Rashard Lewis vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Rashard Lewis, 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.

Rashard Lewis played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Rashard Lewis had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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
Rashard Lewis	16	8	1998-99 to 2013-14
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


Rookie Season
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1998-99	1963-64
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Rashard Lewis	20	7.3	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	0.2	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.6	.365	0.1	0.3	.167	0.4	0.7	.571
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		%
Rashard Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	1999-00	1964-65
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Rashard Lewis	82	19.2	8.2	1.5	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.0	3.4	6.9	.486	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	1.5	.683
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		%
Rashard Lewis	5	31.4	15.4	2.4	3.8	6.2	0.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.2	5.2	11.8	.441	1.8	3.8	.474	3.2	4.0	.800
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2000-01	1965-66
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Rashard Lewis	78	34.9	14.8	1.8	5.1	6.9	1.6	1.2	0.6	1.7	2.4	5.5	11.4	.480	1.6	3.7	.432	2.3	2.7	.826
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		%
Rashard Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2001-02	1966-67
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Rashard Lewis	71	36.4	16.8	2.0	5.1	7.0	1.7	1.5	0.6	1.4	2.5	6.4	13.7	.468	1.7	4.5	.389	2.3	2.8	.810
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		%
Rashard Lewis	3	26.3	12.7	1.3	2.3	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	10.7	.375	0.3	2.0	.167	4.3	4.3	1.000
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
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2002-03	1967-68
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Rashard Lewis	77	39.5	18.1	2.0	4.6	6.5	1.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	6.7	14.9	.452	1.0	2.8	.346	3.7	4.5	.820
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		%
Rashard Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2003-04	1968-69
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Rashard Lewis	80	36.6	17.8	1.7	4.8	6.5	2.2	1.2	0.7	1.7	2.9	6.7	15.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.376	2.6	3.4	.763
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		%
Rashard Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2004-05	1969-70
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Rashard Lewis	71	38.0	20.5	1.5	3.9	5.5	1.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	2.2	7.5	16.2	.462	2.4	6.1	.400	3.1	4.0	.777
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		%
Rashard Lewis	8	39.0	16.9	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.1	5.4	13.3	.406	0.6	3.1	.200	5.5	6.3	.880
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2005-06	1970-71
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rashard Lewis	78	36.9	20.1	1.4	3.6	5.0	2.3	1.3	0.6	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.8	.467	1.8	4.7	.384	4.5	5.5	.818
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		%
Rashard Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2006-07	1971-72
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rashard Lewis	60	39.1	22.4	1.5	5.1	6.6	2.4	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.4	7.7	16.8	.461	2.5	6.5	.390	4.4	5.3	.841
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		%
Rashard Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2007-08	1972-73
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Rashard Lewis	81	38.0	18.2	1.2	4.2	5.4	2.4	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.6	6.4	14.0	.455	2.8	6.8	.409	2.7	3.2	.838
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		%
Rashard Lewis	10	41.7	19.5	2.4	4.8	7.2	3.4	1.1	0.5	2.3	1.8	7.1	16.3	.436	2.1	6.8	.309	3.2	3.9	.821
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
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2008-09	1973-74
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Rashard Lewis	79	36.2	17.7	1.2	4.6	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.5	6.1	13.8	.439	2.8	7.0	.397	2.8	3.4	.836
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		%
Rashard Lewis	24	41.1	19.0	1.2	5.2	6.4	2.9	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.1	6.5	14.5	.448	2.2	5.5	.394	3.8	4.8	.784
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2009-10	1974-75
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 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		%
Rashard Lewis	72	32.9	14.1	0.9	3.6	4.4	1.5	1.1	0.4	1.5	2.5	4.9	11.2	.435	2.3	5.9	.397	2.0	2.5	.806
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		%
Rashard Lewis	14	36.6	12.9	1.1	4.6	5.6	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.8	2.7	4.7	10.2	.462	2.0	5.4	.373	1.4	1.8	.800
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
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2010-11	1975-76
Team	Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards	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		%
Rashard Lewis	57	32.0	11.7	1.2	3.8	5.1	1.6	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.8	4.4	10.2	.433	1.5	4.3	.357	1.4	1.7	.802
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		%
Rashard Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2011-12	1976-77
Team	Washington Wizards	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rashard Lewis	28	26.0	7.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.0	7.9	.385	0.6	2.4	.239	1.1	1.3	.838
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		%
Rashard Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rashard Lewis	55	14.4	5.2	0.3	1.9	2.2	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.9	4.5	.414	0.9	2.4	.389	0.5	0.8	.622
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rashard Lewis	11	4.3	1.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	.400	0.0	0.4	.000	0.1	0.2	.500
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Rashard Lewis	Nate Thurmond
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Rashard Lewis	60	16.2	4.5	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.6	3.9	.415	0.8	2.2	.343	0.4	0.6	.788
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rashard Lewis	18	17.7	5.3	0.2	1.8	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.7	.412	1.2	3.3	.373	0.2	0.2	.750
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rashard Lewis vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Rashard Lewis, 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