Steve Nash vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace and Steve Nash, 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.

Steve Nash played 18 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ben Wallace, who played 16. Steve Nash had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Ben Wallace had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 6
	Steve Nash	Ben Wallace
Season	2001-02	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	82	34.6	17.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	7.7	0.6	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.4	13.3	.483	1.9	4.2	.455	3.2	3.6	.887
difference:	+2	+1.9	+10.3	+3.4	+6.5	+9.9	+6.3	+1.1	+3.5	-1.9	-0.2	+3.2	+7.3	+.048	+1.9	+4.2		+2.0	+0.7	+.464
Ben Wallace	80	36.5	7.6	4.0	9.0	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	0.9	2.2	3.2	6.0	.531	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.9	.423
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	8	40.5	19.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	8.8	0.5	0.0	3.8	2.5	6.4	14.8	.432	2.5	5.6	.444	4.3	4.4	.971
difference:	+2	+0.3	+12.2	+3.9	+8.2	+12.1	+7.6	+1.4	+2.6	-1.9	-0.1	+3.6	+8.9	+.043	+2.5	+5.6		+2.6	+0.5	+.535
Ben Wallace	10	40.8	7.3	4.8	11.3	16.1	1.2	1.9	2.6	1.9	2.4	2.8	5.9	.475	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.9	.436

Season 7
	Steve Nash	Ben Wallace
Season	2002-03	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	82	33.1	17.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	1.6	6.3	13.6	.465	1.4	3.3	.413	3.8	4.1	.909
difference:	+9	+6.3	+10.8	+3.2	+9.3	+12.5	+5.7	+0.4	+3.1	-1.1	-0.9	+3.4	+7.6	+.016	+1.4	+3.2	+.246	+2.6	+1.5	+.459
Ben Wallace	73	39.4	6.9	4.0	11.4	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	1.2	2.5	2.9	6.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	2.6	.450
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	20	36.4	16.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.447	1.9	3.8	.487	2.8	3.2	.873
difference:	+3	+6.1	+7.2	+4.3	+8.4	+12.8	+5.7	+1.6	+3.0	-1.7	-0.5	+2.7	+6.5	+.039	+1.9	+3.7	+.487	+0.2	+2.7	+.427
Ben Wallace	17	42.5	8.9	5.1	11.2	16.3	1.6	2.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	3.1	6.4	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	5.9	.446

Season 8
	Steve Nash	Ben Wallace
Season	2003-04	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	78	33.5	14.5	0.8	2.2	3.0	8.8	0.9	0.1	2.7	1.8	5.1	10.8	.470	1.3	3.3	.405	2.9	3.2	.916
difference:	+3	+4.2	+5.0	+3.2	+6.2	+9.4	+7.1	+0.9	+2.9	-1.2	-0.2	+1.2	+1.6	+.049	+1.3	+3.2	+.280	+1.1	+0.4	+.426
Ben Wallace	81	37.7	9.5	4.0	8.4	12.4	1.7	1.8	3.0	1.5	2.0	3.9	9.2	.421	0.0	0.1	.125	1.8	3.6	.490
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	5	39.2	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	9.0	0.8	0.0	2.4	2.8	5.4	14.0	.386	1.2	3.2	.375	1.6	1.8	.889
difference:	+18	+1.1	+3.3	+2.9	+6.1	+9.1	+7.1	+1.1	+2.4	-0.8	-0.3	+1.4	+5.1	+.068	+1.2	+3.1	+.375	+0.6	+3.3	+.462
Ben Wallace	23	40.3	10.3	4.1	10.1	14.3	1.9	1.9	2.4	1.6	2.5	4.0	8.9	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	5.1	.427

Season 9
	Steve Nash	Ben Wallace
Season	2004-05	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	75	34.3	15.5	0.8	2.6	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	3.3	1.8	5.7	11.4	.502	1.3	2.9	.431	2.8	3.2	.887
difference:	+1	+1.8	+5.8	+3.1	+5.6	+8.9	+9.8	+0.4	+2.3	-2.2	-0.3	+1.7	+2.6	+.049	+1.3	+2.8	+.320	+1.0	+0.9	+.459
Ben Wallace	74	36.1	9.7	3.9	8.2	12.2	1.7	1.4	2.4	1.1	2.1	4.0	8.8	.453	0.0	0.1	.111	1.8	4.1	.428
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	15	40.7	23.9	0.6	4.2	4.8	11.3	0.9	0.2	4.7	2.4	9.3	17.9	.520	1.4	3.6	.389	3.8	4.1	.919
difference:	+10	+1.7	+13.9	+3.2	+3.3	+6.5	+10.3	+0.8	+2.2	-3.5	-0.2	+5.2	+9.4	+.039	+1.4	+3.4	+.389	+1.9		+.458
Ben Wallace	25	39.0	10.0	3.8	7.5	11.3	1.0	1.7	2.4	1.2	2.6	4.1	8.5	.481	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	4.1	.461

