Clyde Drexler

Seasons 1983-84–1997-98 · 15 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1962

★ Hall of Fame10× All-Star5× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Clyde the Glide
Position	SG
Number	#22
Team	Houston Rockets
Height	6-7
Weight	210 lb
Born	1962-06-22
College	Houston
Drafted	1983 · Round 1, Pick 14 · Portland Trail Blazers
Seasons	1983-84–1997-98 (15)

Career averages

20.4 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 5.6 APG · 1086 games · .472 FG% · .318 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1983-84	POR	21	82	17.2	.451	.250	.728	2.9	1.9	1.3	0.4	7.7	14.5	.496
1984-85	POR	22	80	31.9	.494	.216	.759	6.0	5.5	2.2	0.9	17.2	19.7	.534
1985-86	POR	23	75	34.3	.475	.200	.769	5.6	8.0	2.6	0.6	18.5	19.8	.530
1986-87	POR	24	82	38.0	.502	.234	.760	6.3	6.9	2.5	0.9	21.7	20.2	.552
1987-88	POR	25	81	37.8	.506	.212	.811	6.6	5.8	2.5	0.6	27.0	24.1	.564
1988-89	POR	26	78	39.3	.496	.260	.799	7.9	5.8	2.7	0.7	27.2	23.6	.555
1989-90	POR	27	73	36.8	.494	.283	.774	6.9	5.9	2.0	0.7	23.3	22.2	.551
1990-91	POR	28	82	34.8	.482	.319	.794	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.7	21.5	22.1	.563
1991-92	POR	29	76	36.2	.470	.337	.794	6.6	6.7	1.8	0.9	25.0	23.6	.560
1992-93	POR	30	49	34.1	.429	.233	.839	6.3	5.7	1.9	0.8	19.9	20.7	.517
1993-94	POR	31	68	34.3	.428	.324	.777	6.5	4.9	1.4	0.5	19.2	18.4	.514
1994-95	2TM	32	76	35.9	.461	.360	.824	6.3	4.8	1.8	0.6	21.8	22.4	.577
	POR	32	41	34.8	.428	.363	.835	5.7	5.1	1.8	0.5	22.0	22.7	.550
	HOU	32	35	37.1	.506	.357	.809	7.0	4.4	1.8	0.7	21.4	22.1	.613
1995-96	HOU	33	52	38.4	.433	.332	.784	7.2	5.8	2.0	0.5	19.3	20.0	.551
1996-97	HOU	34	62	36.6	.442	.355	.750	6.0	5.7	1.9	0.6	18.0	19.9	.548
1997-98	HOU	35	70	35.3	.427	.317	.801	4.9	5.5	1.8	0.6	18.4	19.8	.531

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1983-84	POR	82	3	1,408	252	559	.451	1	4	123	169	235	153	107	29	123	628
1984-85	POR	80	43	2,555	573	1,161	.494	8	37	223	294	476	441	177	68	223	1,377
1985-86	POR	75	58	2,576	542	1,142	.475	12	60	293	381	421	600	197	46	282	1,389
1986-87	POR	82	82	3,114	707	1,408	.502	11	47	357	470	518	566	204	71	253	1,782
1987-88	POR	81	80	3,060	849	1,679	.506	11	52	476	587	533	467	203	52	236	2,185
1988-89	POR	78	78	3,064	829	1,672	.496	27	104	438	548	615	450	213	54	250	2,123
1989-90	POR	73	73	2,683	670	1,357	.494	30	106	333	430	507	432	145	51	191	1,703
1990-91	POR	82	82	2,852	645	1,338	.482	61	191	416	524	546	493	144	60	232	1,767
1991-92	POR	76	76	2,751	694	1,476	.470	114	338	401	505	500	512	138	70	240	1,903
1992-93	POR	49	49	1,671	350	816	.429	31	133	245	292	309	278	95	37	115	976
1993-94	POR	68	68	2,334	473	1,105	.428	71	219	286	368	445	333	98	34	167	1,303
1994-95	2TM	76	75	2,728	571	1,238	.461	147	408	364	442	480	362	136	45	186	1,653
	POR	41	41	1,428	305	712	.428	87	240	207	248	234	208	74	22	97	904
	HOU	35	34	1,300	266	526	.506	60	168	157	194	246	154	62	23	89	749
1995-96	HOU	52	51	1,997	331	764	.433	78	235	265	338	373	302	105	24	134	1,005
1996-97	HOU	62	62	2,271	397	899	.442	119	335	201	268	373	354	119	36	156	1,114
1997-98	HOU	70	70	2,473	452	1,059	.427	106	334	277	346	346	382	126	42	189	1,287
Career		1086	—	—	8,335	17,673	.472	827	2603	4698	5962	6677	6125	2207	719	2977	22,195

