Kenyon Martin vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Kenyon Martin, 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.

Kenyon Martin played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Kenyon Martin had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kenyon Martin	15	11	2000-01 to 2014-15
Nate Thurmond	14	9	1963-64 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2000-01	1963-64
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Kenyon Martin	68	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.4	7.4	1.9	1.1	1.7	2.0	4.1	5.1	11.4	.445	0.0	0.2	.091	1.8	2.8	.630
difference:	+8	+7.5	+5.0			+3.0	+0.8				-1.7	+2.2	+4.1	+.050				+0.5	+0.5	+.081
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		%
Kenyon Martin	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
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2001-02	1964-65
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kenyon Martin	73	34.3	14.9	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.6	1.2	1.7	2.4	3.6	6.1	13.2	.463	0.2	0.9	.224	2.5	3.7	.678
difference:	+4	+6.9	+1.6			+12.8	+0.6				-0.6	+0.6	+2.9	+.044				+0.6	+0.9	+.020
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		%
Kenyon Martin	20	37.5	16.8	1.5	4.3	5.8	2.9	1.2	1.3	2.6	4.3	6.5	15.2	.424	0.1	0.5	.222	3.8	5.5	.691
Nate Thurmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2002-03	1965-66
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kenyon Martin	77	34.1	16.7	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.4	1.3	0.9	2.5	3.8	6.6	14.1	.470	0.1	0.6	.209	3.3	5.1	.653
difference:	+4	+5.5	+0.4			+9.7	+0.9				-0.7	+0.4	+1.2	+.064				+0.5	+0.8	+.001
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		%
Kenyon Martin	20	38.8	18.9	2.5	6.9	9.4	2.9	1.5	1.6	2.9	4.6	7.5	16.5	.453	0.1	0.6	.091	4.0	5.7	.693
Nate Thurmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2003-04	1966-67
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Kenyon Martin	65	34.6	16.7	2.0	7.4	9.5	2.5	1.5	1.3	2.6	3.5	6.8	13.8	.488	0.1	0.4	.280	3.1	4.5	.684
difference:		+7.9	+2.0			+11.8	+0.1				-0.7	+0.4	+2.6	+.051				+1.2	+2.3	+.055
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		%
Kenyon Martin	11	37.1	19.1	2.3	8.7	11.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	2.9	4.5	7.4	13.8	.533	0.0	0.4	.000	4.4	5.8	.750
difference:	+4	+8.9	+3.2			+12.1	+2.0				-1.0	+1.2	+0.5	+.100				+0.9	+0.3	+.179
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
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2004-05	1967-68
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kenyon Martin	70	32.5	15.5	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.4	1.4	1.1	2.1	3.3	6.3	13.0	.490	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	4.4	.646
difference:	+19	+11.1	+5.0			+14.7	+1.8				-0.6	+1.2	+5.2	+.079				+2.7	+4.2	+.002
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		%
Kenyon Martin	5	32.8	12.4	1.4	4.2	5.6	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.4	4.4	5.4	11.6	.466	0.0	0.2	.000	1.6	2.6	.615
Nate Thurmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2005-06	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Div 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		%
Kenyon Martin	56	27.6	12.9	1.7	4.6	6.3	1.4	0.8	0.9	1.3	3.1	5.3	10.7	.495	0.1	0.4	.227	2.2	3.0	.712
difference:	+15	+17.6	+8.6			+13.4	+2.2				-0.7	+2.7	+8.9	+.085				+3.2	+5.7	+.097
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		%
Kenyon Martin	2	17.5	4.5	3.0	1.5	4.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	6.5	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:	+4	+26.3	+12.2			+15.0	+4.2				-0.5	+4.7	+10.5	+.084				+2.8	+4.7	+.088
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
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2006-07	1969-70
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	2	31.5	9.5	3.0	7.0	10.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	5.0	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	6.0	.250
difference:	+41	+13.1	+12.4			+7.7	+3.0				-2.4	+3.9	+11.2	+.086				+4.6	+2.0	+.504
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
* Neiher Kenyon Martin nor Nate Thurmond played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2007-08	1970-71
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	71	30.4	12.4	1.5	5.0	6.5	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	3.3	5.3	9.8	.538	0.0	0.2	.182	1.7	3.0	.580
