Austin Reaves vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Austin Reaves, 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.
Austin Reaves played 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Austin Reaves had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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 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.
Their Careers |
| Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
| Austin Reaves |
4 |
3 |
2021-22 to 2024-25 |
| Nate Thurmond |
14 |
9 |
1963-64 to 1976-77 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Austin Reaves |
61 |
23.2 |
7.3 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
3.2 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
5.2 |
.459 |
0.9 |
2.7 |
.317 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
.839 |
| difference: | +15 | +2.7 | +0.3 | | | +7.2 | +0.7 | | | | -1.0 | +0.5 | +2.1 | +.064 | | | | +0.3 | +0.4 | +.290 |
| Nate Thurmond |
76 |
25.9 |
7.0 |
- |
- |
10.4 |
1.1 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
2.9 |
7.3 |
.395 |
- |
- |
- |
1.3 |
2.3 |
.549 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Austin Reaves |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nate Thurmond |
12 |
34.2 |
10.0 |
- |
- |
12.3 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
3.5 |
8.0 |
.438 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
4.4 |
.679 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Austin Reaves |
64 |
28.8 |
13.0 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
4.0 |
7.7 |
.529 |
1.3 |
3.4 |
.398 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
.864 |
| difference: | +13 | +12.4 | +3.5 | | | +15.1 | +1.4 | | | | -1.3 | +2.7 | +8.4 | +.110 | | | | +0.5 | +0.5 | +.206 |
| Nate Thurmond |
77 |
41.2 |
16.5 |
- |
- |
18.1 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
6.7 |
16.1 |
.419 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
4.6 |
.658 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Austin Reaves |
16 |
36.2 |
16.9 |
1.3 |
3.2 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.6 |
2.4 |
5.6 |
12.1 |
.464 |
2.4 |
5.5 |
.443 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
.895 |
| Nate Thurmond |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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3rd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Austin Reaves |
82 |
32.1 |
15.9 |
0.7 |
3.6 |
4.3 |
5.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
5.6 |
11.5 |
.486 |
1.9 |
5.1 |
.367 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
.853 |
| difference: | +9 | +7.5 | +0.4 | | | +13.7 | +4.0 | | | | -1.2 | +0.6 | +3.8 | +.080 | | | | +1.0 | +2.6 | +.199 |
| Nate Thurmond |
73 |
39.6 |
16.3 |
- |
- |
18.0 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
6.2 |
15.3 |
.406 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
5.9 |
.654 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Austin Reaves |
5 |
34.8 |
16.8 |
1.0 |
2.8 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
6.0 |
12.6 |
.476 |
1.4 |
5.2 |
.269 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
.895 |
| Nate Thurmond |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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4th Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Austin Reaves |
73 |
34.9 |
20.2 |
0.8 |
3.7 |
4.5 |
5.8 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
6.5 |
14.2 |
.460 |
2.7 |
7.3 |
.377 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
.877 |
| difference: | +8 | +7.6 | +1.5 | | | +16.8 | +3.2 | | | | -0.7 | +0.7 | +2.2 | +.023 | | | | +0.1 | +1.8 | +.248 |
| Nate Thurmond |
65 |
42.5 |
18.7 |
- |
- |
21.3 |
2.6 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
7.2 |
16.4 |
.437 |
- |
- |
- |
4.3 |
6.8 |
.629 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Austin Reaves |
5 |
39.2 |
16.2 |
0.8 |
4.6 |
5.4 |
3.6 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
6.0 |
14.6 |
.411 |
3.0 |
9.4 |
.319 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
.857 |
| difference: | +10 | +6.8 | +0.3 | | | +17.7 | +0.5 | | | | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +.022 | | | | +2.3 | +4.7 | +.286 |
| Nate Thurmond |
15 |
46.0 |
15.9 |
- |
- |
23.1 |
3.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
6.2 |
14.3 |
.433 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
6.1 |
.571 |
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Additional Years |
* Nate Thurmond played 10 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 1968 to 1977—Nate Thurmond played in 7 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Austin Reaves, Nate Thurmond got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  2 All-Defensive First Team
3 All-Defensive Second Team
4 All-Star Game
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