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1983-84	POR	82	17.2	6.4	14.3	.451	0.0	0.1	3.1	4.3	6.0	3.9	2.7	0.7	3.1	16.1
1984-85	POR	80	31.9	8.1	16.4	.494	0.1	0.5	3.1	4.1	6.7	6.2	2.5	1.0	3.1	19.4
1985-86	POR	75	34.3	7.6	16.0	.475	0.2	0.8	4.1	5.3	5.9	8.4	2.8	0.6	3.9	19.4
1986-87	POR	82	38.0	8.2	16.3	.502	0.1	0.5	4.1	5.4	6.0	6.5	2.4	0.8	2.9	20.6
1987-88	POR	81	37.8	10.0	19.8	.506	0.1	0.6	5.6	6.9	6.3	5.5	2.4	0.6	2.8	25.7
1988-89	POR	78	39.3	9.7	19.6	.496	0.3	1.2	5.1	6.4	7.2	5.3	2.5	0.6	2.9	24.9
1989-90	POR	73	36.8	9.0	18.2	.494	0.4	1.4	4.5	5.8	6.8	5.8	1.9	0.7	2.6	22.9
1990-91	POR	82	34.8	8.1	16.9	.482	0.8	2.4	5.3	6.6	6.9	6.2	1.8	0.8	2.9	22.3
1991-92	POR	76	36.2	9.1	19.3	.470	1.5	4.4	5.2	6.6	6.5	6.7	1.8	0.9	3.1	24.9
1992-93	POR	49	34.1	7.5	17.6	.429	0.7	2.9	5.3	6.3	6.7	6.0	2.0	0.8	2.5	21.0
1993-94	POR	68	34.3	7.3	17.0	.428	1.1	3.4	4.4	5.7	6.9	5.1	1.5	0.5	2.6	20.1
1994-95	2TM	76	35.9	7.5	16.3	.461	1.9	5.4	4.8	5.8	6.3	4.8	1.8	0.6	2.5	21.8
	POR	41	34.8	7.7	17.9	.428	2.2	6.1	5.2	6.3	5.9	5.2	1.9	0.6	2.4	22.8
	HOU	35	37.1	7.4	14.6	.506	1.7	4.7	4.3	5.4	6.8	4.3	1.7	0.6	2.5	20.7
1995-96	HOU	52	38.4	6.0	13.8	.433	1.4	4.2	4.8	6.1	6.7	5.4	1.9	0.4	2.4	18.1
1996-97	HOU	62	36.6	6.3	14.3	.442	1.9	5.3	3.2	4.2	5.9	5.6	1.9	0.6	2.5	17.7
1997-98	HOU	70	35.3	6.6	15.4	.427	1.5	4.9	4.0	5.0	5.0	5.6	1.8	0.6	2.8	18.7

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1983-84	POR	82	1,408	14.5	.496	21.6	0.5	1.9	2.4	.083	-0.9	+1.3	+0.4	+0.8
1984-85	POR	80	2,555	19.7	.534	23.5	4.0	3.5	7.5	.141	+2.9	+1.4	+4.3	+4.1
1985-86	POR	75	2,576	19.8	.530	24.4	3.5	3.1	6.7	.124	+3.1	+1.2	+4.3	+4.1
1986-87	POR	82	3,114	20.2	.552	23.6	6.6	3.7	10.3	.158	+3.5	+1.4	+4.9	+5.4
1987-88	POR	81	3,060	24.1	.564	28.0	9.3	3.9	13.2	.207	+5.7	+1.4	+7.0	+7.0
1988-89	POR	78	3,064	23.6	.555	27.2	8.8	3.8	12.6	.197	+5.4	+1.1	+6.5	+6.6
1989-90	POR	73	2,683	22.2	.551	25.5	7.3	4.3	11.6	.208	+5.2	+2.1	+7.3	+6.3
1990-91	POR	82	2,852	22.1	.563	25.7	8.0	4.5	12.4	.209	+5.2	+1.7	+6.8	+6.4
1991-92	POR	76	2,751	23.6	.560	28.7	8.3	4.5	12.8	.223	+6.8	+1.9	+8.7	+7.4
1992-93	POR	49	1,671	20.7	.517	26.1	3.4	2.5	6.0	.171	+3.8	+1.7	+5.5	+3.2
1993-94	POR	68	2,334	18.4	.514	25.0	4.2	2.7	6.8	.140	+2.6	+0.4	+3.0	+3.0
1994-95	2TM	76	2,728	22.4	.577	25.7	8.0	3.7	11.7	.206	+5.3	+1.2	+6.5	+5.9
	POR	41	1,428	22.7	.550	27.2	4.4	2.1	6.5	.217	+6.0	+1.8	+7.9	+3.6
	HOU	35	1,300	22.1	.613	24.2	3.6	1.7	5.2	.193	+4.5	+0.5	+5.0	+2.3
1995-96	HOU	52	1,997	20.0	.551	23.6	4.1	2.6	6.7	.161	+2.8	+1.2	+4.0	+3.0
1996-97	HOU	62	2,271	19.9	.548	23.5	4.8	3.4	8.1	.172	+3.4	+1.5	+4.8	+3.9
1997-98	HOU	70	2,473	19.8	.531	25.7	5.0	1.8	6.8	.133	+3.2	+0.1	+3.4	+3.3
Career		1086	—	—	—	—	—	—	135.6	—	—	—	—	+70.4