difference:	+11	+10.5	+7.6			+7.3	+1.8				-1.0	+2.3	+7.3	+.093				+3.1	+3.6	+.150
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		%
Kenyon Martin	4	29.5	8.8	3.3	3.0	6.3	1.3	1.0	0.5	2.3	5.0	3.8	8.5	.441	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.625
difference:	+1	+8.9	+8.8			+3.9	+1.7				-1.0	+3.4	+10.9	+.070				+1.9	+2.0	+.175
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
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2008-09	1971-72
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	66	32.0	11.7	1.2	4.8	6.0	2.0	1.5	1.1	1.6	3.0	4.8	9.8	.491	0.2	0.6	.368	1.8	3.0	.604
difference:	+12	+11.1	+9.7			+10.1	+0.9				-0.3	+3.3	+8.8	+.059				+3.5	+4.2	+.139
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		%
Kenyon Martin	16	33.6	10.9	1.5	4.4	5.9	2.1	1.1	0.9	1.6	3.8	4.7	9.4	.497	0.1	0.3	.200	1.4	2.2	.657
difference:	+11	+12.4	+14.5			+11.9	+3.1				-1.4	+5.9	+15.0	+.063				+2.8	+3.4	+.093
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
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2009-10	1972-73
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	58	34.2	11.5	2.4	7.0	9.4	1.9	1.2	1.1	1.6	3.2	4.9	10.7	.456	0.1	0.5	.276	1.6	2.9	.557
difference:	+21	+9.1	+5.6			+7.7	+1.6				-0.2	+1.6	+4.0	+.010				+2.4	+2.7	+.161
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		%
Kenyon Martin	6	34.2	10.0	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.3	1.5	1.2	1.8	4.5	4.0	8.3	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	3.2	.632
difference:	+5	+7.6	+4.5			+4.9	+2.3				-1.8	+1.8	+6.3	+.082				+0.9	+0.4	+.168
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
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2010-11	1973-74
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	48	25.7	8.6	1.4	4.8	6.2	2.3	0.9	0.7	1.2	2.8	3.9	7.5	.511	0.0	0.2	.222	0.9	1.5	.583
difference:	+14	+14.0	+4.4	+2.6	+5.3	+8.0	+0.4	+0.2	+2.2		-0.1	+1.1	+3.7	+.067				+2.2	+3.1	+.083
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		%
Kenyon Martin	5	29.6	11.8	1.2	6.6	7.8	1.6	0.4	0.4	1.4	3.6	4.8	10.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.6	.611
Nate Thurmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2011-12	1974-75
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	42	22.4	5.2	1.2	3.1	4.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	0.8	2.5	2.3	5.2	.441	0.1	0.3	.231	0.5	1.3	.370
difference:	+38	+12.1	+2.7	+2.0	+5.0	+7.0	+3.7	+0.4	+1.4		-0.9	+0.8	+3.4	+.077				+1.2	+1.5	+.219
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		%
Kenyon Martin	11	17.5	4.5	1.0	2.2	3.2	0.3	0.4	1.7	0.4	3.3	2.0	3.8	.524	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.625
difference:	+2	+2.0	+1.0	+0.8	+2.6	+3.5	+2.1		+0.1		-0.5	+0.9	+0.9	+.156				+0.9	+2.1	+.139
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
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2012-13	1975-76
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	18	23.9	7.2	1.9	3.4	5.3	0.4	0.9	0.9	0.9	3.6	3.1	5.2	.602	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.2	.425
difference:	+60	+6.0	+2.8	+0.4	+0.4		+0.8	+0.6	+0.4		-1.5	+1.3	+0.9	+.181				+0.1	+0.6	+.079
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		%
Kenyon Martin	12	21.1	5.8	1.3	3.2	4.5	0.9	0.8	1.4	0.7	3.5	2.4	4.2	.580	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.550
difference:	+1	+7.7	+0.9	+1.6	+2.9	+4.5	+1.3	+0.3	+0.8		-0.5	+0.4	+1.9	+.112				+0.1	+0.8	+.144
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
	Kenyon Martin	Nate Thurmond
Season	2013-14	1976-77
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	32	19.8	4.3	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.8	2.7	2.0	3.8	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.579
difference:	+17	+0.5	+1.2	+1.4	+2.1	+3.4	+0.1	+0.5	+0.9		-0.1		+1.2	+.105				+1.1	+1.6	+.063
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		%
Kenyon Martin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Additional Years

* Kenyon Martin played 1 season more than Nate Thurmond in the NBA.

In that period—his season 15 in 2015—Kenyon Martin didn't play in the postseason.

Kenyon Martin vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Kenyon Martin, 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

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years