Andre Miller vs. Don Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don Nelson and Andre Miller, 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.

Andre Miller played 17 years in the NBA, 3 more than Don Nelson, who played 14. Andre Miller had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Don Nelson had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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
Andre Miller	17	11	1999-00 to 2015-16
Don Nelson	14	11	1962-63 to 1975-76

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	1999-00	1962-63
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Chicago Zephyrs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Andre Miller	82	25.5	11.1	1.0	2.4	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.4	4.1	9.2	.449	0.1	0.6	.204	2.8	3.6	.774
Don Nelson	62	17.3	6.8	-	-	4.5	1.2	-	-	-	2.2	2.1	4.7	.440	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2000-01	1963-64
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Andre Miller	82	34.7	15.8	1.1	3.2	4.4	8.0	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.8	5.5	12.2	.452	0.2	0.8	.266	4.6	5.5	.833
Don Nelson	80	17.6	5.2	-	-	4.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.3	1.7	4.0	.418	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	5	11.2	3.4	-	-	2.6	0.4	-	-	-	2.2	1.4	2.6	.538	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 3
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2001-02	1964-65
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Andre Miller	81	37.3	16.5	1.3	3.3	4.7	10.9	1.6	0.4	3.0	2.8	5.9	12.9	.454	0.3	1.1	.253	4.5	5.5	.817
Don Nelson	39	6.1	2.4	-	-	1.9	0.6	-	-	-	1.0	0.9	2.2	.424	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	11	19.3	6.1	-	-	5.4	1.7	-	-	-	2.8	2.2	4.8	.453	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.760


Season 4
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2002-03	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	80	36.4	13.6	1.1	2.9	4.0	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.7	11.6	.406	0.3	1.4	.213	3.9	4.9	.795
Don Nelson	75	23.5	10.2	-	-	5.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	8.2	.439	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	17	18.6	8.4	-	-	5.0	0.8	-	-	-	2.9	2.9	6.9	.424	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.808


Season 5
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2003-04	1966-67
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Andre Miller	82	34.6	14.8	1.5	2.9	4.5	6.1	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.4	5.2	11.5	.457	0.1	0.8	.185	4.2	5.0	.832
Don Nelson	79	15.2	7.5	-	-	3.7	0.8	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	6.4	.446	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	35.0	15.4	3.0	1.6	4.6	3.2	1.6	0.0	2.0	3.2	6.8	14.4	.472	0.0	0.4	.000	1.8	2.2	.818
Don Nelson	9	15.8	7.1	-	-	4.7	1.0	-	-	-	1.3	3.0	6.6	.458	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.588


Season 6
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2004-05	1967-68
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	82	34.8	13.6	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.9	1.5	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.2	10.9	.477	0.1	0.5	.154	3.1	3.7	.838
Don Nelson	82	18.3	10.0	-	-	5.3	1.3	-	-	-	2.2	3.8	7.7	.494	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	37.2	16.2	1.8	3.4	5.2	5.2	2.0	0.2	2.4	4.4	5.6	13.2	.424	0.4	0.8	.500	4.6	6.4	.719
Don Nelson	19	24.6	12.5	-	-	7.5	1.7	-	-	-	2.6	4.8	9.2	.520	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.743


Season 7
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2005-06	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	82	35.8	13.7	1.1	3.2	4.3	8.2	1.3	0.2	3.1	2.6	4.9	10.6	.463	0.1	0.3	.185	3.8	5.2	.738
Don Nelson	82	21.6	11.6	-	-	5.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	4.6	9.4	.485	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	36.4	16.4	1.6	2.8	4.4	7.2	1.0	0.2	3.2	2.4	6.8	15.4	.442	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.4	.824
Don Nelson	18	19.3	12.4	-	-	4.6	1.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	9.3	.518	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.833