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1983-84	5	17.0	7.2	3.4	1.6	1.0	0.2	.429	0.000	.473
1984-85	9	37.7	16.7	6.1	9.2	2.6	1.0	.410	.286	.488
1985-86	4	36.2	18.0	6.2	6.5	1.5	0.8	.456	.400	.536
1986-87	4	38.2	24.0	7.5	3.8	1.8	0.8	.456	.250	.523
1987-88	4	42.5	22.0	7.0	5.2	3.0	0.5	.386	.500	.459
1988-89	3	42.7	27.7	6.7	8.3	2.0	0.7	.493	0.000	.529
1989-90	21	40.6	21.4	7.2	7.1	2.5	0.9	.441	.220	.505
1990-91	16	39.6	21.7	8.1	8.1	2.1	1.0	.476	.268	.556
1991-92	21	40.3	26.3	7.4	7.0	1.5	1.0	.466	.235	.553
1992-93	3	38.7	19.0	6.3	4.7	1.7	1.0	.419	.417	.550
1993-94	4	39.2	21.0	10.2	5.5	2.0	0.5	.425	.231	.505
1994-95	22	38.6	20.5	7.0	5.0	1.5	0.7	.481	.303	.587
1995-96	8	36.5	16.6	7.8	5.0	2.6	0.5	.415	.265	.500
1996-97	16	38.6	18.1	5.6	4.8	1.6	0.4	.436	.373	.548
1997-98	5	36.0	15.0	5.4	4.6	1.6	0.6	.309	.192	.445
Career	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	1.9	0.7	.447	.288	.532

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	553	19.8	6.1	5.7	415–138
Away	549	20.5	6.1	5.4	256–293
In wins	671	20.9	6.2	5.8	671–0
In losses	431	19.0	5.8	5.1	0–431

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	26	19.6	5.7	5.5	17–9
BOS Boston Celtics	28	20.9	6.1	5.8	13–15
BKN Brooklyn Nets	26	21.4	6.1	5.7	22–4
CHA Charlotte Hornets	17	24.1	5.2	5.8	13–4
CHI Chicago Bulls	23	21.4	5.6	5.2	10–13
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	28	18.8	5.8	6.4	18–10
DAL Dallas Mavericks	55	20.2	5.9	5.6	36–19
DEN Denver Nuggets	62	21.6	6.5	5.6	40–22
DET Detroit Pistons	27	20.7	6.4	6.0	17–10
GSW Golden State Warriors	69	22.3	6.0	5.4	48–21
HOU Houston Rockets	44	20.5	5.7	5.0	22–22
IND Indiana Pacers	27	15.7	4.7	6.3	20–7
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	72	21.2	6.3	6.1	61–11
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	69	19.6	6.5	5.7	27–42
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	9	17.3	4.9	8.4	7–2
MIA Miami Heat	18	17.8	5.7	5.3	12–6
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	29	20.5	5.9	6.2	15–14
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	28	20.3	5.6	5.0	23–5
NYK New York Knicks	28	19.6	5.8	6.0	17–11
ORL Orlando Magic	19	17.8	5.8	4.2	8–11
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	29	20.6	6.1	5.6	15–14
PHX Phoenix Suns	68	20.5	6.0	5.8	38–30
POR Portland Trail Blazers	10	20.0	6.6	4.4	4–6
SAC Sacramento Kings	70	20.3	6.3	5.4	50–20
SAS San Antonio Spurs	60	19.9	6.5	5.1	34–26
TOR Toronto Raptors	4	19.0	7.5	7.2	3–1
UTA Utah Jazz	58	18.5	6.7	5.2	23–35
WAS Washington Wizards	2	21.5	5.5	4.5	1–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 1997-98

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	34%	.654
In the paint (3-10 ft)	6%	.210
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	13%	.277
Long two (16 ft-3P)	16%	.371
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	32%	.317

Average shot distance 14.5 ft · 3% of attempts were dunks · 12% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
1995-96	$9,810,000
1996-97	$5,500,000
1997-98	$5,500,000
Career earnings	$20,810,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does Clyde Drexler play for?

Clyde Drexler plays SG for the Houston Rockets.

What are Clyde Drexler's career stats?

Clyde Drexler has averaged 20.4 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 5.6 APG over 15 seasons (1983-84–1997-98).

How much does Clyde Drexler make?

Clyde Drexler's salary is $5,500,000 for the 1997-98 season, with career earnings of about $20.8M.

How tall is Clyde Drexler?

Clyde Drexler is 6-7 (210 lb).

When was Clyde Drexler drafted?

Clyde Drexler was drafted in 1983, round 1, pick 14, by the Portland Trail Blazers.