Dale Davis vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Dale Davis, 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.

Dale Davis played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Dale Davis had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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
Dale Davis	16	14	1991-92 to 2006-07
Nate Thurmond	14	9	1963-64 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1991-92	1963-64
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dale Davis	64	20.3	6.2	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.5	0.4	1.2	0.8	3.0	2.4	4.4	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.572
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		%
Dale Davis	3	23.0	2.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	0.7	0.0	1.7	0.3	2.7	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1992-93	1964-65
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Dale Davis	82	27.6	8.9	3.5	5.3	8.8	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.0	3.3	3.7	6.5	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.7	.529
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		%
Dale Davis	4	29.3	4.3	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1993-94	1965-66
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	66	34.7	11.7	4.2	6.6	10.9	1.5	0.7	1.6	1.5	3.2	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	4.5	.527
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		%
Dale Davis	16	36.1	7.7	3.9	6.0	9.9	0.7	1.1	1.1	1.9	3.3	3.5	6.6	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	2.3	.306
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1994-95	1966-67
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	74	31.7	10.6	3.5	5.9	9.4	0.8	1.0	1.6	1.7	3.0	4.4	7.8	.563	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.5	.533
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		%
Dale Davis	17	28.8	7.9	3.1	4.9	8.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.3	3.3	6.2	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.8	.489
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
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1995-96	1967-68
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Dale Davis	78	33.6	10.3	3.2	5.9	9.1	1.0	0.7	1.4	1.5	3.1	4.3	7.7	.558	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.7	.467
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		%
Dale Davis	5	36.8	7.2	4.0	7.2	11.2	0.8	0.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	3.2	6.2	.516	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1996-97	1968-69
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dale Davis	80	32.4	10.4	3.8	5.9	9.7	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.9	4.6	8.6	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.7	.428
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		%
Dale Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1997-98	1969-70
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	78	27.9	8.0	3.0	4.8	7.8	0.9	0.7	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	6.4	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.2	.465
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		%
Dale Davis	16	29.2	8.8	2.8	4.8	7.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.6	3.5	5.4	.651	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	4.0	.453
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1998-99	1970-71
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Dale Davis	50	27.5	8.0	3.1	5.2	8.3	0.4	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.3	3.2	6.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.618
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		%
Dale Davis	13	30.3	9.1	3.5	6.7	10.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.5	5.9	.584	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.8	.560
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
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1999-00	1971-72
Team	Indiana Pacers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Dale Davis	74	28.7	10.0	3.5	6.4	9.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.7	4.1	8.1	.502	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.685
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		%
Dale Davis	23	31.1	8.3	3.6	7.8	11.4	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.8	3.6	3.4	6.6	.523	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.6	.542
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
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2000-01	1972-73
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dale Davis	81	26.7	7.2	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.3	0.5	0.9	0.8	2.5	3.0	6.0	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.632
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		%
Dale Davis	2	10.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2001-02	1973-74
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dale Davis	78	31.4	9.5	3.4	5.5	8.8	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.8	2.5	3.8	7.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.708
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		%
Dale Davis	3	23.7	2.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	5.3	1.0	3.7	.273	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2002-03	1974-75
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Dale Davis	78	29.3	7.4	3.0	4.2	7.2	1.2	0.7	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.0	5.6	.541	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.633
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		%
Dale Davis	6	26.8	7.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.7	1.8	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.654
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
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2003-04	1975-76
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Dale Davis	76	22.1	4.4	2.1	3.2	5.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.0	1.8	3.7	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.613
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		%
Dale Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2004-05	1976-77
Team	Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Dale Davis	61	21.4	4.7	2.5	3.7	6.1	0.8	0.5	1.1	0.7	2.7	1.8	3.8	.479	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.606
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		%
Dale Davis	13	24.2	5.3	2.8	3.4	6.2	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.0	4.5	.448	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.680
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	-


Season 15
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Dale Davis	28	6.4	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	.375	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.533
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	8	4.5	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dale Davis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Dale Davis	46	10.1	1.8	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.6	.446	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.654
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	8	6.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.4	1.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dale Davis vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Dale Davis, 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