Steve Nash vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 3 less than Chris Paul, who played 21. Steve Nash had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Steve Nash	18	12	1996-97 to 2013-14
Chris Paul	21	15	2005-06 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	1996-97	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie 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	65	10.5	3.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.1	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.4	1.1	2.7	.423	0.4	0.8	.418	0.6	0.8	.824
difference:	+13	+25.5	+12.8	+0.6	+3.6	+4.1	+5.7	+1.9	+0.1	-1.3	-1.4	+4.1	+9.4	+.007	+0.2	+1.5	+.136	+4.5	+5.2	+.023
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	4	3.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	1997-98	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	21.9	9.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.459	1.1	2.6	.415	1.0	1.1	.860
difference:	+12	+14.9	+8.2	+0.4	+1.8	+2.3	+5.5	+1.0	+0.1	-1.2	-0.5	+2.5	+5.9	+.022	+0.3	+0.4	+.065	+3.6	+4.5	+.042
Chris Paul	64	36.8	17.3	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	2.5	2.4	6.0	13.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.350	4.6	5.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.5	.444	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	1998-99	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd 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	40	31.7	7.9	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.5	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.9	.363	1.2	3.3	.374	1.0	1.2	.826
difference:	+40	+5.9	+13.2		+1.1	+1.1	+6.1	+1.8		-0.4	-0.2	+5.0	+8.2	+.125		+0.2	+.005	+3.2	+3.7	+.025
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785


Season 4
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	1999-00	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th 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	56	27.4	8.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.2	3.1	6.5	.477	1.1	2.7	.403	1.3	1.5	.882
difference:	+22	+11.1	+14.2	+0.3	+3.1	+3.3	+6.1	+2.1		-1.2	-0.5	+5.0	+9.6	+.026	+0.3	+0.4	+.039	+4.5	+5.2	+.014
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 5
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2000-01	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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5th 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	70	34.1	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.9	2.3	5.5	11.3	.487	1.3	3.1	.406	3.3	3.7	.895
difference:	+25	+3.9	+3.1	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+3.4	+1.1	+0.1	-0.4	-0.3	+1.5	+2.9	+.006	+0.1	+0.3	+.003	+0.3	+0.5	+.048
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	10	37.0	13.6	0.6	2.6	3.2	6.4	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	4.5	10.8	.417	1.6	3.9	.410	3.0	3.4	.882
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2001-02	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+1.4	+2.0	+0.1	+1.1	+1.0	+2.1	+1.8	+0.1	-0.6	-0.5	+1.0	+1.7	+.020	+1.0	+1.9	+.067	+1.0	+1.2	+.009
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878

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	+1.2	+2.5	+0.4	+3.1	+2.7	+2.7	+1.3		-0.1	-0.7	+0.6	+2.0	+.113	+1.0	+2.4	+.030	+2.2	+3.8	+.175
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796


Season 7
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2002-03	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+22	+3.3	+2.1	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+1.8	+1.5		-0.2	-0.7	+0.8	+1.2	+.013	+0.1	+0.3	+.042	+0.5	+0.9	+.048
Chris Paul	60	36.4	19.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	9.1	2.5	0.1	2.1	2.3	7.1	14.8	.478	1.3	3.6	.371	4.3	5.0	.861

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:	+9	+2.1	+1.5	+0.3	+1.7	+1.6	+0.6	+1.8		-1.3	-0.3	+0.6	+2.0	+.020	+0.7	+0.3	+.154	+0.9	+1.1	+.001
Chris Paul	11	38.5	17.6	0.5	4.5	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	3.9	2.7	6.4	14.9	.427	1.2	3.5	.333	3.7	4.3	.872


Season 8
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+0.1	+2.4		+0.8	+0.7	+0.9	+1.5		-0.4	-0.2	+0.8	+1.4	+.011	+0.2		+.077	+1.2	+1.4	+.031
Chris Paul	70	33.4	16.9	0.8	3.0	3.7	9.7	2.4	0.1	2.3	2.0	5.9	12.2	.481	1.1	3.3	.328	4.1	4.6	.885

