Lindsey Hunter vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Lindsey Hunter, 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.

Lindsey Hunter played 17 years in the NBA, 3 more than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Lindsey Hunter had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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 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
Lindsey Hunter	17	12	1993-94 to 2009-10
Nate Thurmond	14	9	1963-64 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	1993-94	1963-64
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	26.5	10.3	0.6	1.7	2.3	4.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.1	4.1	10.9	.375	0.8	2.5	.333	1.3	1.7	.732
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	1994-95	1964-65
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco Warriors
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	42	22.5	7.5	0.6	1.2	1.8	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.9	2.2	2.8	7.6	.374	0.9	2.6	.333	1.0	1.3	.727
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	1995-96	1965-66
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	80	26.7	8.5	0.6	1.9	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.2	1.0	2.3	3.0	7.9	.381	1.5	3.6	.405	1.1	1.5	.700
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	2	18.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.5	2.0	.250	0.5	1.0	.500
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	1996-97	1966-67
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	36.9	14.2	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.9	1.6	0.3	1.2	2.5	5.1	12.7	.404	2.0	5.7	.355	1.9	2.5	.778
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	5	40.2	15.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.8	5.8	13.2	.439	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	1.4	.714
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	1997-98	1967-68
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco Warriors
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	71	35.3	12.1	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.2	1.7	0.1	1.5	2.5	4.5	11.6	.383	1.2	3.7	.321	2.0	2.8	.740
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	1998-99	1968-69
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	49	35.8	11.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	3.9	1.8	0.2	1.9	2.6	4.7	10.7	.435	1.2	3.1	.386	1.4	1.8	.753
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	5	36.2	7.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.4	1.4	0.0	1.4	2.2	2.8	10.6	.264	0.6	2.2	.273	1.0	1.0	1.000
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	1999-00	1969-70
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	35.6	12.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.6	0.3	1.8	2.6	4.6	10.9	.425	2.0	4.7	.432	1.4	1.9	.760
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	3	31.0	8.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	3.3	10.7	.313	0.3	3.0	.111	1.3	2.0	.667
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	2000-01	1970-71
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	24.4	10.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.7	1.2	0.1	0.8	2.1	3.6	9.5	.381	1.9	5.0	.373	0.9	1.2	.802
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	16.2	3.6	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.3	5.5	.242	0.4	2.9	.151	0.4	0.6	.727
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	2001-02	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	19.7	5.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.3	6.0	.382	1.0	2.5	.380	0.2	0.5	.500
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	7.3	2.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.8	2.5	.311	0.4	1.6	.276	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	2002-03	1972-73
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	29	23.2	9.7	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.4	1.2	0.2	2.0	1.7	3.7	10.4	.351	1.2	3.7	.318	1.2	1.6	.723
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	2003-04	1973-74
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	33	20.0	3.5	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.5	4.3	.343	0.4	1.5	.280	0.2	0.2	.625
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	23	11.6	2.4	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.8	0.8	2.8	.292	0.3	1.3	.233	0.5	0.5	.917
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	2004-05	1974-75
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	76	15.1	3.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.7	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.6	1.4	4.0	.358	0.3	1.1	.274	0.6	0.8	.793
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	25	14.9	3.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.8	1.4	4.5	.319	0.3	1.4	.222	0.6	0.9	.727
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	2005-06	1975-76
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	30	11.8	2.9	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.5	1.2	3.3	.370	0.4	1.4	.256	0.1	0.1	.500
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	12.1	4.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.8	2.3	1.4	4.3	.333	0.8	2.4	.318	0.6	0.6	1.000
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	2006-07	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	52	14.3	4.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	4.7	.385	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.6	.909
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	13	10.2	1.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.7	0.5	2.4	.226	0.3	1.4	.222	0.4	0.4	1.000
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	-


Season 15
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	24	9.0	2.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.7	.344	0.3	1.1	.269	0.3	0.4	.778
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	11	10.5	1.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.9	0.7	1.9	.381	0.5	1.0	.455	0.0	0.0	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	28	9.5	2.6	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.9	.329	0.6	1.7	.333	0.1	0.2	.600
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	6	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.5	0.7	.750
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Lindsey Hunter	Nate Thurmond
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	13	9.4	1.0	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	.167	0.1	1.0	.077	0.2	0.2	1.000
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lindsey Hunter vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Lindsey Hunter, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17