Season 10
	Steve Nash	Ben Wallace
Season	2005-06	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	79	35.4	18.8	0.6	3.6	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	3.5	1.5	6.8	13.4	.512	1.9	4.3	.439	3.3	3.5	.921
difference:	+3	+0.2	+11.5	+3.1	+4.0	+7.1	+8.6	+1.0	+2.0	-2.4	-0.5	+3.9	+7.7	+.002	+1.9	+4.3		+1.8	+0.1	+.505
Ben Wallace	82	35.2	7.3	3.7	7.6	11.3	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.1	2.0	2.9	5.7	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.6	.416
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	20	39.9	20.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.2	0.4	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.3	14.6	.502	1.6	4.4	.368	4.2	4.6	.912
difference:	+2	+4.2	+15.7	+2.8	+4.0	+6.8	+8.5	+0.9	+0.9	-2.6	-0.4	+5.5	+10.7	+.037	+1.6	+4.3	+.368	+3.2	+0.9	+.639
Ben Wallace	18	35.7	4.7	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.7	1.3	1.2	0.8	2.3	1.8	3.9	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	3.7	.273

Season 11
	Steve Nash	Ben Wallace
Season	2006-07	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	76	35.3	18.6	0.4	3.1	3.5	11.6	0.8	0.1	3.8	1.5	6.8	12.8	.532	2.1	4.5	.455	2.9	3.3	.899
difference:	+1	+0.3	+12.2	+3.5	+3.6	+7.2	+9.2	+0.6	+1.9	-2.5	-0.5	+4.3	+7.3	+.079	+2.1	+4.4	+.255	+1.5	+0.2	+.491
Ben Wallace	77	35.0	6.4	3.9	6.7	10.7	2.4	1.4	2.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	5.5	.453	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	3.5	.408
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	11	37.5	18.9	0.4	2.8	3.2	13.3	0.4	0.1	4.4	1.9	6.7	14.5	.463	1.7	3.5	.487	3.7	4.2	.891
difference:	+1	+0.6	+10.2	+2.5	+3.8	+6.3	+11.9	+1.1	+1.6	-3.4		+3.7	+9.2	+.103	+1.7	+3.4	+.487	+1.0	+1.2	+.391
Ben Wallace	10	36.9	8.7	2.9	6.6	9.5	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.0	1.9	3.0	5.3	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	5.4	.500

Season 12
	Steve Nash	Ben Wallace
Season	2007-08	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	81	34.3	16.9	0.3	3.1	3.5	11.1	0.7	0.1	3.6	1.4	6.0	11.9	.504	2.2	4.7	.470	2.7	3.0	.906
difference:	+9	+3.7	+12.1	+3.0	+2.0	+4.9	+9.6	+0.5	+1.5	-2.7	-0.3	+4.1	+7.0	+.112	+2.2	+4.6	+.470	+1.7	+0.7	+.480
Ben Wallace	72	30.6	4.8	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.5	1.2	1.6	0.9	1.7	1.9	4.9	.392	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.426
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	5	36.6	16.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	7.8	0.4	0.2	2.4	2.0	6.4	14.0	.457	1.2	4.0	.300	2.2	2.4	.917
difference:	+8	+13.2	+13.0	+2.3	+1.4	+3.7	+6.6	+0.2	+0.9	-1.9		+5.1	+11.5	+.058	+1.2	+4.0		+1.7	+0.9	+.567
Ben Wallace	13	23.4	3.2	2.5	4.0	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.1	0.5	2.0	1.3	2.5	.515	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.350

Season 14
	Steve Nash	Ben Wallace
Season	2009-10	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	81	32.8	16.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	11.0	0.5	0.1	3.6	1.3	6.2	12.2	.507	1.5	3.6	.426	2.6	2.8	.938
difference:	+12	+4.2	+11.0	+3.2	+2.2	+5.4	+9.5	+0.7	+1.1	-2.7	-0.6	+3.9	+8.0	+.034	+1.5	+3.6		+1.7	+0.5	+.532
Ben Wallace	69	28.6	5.5	3.6	5.1	8.7	1.5	1.2	1.2	0.9	1.9	2.3	4.2	.541	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.3	.406
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	16	33.7	17.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	10.1	0.3	0.1	3.8	1.3	6.2	11.9	.518	1.2	3.1	.380	4.2	4.7	.893
Ben Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 15
	Steve Nash	Ben Wallace
Season	2010-11	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	75	33.3	14.7	0.5	2.9	3.5	11.4	0.6	0.1	3.5	1.2	5.3	10.8	.492	1.1	2.7	.395	3.0	3.3	.912
difference:	+21	+10.4	+11.8	+1.9	+1.2	+3.0	+10.1	+0.4	+0.9	-2.7	-0.3	+4.1	+8.0	+.042	+1.1	+2.7		+2.6	+2.2	+.579
Ben Wallace	54	22.9	2.9	2.4	4.1	6.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	1.2	2.8	.450	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.1	.333
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Nash nor Ben Wallace played in the postseason in their season 15

Season 16
	Steve Nash	Ben Wallace
Season	2011-12	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	62	31.6	12.5	0.4	2.6	3.0	10.7	0.6	0.1	3.7	0.9	4.8	9.0	.532	0.9	2.3	.390	2.0	2.3	.894
difference:		+15.8	+11.1	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+10.0	+0.2	+0.7	-3.2	-0.1	+4.3	+7.6	+.137	+0.9	+2.2	+.140	+1.7	+1.5	+.554
Ben Wallace	62	15.8	1.4	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.4	.395	0.0	0.1	.250	0.3	0.8	.340
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Nash nor Ben Wallace played in the postseason in their season 16