Isaac Okoro vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Isaac Okoro, 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.

Isaac Okoro played 5 years in the NBA, 9 less than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Isaac Okoro had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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.

Rookie Season
	Isaac Okoro	Nate Thurmond
Season	2020-21	1963-64
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Isaac Okoro	67	32.4	9.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	.420	0.9	3.2	.290	1.7	2.3	.726
difference:	+9	+6.5	+2.6			+7.3	+0.8				-0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+.025				+0.4		+.177
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		%
Isaac Okoro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Isaac Okoro	Nate Thurmond
Season	2021-22	1964-65
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Isaac Okoro	67	29.6	8.8	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.4	3.1	6.4	.480	0.8	2.3	.350	1.8	2.3	.768
difference:	+10	+11.6	+7.7			+15.1	+0.2				-0.6	+3.6	+9.7	+.061				+1.3	+2.3	+.110
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
* Neiher Isaac Okoro nor Nate Thurmond played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Isaac Okoro	Nate Thurmond
Season	2022-23	1965-66
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Isaac Okoro	76	21.7	6.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.3	4.7	.494	0.8	2.3	.363	1.0	1.4	.757
difference:	+3	+17.9	+9.9			+15.5	+0.4				-1.0	+3.9	+10.6	+.088				+2.8	+4.5	+.103
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		%
Isaac Okoro	5	15.0	6.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.2	4.6	.478	0.8	2.6	.308	1.2	1.2	1.000
Nate Thurmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Isaac Okoro	Nate Thurmond
Season	2023-24	1966-67
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Isaac Okoro	69	27.3	9.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4	7.0	.490	1.2	3.1	.391	1.3	2.0	.679
difference:	+4	+15.2	+9.3			+18.3	+0.7				-0.8	+3.8	+9.4	+.053				+3.0	+4.8	+.050
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		%
Isaac Okoro	12	21.9	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.8	.357	0.8	2.9	.257	0.6	0.8	.778
difference:	+3	+24.1	+10.4			+21.3	+2.0				-1.0	+4.1	+8.5	+.076				+2.9	+5.3	+.207
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
	Isaac Okoro	Nate Thurmond
Season	2024-25	1967-68
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Isaac Okoro	55	19.1	6.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.9	.464	1.0	2.7	.371	0.6	0.8	.717
difference:	+4	+24.5	+14.4			+19.6	+3.0				-0.8	+5.2	+13.3	+.053				+4.9	+7.8	+.073
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		%
Isaac Okoro	9	14.2	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	3.3	.500	0.7	1.8	.375	0.6	0.9	.625
Nate Thurmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Nate Thurmond played 9 seasons more than Isaac Okoro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 14, from 1969 to 1977—Nate Thurmond played in 7 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Isaac Okoro, Nate Thurmond got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 3 All-Star Game