Clyde Drexler vs. Walt Frazier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Frazier 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, 2 more than Walt Frazier, who played 13. Clyde Drexler had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Walt Frazier had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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	Walt Frazier
Season	1983-84	1967-68
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div 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:	+8	+4.3	+1.3			+1.3	+2.2				-0.2	+0.4	+0.9					+0.6	+1.1	+.073
Walt Frazier	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655
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:	+1	+12.8	+2.3			+2.1	+4.7				-0.8		+1.3	+.065				+2.3	+3.1	+.079
Walt Frazier	4	29.8	9.5	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	8.3	.364	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778

Season 2
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1984-85	1968-69
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Div Finals

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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:		+5.0	+0.3			+0.2	+2.4				-0.2	+0.6	+1.3	+.011				+1.5	+2.0	+.013
Walt Frazier	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
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	+3.8	+4.5			+1.3	+0.1				-1.1	+2.8	+2.8	+.093				+0.8	+0.7	+.248
Walt Frazier	10	41.5	21.2	-	-	7.4	9.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.503	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	.596

Season 3
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1985-86	1969-70
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	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:	+2	+5.2	+2.4			+0.4	+0.2				-1.0	+0.6	+0.2	+.043				+1.4	+2.0	+.021
Walt Frazier	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
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	+7.6	+2.0			+1.5	+1.7				-2.0	+0.3	+1.3	+.022				+0.9	+1.1	+.019
Walt Frazier	19	43.9	16.0	-	-	7.8	8.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.2	13.0	.478	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.764

Season 4
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1986-87	1970-71
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+5.2				+0.5	+0.2				-0.4	+0.5	+0.7	+.008				+1.0	+1.3	+.019
Walt Frazier	80	43.2	21.7	-	-	6.8	6.7	-	-	-	3.0	8.1	16.5	.494	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.779
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:	+8	+3.5	+1.4			+1.7	+0.7				-0.2		+2.8	+.073				+1.2	+1.0	+.060
Walt Frazier	12	41.8	22.6	-	-	5.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	17.0	.529	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.733

Season 5
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1987-88	1971-72
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
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 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+4	+2.8	+3.8			+0.1					-0.7	+1.8	+3.7	+.006				+0.1		+.003
Walt Frazier	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808
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:	+12	+1.5	+2.3				+0.8				-0.5	+1.3	+3.5	+.150				+0.5	+0.5	+.012
Walt Frazier	16	44.0	24.3	-	-	7.0	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	17.3	.536	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.736

Season 6
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1988-89	1972-73
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:		+1.5	+6.1			+0.6	+0.1				-1.0	+1.9	+3.6	+.006				+1.9	+2.5	+.018
Walt Frazier	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817
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:	+14	+2.3	+5.8			+0.6	+2.1				-0.6	+2.9	+6.5	+.021					+0.2	+.012
Walt Frazier	17	45.0	21.9	-	-	7.3	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	17.2	.514	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.777

Season 7
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1989-90	1973-74
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East 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:	+7	+4.9	+2.8	+1.3	+1.1	+0.2	+1.0		+0.5		-0.3	+0.8	+0.7	+.022				+0.9	+1.5	+.064
Walt Frazier	80	41.7	20.5	1.5	5.2	6.7	6.9	2.0	0.2	-	2.7	8.4	17.9	.472	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.838
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	+0.3	+1.1	+1.2	+2.0	+0.7	+3.1	+0.7	+0.6			+1.2	+0.2	+.061				+0.9	+1.8	+.124
Walt Frazier	12	40.9	22.5	1.8	6.2	7.9	4.0	1.8	0.3	-	3.4	9.4	18.8	.502	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	.898

Season 8
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1990-91	1974-75
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks 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:	+4	+6.3		+1.4	+0.7	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5		-0.2	+0.7	+1.5	+.001				+0.9	+1.3	+.034
Walt Frazier	78	41.1	21.5	1.2	4.8	6.0	6.1	2.4	0.2	-	2.6	8.6	17.8	.483	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.828
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:	+13	+1.7	+2.0	+1.5	+0.1	+1.4	+1.1	+1.6	+1.0		-2.2	+1.7	+1.5	+.154				+0.5	+0.8	+.037
Walt Frazier	3	41.3	23.7	1.0	5.7	6.7	7.0	3.7	0.0	-	1.3	9.7	15.3	.630	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.813

Season 9
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1991-92	1975-76
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	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:	+17	+4.9	+5.9	+0.9	+1.0	+0.2	+0.8		+0.7		-0.2	+1.1	+3.0	+.015				+2.1	+2.8	+.029
Walt Frazier	59	41.1	19.1	1.3	5.4	6.8	5.9	1.8	0.2	-	2.8	8.0	16.4	.485	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.823
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
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1992-93	1976-77
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
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:	+27	+1.3	+2.5	+1.9	+0.5	+2.4	+0.4	+0.2	+0.7		-0.6	+0.1	+2.4	+.060				+1.6	+1.6	+.068
Walt Frazier	76	35.4	17.4	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.3	1.7	0.1	-	2.6	7.0	14.3	.489	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.771
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
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1993-94	1977-78
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	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:	+17	+1.7	+3.0	+1.2	+1.3	+2.4	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.6	+0.4	+2.3	+.043				+1.2	+1.9	+.073
Walt Frazier	51	32.6	16.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.6	14.0	.471	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.850
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
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1994-95	1978-79
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+64	+12.6	+11.0	+1.4	+3.2	+4.6	+2.1	+0.7	+0.4	-0.6	-0.9	+3.0	+6.1	+.018				+3.0	+3.5	+.046
Walt Frazier	12	23.3	10.8	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.5	10.2	.443	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.778
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
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Clyde Drexler	Walt Frazier
Season	1995-96	1979-80
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+49	+29.4	+16.0	+1.6	+4.6	+6.2	+3.1	+1.3	+0.2	-1.3	-2.2	+5.1	+11.0	+.069	+1.5	+4.2	+.332	+4.4	+5.8	+.216
Walt Frazier	3	9.0	3.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	3.7	.364	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
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
Walt Frazier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Clyde Drexler played 2 seasons more than Walt Frazier in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 15, from 1997 to 1998—Clyde Drexler played in two Playoffs. In those 2 extra years over Walt Frazier, Clyde Drexler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game