Kurt Nimphius vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Kurt Nimphius, 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.

Kurt Nimphius played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Trae Young, who played 6. Kurt Nimphius had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kurt Nimphius	Trae Young
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kurt Nimphius	63	17.2	5.3	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.0	0.3	1.3	0.9	3.0	2.2	4.7	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.583
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Nimphius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kurt Nimphius	Trae Young
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kurt Nimphius	81	18.7	5.3	1.9	3.0	5.0	1.4	0.3	1.4	0.8	3.5	2.1	4.4	.490	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.0	1.7	.550
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Nimphius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kurt Nimphius	Trae Young
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Kurt Nimphius	82	24.5	6.1	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.2	0.4	1.5	1.2	3.2	2.4	5.3	.452	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.7	.771
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Nimphius	4	12.5	1.5	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.5	0.8	1.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 6
	Kurt Nimphius	Trae Young
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Kurt Nimphius	66	16.5	5.9	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.4	2.3	5.0	.470	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.675
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Nimphius	4	7.5	2.0	1.3	1.3	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	2.5	0.8	2.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kurt Nimphius didn't play in 1988-89.