Walt Frazier vs. Andrew Nembhard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Nembhard and Walt Frazier, 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.

Walt Frazier played 13 years in the NBA, 10 more than Andrew Nembhard, who played 3. Walt Frazier had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Andrew Nembhard had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Walt Frazier	Andrew Nembhard
Season	1967-68	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Walt Frazier	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655
difference:	+1	+6.2	+0.5			+1.5	+0.4				-0.3	+0.3	+0.9	+.010				+1.4	+2.4	+.135
Andrew Nembhard	75	27.7	9.5	0.5	2.2	2.7	4.5	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.4	3.8	8.6	.441	1.2	3.5	.350	0.7	0.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	4	29.8	9.5	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	8.3	.364	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778
Andrew Nembhard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Walt Frazier	Andrew Nembhard
Season	1968-69	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Walt Frazier	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
difference:	+12	+11.9	+8.3			+4.1	+3.8				-1.0	+2.8	+5.5	+.007				+3.6	+4.9	+.058
Andrew Nembhard	68	25.0	9.2	0.5	1.5	2.1	4.1	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.1	3.8	7.7	.498	0.9	2.5	.357	0.7	0.8	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	10	41.5	21.2	-	-	7.4	9.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.503	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	.596
difference:	+7	+8.9	+6.3			+4.1	+3.6				-0.3	+2.9	+7.0	+.057				+2.2	+4.2	+.173
Andrew Nembhard	17	32.6	14.9	0.8	2.5	3.3	5.5	0.4	0.2	1.4	3.3	6.0	10.7	.560	1.7	3.5	.483	1.2	1.5	.769

Season 3
	Walt Frazier	Andrew Nembhard
Season	1969-70	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Walt Frazier	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
difference:	+12	+10.6	+10.9			+2.7	+3.2				-0.3	+4.0	+6.7	+.060				+3.6	+5.0	+.046
Andrew Nembhard	65	28.9	10.0	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.3	3.8	8.3	.458	0.8	2.7	.291	1.7	2.1	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	19	43.9	16.0	-	-	7.8	8.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.2	13.0	.478	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.764
difference:	+4	+10.5	+3.5			+4.6	+3.5				-0.1	+1.6	+3.3	+.007				+2.0	+2.7	+.040
Andrew Nembhard	23	33.4	12.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	4.7	1.5	0.2	1.8	2.7	4.6	9.7	.471	1.7	3.7	.465	1.6	2.0	.804

Additional Years
* Walt Frazier played 10 seasons more than Andrew Nembhard in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 1971 to 1980—Walt Frazier played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Andrew Nembhard, Walt Frazier got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP