Malik Monk vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Malik Monk, 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.

Malik Monk played 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Malik Monk had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	Malik Monk	Nate Thurmond
Season	2017-18	1963-64
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Malik Monk	63	13.6	6.7	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.0	2.4	6.7	.360	1.3	3.9	.342	0.5	0.6	.842
difference:	+13	+12.3	+0.3			+9.4	+0.3				-1.4	+0.5	+0.6	+.035				+0.8	+1.7	+.293
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		%
Malik Monk	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
	Malik Monk	Nate Thurmond
Season	2018-19	1964-65
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Malik Monk	73	17.2	8.9	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.6	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.1	8.0	.387	1.5	4.5	.330	1.2	1.4	.882
difference:	+4	+24.0	+7.6			+16.2	+0.4				-1.5	+3.6	+8.1	+.032				+1.9	+3.2	+.224
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 Malik Monk nor Nate Thurmond played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Malik Monk	Nate Thurmond
Season	2019-20	1965-66
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Malik Monk	55	21.3	10.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.3	3.9	8.9	.434	1.1	3.7	.284	1.5	1.8	.820
difference:	+18	+18.3	+6.0			+15.1	+0.6				-1.8	+2.3	+6.4	+.028				+2.3	+4.1	+.166
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
* Neiher Malik Monk nor Nate Thurmond played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Malik Monk	Nate Thurmond
Season	2020-21	1966-67
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Malik Monk	42	20.9	11.7	0.3	2.1	2.4	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.1	4.1	9.5	.434	2.0	5.0	.401	1.4	1.7	.819
difference:	+23	+21.6	+7.0			+18.9	+0.5				-1.7	+3.1	+6.9	+.003				+2.9	+5.1	+.190
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		%
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Malik Monk	Nate Thurmond
Season	2021-22	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Malik Monk	76	28.1	13.8	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.9	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.8	5.1	10.9	.473	2.3	5.8	.391	1.2	1.5	.795
difference:	+25	+15.5	+6.7			+18.6	+1.3				-0.9	+2.4	+7.3	+.062				+4.3	+7.1	+.151
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
* Neiher Malik Monk nor Nate Thurmond played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Malik Monk	Nate Thurmond
Season	2022-23	1968-69
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Malik Monk	77	22.3	13.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.6	4.6	10.3	.448	1.9	5.2	.359	2.4	2.7	.889
difference:	+6	+22.9	+8.0			+17.1	+0.3				-0.8	+3.4	+9.3	+.038				+3.0	+6.0	+.274
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		%
Malik Monk	7	29.3	19.0	0.9	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.1	5.4	13.3	.409	1.9	5.6	.333	6.3	7.0	.898
difference:	+1	+14.5	+2.3			+14.1	+1.1				-0.9	+1.3	+3.7	+.017				+3.0	+1.3	+.310
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
	Malik Monk	Nate Thurmond
Season	2023-24	1969-70
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Malik Monk	72	26.0	15.4	0.4	2.6	2.9	5.1	0.6	0.5	2.1	2.2	5.5	12.4	.443	2.1	5.9	.350	2.4	2.8	.829
difference:	+29	+18.6	+6.5			+14.8	+1.6				-0.4	+2.4	+6.8	+.029				+3.7	+5.2	+.075
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 Malik Monk nor Nate Thurmond played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Malik Monk	Nate Thurmond
Season	2024-25	1970-71
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Malik Monk	65	31.6	17.2	0.5	3.3	3.8	5.6	0.9	0.6	2.4	2.4	6.3	14.4	.439	2.1	6.6	.325	2.4	2.7	.865
difference:	+17	+9.3	+2.8			+10.0	+2.5				-0.1	+1.3	+2.7	+.006				+2.4	+3.9	+.135
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		%
Malik Monk	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	5	38.4	17.6	-	-	10.2	3.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.2	19.4	.371	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.800

Additional Years
* Nate Thurmond played 6 seasons more than Malik Monk in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 1972 to 1977—Nate Thurmond played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Malik Monk, Nate Thurmond got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 All-Star Game