Steve Nash vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Glen Rice 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, 3 more than Glen Rice, who played 15. Steve Nash had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Glen Rice had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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.

Rookie Season
	Steve Nash	Glen Rice
Season	1996-97	1989-90
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+12	+19.5	+10.3	+1.1	+2.6	+3.6	+0.3	+0.6	+0.4	-0.5	-1.2	+5.0	+11.2	+.016	+0.2	+0.1	+.172	+0.6	+0.8	+.090
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734
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	-
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Steve Nash	Glen Rice
Season	2001-02	1994-95
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:		+2.2	+4.4	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+5.4	+0.8	+0.2	-0.9	-0.5	+1.7	+3.8	+.008	+0.4	+1.3	+.045	+0.6	+0.9	+.032
Glen Rice	82	36.8	22.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	8.1	17.1	.475	2.3	5.5	.410	3.8	4.5	.855
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
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Steve Nash	Glen Rice
Season	2002-03	1995-96
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+3	+6.7	+3.9	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9	+4.4	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-1.1	+1.4	+2.8	+.006	+0.8	+1.8	+.011	+0.2	+0.7	+.072
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837
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
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Steve Nash	Glen Rice
Season	2003-04	1996-97
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East 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:	+1	+9.1	+12.3		+1.0	+1.0	+6.8		+0.2	-0.5	-0.6	+4.0	+8.4	+.007	+1.3	+2.3	+.065	+3.0	+3.6	+.049
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867
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:	+2	+6.5	+14.1	+0.9	+0.7	+1.5	+5.3	+0.5	+0.3	-1.1	-0.9	+3.9	+5.0	+.105	+0.8	+2.1		+5.4	+5.9	+.024
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913

Season 9
	Steve Nash	Glen Rice
Season	2004-05	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Hornets Lost East 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:	+7	+5.9	+6.8	+0.3	+0.6	+1.0	+9.3	+0.1	+0.2	-1.1	-0.6	+2.0	+5.5	+.045	+0.3	+0.8	+.002	+2.4	+2.9	+.038
Glen Rice	82	40.2	22.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	7.7	16.9	.457	1.6	3.7	.433	5.2	6.1	.849
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:	+6	+0.3	+1.1	+0.6	+0.2	+0.9	+9.9	+0.3	+0.1	-3.3	-0.5	+0.2	+1.3	+.046	+0.2	+0.4	+.083	+0.5	+0.1	+.086
Glen Rice	9	41.0	22.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	9.1	19.2	.474	1.2	4.0	.306	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 10
	Steve Nash	Glen Rice
Season	2005-06	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers 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:	+52	+1.1	+1.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	+7.9	+0.2		-1.8	-1.0	+0.5	+1.3	+.080	+0.1	+0.7	+.046	+0.4	+0.2	+.065
Glen Rice	27	36.5	17.5	0.3	3.3	3.7	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.7	2.5	6.3	14.7	.432	2.0	5.0	.393	2.9	3.3	.856
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:	+13	+3.8	+2.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+8.6	+0.3	+0.2	-2.1	-0.2	+0.9	+0.2	+.056	+0.2	+0.4	+.011	+0.2	+0.5	+.054
Glen Rice	7	43.7	18.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.1	6.4	14.4	.446	1.4	4.0	.357	4.0	4.1	.966

Season 11
	Steve Nash	Glen Rice
Season	2006-07	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+3.7	+2.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+9.4	+0.2	+0.1	-2.4	-0.7	+1.5	+0.5	+.102	+1.0	+1.6	+.088	+1.4	+1.7	+.025
Glen Rice	80	31.6	15.9	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.3	.430	1.1	2.9	.367	4.3	5.0	.874
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:	+12	+4.2	+6.5		+0.8	+0.8	+11.2	+0.3	+0.1	-2.8	-0.3	+2.7	+4.6	+.055	+0.5	+0.6	+.069	+0.6	+0.3	+.093
Glen Rice	23	33.3	12.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.9	.408	1.2	2.9	.418	3.1	3.9	.798

Season 12
	Steve Nash	Glen Rice
Season	2007-08	2000-01
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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:	+6	+4.8	+4.9	+0.5	+0.2	+0.6	+9.9	+0.2	+0.1	-2.3	-1.0	+1.6	+1.9	+.064	+1.1	+1.9	+.081	+0.6	+0.6	+.054
Glen Rice	75	29.5	12.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.4	4.4	10.0	.440	1.1	2.8	.389	2.1	2.4	.852
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:		+7.8	+4.0	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+7.2	+0.2		-1.0		+1.6	+3.6	+.005		+1.2	+.129	+0.8	+0.8	+.042
Glen Rice	5	28.8	12.2	0.6	3.8	4.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.0	4.8	10.4	.462	1.2	2.8	.429	1.4	1.6	.875

Season 14
	Steve Nash	Glen Rice
Season	2009-10	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
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:	+19	+8.1	+7.5	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+10.0	+0.1		-2.7	-0.3	+3.0	+4.8	+.078	+0.1	+0.5	+.028	+1.6	+1.5	+.179
Glen Rice	62	24.7	9.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.2	7.4	.429	1.6	4.1	.398	1.0	1.3	.759
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
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 15
	Steve Nash	Glen Rice
Season	2010-11	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+57	+18.7	+11.0		+1.1	+1.2	+10.1	+0.3	+0.1	-2.8		+4.1	+6.6	+.203	+0.8	+1.1	+.216	+2.1	+2.4	+.088
Glen Rice	18	14.6	3.7	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.2	4.2	.289	0.3	1.6	.179	0.9	0.9	1.000
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Nash nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 15

Additional Years
* Steve Nash played 3 seasons more than Glen Rice in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 16 to 18, from 2012 to 2014—Steve Nash played in one postseason. In those 3 extra years over Glen Rice, Steve Nash got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game