Dan Majerle vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Dan Majerle, 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.

Dan Majerle and Nate Thurmond both played 14 years in the NBA. Dan Majerle had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
Dan Majerle	14	13	1988-89 to 2001-02
Nate Thurmond	14	9	1963-64 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1988-89	1963-64
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Dan Majerle	54	25.1	8.6	1.1	2.7	3.9	2.4	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.6	3.4	8.0	.419	0.5	1.5	.329	1.4	2.4	.614
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		%
Dan Majerle	12	29.3	14.3	1.8	2.9	4.8	1.2	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.3	12.0	.438	0.7	2.3	.286	3.2	4.0	.792
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
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1989-90	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Dan Majerle	73	30.7	11.1	2.0	3.9	5.9	2.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	2.4	4.1	9.6	.424	0.3	1.1	.238	2.7	3.6	.762
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		%
Dan Majerle	16	29.9	12.6	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.1	1.3	0.1	1.1	2.1	4.6	9.4	.487	0.3	0.8	.333	3.2	4.1	.785
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1990-91	1965-66
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Dan Majerle	77	29.6	13.6	2.2	3.2	5.4	2.8	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.1	5.2	10.7	.484	0.4	1.1	.349	2.9	3.9	.762
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		%
Dan Majerle	4	27.5	10.5	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	3.0	3.0	8.0	.375	1.0	2.8	.364	3.5	4.8	.737
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1991-92	1966-67
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Dan Majerle	82	34.8	17.3	1.8	4.1	5.9	3.3	1.6	0.5	1.2	1.9	6.7	14.1	.478	1.1	2.8	.382	2.8	3.7	.756
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		%
Dan Majerle	7	38.0	18.6	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.9	1.4	0.0	1.3	1.6	6.9	15.9	.432	1.3	4.7	.273	3.6	3.7	.962
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
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1992-93	1967-68
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Dan Majerle	82	39.0	16.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	3.8	1.7	0.4	1.6	2.2	6.2	13.4	.464	2.0	5.3	.381	2.5	3.2	.778
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		%
Dan Majerle	24	44.6	15.4	1.2	4.6	5.8	3.7	1.4	1.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	13.0	.431	2.3	5.7	.394	2.0	2.9	.696
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1993-94	1968-69
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dan Majerle	80	40.1	16.5	1.5	2.9	4.4	3.4	1.6	0.5	1.7	1.9	6.0	14.2	.418	2.4	6.3	.382	2.2	3.0	.739
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		%
Dan Majerle	10	41.0	12.3	1.5	2.8	4.3	2.4	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.3	4.6	12.7	.362	2.0	5.9	.339	1.1	1.6	.688
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
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1994-95	1969-70
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Dan Majerle	82	37.7	15.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	4.1	1.2	0.5	1.3	1.9	5.3	12.6	.425	2.4	6.7	.363	2.5	3.4	.730
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		%
Dan Majerle	10	30.7	8.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.7	1.4	0.3	0.9	2.4	2.7	7.3	.370	1.6	4.4	.364	1.2	1.7	.706
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1995-96	1970-71
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Dan Majerle	82	28.9	10.6	0.9	2.9	3.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.6	3.7	9.1	.405	1.8	5.0	.353	1.5	2.1	.710
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		%
Dan Majerle	3	30.3	16.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	5.3	12.0	.444	3.3	7.7	.435	2.7	3.0	.889
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
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1996-97	1971-72
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Dan Majerle	36	35.1	10.8	1.3	3.3	4.5	3.2	1.5	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.9	9.6	.406	1.9	5.6	.338	1.1	1.6	.678
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		%
Dan Majerle	17	29.2	8.0	0.9	3.3	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.7	6.9	.393	1.5	4.4	.338	1.1	1.6	.679
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
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1997-98	1972-73
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dan Majerle	72	26.8	7.2	0.7	3.1	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.6	6.1	.419	1.5	4.1	.376	0.6	0.7	.784
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		%
Dan Majerle	2	31.0	4.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	.375	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1998-99	1973-74
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Dan Majerle	48	33.8	7.0	0.4	3.9	4.3	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	2.5	6.2	.396	1.4	4.2	.335	0.7	1.0	.717
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		%
Dan Majerle	5	30.2	4.0	0.6	5.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	3.0	1.0	5.2	.192	1.0	4.4	.227	1.0	1.4	.714
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	1999-00	1974-75
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Dan Majerle	69	33.4	7.3	0.4	4.4	4.8	3.0	1.3	0.2	0.9	2.3	2.5	6.1	.403	1.6	4.4	.362	0.8	1.0	.812
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		%
Dan Majerle	10	37.0	9.0	0.5	6.5	7.0	3.2	2.1	0.1	1.1	3.4	3.0	7.1	.423	2.0	5.0	.400	1.0	1.4	.714
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
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	2000-01	1975-76
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dan Majerle	53	24.6	5.0	0.4	2.8	3.1	1.7	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	1.6	4.9	.336	1.1	3.4	.315	0.7	0.8	.818
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		%
Dan Majerle	3	23.7	5.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	1.7	5.3	.313	1.3	4.7	.286	0.7	1.3	.500
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
	Dan Majerle	Nate Thurmond
Season	2001-02	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dan Majerle	65	18.2	4.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.5	4.4	.343	1.2	3.6	.336	0.4	0.6	.590
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		%
Dan Majerle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Dan Majerle vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Dan Majerle, 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