Jameer Nelson vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner and Jameer Nelson, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Jameer Nelson played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Myles Turner, who played 9. Jameer Nelson had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Myles Turner had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Jameer Nelson	14	6	2004-05 to 2017-18
Myles Turner	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Jameer Nelson	79	20.4	8.7	0.7	1.8	2.4	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	3.6	7.9	.455	0.6	1.8	.312	0.9	1.4	.682
Myles Turner	60	22.8	10.3	1.1	4.4	5.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.1	2.6	4.4	8.8	.498	0.1	0.2	.214	1.5	2.0	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	7	28.1	10.3	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.4	0.3	3.3	1.7	3.4	4.7	10.1	.465	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.3	.667


Season 2
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Jameer Nelson	62	28.8	14.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.9	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.8	5.6	11.6	.483	1.1	2.7	.424	2.3	2.9	.779
Myles Turner	81	31.4	14.5	1.7	5.6	7.3	1.3	0.9	2.1	1.3	3.2	5.5	10.7	.511	0.5	1.4	.348	3.0	3.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	4	33.3	10.8	1.5	5.3	6.8	0.8	1.8	1.3	1.5	3.8	4.8	11.0	.432	0.0	1.5	.000	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 3
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Jameer Nelson	77	30.3	13.0	0.6	2.4	3.1	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.9	4.9	11.4	.430	0.8	2.5	.335	2.4	2.9	.828
Myles Turner	65	28.2	12.7	1.4	5.0	6.4	1.3	0.6	1.8	1.5	2.9	4.7	9.8	.479	0.9	2.4	.357	2.5	3.2	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	4	32.3	14.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.3	0.8	0.0	2.3	4.8	5.3	12.5	.420	1.3	3.5	.357	2.5	2.8	.909
Myles Turner	7	28.0	12.4	0.9	4.3	5.1	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.6	4.7	7.7	.611	0.9	1.9	.462	2.1	2.7	.789


Season 4
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Jameer Nelson	69	28.4	10.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.6	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.4	4.1	8.7	.469	0.9	2.2	.416	1.8	2.2	.828
Myles Turner	74	28.6	13.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	10.5	.487	1.0	2.6	.388	2.0	2.7	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	10	33.3	16.2	0.4	3.7	4.1	4.7	0.3	0.2	2.1	4.3	5.7	11.3	.504	2.0	4.1	.488	2.8	3.7	.757
Myles Turner	4	31.5	9.8	1.0	5.3	6.3	1.5	0.0	1.8	0.8	3.5	3.5	8.8	.400	0.8	3.5	.214	2.0	3.3	.615


Season 5
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Pacers 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		%
Jameer Nelson	42	31.2	16.7	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.9	6.4	12.6	.503	2.0	4.3	.453	2.0	2.3	.887
Myles Turner	62	29.5	12.1	1.4	5.2	6.6	1.2	0.7	2.1	1.4	2.7	4.3	9.5	.457	1.4	4.0	.344	2.0	2.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	5	18.0	3.8	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.8	0.2	0.0	1.4	0.6	1.6	4.6	.348	0.2	1.2	.167	0.4	0.8	.500
Myles Turner	4	36.5	15.8	2.8	8.0	10.8	0.8	0.5	4.0	2.3	3.3	6.3	11.0	.568	1.5	3.5	.429	1.8	4.0	.438


Season 6
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Jameer Nelson	65	28.6	12.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.4	0.7	0.0	2.1	2.3	4.9	10.9	.449	1.3	3.5	.381	1.5	1.8	.845
Myles Turner	47	31.0	12.6	1.3	5.2	6.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	1.4	3.5	4.4	9.2	.477	1.5	4.4	.335	2.4	3.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	14	34.2	19.0	0.6	2.9	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.0	2.5	2.7	6.5	13.6	.479	2.4	6.0	.393	3.6	4.4	.823
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Jameer Nelson	76	30.5	13.1	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	2.6	2.8	4.9	11.0	.446	1.6	3.9	.401	1.7	2.1	.802
Myles Turner	42	29.4	12.9	1.5	5.5	7.1	1.0	0.7	2.8	1.3	2.8	4.8	9.4	.509	1.5	4.4	.333	1.9	2.5	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	6	36.0	13.2	1.2	3.0	4.2	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.3	2.3	5.2	13.7	.378	1.0	4.3	.231	1.8	2.3	.786
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Jameer Nelson	57	29.9	11.9	0.5	2.7	3.2	5.7	0.7	0.1	2.4	2.3	4.5	10.6	.427	1.5	4.1	.377	1.2	1.5	.807
Myles Turner	62	29.4	18.0	1.4	6.1	7.5	1.4	0.6	2.3	1.7	3.5	6.5	11.8	.548	1.5	4.0	.373	3.5	4.5	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	5	36.4	15.6	0.2	3.6	3.8	6.6	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.6	5.8	14.8	.392	1.6	5.0	.320	2.4	3.2	.750
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	56	35.3	14.7	0.4	3.3	3.7	7.4	1.3	0.1	2.8	2.9	5.5	13.9	.392	2.2	6.3	.341	1.6	1.8	.873
Myles Turner	77	27.0	17.1	1.5	5.5	6.9	1.3	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.0	6.2	11.8	.524	1.5	4.2	.358	3.2	4.1	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	12	32.3	17.6	1.8	4.9	6.7	2.4	0.6	1.6	1.3	2.5	6.3	12.7	.500	2.5	5.6	.448	2.4	3.4	.707


Season 10
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jameer Nelson	68	32.0	12.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	7.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.1	4.3	11.0	.394	2.0	5.8	.348	1.4	1.6	.857
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jameer Nelson	63	22.3	8.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.0	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.2	3.3	8.0	.407	1.4	4.1	.345	0.4	0.6	.667
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jameer Nelson	39	26.6	7.7	0.5	2.5	2.9	4.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.6	2.9	7.9	.368	1.1	3.7	.299	0.8	0.9	.857
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jameer Nelson	75	27.3	9.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.1	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.6	3.6	8.1	.444	1.4	3.6	.388	0.6	0.8	.714
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jameer Nelson	Myles Turner
Season	2017-18	-
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jameer Nelson	50	20.3	4.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.9	4.9	.389	0.8	2.5	.331	0.3	0.4	.800
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jameer Nelson vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner and Jameer Nelson, 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