Deandre Ayton vs. Nick Collison Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Collison and Deandre Ayton, 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.

Deandre Ayton played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Nick Collison, who played 14. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Nick Collison had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Deandre Ayton	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24
Nick Collison	14	7	2004-05 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
Nick Collison	82	17.0	5.6	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	3.1	2.3	4.3	.537	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	11	19.7	8.4	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	3.6	3.4	5.5	.607	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.5	2.5	.630


Season 2
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Deandre Ayton	38	32.5	18.2	3.9	7.6	11.5	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.1	3.1	8.2	14.9	.546	0.1	0.3	.231	1.8	2.3	.753
Nick Collison	66	21.9	7.5	2.2	3.4	5.6	1.1	0.3	0.5	1.2	3.2	3.1	6.0	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Deandre Ayton	69	30.7	14.4	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	6.2	10.0	.626	0.1	0.3	.200	1.9	2.5	.769
Nick Collison	82	29.0	9.6	2.8	5.3	8.1	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.5	3.9	7.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.4	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	22	36.4	15.8	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.9	7.0	10.6	.658	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.736
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Deandre Ayton	58	29.5	17.2	2.6	7.7	10.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	7.6	12.0	.634	0.1	0.3	.368	1.8	2.4	.746
Nick Collison	78	28.5	9.8	3.3	6.1	9.4	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.2	4.1	8.2	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.1	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	13	30.5	17.9	2.5	6.4	8.9	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	8.1	12.6	.640	0.2	0.3	.500	1.6	2.5	.636
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
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		%
Deandre Ayton	67	30.4	18.0	2.6	7.4	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.8	7.8	13.2	.589	0.1	0.4	.292	2.3	3.0	.760
Nick Collison	71	25.8	8.2	2.5	4.3	6.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.0	3.4	3.4	6.0	.568	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	10	31.9	13.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.5	6.1	11.1	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.522
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Deandre Ayton	55	32.4	16.7	3.2	7.9	11.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	7.8	13.6	.570	0.0	0.2	.100	1.2	1.4	.823
Nick Collison	75	20.8	5.9	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	3.1	2.4	4.1	.589	0.0	0.1	.250	1.0	1.4	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	6	21.5	3.2	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.7	3.3	1.3	4.0	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	1.2	.429


Season 7
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	71	21.5	4.6	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	1.9	3.4	.566	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	17	24.3	6.7	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	3.7	2.8	4.5	.632	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.783


Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	63	20.7	4.5	1.9	2.5	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.4	1.9	3.2	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	20	16.6	3.5	1.5	1.9	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	1.7	2.6	.647	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.429


Season 9
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	81	19.5	5.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.2	3.7	.595	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	11	16.2	5.0	2.3	2.4	4.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	2.0	4.3	.468	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.1	.917


Season 10
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	81	16.7	4.2	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.2	.235	0.8	1.1	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	17	10.8	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.6	0.7	1.7	.414	0.1	0.3	.400	0.4	0.6	.700


Season 11
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	66	16.7	4.1	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.4	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.4	1.6	3.8	.419	0.2	0.9	.267	0.7	1.0	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	59	11.8	2.1	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	0.8	1.8	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	9	8.8	1.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.1	1.9	0.4	0.7	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500


Season 13
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	20	6.4	1.7	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.2	.609	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Deandre Ayton	Nick Collison
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	15	5.0	2.1	0.5	0.9	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	1.3	.684	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.385

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Deandre Ayton vs. Nick Collison Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Collison and Deandre Ayton, 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