Clyde Drexler vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion 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, 1 less than Shawn Marion, who played 16. Clyde Drexler had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Shawn Marion had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Shawn Marion
Season	1983-84	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+31	+7.5	+2.5	+0.7	+3.0	+3.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.6	-0.5	-0.3	+1.3	+2.4	+.020	+0.1	+0.4		+0.1	+0.4	+.119
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847
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:	+4	+14.3	+1.9	+0.9	+4.4	+5.4	+0.8	+0.3	+1.4	-0.6	-0.3	+1.0	+2.6	+.010	+0.1	+0.5	+.167	+0.2	+0.2	+.039
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818

Season 3
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1985-86	2001-02
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+4.1	+0.6	+0.3	+4.0	+4.3	+6.0	+0.8	+0.5	-2.0	-1.0	+0.9	+2.0	+.006	+0.4	+0.7	+.193	+1.5	+2.3	+.076
Shawn Marion	81	38.4	19.1	2.6	7.3	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	8.1	17.2	.469	0.6	1.5	.393	2.4	2.8	.845
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
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1986-87	2002-03
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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:	+1	+3.6	+0.5	+0.3	+3.6	+3.2	+4.5	+0.2	+0.3	-1.2	-0.8	+0.4	+0.9	+.050	+1.6	+3.9	+.153	+1.3	+2.1	+.091
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851
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:	+2	+8.9	+5.5	+0.5	+4.7	+4.2	+1.8		+1.0	-0.7	-1.2	+2.3	+2.0	+.082	+1.2	+3.7	+.071	+2.1	+3.0	+.053
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846

Season 5
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1987-88	2003-04
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
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:	+2	+2.9	+8.0	+0.5	+3.2	+2.7	+3.1	+0.4	+0.7	-0.9	-0.5	+3.0	+3.7	+.066	+1.0	+2.8	+.128	+3.0	+3.8	+.040
Shawn Marion	79	40.7	19.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.7	2.1	1.3	2.0	2.6	7.5	17.0	.440	1.1	3.4	.340	2.9	3.4	.851
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
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1988-89	2004-05
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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:	+3	+0.5	+7.8	+0.8	+4.2	+3.4	+3.9	+0.7	+0.8	-1.7	-0.9	+3.0	+5.5	+.020	+1.1	+2.9	+.074	+2.8	+3.6	+.034
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833
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:	+12	+0.4	+10.1	+1.2	+6.4	+5.1	+6.8	+0.6	+1.0	-2.6	-0.6	+4.5	+8.8	+.009	+1.2	+2.2	+.419	+2.3	+3.1	+.004
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769

Season 7
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1989-90	2005-06
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Suns 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:	+8	+3.5	+1.5	+0.3	+4.7	+4.9	+4.1		+1.0	-1.1	-0.2	+0.4	+1.7	+.031	+0.8	+2.1	+.048	+1.6	+2.2	+.035
Shawn Marion	81	40.3	21.8	3.1	8.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.8	8.8	16.9	.525	1.2	3.6	.331	3.0	3.7	.809
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:	+1	+1.9	+1.0	+0.1	+4.6	+4.5	+5.5	+0.6	+0.3	-2.1	-0.1		+1.9	+.048	+0.7	+1.5	+.094	+1.6	+2.5	+.107
Shawn Marion	20	42.5	20.4	2.9	8.8	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	8.2	16.7	.489	1.1	3.5	.314	3.0	3.4	.881

