Steven Adams vs. Andre Drummond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andre Drummond and Steven Adams, 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.

Steven Adams played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Andre Drummond, who played 13. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Andre Drummond had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
	Steven Adams	Andre Drummond
Season	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Steven Adams	81	14.8	3.3	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.5	1.1	2.3	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.581
difference:	+21	+5.9	+4.6	+1.0	+2.5	+3.5		+0.5	+0.9	-0.1	-0.1	+2.4	+3.4	+.105					+1.0	+.210
Andre Drummond	60	20.7	7.9	2.8	4.8	7.6	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.0	2.4	3.5	5.7	.608	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.7	.371
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	18.4	3.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.2	0.1	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.5	.689	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.3	.348
Andre Drummond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Steven Adams	Andre Drummond
Season	2016-17	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Steven Adams	80	29.9	11.3	3.5	4.2	7.7	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	4.7	8.2	.571	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.611
difference:	+1	+3.0	+4.9	+1.4	+5.7	+7.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.4	-0.1	-0.6	+2.1	+4.9	+.050		+0.1		+0.6	+4.0	+.256
Andre Drummond	81	32.9	16.2	4.9	9.9	14.8	0.8	1.5	1.4	1.9	3.0	6.8	13.1	.521	0.0	0.1	.333	2.6	7.2	.355
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.4	8.0	3.4	3.4	6.8	1.4	1.2	1.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	5.6	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364
difference:	+1	+1.4	+8.8	+0.4	+2.6	+2.2	+1.4	+0.9	+0.3	-0.2	-0.8	+3.4	+7.9	+.124		+0.3		+2.0	+6.3	+.040
Andre Drummond	4	32.8	16.8	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	2.0	7.0	13.5	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	2.8	8.5	.324

Season 6
	Steven Adams	Andre Drummond
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Steven Adams	80	33.4	13.9	4.9	4.6	9.5	1.6	1.5	1.0	1.7	2.6	6.0	10.1	.595	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.7	.500
difference:	+2	+0.3	+1.1	+0.2	+6.3	+6.5	+1.4		+0.6	-0.9	-0.6		+1.2	+.066		+0.1		+1.3	+1.4	+.105
Andre Drummond	78	33.7	15.0	5.1	10.9	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	2.6	3.2	6.0	11.3	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	5.1	.605
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.8	11.8	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.8	2.6	5.6	8.4	.667	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.6	.375
Andre Drummond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Steven Adams	Andre Drummond
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steven Adams	63	26.7	10.9	3.3	6.0	9.3	2.3	0.8	1.1	1.5	1.9	4.5	7.6	.592	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.2	.582
difference:	+16	+6.8	+6.4	+2.1	+4.2	+6.3	+0.9	+0.9	+0.6	-0.7	-1.5	+2.6	+5.7	+.059	+0.1	+0.5		+1.2	+2.0	+.008
Andre Drummond	79	33.5	17.3	5.4	10.2	15.6	1.4	1.7	1.7	2.2	3.4	7.1	13.3	.533	0.1	0.5	.132	3.1	5.2	.590
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	30.0	10.1	4.9	6.7	11.6	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.3	1.4	4.4	7.4	.596	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.9	.450
difference:	+3	+1.8	+4.2	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+1.0	+0.9	+1.0	-0.5	-2.9	+1.6	+6.1	+.152		+0.2		+1.0	+2.4	+.021
Andre Drummond	4	31.8	14.3	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.3	1.5	1.3	2.8	4.3	6.0	13.5	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	5.3	.429

Season 8
	Steven Adams	Andre Drummond
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steven Adams	58	27.7	7.6	3.7	5.2	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.9	3.3	5.3	.614	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.444
difference:	+1	+5.2	+10.1	+0.7	+5.6	+6.3	+0.8	+1.0	+0.9	-2.3	-1.6	+4.0	+8.5	+.081	+0.1	+0.5	+.143	+2.0	+2.9	+.131
Andre Drummond	57	32.9	17.7	4.4	10.8	15.2	2.7	1.9	1.6	3.6	3.5	7.3	13.8	.533	0.1	0.6	.143	3.0	5.2	.575
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor Andre Drummond played in the postseason in their season 8

Note: Steven Adams didn't play in 2023-24.