Yves Missi vs. Steve Nash Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Nash and Yves Missi, 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.

Yves Missi played 2 years in the NBA, 16 less than Steve Nash, who played 18. Yves Missi had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Steve Nash 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Yves Missi 2 0 2024-25 to 2025-26
Steve Nash 18 12 1996-97 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Yves Missi Steve Nash
Season 2024-251996-97
Team New Orleans PelicansPhoenix Suns
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlaySuns Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Yves Missi 73 26.8 9.1 3.5 4.7 8.2 1.4 0.5 1.3 1.1 2.0 3.7 6.7 .547 0.0 0.0 - 1.7 2.8 .623
difference:+8+16.3+5.8+3.3+4.0+7.2+0.7+0.2+1.3-0.1-0.6+2.6+4.0+.124+0.4+0.8+1.1+2.0+.201
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Yves Missi DNP------ --- ----------
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 -

Season 2
Yves Missi Steve Nash
Season 2025-261997-98
Team New Orleans PelicansPhoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlaySuns Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Yves Missi 16 20.4 6.1 3.3 2.4 5.8 1.3 0.2 1.1 1.1 2.0 2.6 4.8 .553 0.0 0.0 - 0.8 1.5 .542
difference:+60+1.5+3.0+2.9+0.7+3.7+2.1+0.6+1.0-0.2-0.1+0.9+2.9+.094+1.1+2.6+0.2+0.4+.318
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Yves Missi DNP------ --- ----------
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

Additional Years

* Steve Nash played 16 seasons more than Yves Missi in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 18, from 1999 to 2014—Steve Nash played in 10 Playoffs.

In those 16 extra years over Yves Missi, Steve Nash got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 2 Season MVP
Achievement 3 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 2 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 2 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 5 Assists Leader
Achievement 8 All-Star Game
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