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:	+1	+1.9	+9.2	+0.7	+0.5	+1.2	+2.7	+1.0		-0.9		+2.8	+1.3	+.147	+0.2		+.059	+3.9	+4.4	+.003
Chris Paul	6	37.3	22.8	0.5	3.5	4.0	6.3	1.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	8.2	15.3	.533	1.0	3.2	.316	5.5	6.2	.892


Season 9
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Assists Leader	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+13	+0.7	+3.6	+0.2	+1.1	+1.0	+0.8	+1.5		-1.0	-0.7	+0.8	+2.6	+.035		+0.5	+.063	+2.0	+2.4	+.032
Chris Paul	62	35.0	19.1	0.6	3.7	4.3	10.7	2.5	0.1	2.3	2.5	6.5	14.0	.467	1.3	3.4	.368	4.8	5.6	.855

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:	+2	+4.4	+4.1	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+1.0	+1.9	+0.2	-1.7	-1.4	+2.2	+2.7	+.053	+1.1	+1.8	+.068	+0.6		+.145
Chris Paul	13	36.3	19.8	0.9	3.3	4.2	10.3	2.8	0.0	3.0	3.8	7.1	15.2	.467	2.5	5.4	.457	3.2	4.1	.774


Season 10
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Assists Leader	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+0.6	+0.3		+0.4	+0.4	+0.3	+1.1		-1.2	-1.0	+0.1	+0.9	+.027	+0.2		+.041	+0.2	+0.4	+.021
Chris Paul	82	34.8	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.6	10.2	1.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	6.9	14.3	.485	1.7	4.3	.398	3.5	3.9	.900

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:	+8	+2.8	+1.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+1.4	+1.4		-1.2	-1.2	+0.6	+1.2	+.001	+0.7	+1.0	+.047	+0.2	+0.3	+.029
Chris Paul	12	37.1	22.1	0.6	3.8	4.4	8.8	1.8	0.3	2.2	3.1	7.9	15.8	.503	2.3	5.4	.415	4.0	4.3	.941


Season 11
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+2.6	+0.9	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+1.6	+1.3	+0.1	-1.2	-1.0	+0.2	+2.3	+.070	+0.5	+0.1	+.084	+1.1	+1.1	+.003
Chris Paul	74	32.7	19.5	0.5	3.7	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.5	7.0	15.1	.462	1.6	4.4	.371	4.0	4.4	.896

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:	+7	+6.2	+4.9	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+6.0	+1.9	+0.1	-3.4	-1.1	+2.6	+4.5	+.024	+0.2	+1.5	+.187	+0.1	+0.4	+.109
Chris Paul	4	31.3	23.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	1.0	3.0	9.3	19.0	.487	1.5	5.0	.300	3.8	3.8	1.000


Season 12
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+20	+2.8	+1.2	+0.4	+1.2	+1.5	+1.9	+1.3		-1.2	-1.0	+0.1	+1.0	+.028	+0.2	+0.3	+.059	+1.1	+1.3	+.014
Chris Paul	61	31.5	18.1	0.7	4.3	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	6.1	12.9	.476	2.0	5.0	.411	3.8	4.3	.892

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:	+2	+0.5	+9.1	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+2.1	+1.3	+0.1	-0.3	-1.4	+3.2	+5.3	+.039	+0.8	+1.4	+.068	+1.9	+2.3	+.038
Chris Paul	7	37.1	25.3	0.6	4.4	5.0	9.9	1.7	0.1	2.7	3.4	9.6	19.3	.496	2.0	5.4	.368	4.1	4.7	.879


Season 13
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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13th 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	74	33.6	15.7	0.3	2.8	3.0	9.7	0.7	0.1	3.4	1.5	5.8	11.5	.503	1.5	3.3	.439	2.6	2.8	.933
difference:	+16	+1.8	+2.9	+0.3	+2.0	+2.4	+1.8	+1.0	+0.1	-1.2	-0.9	+0.5	+2.3	+.043	+1.0	+3.2	+.059	+0.9	+1.0	+.014
Chris Paul	58	31.8	18.6	0.6	4.8	5.4	7.9	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.3	13.8	.460	2.5	6.5	.380	3.5	3.8	.919

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	15	34.5	21.1	0.6	5.3	5.9	5.8	2.0	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.9	17.1	.459	2.5	6.6	.374	2.9	3.5	.830