Season 8
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2006-07	1969-70
Team	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
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		%
Andre Miller	80	37.1	13.4	1.2	3.2	4.4	7.8	1.4	0.1	2.8	2.3	5.3	11.4	.466	0.1	0.4	.143	2.8	3.5	.784
Don Nelson	82	27.1	15.4	-	-	7.3	1.8	-	-	-	2.9	5.6	11.2	.501	-	-	-	4.1	5.3	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2007-08	1970-71
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Andre Miller	82	36.8	17.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	6.9	1.3	0.1	2.5	2.2	6.9	14.1	.492	0.0	0.4	.088	3.1	4.1	.772
Don Nelson	82	27.5	13.9	-	-	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	10.7	.468	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	38.2	15.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	0.8	0.0	2.3	2.0	6.5	14.8	.438	0.0	0.5	.000	2.3	3.7	.636
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2008-09	1971-72
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Andre Miller	82	36.3	16.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	6.5	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.0	12.7	.473	0.2	0.6	.283	4.1	5.0	.826
Don Nelson	82	25.4	13.8	-	-	5.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	9.9	.480	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	43.0	21.2	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.3	1.2	0.2	3.2	2.8	8.0	16.8	.475	0.5	1.7	.300	4.7	5.7	.824
Don Nelson	11	28.0	13.2	-	-	5.5	1.9	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	9.0	.525	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.854


Season 11
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2009-10	1972-73
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Andre Miller	82	30.5	14.0	1.0	2.3	3.2	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.1	2.1	4.9	11.1	.445	0.2	1.0	.200	3.9	4.8	.821
Don Nelson	72	19.8	10.8	-	-	4.4	1.4	-	-	-	2.2	4.3	9.0	.476	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	35.0	15.7	0.8	2.3	3.2	6.0	1.2	0.2	3.2	2.0	5.0	12.3	.405	0.5	1.2	.429	5.2	6.7	.775
Don Nelson	13	23.3	11.0	-	-	2.9	1.2	-	-	-	2.2	3.6	7.8	.465	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.875


Season 12
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2010-11	1973-74
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	81	32.7	12.7	1.2	2.5	3.7	7.0	1.4	0.1	2.4	2.1	4.8	10.4	.460	0.0	0.5	.108	3.1	3.6	.853
Don Nelson	82	21.3	11.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.0	0.2	0.2	-	2.3	4.4	8.7	.508	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	32.3	14.8	0.8	2.3	3.2	5.5	0.3	0.0	2.2	2.8	5.5	11.2	.493	0.7	1.7	.400	3.2	4.0	.792
Don Nelson	18	25.9	11.4	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.9	0.4	0.2	-	3.0	4.6	9.1	.500	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.774


Season 13
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2011-12	1974-75
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Andre Miller	66	27.4	9.7	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.7	1.0	0.1	2.7	2.0	3.7	8.4	.438	0.3	1.3	.217	2.1	2.6	.811
Don Nelson	79	26.0	14.0	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.3	0.4	0.2	-	3.0	5.4	9.9	.539	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	7	28.6	11.3	2.0	3.6	5.6	6.0	1.3	0.1	2.4	2.7	4.4	10.4	.425	0.6	1.0	.571	1.9	2.1	.867
Don Nelson	11	24.9	15.4	1.6	2.5	4.1	2.4	0.2	0.2	-	3.3	6.0	10.6	.564	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.902


Season 14
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2012-13	1975-76
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	82	26.2	9.6	0.7	2.2	2.9	5.9	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.9	3.7	7.7	.479	0.2	0.8	.266	2.0	2.4	.840
Don Nelson	75	12.6	6.4	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	-	1.5	2.3	5.1	.462	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	25.7	14.0	1.8	1.5	3.3	3.8	0.3	0.0	2.7	1.3	4.8	11.5	.420	0.8	1.8	.455	3.5	4.5	.778
Don Nelson	18	17.5	9.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.2	0.1	-	2.6	2.9	6.0	.481	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.870


Season 15
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Andre Miller	58	16.9	4.9	0.5	1.8	2.2	3.4	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.8	4.0	.459	0.2	0.4	.524	1.0	1.3	.779
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	11	9.8	4.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.7	.463	0.1	0.3	.333	0.5	0.8	.556
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Andre Miller	81	15.5	4.4	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.5	0.4	0.1	1.3	1.3	1.8	3.6	.500	0.1	0.4	.206	0.7	1.0	.753
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Andre Miller	Don Nelson
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Andre Miller	39	11.8	3.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.2	1.5	2.7	.557	0.1	0.2	.250	0.6	0.8	.750
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	7.0	1.8	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	.429	0.2	0.6	.333	0.4	0.4	1.000
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Andre Miller vs. Don Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don Nelson and Andre Miller, 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

Season 16

Season 17