Dillon Brooks vs. Steve Nash Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Nash and Dillon Brooks, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Dillon Brooks played 9 years in the NBA, 9 less than Steve Nash, who played 18. Dillon Brooks had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Steve Nash had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Dillon Brooks	9	4	2017-18 to 2025-26
Steve Nash	18	12	1996-97 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dillon Brooks	Steve Nash
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	82	28.7	11.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.8	4.1	9.4	.440	1.1	3.2	.356	1.5	2.0	.747
difference:	+17	+18.2	+7.7	+0.4	+1.8	+2.1	+0.5	+0.6	+0.2	-0.5	-1.4	+3.0	+6.7	+.017	+0.7	+2.4	+.062	+0.9	+1.2	+.077
Steve Nash	65	10.5	3.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.1	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.4	1.1	2.7	.423	0.4	0.8	.418	0.6	0.8	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	4	3.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Dillon Brooks	Steve Nash
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	18	18.3	7.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.8	2.7	6.8	.402	0.8	2.2	.375	1.2	1.7	.733
difference:	+58	+3.6	+1.6	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+2.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.9	+0.8	+0.9	+.057	+0.3	+0.4	+.040	+0.2	+0.6	+.127
Steve Nash	76	21.9	9.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.459	1.1	2.6	.415	1.0	1.1	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.5	.444	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 3
	Dillon Brooks	Steve Nash
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	73	28.9	16.2	0.9	2.4	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.7	3.8	6.0	14.6	.407	2.0	5.6	.358	2.2	2.8	.808
difference:	+33	+2.8	+8.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+3.4		+0.3	-0.4	-1.3	+3.1	+6.7	+.044	+0.8	+2.3	+.016	+1.2	+1.6	+.018
Steve Nash	40	31.7	7.9	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.5	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.9	.363	1.2	3.3	.374	1.0	1.2	.826

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dillon Brooks nor Steve Nash played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Dillon Brooks	Steve Nash
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	67	29.8	17.2	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.5	6.4	15.4	.419	1.9	5.6	.344	2.4	2.9	.815
difference:	+11	+2.4	+8.6	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+2.6	+0.5	+0.3		-1.3	+3.3	+8.9	+.058	+0.8	+2.9	+.059	+1.1	+1.4	+.067
Steve Nash	56	27.4	8.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.2	3.1	6.5	.477	1.1	2.7	.403	1.3	1.5	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	5	35.0	25.8	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.2	1.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	10.0	19.4	.515	1.6	4.0	.400	4.2	5.2	.808
Steve Nash	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dillon Brooks	Steve Nash
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	32	27.7	18.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.3	7.1	16.4	.432	1.4	4.7	.309	2.8	3.3	.849
difference:	+38	+6.4	+2.8	+0.2	+0.2		+4.5	+0.1	+0.2	-1.3	-1.0	+1.6	+5.1	+.055	+0.1	+1.6	+.097	+0.5	+0.4	+.046
Steve Nash	70	34.1	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.9	2.3	5.5	11.3	.487	1.3	3.1	.406	3.3	3.7	.895

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	11	30.5	14.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	5.5	15.6	.349	2.3	6.5	.347	1.5	2.3	.640
difference:	+1	+6.5	+1.0	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+3.7	+0.4	+0.2	-0.5	-1.4	+1.0	+4.8	+.068	+0.7	+2.6	+.063	+1.5	+1.1	+.242
Steve Nash	10	37.0	13.6	0.6	2.6	3.2	6.4	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	4.5	10.8	.417	1.6	3.9	.410	3.0	3.4	.882


Season 6
	Dillon Brooks	Steve Nash
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	73	30.3	14.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.3	5.4	13.6	.396	2.0	6.0	.326	1.6	2.1	.779
difference:	+9	+4.3	+3.6		+0.2	+0.2	+5.1	+0.3	+0.2	-1.4	-1.3	+1.0	+0.3	+.087	+0.1	+1.8	+.129	+1.6	+1.5	+.108
Steve Nash	82	34.6	17.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	7.7	0.6	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.4	13.3	.483	1.9	4.2	.455	3.2	3.6	.887

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	6	27.8	10.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.0	12.8	.312	1.7	7.0	.238	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+2	+12.7	+9.0	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+7.0	+0.3		-2.6	-0.8	+2.4	+2.0	+.120	+0.8	+1.4	+.206	+3.5	+3.2	+.257
Steve Nash	8	40.5	19.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	8.8	0.5	0.0	3.8	2.5	6.4	14.8	.432	2.5	5.6	.444	4.3	4.4	.971


Season 7
	Dillon Brooks	Steve Nash
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	72	30.9	12.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	10.7	.428	1.8	5.1	.359	1.7	2.0	.844
difference:	+10	+2.2	+5.0	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+5.6	+0.1		-1.1	-1.7	+1.7	+2.9	+.037	+0.4	+1.8	+.054	+2.1	+2.1	+.065
Steve Nash	82	33.1	17.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	1.6	6.3	13.6	.465	1.4	3.3	.413	3.8	4.1	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	20	36.4	16.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.447	1.9	3.8	.487	2.8	3.2	.873


Season 8
	Dillon Brooks	Steve Nash
Season	2024-25	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	75	31.8	14.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.2	5.1	11.9	.429	2.5	6.3	.397	1.3	1.6	.818
difference:	+3	+1.7	+0.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+7.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.7	-1.4		+1.1	+.041	+1.2	+3.0	+.008	+1.6	+1.6	+.098
Steve Nash	78	33.5	14.5	0.8	2.2	3.0	8.8	0.9	0.1	2.7	1.8	5.1	10.8	.470	1.3	3.3	.405	2.9	3.2	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	7	29.4	12.3	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.3	3.9	4.0	9.0	.444	1.4	4.1	.345	2.9	3.4	.833
difference:	+2	+9.8	+1.3	+0.1	+2.1	+2.1	+7.7	+0.1	+0.3	-1.1	-1.1	+1.4	+5.0	+.058	+0.2	+0.9	+.030	+1.3	+1.6	+.056
Steve Nash	5	39.2	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	9.0	0.8	0.0	2.4	2.8	5.4	14.0	.386	1.2	3.2	.375	1.6	1.8	.889


Season 9
	Dillon Brooks	Steve Nash
Season	2025-26	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	3	30.3	19.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.3	2.7	0.7	2.3	4.3	7.3	19.7	.373	3.0	10.3	.290	1.7	1.7	1.000
difference:	+72	+4.0	+3.8	+0.5	+0.6		+9.2	+1.7	+0.6	-1.0	-2.5	+1.6	+8.3	+.129	+1.7	+7.4	+.141	+1.1	+1.5	+.113
Steve Nash	75	34.3	15.5	0.8	2.6	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	3.3	1.8	5.7	11.4	.502	1.3	2.9	.431	2.8	3.2	.887

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	15	40.7	23.9	0.6	4.2	4.8	11.3	0.9	0.2	4.7	2.4	9.3	17.9	.520	1.4	3.6	.389	3.8	4.1	.919


Additional Years
* Steve Nash played 9 seasons more than Dillon Brooks in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 2006 to 2014—Steve Nash played in 5 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Dillon Brooks, Steve Nash got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 Assists Leader 5 All-Star Game

Dillon Brooks vs. Steve Nash Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Nash and Dillon Brooks, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years