Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Steve Nash and Olden Polynice

This is the detail of NBA games in which Steve Nash and Olden Polynice played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 18 times in NBA games. Steve Nash has a 10-8 winning record over Olden Polynice, including a 3-2 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Steve Nash:
1996-97 to 2013-14
Olden Polynice:
1987-88 to 2003-04
18 Games played
13 in Regular Season
5 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Steve Nash
10
7
3
Olden Polynice
8
6
2

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Nash 12.0 2.6 6.4 0.70.1
Olden Polynice 6.4 5.9 0.90.30.4
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Nash 27 6 17 41
Olden Polynice 17 14 5 13
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Nash 12

games
5

games
15

games
7

games
1

game
Olden Polynice 6

games
12

games
2

games
2

games
6

games
Both had same stat 0

games
1

game
1

game
9

games
11

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1996-97 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 30, 1996
1. Suns 100   Steve Nash 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 12 0-0 - 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Kings 88   Olden Polynice 4 7 2 0 0 1 5 32 2-11 .182 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 07, 1997
2. Suns 104   Steve Nash 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 01 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Kings 87   Olden Polynice 6 14 5 0 1 3 2 39 3-11 .273 0-0 - 0-4 .000
Apr. 10, 1997
3. Suns 101   Steve Nash 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 99   Olden Polynice 17 12 0 0 0 2 3 27 6-11 .545 0-0 - 5-10 .500
1997-98 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 12, 1998
4. Suns 90   Steve Nash 5 2 4 0 0 1 1 21 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Kings 96   Olden Polynice 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 9 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Mar. 17, 1998
5. Suns 107   Steve Nash 14 2 2 4 0 1 2 21 7-10 .700 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Kings 80   Olden Polynice 4 4 3 1 0 2 2 9 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
1998-99 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 05, 1999
6. Mavericks 86   Steve Nash 9 2 5 1 0 1 3 40 3-13 .231 3-9 .333 0-1 .000
OT Supersonics 92   Olden Polynice 11 13 2 0 0 0 2 41 5-10 .500 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Mar. 29, 1999
7. Mavericks 101   Steve Nash 5 0 4 1 0 1 6 22 2-7 .286 1-6 .167 0-0 -
Supersonics 109   Olden Polynice 9 12 1 0 3 2 2 28 3-8 .375 0-0 - 3-10 .300
1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 24, 2000
8. Mavericks 85   Steve Nash 5 2 3 0 0 3 1 28 2-9 .222 1-3 .333 0-0 -
Jazz 92   Olden Polynice 4 4 0 1 0 0 3 16 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 27, 2000
9. Mavericks 113   Steve Nash 16 4 11 0 0 5 3 41 3-7 .429 0-1 .000 10-11 .909
Jazz 105   Olden Polynice 6 6 0 1 1 0 2 19 2-5 .400 1-1 1.000 1-6 .167
2000-01 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 04, 2000
10. Mavericks 106   Steve Nash 24 1 12 0 0 5 1 37 8-13 .615 1-3 .333 7-8 .875
Jazz 112   Olden Polynice 7 6 1 0 0 1 3 23 3-6 .500 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Nov. 20, 2000
11. Mavericks 107   Steve Nash 17 5 17 2 0 7 2 41 5-13 .385 1-5 .200 6-6 1.000
Jazz 98   Olden Polynice 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 16 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 26, 2001
12. Mavericks 98   Steve Nash 9 6 9 1 1 3 4 36 2-11 .182 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Jazz 90   Olden Polynice 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 21 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 07, 2001
13. Mavericks 103   Steve Nash 12 2 11 1 0 4 5 33 3-7 .429 2-3 .667 4-4 1.000
Jazz 116   Olden Polynice 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 13 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
2001 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 21, 2001
14. Mavericks 86   Steve Nash 20 3 7 1 0 5 3 40 6-11 .545 1-2 .500 7-7 1.000
Jazz 88   Olden Polynice 8 5 0 1 0 2 4 15 4-5 .800 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 24, 2001
15. Mavericks 98   Steve Nash 20 3 6 0 0 4 3 43 6-13 .462 2-9 .222 6-7 .857
Jazz 109   Olden Polynice 11 5 0 0 0 1 2 17 5-9 .556 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Apr. 28, 2001
16. Mavericks 94   Steve Nash 16 4 7 0 0 2 0 39 6-15 .400 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000
Jazz 91   Olden Polynice 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 21 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
May. 01, 2001
17. Mavericks 107   Steve Nash 27 3 7 2 0 4 0 38 8-15 .533 4-8 .500 7-7 1.000
Jazz 77   Olden Polynice 8 4 1 0 1 0 1 20 2-5 .400 0-0 - 4-6 .667
May. 03, 2001
18. Mavericks 84   Steve Nash 9 5 7 0 0 3 2 42 3-11 .273 3-7 .429 0-1 .000
Jazz 83   Olden Polynice 12 4 0 0 0 2 4 27 5-10 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000