Shawn Marion vs. Larry Nance Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Nance and Shawn Marion, 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.

Shawn Marion played 16 years in the NBA, 3 more than Larry Nance, who played 13. Shawn Marion had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Larry Nance had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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 Marion	16	11	1999-00 to 2014-15
Larry Nance	13	8	1981-82 to 1993-94

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
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	1999-00	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847
Larry Nance	80	14.8	6.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.8	5.5	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818
Larry Nance	7	18.3	7.7	1.9	2.7	4.6	1.0	1.4	1.6	1.7	2.1	3.6	5.9	.610	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.500


Season 2
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2000-01	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Shawn Marion	79	36.2	17.3	2.8	7.9	10.7	2.0	1.7	1.4	1.6	2.7	7.1	14.7	.480	0.3	1.0	.256	3.0	3.7	.810
Larry Nance	82	35.5	16.7	2.9	5.7	8.7	2.4	1.2	2.6	2.3	3.1	7.2	13.0	.550	0.0	0.0	.333	2.4	3.5	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	4	34.8	14.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.3	5.8	15.5	.371	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	3.5	.857
Larry Nance	3	34.3	12.0	3.3	5.0	8.3	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.7	11.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.3	.800


Season 3
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2001-02	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Shawn Marion	81	38.4	19.1	2.6	7.3	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	8.1	17.2	.469	0.6	1.5	.393	2.4	2.8	.845
Larry Nance	82	35.4	17.7	2.8	5.5	8.3	2.6	1.0	2.1	2.2	3.3	7.3	12.7	.576	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	17	37.2	16.9	3.0	5.7	8.7	2.4	0.9	2.0	1.8	3.5	6.9	11.8	.590	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.671


Season 4
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2002-03	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851
Larry Nance	61	36.1	19.9	3.2	5.6	8.8	2.6	1.4	1.7	2.2	3.0	8.4	14.4	.587	0.0	0.0	.500	3.0	4.2	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2003-04	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
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 Marion	79	40.7	19.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.7	2.1	1.3	2.0	2.6	7.5	17.0	.440	1.1	3.4	.340	2.9	3.4	.851
Larry Nance	73	34.0	20.2	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	1.0	1.8	2.9	3.4	8.0	13.7	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	6.1	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2004-05	1986-87
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833
Larry Nance	69	37.2	22.5	2.7	6.0	8.7	3.4	1.2	2.1	2.2	3.2	8.5	15.4	.551	0.0	0.1	.200	5.5	7.1	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2005-06	1987-88
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Shawn Marion	81	40.3	21.8	3.1	8.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.8	8.8	16.9	.525	1.2	3.6	.331	3.0	3.7	.809
Larry Nance	67	35.6	19.1	2.9	6.2	9.1	3.1	0.9	2.4	2.3	3.6	7.3	13.7	.529	0.0	0.1	.333	4.5	5.8	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	20	42.5	20.4	2.9	8.8	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	8.2	16.7	.489	1.1	3.5	.314	3.0	3.4	.881
Larry Nance	5	40.0	16.8	2.0	5.2	7.2	3.6	0.4	2.2	2.8	2.6	6.8	12.8	.531	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.6	.889


Season 8
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2006-07	1988-89
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shawn Marion	80	37.6	17.5	2.2	7.7	9.8	1.7	2.0	1.5	1.4	2.7	7.0	13.4	.524	1.0	3.2	.317	2.5	3.1	.810
Larry Nance	73	34.6	17.2	2.1	5.8	8.0	2.2	0.8	2.8	1.6	2.5	6.8	12.6	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	4.6	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	11	41.4	16.9	2.5	7.9	10.4	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.1	2.5	6.9	13.8	.500	1.1	3.1	.353	2.0	3.0	.667
Larry Nance	5	39.0	19.4	3.2	4.6	7.8	3.2	0.6	2.4	1.8	2.4	7.6	13.8	.551	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	6.4	.656


Season 9
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2007-08	1989-90
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	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		%
Shawn Marion	63	36.7	15.4	2.2	8.0	10.2	2.2	2.0	1.3	1.4	2.4	6.3	12.5	.508	1.0	3.1	.333	1.7	2.4	.707
Larry Nance	62	33.3	16.3	2.6	5.7	8.3	2.6	0.9	2.0	1.8	3.0	6.6	13.0	.511	0.0	0.0	1.000	3.0	3.9	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	5	31.8	12.2	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.4	0.6	2.0	0.8	4.0	5.2	9.0	.578	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.750


Season 10
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2008-09	1990-91
Team	Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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 Marion	69	35.8	12.9	2.6	5.9	8.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	1.5	1.9	5.5	11.4	.485	0.1	0.8	.189	1.7	2.1	.796
Larry Nance	80	36.6	19.2	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.0	0.8	2.5	1.6	2.7	7.9	15.1	.524	0.0	0.1	.250	3.3	4.1	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2009-10	1991-92
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shawn Marion	75	31.8	12.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.4	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.9	5.3	10.4	.508	0.0	0.3	.158	1.4	1.9	.755
Larry Nance	81	35.6	17.0	2.6	5.6	8.3	2.9	1.0	3.0	1.1	2.5	6.9	12.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.0	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	6	24.7	8.7	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.0	0.2	0.5	1.3	2.0	4.0	9.8	.407	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.8	.800
Larry Nance	17	40.1	18.0	2.6	6.6	9.2	2.5	0.8	2.7	1.5	3.3	7.3	14.8	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.829


Season 12
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2010-11	1992-93
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Shawn Marion	80	28.2	12.5	2.1	4.8	6.9	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.8	5.4	10.4	.520	0.1	0.4	.152	1.6	2.1	.768
Larry Nance	77	35.8	16.5	2.4	6.3	8.7	2.9	0.7	2.6	1.4	2.9	6.9	12.6	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.2	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	21	32.9	11.9	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.1	1.0	0.9	1.7	2.5	5.0	10.7	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.2	.851
Larry Nance	9	36.6	16.1	3.9	4.3	8.2	2.3	0.9	1.6	0.7	3.7	6.8	12.0	.565	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.767


Season 13
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2011-12	1993-94
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Shawn Marion	63	30.5	10.6	2.3	5.1	7.4	2.1	1.1	0.6	1.6	1.4	4.6	10.3	.446	0.3	1.1	.294	1.2	1.5	.796
Larry Nance	33	27.5	11.2	2.3	4.5	6.9	1.5	0.8	1.7	1.2	2.9	4.6	9.5	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	4	35.0	11.8	2.3	5.8	8.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.5	4.3	10.0	.425	1.0	3.5	.286	2.3	2.5	.900
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Shawn Marion	67	30.0	12.1	2.2	5.7	7.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.5	1.7	5.3	10.3	.514	0.3	1.1	.315	1.2	1.5	.782
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Shawn Marion	76	31.7	10.4	1.7	4.8	6.5	1.6	1.2	0.5	1.3	1.6	4.5	9.3	.482	0.8	2.1	.358	0.7	0.9	.785
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	7	27.6	8.4	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.6	3.4	8.4	.407	0.6	2.6	.222	1.0	1.6	.636
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Shawn Marion	Larry Nance
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Shawn Marion	57	19.3	4.8	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.1	4.7	.446	0.2	0.8	.261	0.5	0.6	.765
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	6	4.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Shawn Marion vs. Larry Nance Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Nance and Shawn Marion, 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