Nate Thurmond vs. Marvin Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marvin Williams and Nate Thurmond, 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.

Nate Thurmond played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Marvin Williams, who played 15. Nate Thurmond had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Marvin Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
Nate Thurmond	14	9	1963-64 to 1976-77
Marvin Williams	15	7	2005-06 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1963-64	2005-06
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Nate Thurmond	76	25.9	7.0	-	-	10.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	7.3	.395	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.549
Marvin Williams	79	24.7	8.5	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.9	3.0	6.7	.443	0.2	0.7	.245	2.4	3.2	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	12	34.2	10.0	-	-	12.3	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	3.5	8.0	.438	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.679
Marvin Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1964-65	2006-07
Team	San Francisco Warriors	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		%
Nate Thurmond	77	41.2	16.5	-	-	18.1	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	16.1	.419	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.658
Marvin Williams	64	34.0	13.1	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.9	0.8	0.5	2.0	3.0	4.8	11.0	.433	0.2	0.7	.244	3.4	4.1	.815

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


Season 3
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1965-66	2007-08
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Nate Thurmond	73	39.6	16.3	-	-	18.0	1.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	15.3	.406	-	-	-	3.8	5.9	.654
Marvin Williams	80	34.6	14.8	1.5	4.2	5.7	1.7	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.8	5.3	11.5	.462	0.0	0.1	.100	4.2	5.1	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Williams	7	28.4	11.4	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.9	3.0	3.4	8.3	.414	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.1	.889


Season 4
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1966-67	2008-09
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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		%
Nate Thurmond	65	42.5	18.7	-	-	21.3	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.2	16.4	.437	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	.629
Marvin Williams	61	34.3	13.9	1.8	4.5	6.3	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	4.7	10.2	.458	0.9	2.5	.355	3.6	4.5	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	15	46.0	15.9	-	-	23.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.5	6.2	14.3	.433	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.571
Marvin Williams	6	16.2	5.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	4.8	.345	0.2	1.0	.167	1.5	2.2	.692


Season 5
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1967-68	2009-10
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Nate Thurmond	51	43.6	20.5	-	-	22.0	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	18.2	.411	-	-	-	5.5	8.6	.644
Marvin Williams	81	30.5	10.1	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.7	8.2	.455	0.5	1.6	.303	2.2	2.7	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Williams	11	31.4	8.4	2.1	3.6	5.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.8	2.8	7.2	.392	0.1	0.2	.500	2.6	2.9	.906


Season 6
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1968-69	2010-11
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Div Semis	Hawks 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		%
Nate Thurmond	71	45.2	21.5	-	-	19.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.4	8.0	19.6	.410	-	-	-	5.4	8.7	.615
Marvin Williams	65	28.7	10.4	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.6	3.8	8.3	.458	0.6	1.7	.336	2.3	2.7	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	6	43.8	16.7	-	-	19.5	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	17.0	.392	-	-	-	3.3	5.7	.588
Marvin Williams	12	18.0	4.8	0.8	1.4	2.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.5	1.8	4.7	.393	0.3	0.9	.273	0.8	1.1	.769


Season 7
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1969-70	2011-12
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Nate Thurmond	43	44.6	21.9	-	-	17.7	3.5	-	-	-	2.6	7.9	19.2	.414	-	-	-	6.1	8.0	.754
Marvin Williams	57	26.3	10.2	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.5	3.6	8.2	.432	1.0	2.6	.389	2.0	2.6	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Williams	6	24.2	7.8	0.8	4.7	5.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.7	7.5	.356	1.3	2.7	.500	1.2	1.5	.778


Season 8
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1970-71	2012-13
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Nate Thurmond	82	40.9	20.0	-	-	13.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.3	7.6	17.1	.445	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.730
Marvin Williams	73	23.7	7.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.7	6.4	.423	0.7	2.3	.325	1.1	1.4	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	5	38.4	17.6	-	-	10.2	3.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.2	19.4	.371	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.800
Marvin Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1971-72	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Nate Thurmond	78	43.1	21.4	-	-	16.1	2.9	-	-	-	2.7	8.1	18.6	.432	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.743
Marvin Williams	66	25.4	9.1	1.2	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.3	3.5	8.0	.439	1.3	3.5	.359	0.9	1.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	5	46.0	25.4	-	-	17.8	5.2	-	-	-	2.4	10.6	24.4	.434	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.750
Marvin Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1972-73	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Nate Thurmond	79	43.3	17.1	-	-	17.1	3.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	14.7	.446	-	-	-	4.0	5.6	.718
Marvin Williams	78	26.1	7.4	0.7	4.2	4.9	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.9	2.7	6.3	.424	1.2	3.4	.358	0.8	1.1	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	11	41.8	14.5	-	-	13.2	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	14.6	.398	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.800
Marvin Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1973-74	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
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
Marvin Williams	81	28.9	11.7	1.6	4.9	6.4	1.4	0.7	1.0	0.8	1.6	4.2	9.2	.452	1.9	4.7	.402	1.5	1.8	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Williams	7	32.6	5.1	1.0	5.9	6.9	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.6	2.0	7.3	.275	0.9	2.4	.353	0.3	0.6	.500


Season 12
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1974-75	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West 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		%
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
Marvin Williams	76	30.2	11.2	1.2	5.4	6.6	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.8	1.8	3.9	9.3	.422	1.6	4.7	.350	1.7	2.0	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Marvin Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1975-76	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Marvin Williams	78	25.7	9.5	0.9	3.8	4.7	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.5	3.3	7.2	.458	1.6	3.9	.413	1.3	1.6	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Marvin Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	1976-77	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Marvin Williams	75	28.4	10.1	1.0	4.4	5.4	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.6	2.1	3.7	8.7	.422	1.9	5.1	.366	0.9	1.1	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
Marvin Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Nate Thurmond	Marvin Williams
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Williams	58	19.5	5.9	0.5	2.6	3.2	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.8	2.1	4.6	.446	1.0	2.7	.359	0.8	1.0	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Williams	10	17.9	5.5	1.3	3.5	4.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.7	.447	1.0	2.3	.435	0.3	0.3	1.000

Nate Thurmond vs. Marvin Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marvin Williams and Nate Thurmond, 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