Zaza Pachulia vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Zaza Pachulia, 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.

Zaza Pachulia played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Zaza Pachulia had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Nate Thurmond had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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
Zaza Pachulia	16	9	2003-04 to 2018-19
Nate Thurmond	14	9	1963-64 to 1976-77

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


Rookie Season
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2003-04	1963-64
Team	Orlando Magic	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	59	11.3	3.3	1.2	1.8	2.9	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.2	3.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.644
Nate Thurmond	76	25.9	7.0	-	-	10.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	7.3	.395	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.549

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	12	34.2	10.0	-	-	12.3	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	3.5	8.0	.438	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.679


Season 2
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2004-05	1964-65
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Zaza Pachulia	74	18.9	6.2	1.8	3.3	5.1	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.9	2.2	2.2	4.8	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.5	.746
Nate Thurmond	77	41.2	16.5	-	-	18.1	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	16.1	.419	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2005-06	1965-66
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Zaza Pachulia	78	31.4	11.7	3.4	4.5	7.9	1.7	1.1	0.5	2.3	3.7	3.9	8.7	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.2	.735
Nate Thurmond	73	39.6	16.3	-	-	18.0	1.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	15.3	.406	-	-	-	3.8	5.9	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2006-07	1966-67
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	72	28.1	12.2	2.8	4.2	6.9	1.5	1.1	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.0	8.5	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.2	.786
Nate Thurmond	65	42.5	18.7	-	-	21.3	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.2	16.4	.437	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	.629

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	15	46.0	15.9	-	-	23.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.5	6.2	14.3	.433	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.571


Season 5
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2007-08	1967-68
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	62	15.2	5.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.3	1.7	4.0	.437	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.5	.706
Nate Thurmond	51	43.6	20.5	-	-	22.0	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	18.2	.411	-	-	-	5.5	8.6	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	7	15.0	4.1	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.1	1.0	3.6	.280	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.0	.714
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2008-09	1968-69
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Div 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	77	19.1	6.2	2.2	3.4	5.7	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	2.1	4.2	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.709
Nate Thurmond	71	45.2	21.5	-	-	19.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.4	8.0	19.6	.410	-	-	-	5.4	8.7	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	11	23.6	6.9	2.5	4.4	6.9	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.6	2.0	4.8	.415	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.8	.762
Nate Thurmond	6	43.8	16.7	-	-	19.5	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	17.0	.392	-	-	-	3.3	5.7	.588


Season 7
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2009-10	1969-70
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	78	14.0	4.3	1.5	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.4	1.5	3.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.650
Nate Thurmond	43	44.6	21.9	-	-	17.7	3.5	-	-	-	2.6	7.9	19.2	.414	-	-	-	6.1	8.0	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	11	14.6	4.6	1.7	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.8	3.1	1.6	3.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.625
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2010-11	1970-71
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	79	15.7	4.4	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.4	2.9	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.754
Nate Thurmond	82	40.9	20.0	-	-	13.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.3	7.6	17.1	.445	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	11	17.7	3.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.8	3.4	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.773
Nate Thurmond	5	38.4	17.6	-	-	10.2	3.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.2	19.4	.371	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.800


Season 9
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2011-12	1971-72
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	58	28.3	7.8	2.7	5.2	7.9	1.4	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.0	2.9	5.8	.499	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.741
Nate Thurmond	78	43.1	21.4	-	-	16.1	2.9	-	-	-	2.7	8.1	18.6	.432	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	5	46.0	25.4	-	-	17.8	5.2	-	-	-	2.4	10.6	24.4	.434	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.750


Season 10
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2012-13	1972-73
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	52	21.8	5.9	2.5	3.9	6.5	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.2	4.6	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.757
Nate Thurmond	79	43.3	17.1	-	-	17.1	3.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	14.7	.446	-	-	-	4.0	5.6	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	11	41.8	14.5	-	-	13.2	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	14.6	.398	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.800


Season 11
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2013-14	1973-74
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Zaza Pachulia	53	25.0	7.7	2.7	3.6	6.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.3	2.8	6.6	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.5	.846
Nate Thurmond	62	39.7	13.0	4.0	10.1	14.2	2.7	0.7	2.9	-	2.9	5.0	11.2	.444	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.666

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2014-15	1974-75
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	73	23.7	8.3	2.7	4.2	6.8	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.8	2.3	3.3	7.2	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.788
Nate Thurmond	80	34.5	7.9	3.2	8.1	11.3	4.1	0.6	2.4	-	3.4	3.1	8.6	.364	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	.589

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	6	21.5	6.7	1.8	4.8	6.7	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.8	2.5	2.7	6.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.2	.615
Nate Thurmond	13	19.5	3.5	1.8	4.8	6.7	2.4	0.4	1.6	-	2.8	1.1	2.9	.368	-	-	-	1.4	2.8	.486


Season 13
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2015-16	1975-76
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	76	26.4	8.6	3.3	6.2	9.4	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.4	2.9	6.2	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.768
Nate Thurmond	78	17.9	4.4	1.5	3.8	5.3	1.2	0.3	1.3	-	2.1	1.8	4.3	.421	-	-	-	0.8	1.6	.504

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	5	22.4	6.6	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.4	2.6	1.8	4.8	.375	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.4	.882
Nate Thurmond	13	28.8	6.7	2.9	6.1	9.0	2.2	0.5	2.2	-	4.0	2.8	6.1	.468	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.406


Season 14
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2016-17	1976-77
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	70	18.1	6.1	2.0	3.9	5.9	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.4	2.3	4.4	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.778
Nate Thurmond	49	20.3	5.5	2.5	5.2	7.6	1.7	0.3	1.7	-	2.6	2.0	5.0	.407	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	15	14.1	5.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.1	2.1	4.0	.533	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.765
Nate Thurmond	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	69	14.1	5.4	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.2	3.8	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.806
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	7	3.7	2.4	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.750
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Zaza Pachulia	Nate Thurmond
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	68	12.9	3.9	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.2	1.3	2.8	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.782
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	2	11.0	2.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Zaza Pachulia vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Zaza Pachulia, 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16