Shawn Kemp vs. Jameer Nelson Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jameer Nelson and Shawn Kemp, 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.
Shawn Kemp and Jameer Nelson both played 14 years in the NBA. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Jameer Nelson had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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 |
Shawn Kemp |
14 |
10 |
1989-90 to 2002-03 |
Jameer Nelson |
14 |
6 |
2004-05 to 2017-18 |
Comparison Season by Season |
|
|
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Rookie Season |
|
Shawn Kemp |
Jameer Nelson |
Season |
1989-90 | 2004-05 |
Team |
Seattle Supersonics | Orlando Magic |
Honors & Awards |
- | All-Rookie Second Team |
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 |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
81 |
13.8 |
6.5 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
5.2 |
.479 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.167 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
.736 |
Jameer Nelson |
79 |
20.4 |
8.7 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
3.6 |
7.9 |
.455 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
.312 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
.682 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jameer Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
81 |
30.1 |
15.0 |
3.3 |
5.1 |
8.4 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
3.9 |
5.7 |
11.2 |
.508 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.167 |
3.6 |
5.4 |
.661 |
Jameer Nelson |
62 |
28.8 |
14.6 |
0.6 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
4.9 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
5.6 |
11.6 |
.483 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
.424 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
.779 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
5 |
29.8 |
13.2 |
2.6 |
4.6 |
7.2 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
3.2 |
4.0 |
4.4 |
11.4 |
.386 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
4.4 |
5.4 |
.815 |
Jameer Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
64 |
28.3 |
15.5 |
4.1 |
6.3 |
10.4 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
4.1 |
5.7 |
11.2 |
.504 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
4.2 |
5.6 |
.748 |
Jameer Nelson |
77 |
30.3 |
13.0 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
4.3 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
4.9 |
11.4 |
.430 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
.335 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
.828 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
9 |
37.6 |
17.4 |
5.2 |
7.0 |
12.2 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
4.6 |
5.3 |
11.2 |
.475 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
6.8 |
8.9 |
.763 |
Jameer Nelson |
4 |
32.3 |
14.3 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
2.3 |
4.8 |
5.3 |
12.5 |
.420 |
1.3 |
3.5 |
.357 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
.909 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
78 |
33.1 |
17.8 |
3.7 |
7.0 |
10.7 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
2.8 |
4.2 |
6.6 |
13.4 |
.492 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.6 |
6.4 |
.712 |
Jameer Nelson |
69 |
28.4 |
10.9 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
5.6 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
4.1 |
8.7 |
.469 |
0.9 |
2.2 |
.416 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
.828 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
19 |
34.9 |
16.5 |
4.2 |
5.8 |
10.0 |
2.6 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
4.1 |
5.8 |
11.3 |
.512 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.9 |
6.1 |
.809 |
Jameer Nelson |
10 |
33.3 |
16.2 |
0.4 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
4.7 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
2.1 |
4.3 |
5.7 |
11.3 |
.504 |
2.0 |
4.1 |
.488 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
.757 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
79 |
32.9 |
18.1 |
3.9 |
6.8 |
10.8 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
6.7 |
12.5 |
.538 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
4.6 |
6.2 |
.741 |
Jameer Nelson |
42 |
31.2 |
16.7 |
0.5 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
5.4 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
2.9 |
6.4 |
12.6 |
.503 |
2.0 |
4.3 |
.453 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
.887 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
5 |
41.2 |
14.8 |
4.0 |
5.8 |
9.8 |
3.4 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
5.2 |
14.0 |
.371 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.4 |
6.6 |
.667 |
Jameer Nelson |
5 |
18.0 |
3.8 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
4.6 |
.348 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
.167 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
.500 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
82 |
32.7 |
18.7 |
3.9 |
7.0 |
10.9 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
6.6 |
12.2 |
.547 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.286 |
5.3 |
7.1 |
.749 |
Jameer Nelson |
65 |
28.6 |
12.6 |
0.4 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
5.4 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
4.9 |
10.9 |
.449 |
1.3 |
3.5 |
.381 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
.845 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
4 |
40.0 |
24.8 |
4.3 |
7.8 |
12.0 |
2.8 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
8.3 |
14.3 |
.579 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.000 |
8.0 |
9.8 |
.821 |
Jameer Nelson |
14 |
34.2 |
19.0 |