Season 14
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+23	+0.8	+0.9	+0.2	+1.0	+1.3	+2.8	+1.5	+0.2	-1.0	-1.2	+1.0	+0.2	+.088	+0.7	+2.5	+.068	+0.4	+0.7	+.076
Chris Paul	58	32.0	15.6	0.6	3.9	4.6	8.2	2.0	0.3	2.6	2.5	5.2	12.4	.419	2.2	6.1	.358	3.0	3.5	.862

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
difference:	+5	+2.4	+0.8	+0.9	+2.2	+3.1	+4.6	+1.9	+0.5	-0.4	-2.0	+0.2	+1.6	+.072	+0.3	+2.6	+.110	+0.7	+0.6	+.049
Chris Paul	11	36.1	17.0	1.3	5.1	6.4	5.5	2.2	0.6	3.4	3.3	6.0	13.5	.446	1.5	5.7	.270	3.5	4.1	.844


Season 15
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+1.8	+2.9	+0.1	+1.7	+1.5	+4.7	+1.0	+0.1	-1.2	-1.1	+0.9	+1.9	+.003	+0.5	+1.6	+.030	+0.6	+0.7	+.005
Chris Paul	70	31.5	17.6	0.4	4.6	5.0	6.7	1.6	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.2	12.7	.489	1.6	4.3	.365	3.6	4.0	.907

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	7	37.3	21.3	0.4	7.0	7.4	5.3	1.6	0.4	3.3	2.6	7.9	16.0	.491	2.3	6.1	.372	3.3	3.7	.885


Season 16
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+8	+0.2	+3.9		+1.5	+1.5	+1.8	+0.8	+0.2	-1.5	-1.5	+1.5	+3.6	+.033	+0.6	+1.4	+.005	+0.4	+0.3	+.040
Chris Paul	70	31.4	16.4	0.4	4.1	4.5	8.9	1.4	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.3	12.6	.499	1.5	3.7	.395	2.4	2.6	.934

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	20	34.2	19.2	0.5	3.1	3.5	8.6	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	7.5	15.0	.497	1.5	3.3	.446	2.9	3.3	.877


Season 17
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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17th 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	50	32.5	12.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.7	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.4	4.7	9.5	.497	1.1	2.6	.438	2.1	2.3	.922
difference:	+15	+0.4	+2.0	+0.2	+1.7	+1.6	+4.1	+1.3	+0.2	-0.1	-0.7	+0.9	+1.8	+.004	+0.1	+0.5	+.121	+0.5	+0.8	+.085
Chris Paul	65	32.9	14.7	0.3	4.0	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.6	11.3	.493	1.0	3.1	.317	2.6	3.1	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	2	30.5	12.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	5.0	11.5	.435	0.0	1.5	.000	2.5	2.5	1.000
difference:	+11	+4.0	+5.0	+0.5	+2.1	+1.7	+3.8	+1.5	+0.2	-0.9	-2.1	+1.7	+0.4	+.126	+1.5	+2.3	+.388	+0.2	+0.3	+.054
Chris Paul	13	34.5	17.5	0.5	3.6	4.2	8.3	1.5	0.2	2.4	3.1	6.7	11.9	.561	1.5	3.8	.388	2.7	2.8	.946


Season 18
	Steve Nash	Chris Paul
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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18th 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	15	20.9	6.8	0.3	1.7	1.9	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.1	1.2	2.4	6.3	.383	0.5	1.6	.333	1.5	1.6	.917
difference:	+44	+11.1	+7.1	+0.2	+2.1	+2.4	+3.2	+1.0	+0.3	-0.2	-0.9	+2.6	+5.0	+.057	+1.2	+2.8	+.042	+0.8	+1.1	+.086
Chris Paul	59	32.0	13.9	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.9	1.5	0.4	1.9	2.1	5.0	11.3	.440	1.7	4.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	7	35.7	12.4	0.7	4.3	5.0	7.4	1.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	5.4	13.0	.418	1.3	4.0	.321	0.3	0.6	.500

Additional Years

* Chris Paul played 3 seasons more than Steve Nash in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 19 to 21, from 2024 to 2026—Chris Paul didn't play in the postseason.

Steve Nash vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

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