Season 8
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1990-91	2006-07
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Suns 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:	+2	+2.8	+4.0	+0.4	+3.6	+3.1	+4.3	+0.2	+0.8	-1.4	-0.1	+0.9	+2.9	+.042	+0.3	+0.9	+.002	+2.6	+3.3	+.016
Shawn Marion	80	37.6	17.5	2.2	7.7	9.8	1.7	2.0	1.5	1.4	2.7	7.0	13.4	.524	1.0	3.2	.317	2.5	3.1	.810
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:	+5	+1.8	+4.8		+2.3	+2.3	+6.9	+0.6	+0.7	-2.7	-1.0	+1.1	+3.0	+.024	+0.2	+0.4	+.085	+2.8	+3.1	+.109
Shawn Marion	11	41.4	16.9	2.5	7.9	10.4	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.1	2.5	6.9	13.8	.500	1.1	3.1	.353	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 9
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1991-92	2007-08
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
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:	+13	+0.5	+9.6		+3.6	+3.6	+4.5	+0.2	+0.4	-1.8	-0.6	+2.8	+6.9	+.038	+0.5	+1.3	+.004	+3.6	+4.2	+.087
Shawn Marion	63	36.7	15.4	2.2	8.0	10.2	2.2	2.0	1.3	1.4	2.4	6.3	12.5	.508	1.0	3.1	.333	1.7	2.4	.707
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
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1992-93	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+20	+1.7	+7.0		+2.2	+2.2	+3.7	+0.6	+0.2	-0.8	-1.3	+1.6	+5.3	+.056	+0.5	+1.9	+.044	+3.3	+3.9	+.043
Shawn Marion	69	35.8	12.9	2.6	5.9	8.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	1.5	1.9	5.5	11.4	.485	0.1	0.8	.189	1.7	2.1	.796
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
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1993-94	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+2.5	+7.2	+0.2		+0.1	+3.5	+0.5	+0.3	-1.2	-1.1	+1.7	+5.9	+.080	+1.0	+2.9	+.166	+2.8	+3.5	+.022
Shawn Marion	75	31.8	12.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.4	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.9	5.3	10.4	.508	0.0	0.3	.158	1.4	1.9	.755
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:	+2	+14.6	+12.3	+1.3	+4.8	+6.1	+4.5	+1.8		-1.0	-0.2	+3.8	+8.5	+.018	+0.8	+2.6	+.231	+4.1	+5.0	+.026
Shawn Marion	6	24.7	8.7	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.0	0.2	0.5	1.3	2.0	4.0	9.8	.407	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.8	.800

Season 12
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1994-95	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+7.7	+9.3	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+3.4	+0.9		-0.8	-0.9	+2.1	+5.9	+.059	+1.8	+5.0	+.208	+3.2	+3.7	+.056
Shawn Marion	80	28.2	12.5	2.1	4.8	6.9	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.8	5.4	10.4	.520	0.1	0.4	.152	1.6	2.1	.768
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:	+1	+5.7	+8.6	+0.2	+0.9	+0.7	+2.9	+0.5	+0.2	-0.3	-0.6	+2.0	+3.9	+.014	+1.4	+4.3	+.303	+3.1	+4.2	+.065
Shawn Marion	21	32.9	11.9	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.1	1.0	0.9	1.7	2.5	5.0	10.7	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.2	.851

Season 13
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1995-96	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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:	+11	+7.9	+8.7	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+3.7	+0.9	+0.1	-1.0	-1.5	+1.8	+4.4	+.013	+1.2	+3.4	+.038	+3.9	+5.0	+.012
Shawn Marion	63	30.5	10.6	2.3	5.1	7.4	2.1	1.1	0.6	1.6	1.4	4.6	10.3	.446	0.3	1.1	.294	1.2	1.5	.796
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:	+4	+1.5	+4.8	+0.4	+0.1	+0.2	+4.0	+2.3	+0.8		-0.7	+1.8	+4.8	+.010	+0.1	+0.8	+.021	+1.0	+1.8	+.135
Shawn Marion	4	35.0	11.8	2.3	5.8	8.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.5	4.3	10.0	.425	1.0	3.5	.286	2.3	2.5	.900

Season 14
	Clyde Drexler	Shawn Marion
Season	1996-97	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+5	+6.6	+5.9	+0.3	+1.6	+1.8	+3.3	+0.8	+0.1	-1.0	-0.7	+1.1	+4.2	+.072	+1.6	+4.3	+.040	+2.0	+2.8	+.032
Shawn Marion	67	30.0	12.1	2.2	5.7	7.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.5	1.7	5.3	10.3	.514	0.3	1.1	.315	1.2	1.5	.782
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
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-