0.6 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
4.8 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
6.5 |
13.6 |
.479 |
2.4 |
6.0 |
.393 |
3.6 |
4.4 |
.823 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
79 |
33.3 |
19.6 |
3.5 |
7.9 |
11.4 |
2.2 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
6.7 |
11.9 |
.561 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.417 |
6.2 |
8.4 |
.742 |
Jameer Nelson |
76 |
30.5 |
13.1 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
6.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
4.9 |
11.0 |
.446 |
1.6 |
3.9 |
.401 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
.802 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
20 |
36.0 |
20.9 |
3.3 |
7.1 |
10.4 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
7.4 |
12.9 |
.570 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
6.2 |
7.8 |
.795 |
Jameer Nelson |
6 |
36.0 |
13.2 |
1.2 |
3.0 |
4.2 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
5.2 |
13.7 |
.378 |
1.0 |
4.3 |
.231 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
.786 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
81 |
34.0 |
18.7 |
3.4 |
6.6 |
10.0 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
6.5 |
12.7 |
.510 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.364 |
5.6 |
7.5 |
.742 |
Jameer Nelson |
57 |
29.9 |
11.9 |
0.5 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
5.7 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
4.5 |
10.6 |
.427 |
1.5 |
4.1 |
.377 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
.807 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
12 |
36.8 |
21.6 |
4.3 |
8.0 |
12.3 |
3.0 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
3.9 |
4.6 |
7.1 |
14.6 |
.486 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.200 |
7.3 |
8.8 |
.829 |
Jameer Nelson |
5 |
36.4 |
15.6 |
0.2 |
3.6 |
3.8 |
6.6 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
5.8 |
14.8 |
.392 |
1.6 |
5.0 |
.320 |
2.4 |
3.2 |
.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 |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
80 |
34.6 |
18.0 |
2.7 |
6.6 |
9.3 |
2.5 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
3.4 |
3.9 |
6.5 |
14.6 |
.445 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
5.1 |
7.0 |
.727 |
Jameer Nelson |
56 |
35.3 |
14.7 |
0.4 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
7.4 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
5.5 |
13.9 |
.392 |
2.2 |
6.3 |
.341 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
.873 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
4 |
38.0 |
26.0 |
4.0 |
6.3 |
10.3 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
8.3 |
17.8 |
.465 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
9.5 |
11.3 |
.844 |
Jameer Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
42 |
35.1 |
20.5 |
3.1 |
6.1 |
9.2 |
2.4 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
6.6 |
13.7 |
.482 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.500 |
7.3 |
9.3 |
.789 |
Jameer Nelson |
68 |
32.0 |
12.1 |
0.4 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
7.0 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
4.3 |
11.0 |
.394 |
2.0 |
5.8 |
.348 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
.857 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jameer Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
82 |
30.4 |
17.8 |
2.8 |
6.0 |
8.8 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
5.9 |
14.1 |
.417 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.333 |
6.0 |
7.7 |
.776 |
Jameer Nelson |
63 |
22.3 |
8.3 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
8.0 |
.407 |
1.4 |
4.1 |
.345 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
.667 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jameer Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
68 |
15.9 |
6.5 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.8 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
6.1 |
.407 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.364 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
.771 |
Jameer Nelson |
39 |
26.6 |
7.7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
4.9 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
7.9 |
.368 |
1.1 |
3.7 |
.299 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
.857 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jameer Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
75 |
16.4 |
6.1 |
1.2 |
2.6 |
3.8 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
5.4 |
.430 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
.794 |
Jameer Nelson |
75 |
27.3 |
9.2 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
5.1 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
3.6 |
8.1 |
.444 |
1.4 |
3.6 |
.388 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
.714 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
3 |
12.0 |
3.7 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
.286 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.3 |
3.3 |
.700 |
Jameer Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
79 |
20.7 |
6.8 |
1.9 |
3.8 |
5.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
6.4 |
.418 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
.742 |
Jameer Nelson |
50 |
20.3 |
4.9 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
3.6 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
4.9 |
.389 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
.331 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
.800 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Shawn Kemp |
7 |
10.4 |
3.0 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
.381 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
0.9 |
.833 |
Jameer Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |