Nick Collison vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Nick Collison, 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.
Nick Collison and Nate Thurmond both played 14 years in the NBA. Nick Collison had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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 |
Nick Collison |
14 |
7 |
2004-05 to 2017-18 |
Nate Thurmond |
14 |
9 |
1963-64 to 1976-77 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
82 |
17.0 |
5.6 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
4.6 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
3.1 |
2.3 |
4.3 |
.537 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
.703 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
11 |
19.7 |
8.4 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
5.5 |
.607 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
1.000 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
.630 |
Nate Thurmond |
12 |
34.2 |
10.0 |
- |
- |
12.3 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
3.5 |
8.0 |
.438 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
4.4 |
.679 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
66 |
21.9 |
7.5 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
5.6 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
6.0 |
.525 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
.699 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
82 |
29.0 |
9.6 |
2.8 |
5.3 |
8.1 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
7.8 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
.774 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
78 |
28.5 |
9.8 |
3.3 |
6.1 |
9.4 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
8.2 |
.502 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
.737 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nate Thurmond |
15 |
46.0 |
15.9 |
- |
- |
23.1 |
3.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
6.2 |
14.3 |
.433 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
6.1 |
.571 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
71 |
25.8 |
8.2 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
6.9 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
6.0 |
.568 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
.721 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
75 |
20.8 |
5.9 |
2.0 |
3.1 |
5.1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
3.1 |
2.4 |
4.1 |
.589 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
.692 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
6 |
21.5 |
3.2 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
4.7 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
3.3 |
1.3 |
4.0 |
.333 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
.429 |
Nate Thurmond |
6 |
43.8 |
16.7 |
- |
- |
19.5 |
4.7 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
6.7 |
17.0 |
.392 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
5.7 |
.588 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
71 |
21.5 |
4.6 |
1.7 |
2.8 |
4.5 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
3.0 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
.566 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.8 |
1.0 |
.753 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
17 |
24.3 |
6.7 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
5.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
3.7 |
2.8 |
4.5 |
.632 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.1 |
1.4 |
.783 |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
63 |
20.7 |
4.5 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
3.2 |
.597 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
.710 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
20 |
16.6 |
3.5 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
2.6 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
.647 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.429 |
Nate Thurmond |
5 |
38.4 |
17.6 |
- |
- |
10.2 |
3.0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
7.2 |
19.4 |
.371 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
4.0 |
.800 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
81 |
19.5 |
5.1 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
4.1 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
3.7 |
.595 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
.769 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
11 |
16.2 |
5.0 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
4.6 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
3.4 |
2.0 |
4.3 |
.468 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.1 |
.917 |
Nate Thurmond |
5 |
46.0 |
25.4 |
- |
- |
17.8 |
5.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
10.6 |
24.4 |
.434 |
- |
- |
- |
4.2 |
5.6 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
81 |
16.7 |
4.2 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
3.6 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
1.7 |
3.0 |
.556 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.235 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
.710 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
17 |
10.8 |
1.9 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
.414 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.400 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
.700 |
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 |
|
Nick Collison |
Nate Thurmond |
Season |
2014-15 | 1973-74 |
Team |
Oklahoma City Thunder | Golden State Warriors |
Honors & Awards |
- | All-Defensive Second Team |
- | 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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
66 |
16.7 |
4.1 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
3.8 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
3.8 |
.419 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
.267 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
.692 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
59 |
11.8 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
.459 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
.697 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
9 |
8.8 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
.667 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.500 |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
20 |
6.4 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
.609 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
.625 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nick Collison |
15 |
5.0 |
2.1 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
.684 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.3 |
0.9 |
.385 |
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 |
% |
Nick Collison |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
- |