Clyde Drexler vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma 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, 6 more than Kyle Kuzma, who played 9. Clyde Drexler had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Kyle Kuzma had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1983-84	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+5	+14.0	+8.4	+0.3	+3.6	+3.4	+0.1	+0.7		-0.3	-0.4	+3.0	+6.7	+.001	+2.1	+5.6		+0.4	+0.6	+.021
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
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
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Clyde Drexler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1985-86	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+14	+9.3	+5.7	+1.4	+0.3	+1.1	+6.7	+2.1	+0.2	-2.3	-1.5	+2.4	+4.2	+.039	+1.2	+3.7	+.116	+2.0	+2.6	+.034
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
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:	+17	+13.3	+8.0	+1.4	+1.8	+3.2	+5.7	+1.2	+0.5	-3.8	-2.4	+2.8	+5.8	+.026	+0.7	+2.7	+.087	+3.1	+4.0	+.001
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784

Season 5
	Clyde Drexler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1987-88	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+15	+4.4	+9.9	+2.1	+4.0	+1.9	+2.3	+1.9	+0.3	-0.3	-1.2	+4.1	+6.5	+.054	+1.8	+5.1	+.129	+3.5	+3.9	+.099
Kyle Kuzma	66	33.4	17.1	1.1	7.4	8.5	3.5	0.6	0.9	2.6	1.9	6.4	14.2	.452	1.9	5.7	.341	2.4	3.3	.712
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
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Clyde Drexler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+14	+4.3	+6.0	+2.8	+2.2	+0.7	+2.1	+2.1	+0.2	-0.2	-1.1	+2.6	+3.6	+.048	+2.2	+6.2	+.073	+2.9	+3.3	+.069
Kyle Kuzma	64	35.0	21.2	0.9	6.4	7.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	3.0	2.3	8.0	17.8	.448	2.5	7.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.730
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
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Clyde Drexler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+3	+4.2	+1.1	+1.9	+1.6	+0.3	+1.7	+1.5		-0.1	-0.8	+0.5	+0.2	+.031	+1.8	+4.9	+.053	+1.9	+2.5	+.001
Kyle Kuzma	70	32.6	22.2	0.9	5.7	6.6	4.2	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.2	8.7	18.8	.463	2.2	6.4	.336	2.7	3.4	.775
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
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Clyde Drexler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1990-91	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+17	+5.0	+6.7	+1.8	+0.8	+1.0	+3.7	+1.2	+0.4	-0.6	-1.0	+2.2	+3.3	+.046	+0.8	+2.5	+.012	+3.1	+3.3	+.160
Kyle Kuzma	65	29.8	14.8	0.8	4.9	5.7	2.3	0.6	0.3	2.2	1.8	5.7	13.0	.436	1.5	4.8	.307	2.0	3.1	.634
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:	+11	+19.2	+15.9	+1.9	+4.0	+5.9	+7.3	+2.1	+0.8	-3.2	-1.1	+5.6	+9.8	+.133	+0.5	+1.5	+.068	+4.2	+4.9	+.276
Kyle Kuzma	5	20.4	5.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.4	2.4	7.0	.343	0.4	2.0	.200	0.6	1.2	.500

Season 9
	Clyde Drexler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1991-92	2025-26
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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:	+72	+12.2	+16.2	+1.9	+0.4	+1.6	+4.7	+0.8	+0.1	-1.2	-0.7	+5.8	+12.6	+.011	+1.2	+2.4	+.212	+3.3	+4.1	+.006
Kyle Kuzma	4	24.0	8.8	0.3	4.8	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.8	2.0	2.3	3.3	6.8	.481	0.3	2.0	.125	2.0	2.5	.800
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
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Clyde Drexler played 6 seasons more than Kyle Kuzma in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 15, from 1993 to 1998—Clyde Drexler played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Kyle Kuzma, Clyde Drexler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game