After reaching a buyout agreement with Cleveland in 2021, he joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.

He was a member of the 2014 U.S. national team that won a gold medal in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

[3] He improved during his sophomore year at Capital Prep, averaging 20.2 points, 16.6 rebounds, 7.2 blocks and 4.5 steals per game.

[9][10] In the summer of 2010, Drummond was a member of the gold medal-winning United States team at the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.

He scored 20+ points in 2 games during the season, including a 24-point performance against Holy Cross, in which he shot 11-of-12 from the field.

Drummond's collegiate career ended in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, as the ninth-seeded Huskies fell to eight-seed Iowa State.

[19] In his rookie season, Drummond averaged 7.9 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.0 steal and 1.6 blocks in 20.7 minutes per game.

[22] On February 14, Drummond scored 30 points and an NBA Rising Stars Challenge record 25 rebounds, and was named the MVP of the event.

[24] On March 11, 2015, Drummond recorded 22 points and a season-high 25 rebounds in a loss to the Golden State Warriors.

[30] On November 3, Drummond recorded 25 points and a career-high 29 rebounds in a loss to the Indiana Pacers, becoming the first Piston with back-to-back 20/20 games since 1985.

[45] The Pistons finished the regular season as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 44–38 record, earning a playoff berth for the first time since 2009.

[46] They went on to be swept in their first-round match-up against the eventual NBA champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers, in a highly competitive series.

He moved into sixth place on Detroit's career rebounding list, passing Walter Dukes.

[55] Two days later, in a 122–101 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Drummond recorded his 5,000th career rebound in the first quarter, becoming the sixth Pistons player to reach that total.

[58] Drummond went on to become the first player to grab at least 200 rebounds in the first 13 games of two different seasons since Dennis Rodman did it three times for three different teams in the 1990s.

[61] On January 24, Drummond recorded 30 points, 24 rebounds, six blocked shots, four assists and three steals in a 98–95 overtime loss to the Utah Jazz.

During the game, he became the Pistons' all-time career leader in offensive rebounds with 2,431, surpassing the previous record held by Bill Laimbeer.

[73] On March 11 against the Brooklyn Nets, Drummond's 19th straight double-double tied him with Bob Lanier (1974–75) for the longest such streak in Pistons' team history.

[78][79] On February 6, 2020, the Pistons traded Drummond to the Cleveland Cavaliers, in exchange for Brandon Knight, John Henson, and a 2023 second-round draft pick.

[81] On March 28, 2021, Drummond signed a 1-year contract worth $794,536 with the Los Angeles Lakers,[82] adding an offensive boost to a team without injured stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

[86] On February 10, 2022, Drummond was traded, along with Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and two future first-round picks, to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for James Harden and Paul Millsap.

[87] On February 14, in his debut for the Nets, Drummond recorded 11 points and nine rebounds in a 109–85 win against the Sacramento Kings to help his new team end an 11-game losing streak.

[92] On December 26, Drummond started in place of an injured Nikola Vučević and recorded 24 points and 25 rebounds as the Bulls defeated the Atlanta Hawks 118–113.

[95][96] Drummond was a member of the 2014 U.S. national team that won the gold medal at the FIBA Basketball World Cup.