Thurl Bailey vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner and Thurl Bailey, 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.

Thurl Bailey played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Myles Turner, who played 9. Thurl Bailey had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Myles Turner had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Thurl Bailey	12	9	1983-84 to 1998-99
Myles Turner	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Thurl Bailey	81	24.8	8.5	1.4	4.3	5.7	1.6	0.5	1.5	1.3	2.4	3.7	7.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.752
Myles Turner	60	22.8	10.3	1.1	4.4	5.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.1	2.6	4.4	8.8	.498	0.1	0.2	.214	1.5	2.0	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	11	30.9	10.6	1.4	4.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	8.8	.515	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	1.9	.810
Myles Turner	7	28.1	10.3	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.4	0.3	3.3	1.7	3.4	4.7	10.1	.465	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.3	.667


Season 2
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Thurl Bailey	80	31.0	15.2	1.9	4.7	6.6	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.7	6.3	12.9	.490	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.5	2.9	.842
Myles Turner	81	31.4	14.5	1.7	5.6	7.3	1.3	0.9	2.1	1.3	3.2	5.5	10.7	.511	0.5	1.4	.348	3.0	3.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	10	37.5	16.9	2.1	7.1	9.2	2.7	0.5	1.8	2.1	3.0	6.2	15.2	.408	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	5.5	.818
Myles Turner	4	33.3	10.8	1.5	5.3	6.8	0.8	1.8	1.3	1.5	3.8	4.8	11.0	.432	0.0	1.5	.000	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 3
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Thurl Bailey	82	28.8	14.6	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.0	5.9	13.1	.448	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.4	.830
Myles Turner	65	28.2	12.7	1.4	5.0	6.4	1.3	0.6	1.8	1.5	2.9	4.7	9.8	.479	0.9	2.4	.357	2.5	3.2	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	4	36.8	16.0	2.8	5.3	8.0	3.3	0.5	0.5	1.3	3.3	7.0	19.3	.364	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.8	.727
Myles Turner	7	28.0	12.4	0.9	4.3	5.1	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.6	4.7	7.7	.611	0.9	1.9	.462	2.1	2.7	.789


Season 4
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1986-87	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Thurl Bailey	81	26.6	13.8	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.9	5.7	12.8	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	2.9	.805
Myles Turner	74	28.6	13.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	10.5	.487	1.0	2.6	.388	2.0	2.7	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	5	30.2	15.6	2.8	3.2	6.0	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.4	6.0	12.6	.476	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	3.6	1.000
Myles Turner	4	31.5	9.8	1.0	5.3	6.3	1.5	0.0	1.8	0.8	3.5	3.5	8.8	.400	0.8	3.5	.214	2.0	3.3	.615


Season 5
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Thurl Bailey	82	34.2	19.6	1.6	4.8	6.5	1.9	0.6	1.5	2.3	2.3	7.7	15.7	.492	0.0	0.0	.333	4.1	5.0	.826
Myles Turner	62	29.5	12.1	1.4	5.2	6.6	1.2	0.7	2.1	1.4	2.7	4.3	9.5	.457	1.4	4.0	.344	2.0	2.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	11	40.8	23.2	1.9	3.8	5.7	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.9	2.9	9.0	18.5	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	6.2	.838
Myles Turner	4	36.5	15.8	2.8	8.0	10.8	0.8	0.5	4.0	2.3	3.3	6.3	11.0	.568	1.5	3.5	.429	1.8	4.0	.438


Season 6
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Thurl Bailey	82	33.9	19.5	1.4	4.0	5.5	1.7	0.6	1.1	2.5	2.3	7.5	15.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.400	4.4	5.4	.825
Myles Turner	47	31.0	12.6	1.3	5.2	6.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	1.4	3.5	4.4	9.2	.477	1.5	4.4	.335	2.4	3.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	3	40.7	12.0	3.3	5.0	8.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.7	4.0	11.3	.353	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Thurl Bailey	82	31.5	14.2	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.7	0.4	1.2	1.7	2.1	5.7	11.9	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.5	.779
Myles Turner	42	29.4	12.9	1.5	5.5	7.1	1.0	0.7	2.8	1.3	2.8	4.8	9.4	.509	1.5	4.4	.333	1.9	2.5	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	5	38.0	21.0	1.6	4.8	6.4	1.4	1.0	1.2	1.0	3.8	8.6	17.6	.489	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.8	.792
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Thurl Bailey	82	30.3	12.4	1.2	3.7	5.0	1.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	2.0	4.9	10.6	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.3	.808
Myles Turner	62	29.4	18.0	1.4	6.1	7.5	1.4	0.6	2.3	1.7	3.5	6.5	11.8	.548	1.5	4.0	.373	3.5	4.5	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	9	25.3	7.6	1.2	2.3	3.6	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	3.0	2.6	7.1	.359	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.8	.880
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1991-92	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	84	25.0	11.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.3	1.9	4.4	10.0	.440	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.2	.796
Myles Turner	77	27.0	17.1	1.5	5.5	6.9	1.3	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.0	6.2	11.8	.524	1.5	4.2	.358	3.2	4.1	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	11	32.4	17.6	1.6	4.9	6.5	2.4	0.6	1.5	1.3	2.5	6.4	12.9	.493	2.6	5.8	.453	2.3	3.3	.694


Season 10
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Thurl Bailey	70	18.2	7.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.9	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.3	2.9	6.4	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.838
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Thurl Bailey	79	16.4	7.4	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.2	2.9	5.8	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.9	.799
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Thurl Bailey didn't play in 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98.


Season 12
	Thurl Bailey	Myles Turner
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Thurl Bailey	43	12.6	4.2	0.8	1.3	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.8	4.1	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.735
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	11	10.5	3.4	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.7	1.5	3.0	.515	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.750
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Thurl Bailey vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner and Thurl Bailey, 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