Bryon Russell vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Bryon Russell, 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.

Bryon Russell played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Bryon Russell had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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 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
Bryon Russell	13	11	1993-94 to 2005-06
Nate Thurmond	14	9	1963-64 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	1993-94	1963-64
Team	Utah Jazz	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors 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		%
Bryon Russell	67	16.7	5.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.0	4.2	.484	0.0	0.3	.091	0.9	1.5	.614
Nate Thurmond	76	25.9	7.0	-	-	10.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	7.3	.395	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.549

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	6	6.0	2.7	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.7	.400	0.3	0.5	.667	1.0	1.0	1.000
Nate Thurmond	12	34.2	10.0	-	-	12.3	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	3.5	8.0	.438	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.679


Season 2
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	1994-95	1964-65
Team	Utah Jazz	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Bryon Russell	63	13.7	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.6	1.7	3.8	.437	0.2	0.7	.295	1.0	1.5	.667
Nate Thurmond	77	41.2	16.5	-	-	18.1	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	16.1	.419	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	2	6.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.5	.571	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.0	.500
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	1995-96	1965-66
Team	Utah Jazz	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Bryon Russell	59	9.8	2.9	0.5	1.1	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.1	0.9	2.4	.394	0.2	0.7	.350	0.8	1.1	.716
Nate Thurmond	73	39.6	16.3	-	-	18.0	1.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	15.3	.406	-	-	-	3.8	5.9	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	18	25.5	9.6	0.9	3.2	4.2	1.2	1.3	0.5	0.6	2.3	3.2	6.9	.468	1.4	2.9	.472	1.7	2.1	.816
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	1996-97	1966-67
Team	Utah Jazz	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Warriors 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		%
Bryon Russell	81	31.2	10.8	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.5	1.6	0.3	1.2	2.9	3.7	7.7	.479	1.3	3.3	.409	2.1	3.0	.701
Nate Thurmond	65	42.5	18.7	-	-	21.3	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.2	16.4	.437	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	.629

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	20	38.0	12.3	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.4	1.1	0.3	1.0	3.0	4.5	9.7	.461	1.8	5.1	.356	1.6	2.2	.721
Nate Thurmond	15	46.0	15.9	-	-	23.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.5	6.2	14.3	.433	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.571


Season 5
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	1997-98	1967-68
Team	Utah Jazz	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Bryon Russell	82	27.1	9.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.8	6.4	.430	0.9	2.6	.341	2.6	3.4	.766
Nate Thurmond	51	43.6	20.5	-	-	22.0	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	18.2	.411	-	-	-	5.5	8.6	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	20	35.0	11.0	0.6	4.1	4.7	1.1	1.1	0.3	0.9	2.5	3.5	7.4	.469	1.2	3.2	.365	2.9	4.1	.716
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	1998-99	1968-69
Team	Utah Jazz	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
Bryon Russell	50	35.4	12.4	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.5	1.5	0.3	1.5	3.1	4.3	9.4	.464	1.0	2.9	.354	2.7	3.4	.795
Nate Thurmond	71	45.2	21.5	-	-	19.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.4	8.0	19.6	.410	-	-	-	5.4	8.7	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	11	35.2	12.1	1.5	4.5	6.1	1.2	1.8	0.2	1.0	3.4	4.5	10.5	.426	0.8	3.3	.250	2.4	3.3	.722
Nate Thurmond	6	43.8	16.7	-	-	19.5	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	17.0	.392	-	-	-	3.3	5.7	.588


Season 7
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	1999-00	1969-70
Team	Utah Jazz	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Bryon Russell	82	35.4	14.1	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.9	1.6	0.3	1.2	3.1	5.0	11.1	.446	1.3	3.3	.396	2.9	3.9	.750
Nate Thurmond	43	44.6	21.9	-	-	17.7	3.5	-	-	-	2.6	7.9	19.2	.414	-	-	-	6.1	8.0	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	10	37.4	14.0	0.9	4.3	5.2	2.1	1.6	0.5	1.5	2.7	4.8	11.4	.421	1.3	4.5	.289	3.1	4.1	.756
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	2000-01	1970-71
Team	Utah Jazz	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Bryon Russell	78	31.7	12.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.1	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.9	3.9	9.0	.440	1.2	2.9	.413	2.8	3.7	.779
Nate Thurmond	82	40.9	20.0	-	-	13.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.3	7.6	17.1	.445	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	5	43.0	14.2	0.8	6.4	7.2	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.4	2.6	5.0	11.2	.446	2.0	4.4	.455	2.2	2.4	.917
Nate Thurmond	5	38.4	17.6	-	-	10.2	3.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.2	19.4	.371	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.800


Season 9
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	2001-02	1971-72
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Bryon Russell	66	30.3	9.6	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.1	3.4	8.8	.380	1.2	3.4	.341	1.7	2.1	.821
Nate Thurmond	78	43.1	21.4	-	-	16.1	2.9	-	-	-	2.7	8.1	18.6	.432	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	4	30.0	7.0	1.5	2.8	4.3	1.8	1.0	0.0	2.3	3.8	2.3	9.0	.250	1.5	3.8	.400	1.0	1.0	1.000
Nate Thurmond	5	46.0	25.4	-	-	17.8	5.2	-	-	-	2.4	10.6	24.4	.434	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.750


Season 10
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	2002-03	1972-73
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Bryon Russell	70	19.8	4.5	0.6	2.4	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.9	1.5	4.4	.353	0.7	2.0	.329	0.8	1.0	.768
Nate Thurmond	79	43.3	17.1	-	-	17.1	3.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	14.7	.446	-	-	-	4.0	5.6	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	11	41.8	14.5	-	-	13.2	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	14.6	.398	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.800


Season 11
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	2003-04	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Bryon Russell	72	13.1	4.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.4	3.4	.402	0.6	1.6	.384	0.7	0.9	.769
Nate Thurmond	62	39.7	13.0	4.0	10.1	14.2	2.7	0.7	2.9	-	2.9	5.0	11.2	.444	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.666

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	6	2.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	2004-05	1974-75
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Bryon Russell	70	14.7	4.4	0.7	1.7	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.6	.377	0.8	2.1	.376	0.9	1.1	.792
Nate Thurmond	80	34.5	7.9	3.2	8.1	11.3	4.1	0.6	2.4	-	3.4	3.1	8.6	.364	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	.589

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Nate Thurmond	13	19.5	3.5	1.8	4.8	6.7	2.4	0.4	1.6	-	2.8	1.1	2.9	.368	-	-	-	1.4	2.8	.486


Season 13
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	2005-06	1975-76
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Bryon Russell	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Nate Thurmond	78	17.9	4.4	1.5	3.8	5.3	1.2	0.3	1.3	-	2.1	1.8	4.3	.421	-	-	-	0.8	1.6	.504

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	13	28.8	6.7	2.9	6.1	9.0	2.2	0.5	2.2	-	4.0	2.8	6.1	.468	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.406


Season 14
	Bryon Russell	Nate Thurmond
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	49	20.3	5.5	2.5	5.2	7.6	1.7	0.3	1.7	-	2.6	2.0	5.0	.407	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Bryon Russell vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Bryon Russell, 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