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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Clyde Drexler
Career at a glance
Clyde Drexler played 15 NBA regular seasons between 1983 and 1998, appearing in 1,086 games and averaging 20.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: Portland (1983–95, 867 games), Houston (1994–98, 219 games). His best scoring season was 1988–89 with Portland: 27.2 points per game over 78 games.
Championship season: 1994–95 (Houston). In the playoffs he appeared in 15 postseason runs (145 games, 20.4 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 22,200 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Clyde Drexler
Clyde Austin Drexler Sr. (born June 22, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as the second commissioner of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league. Nicknamed "Clyde the Glide", he played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), spending a majority of his career with the Portland Trail Blazers before finishing with the Houston Rockets. He was a 10-time NBA All-Star, five time All-NBA Selection, and was named to the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams. Drexler led Portland to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992, won an NBA championship with Houston in 1995, and earned a gold medal on the 1992 United States Olympic team known as "The Dream Team". He was inducted twice into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2004 for his individual career and in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team". Drexler is often considered among the top basketball players and top shooting guards of all time.
- Born
- June 22, 1962 (age 64) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
- Listed weight
- 222 lb (101 kg)
- Position
- Shooting guard / small forward
- High school
- Sterling (Houston, Texas)
- College
- Houston (1980–1983)
- NBA draft
- 1983: 1st round, 14th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1983–1998
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1995)
- 10× NBA All-Star (1986, 1988–1994, 1996, 1997)
- All-NBA First Team (1992)
- 2× All-NBA Second Team (1988, 1991)
- 2× All-NBA Third Team (1990, 1995)
- NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
- No. 22 retired by Portland Trail Blazers
- No. 22 retired by Houston Rockets
- Consensus second-team All-American (1983)
- SWC co-Player of the Year (1983)
- First-team All-SWC (1983)
- 2× Second-team All-SWC (1981, 1982)
- No. 22 retired by Houston Cougars
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–84 | Portland | 82 | 3 | 17.2 | .451 | .250 | .728 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | .4 | 7.7 |
| 1984–85 | Portland | 80 | 43 | 31.9 | .494 | .216 | .759 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 2.2 | .9 | 17.2 |
| 1985–86 | Portland | 75 | 58 | 34.3 | .475 | .200 | .769 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 2.6 | .6 | 18.5 |
| 1986–87 | Portland | 82 | 82 | 38.0 | .502 | .234 | .760 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 2.5 | .9 | 21.7 |
| 1987–88 | Portland | 81 | 80 | 37.8 | .506 | .212 | .811 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 2.5 | .6 | 27.0 |
| 1988–89 | Portland | 78 | 78 | 39.3 | .496 | .260 | .799 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 2.7 | .7 | 27.2 |
| 1989–90 | Portland | 73 | 73 | 36.8 | .494 | .283 | .774 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 2.0 | .7 | 23.3 |
| 1990–91 | Portland | 82 | 82 | 34.8 | .482 | .319 | .794 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 1.8 | .7 | 21.5 |
| 1991–92 | Portland | 76 | 76 | 36.2 | .470 | .337 | .794 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 1.8 | .9 | 25.0 |
| 1992–93 | Portland | 49 | 49 | 34.1 | .429 | .233 | .839 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 1.9 | .8 | 19.9 |
| 1993–94 | Portland | 68 | 68 | 34.3 | .428 | .324 | .777 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 1.4 | .5 | 19.2 |
| 1994–95 | Portland | 41 | 41 | 34.8 | .428 | .363 | .835 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 1.8 | .5 | 22.0 |
| 1994–95† | Houston | 35 | 34 | 37.1 | .506 | .357 | .809 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 1.8 | .7 | 21.4 |
| 1995–96 | Houston | 52 | 51 | 38.4 | .433 | .332 | .784 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 2.0 | .5 | 19.3 |
| 1996–97 | Houston | 62 | 62 | 36.6 | .442 | .355 | .750 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 1.9 | .6 | 18.0 |
| 1997–98 | Houston | 70 | 70 | 35.3 | .427 | .317 | .801 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 1.8 | .6 | 18.4 |
| Career | 1,086 | 950 | 34.6 | .472 | .318 | .788 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 2.0 | .7 | 20.4 | |
| All-Star | 9 | 4 | 18.4 | .506 | .286 | 1.000 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 1.3 | .7 | 10.7 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Portland | 5 | — | 17.0 | .429 | .000 | .857 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .2 | 7.2 |
| 1985 | Portland | 9 | 9 | 37.7 | .410 | .286 | .844 | 6.1 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 16.7 |
| 1986 | Portland | 4 | 4 | 36.3 | .456 | .400 | .783 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 1.5 | .8 | 18.0 |
| 1987 | Portland | 4 | 4 | 38.3 | .456 | .250 | .793 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 1.8 | .8 | 24.0 |
| 1988 | Portland | 4 | 4 | 42.5 | .386 | .500 | .724 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 3.0 | .5 | 22.0 |
| 1989 | Portland | 3 | 3 | 42.7 | .493 | .000 | .765 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 2.0 | .7 | 27.7 |
| 1990 | Portland | 21 | 21 | 40.6 | .441 | .220 | .774 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 2.5 | .9 | 21.4 |
| 1991 | Portland | 16 | 16 | 39.6 | .476 | .268 | .776 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 21.7 |
| 1992 | Portland | 21 | 21 | 40.3 | .466 | .235 | .807 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 26.3 |
| 1993 | Portland | 3 | 3 | 38.7 | .419 | .417 | .800 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 1994 | Portland | 4 | 4 | 39.3 | .425 | .231 | .826 | 10.3 | 5.5 | 2.0 | .5 | 21.0 |
| 1995† | Houston | 22 | 22 | 38.6 | .481 | .303 | .786 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 1.5 | .7 | 20.5 |
| 1996 | Houston | 8 | 8 | 36.5 | .415 | .265 | .765 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 2.6 | .5 | 16.6 |
| 1997 | Houston | 16 | 16 | 38.9 | .436 | .373 | .778 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 1.6 | .4 | 18.1 |
| 1998 | Houston | 5 | 5 | 36.4 | .309 | .192 | .757 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 1.6 | .6 | 15.0 |
| Career | 145 | 140 | 38.4 | .447 | .288 | .787 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 1.9 | .7 | 20.4 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 7″
- Weight
- 222 lb
- Position
- Shooting guard / small forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1983
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 14
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