Bill Cartwright vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Bill Cartwright, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Bill Cartwright played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Bill Cartwright had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Nate Thurmond had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bill Cartwright	15	10	1979-80 to 1994-95
Nate Thurmond	14	9	1963-64 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1979-80	1963-64
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	82	38.4	21.7	2.4	6.5	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	8.1	14.8	.547	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.9	.797
Nate Thurmond	76	25.9	7.0	-	-	10.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	7.3	.395	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.549

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	12	34.2	10.0	-	-	12.3	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	3.5	8.0	.438	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.679


Season 2
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1980-81	1964-65
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	82	35.7	20.1	2.0	5.5	7.5	1.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	3.2	7.5	13.6	.554	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.3	.788
Nate Thurmond	77	41.2	16.5	-	-	18.1	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	16.1	.419	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	2	24.5	10.0	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	3.0	8.5	.353	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1981-82	1965-66
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	72	28.6	14.4	1.6	4.2	5.8	1.2	0.7	0.9	2.3	2.9	5.4	9.6	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.763
Nate Thurmond	73	39.6	16.3	-	-	18.0	1.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	15.3	.406	-	-	-	3.8	5.9	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1982-83	1966-67
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	82	30.1	15.7	2.3	4.9	7.2	1.7	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.8	5.5	9.8	.566	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.2	.744
Nate Thurmond	65	42.5	18.7	-	-	21.3	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.2	16.4	.437	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	.629

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	6	28.7	11.2	1.5	4.2	5.7	0.7	0.5	1.2	3.2	4.2	4.2	7.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.7	.773
Nate Thurmond	15	46.0	15.9	-	-	23.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.5	6.2	14.3	.433	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.571


Season 5
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1983-84	1967-68
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	77	32.3	17.0	2.5	5.9	8.4	1.4	0.6	1.3	2.6	3.4	5.9	10.5	.561	0.0	0.0	.000	5.2	6.5	.805
Nate Thurmond	51	43.6	20.5	-	-	22.0	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	18.2	.411	-	-	-	5.5	8.6	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	12	33.2	17.4	2.3	6.0	8.3	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.2	3.7	5.8	10.5	.556	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	6.7	.863
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Cartwright didn't play in 1984-85.


Season 6
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1985-86	1968-69
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	2	18.0	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	3.0	1.5	3.5	.429	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	5.0	.600
Nate Thurmond	71	45.2	21.5	-	-	19.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.4	8.0	19.6	.410	-	-	-	5.4	8.7	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	6	43.8	16.7	-	-	19.5	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	17.0	.392	-	-	-	3.3	5.7	.588


Season 7
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1986-87	1969-70
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	58	34.3	17.5	2.3	5.4	7.7	1.7	0.7	0.4	2.2	3.2	5.8	10.9	.531	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	7.6	.790
Nate Thurmond	43	44.6	21.9	-	-	17.7	3.5	-	-	-	2.6	7.9	19.2	.414	-	-	-	6.1	8.0	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1987-88	1970-71
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	82	20.4	11.1	1.5	3.1	4.7	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.6	2.9	3.5	6.4	.544	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.2	.798
Nate Thurmond	82	40.9	20.0	-	-	13.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.3	7.6	17.1	.445	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	4	19.0	7.3	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.5	0.0	0.8	2.0	3.0	2.3	4.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.8	.733
Nate Thurmond	5	38.4	17.6	-	-	10.2	3.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.2	19.4	.371	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.800


Season 9
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1988-89	1971-72
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	78	29.9	12.4	1.9	4.7	6.7	1.2	0.3	0.5	2.4	3.0	4.7	9.8	.475	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.9	.766
Nate Thurmond	78	43.1	21.4	-	-	16.1	2.9	-	-	-	2.7	8.1	18.6	.432	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	17	34.3	11.8	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.2	0.5	0.7	2.4	4.1	4.2	8.7	.486	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.700
Nate Thurmond	5	46.0	25.4	-	-	17.8	5.2	-	-	-	2.4	10.6	24.4	.434	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.750


Season 10
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1989-90	1972-73
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	71	30.4	11.4	1.9	4.6	6.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.7	3.4	4.1	8.4	.488	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.9	.811
Nate Thurmond	79	43.3	17.1	-	-	17.1	3.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	14.7	.446	-	-	-	4.0	5.6	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	16	28.9	8.1	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.6	3.3	3.1	7.6	.413	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.7	.674
Nate Thurmond	11	41.8	14.5	-	-	13.2	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	14.6	.398	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.800


Season 11
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1990-91	1973-74
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	79	28.8	9.6	2.1	4.0	6.2	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.4	2.1	4.0	8.2	.490	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.697
Nate Thurmond	62	39.7	13.0	4.0	10.1	14.2	2.7	0.7	2.9	-	2.9	5.0	11.2	.444	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.666

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	17	30.1	9.5	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.2	3.2	4.1	7.9	.519	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.688
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1991-92	1974-75
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	64	23.0	8.0	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.4	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.0	3.3	7.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.604
Nate Thurmond	80	34.5	7.9	3.2	8.1	11.3	4.1	0.6	2.4	-	3.4	3.1	8.6	.364	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	.589

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	22	27.8	5.6	1.3	3.1	4.5	1.7	0.5	0.2	1.2	3.2	2.5	5.3	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.4	.419
Nate Thurmond	13	19.5	3.5	1.8	4.8	6.7	2.4	0.4	1.6	-	2.8	1.1	2.9	.368	-	-	-	1.4	2.8	.486


Season 13
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1992-93	1975-76
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	63	19.9	5.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.4	2.2	5.4	.411	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.735
Nate Thurmond	78	17.9	4.4	1.5	3.8	5.3	1.2	0.3	1.3	-	2.1	1.8	4.3	.421	-	-	-	0.8	1.6	.504

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	19	23.4	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.7	2.7	2.4	5.2	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.778
Nate Thurmond	13	28.8	6.7	2.9	6.1	9.0	2.2	0.5	2.2	-	4.0	2.8	6.1	.468	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.406


Season 14
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1993-94	1976-77
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	42	18.6	5.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	2.3	4.5	.513	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.684
Nate Thurmond	49	20.3	5.5	2.5	5.2	7.6	1.7	0.3	1.7	-	2.6	2.0	5.0	.407	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	9	21.0	4.6	2.1	2.8	4.9	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.9	1.6	4.8	.326	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.813
Nate Thurmond	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Bill Cartwright	Nate Thurmond
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	29	14.8	2.4	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.6	2.4	0.9	2.4	.391	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.625
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Cartwright vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Bill Cartwright, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15