Aaron Nesmith vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Aaron Nesmith, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Aaron Nesmith played 5 years in the NBA, 15 less than Chris Paul, who played 20. Aaron Nesmith had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Aaron Nesmith	Chris Paul
Season	2020-21	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	46	14.5	4.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.9	1.7	3.9	.438	0.9	2.3	.370	0.5	0.6	.786
difference:	+32	+21.5	+11.4	+0.2	+2.1	+2.3	+7.3	+1.9	+0.1	-1.8	-0.9	+3.5	+8.2	+.008	+0.3		+.088	+4.6	+5.4	+.061
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	5	15.0	3.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.4	1.0	3.6	.278	0.8	2.8	.286	0.4	0.4	1.000
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Aaron Nesmith	Chris Paul
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	73	24.9	10.1	0.8	2.9	3.8	1.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	3.2	3.5	8.1	.427	1.6	4.3	.366	1.6	1.9	.838
difference:	+7	+12.7	+11.0		+0.3	+0.2	+10.3	+1.9	+0.4	-1.5	-0.9	+4.4	+8.0	+.061	+0.4	+1.2	+.003	+2.6	+3.0	+.013
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785

Season 4
	Aaron Nesmith	Chris Paul
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	72	27.7	12.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.9	3.3	4.4	8.8	.496	1.9	4.6	.419	1.5	1.9	.781
difference:	+6	+10.8	+10.6		+1.8	+1.7	+9.5	+1.9	+0.6	-2.1	-0.6	+3.7	+7.3	+.007	+1.1	+2.3	+.055	+4.3	+4.8	+.087
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	17	32.9	10.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.9	3.6	8.3	.433	1.3	4.6	.278	2.0	2.2	.919
difference:	+12	+7.3	+6.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+8.2	+1.0	+0.5	-3.4	-2.3	+2.4	+6.3	+.022	+0.3	+1.4	+.035	+1.6	+2.0	+.062
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857

Season 5
	Aaron Nesmith	Chris Paul
Season	2024-25	2009-10
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	45	25.0	12.0	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.5	4.3	8.4	.507	1.9	4.3	.431	1.6	1.8	.913
difference:		+13.0	+6.7	+0.4	+0.7	+0.2	+9.5	+1.3	+0.2	-1.7	-0.1	+2.7	+5.8	+.014	+0.7	+1.5	+.022	+2.0	+2.4	+.066
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	23	28.3	12.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.0	4.1	4.3	9.2	.472	2.6	5.3	.492	1.3	1.6	.861
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 15 seasons more than Aaron Nesmith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 20, from 2011 to 2025—Chris Paul played in 13 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Aaron Nesmith, Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 3 Assists Leader 4 Steals Leader 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP