Marcus Camby vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Marcus Camby, 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.

Marcus Camby played 17 years in the NBA, 3 more than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Marcus Camby had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
Marcus Camby	17	11	1996-97 to 2012-13
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
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	1996-97	1963-64
Team	Toronto Raptors	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	63	30.1	14.8	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.5	1.0	2.1	2.1	3.4	6.0	12.3	.482	0.0	0.2	.143	2.9	4.2	.693
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	1997-98	1964-65
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
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		%
Marcus Camby	63	31.8	12.1	3.2	4.2	7.4	1.8	1.1	3.7	2.1	3.2	4.9	11.9	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.9	.611
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	1998-99	1965-66
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	46	20.5	7.2	2.2	3.3	5.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.0	5.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.2	.553
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		%
Marcus Camby	20	25.5	10.4	2.6	5.1	7.7	0.3	1.2	1.9	0.8	3.8	4.1	7.2	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.7	.616
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	1999-00	1966-67
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Marcus Camby	59	26.2	10.2	2.9	4.9	7.8	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	3.5	3.8	8.0	.480	0.0	0.0	.500	2.5	3.7	.670
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		%
Marcus Camby	16	24.1	4.8	2.2	4.8	7.0	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	1.8	5.4	.337	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.9	.613
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
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2000-01	1967-68
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Marcus Camby	63	33.8	12.0	3.1	8.4	11.5	0.8	1.0	2.2	1.0	3.3	4.8	9.2	.524	0.0	0.1	.125	2.4	3.6	.667
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		%
Marcus Camby	4	35.5	6.3	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.8	0.5	2.3	0.5	4.5	2.5	6.5	.385	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.3	.385
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2001-02	1968-69
Team	New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Marcus Camby	29	34.7	11.1	3.1	8.0	11.1	1.1	1.2	1.7	1.4	3.7	4.5	10.0	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.4	.626
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2002-03	1969-70
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Marcus Camby	29	21.2	7.6	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.6	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.4	3.2	7.8	.410	0.1	0.2	.400	1.1	1.7	.660
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2003-04	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	72	30.0	8.6	2.9	7.2	10.1	1.8	1.2	2.6	1.4	3.3	3.6	7.6	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.721
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		%
Marcus Camby	5	39.0	12.6	2.8	8.6	11.4	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.2	4.2	5.4	11.0	.491	0.2	0.4	.500	1.6	2.8	.571
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
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2004-05	1971-72
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Marcus Camby	66	30.5	10.3	2.0	8.0	10.0	2.3	0.9	3.0	1.6	2.7	4.2	9.1	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.723
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		%
Marcus Camby	5	37.4	10.2	0.8	10.4	11.2	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.2	3.6	3.4	8.2	.415	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630
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
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2005-06	1972-73
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Marcus Camby	56	33.2	12.8	2.4	9.6	11.9	2.1	1.4	3.3	1.6	2.8	5.4	11.6	.465	0.0	0.2	.091	2.0	2.8	.712
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		%
Marcus Camby	5	35.0	11.4	2.6	8.4	11.0	2.2	0.8	2.8	0.8	2.8	5.2	12.4	.419	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.8	.556
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
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2006-07	1973-74
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Marcus Camby	70	33.8	11.2	2.3	9.3	11.7	3.2	1.2	3.3	1.7	2.6	4.5	9.4	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.2	.729
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		%
Marcus Camby	5	36.8	7.6	2.4	12.4	14.8	2.0	0.8	3.2	2.0	2.8	3.4	9.0	.378	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2007-08	1974-75
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Marcus Camby	79	34.9	9.1	2.9	10.2	13.1	3.3	1.1	3.6	1.5	2.7	3.6	8.0	.450	0.1	0.3	.300	1.8	2.6	.708
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		%
Marcus Camby	4	31.0	3.3	2.8	10.5	13.3	3.0	1.0	3.0	2.5	2.5	1.3	5.3	.238	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	1.5	.333
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
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2008-09	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Marcus Camby	62	31.0	10.3	2.6	8.5	11.1	2.0	0.8	2.1	1.5	2.1	4.1	8.0	.512	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.9	.725
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2009-10	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Marcus Camby	74	31.3	7.5	3.4	8.4	11.8	2.5	1.3	2.0	1.2	2.2	3.2	6.8	.475	0.0	0.1	.286	1.1	1.6	.639
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		%
Marcus Camby	6	29.7	5.8	2.7	7.3	10.0	2.3	0.7	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	6.3	.421	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Marcus Camby	59	26.1	4.7	3.1	7.2	10.3	2.1	0.7	1.6	1.1	2.4	2.0	5.0	.398	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.2	.614
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	6	27.8	3.5	3.0	6.7	9.7	1.3	0.7	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.7	3.7	.455	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.3	.000
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Marcus Camby	59	22.9	4.9	2.7	6.3	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	1.0	2.1	2.2	4.9	.446	0.0	0.1	.400	0.5	1.1	.453
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 17
	Marcus Camby	Nate Thurmond
Season	2012-13	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Marcus Camby	24	10.4	1.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.7	2.2	.321	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.421
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	3	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Marcus Camby vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Marcus Camby, 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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17