+0.5-4.1-3.0+4.2+10.1+.104+0.5+0.8+.400+3.3+4.0+.147
Jaxson Hayes 6 13.8 5.8 0.7 1.8 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.8 2.3 4.2 .560 0.0 0.5 .000 1.2 1.8 .636

Season 4

Clyde Drexler Jaxson Hayes
Season 1986-872022-23
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+35+25.0+16.7+2.0+1.5+3.5+6.2+2.1+0.5-2.4-2.0+6.8+13.9+.049+.131+3.2+3.9+.061
Jaxson Hayes 47 13.0 5.0 0.8 2.0 2.8 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.4 1.8 3.3 .551 0.1 0.6 .103 1.2 1.8 .699
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Jaxson Hayes DNP------ --- ----------

Season 5

Clyde Drexler Jaxson Hayes
Season 1987-882023-24
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdLakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others -NBA Cup NBA Cup Champion
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+11+25.3+22.7+2.2+1.4+3.6+5.3+2.0+0.2-2.3-1.3+8.7+18.2+.214+0.1+0.5+.212+5.2+6.0+.189
Jaxson Hayes 70 12.5 4.3 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.8 1.8 2.5 .720 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.2 .622
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+36.5+21.7+2.2+1.7+4.0+5.0+3.0+0.5-2.5-1.7+8.0+20.3+.386+0.8+1.5+5.0+6.8+.224
Jaxson Hayes 4 6.0 0.3 0.8 2.3 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 - 0.3 0.5 .500

Season 6

Clyde Drexler Jaxson Hayes
Season 1988-892024-25
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdLakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+22+19.8+20.4+2.3+0.8+3.1+4.8+2.1+0.2-2.4-1.0+7.7+17.4+.226+0.3+1.2+.260+4.5+5.2+.177
Jaxson Hayes 56 19.5 6.8 1.4 3.4 4.8 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.4 2.9 4.0 .722 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.8 .622
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+1+34.9+25.9+3.0+1.5+4.7+8.0+2.0+0.4-3.7-1.7+10.9+21.7+.118+0.7+4.0+5.2+.265
Jaxson Hayes 4 7.8 1.8 1.3 0.8 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 2.0 0.8 2.0 .375 0.0 0.0 - 0.3 0.5 .500

Additional Years

* Clyde Drexler played 9 seasons more than Jaxson Hayes in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 7 to 15, from 1990 to 1998—Clyde Drexler played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 9 extra years over Jaxson Hayes, Clyde Drexler got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 2 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 7 All-Star Game