Anthony Peeler vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Anthony Peeler, 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.

Anthony Peeler played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Anthony Peeler had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, 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
Anthony Peeler	13	10	1992-93 to 2004-05
Nate Thurmond	14	9	1963-64 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	1992-93	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Anthony Peeler	77	21.5	10.4	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.6	2.5	3.9	8.2	.468	0.6	1.5	.390	2.1	2.7	.786
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		%
Anthony Peeler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	1993-94	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Anthony Peeler	30	30.8	14.1	1.6	2.0	3.6	3.1	1.4	0.3	2.0	3.1	5.9	13.6	.430	0.5	2.1	.222	1.9	2.4	.803
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		%
Anthony Peeler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	1994-95	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Anthony Peeler	73	21.4	10.4	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.7	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.9	9.0	.432	1.2	3.0	.389	1.4	1.8	.797
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		%
Anthony Peeler	10	26.8	8.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.5	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.3	3.2	7.9	.405	0.8	3.1	.258	1.7	2.2	.773
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Season 4
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	1995-96	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Peeler	73	22.0	9.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.9	3.7	8.2	.452	1.4	3.5	.413	0.8	1.2	.709
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		%
Anthony Peeler	3	24.0	9.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	9.0	.333	2.0	4.7	.429	1.3	1.3	1.000
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
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	1996-97	1967-68
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	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		%
Anthony Peeler	72	31.8	14.5	0.8	2.7	3.4	3.6	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.3	5.6	14.0	.398	1.8	4.8	.373	1.5	1.8	.820
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		%
Anthony Peeler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	1997-98	1968-69
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Peeler	38	31.4	12.3	1.0	2.3	3.2	3.6	1.6	0.2	1.3	2.6	5.0	11.1	.452	1.4	3.3	.424	0.9	1.2	.766
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		%
Anthony Peeler	5	42.6	16.2	3.2	4.4	7.6	3.6	2.0	0.6	1.6	3.0	6.2	15.4	.403	3.0	6.2	.484	0.8	0.8	1.000
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
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	1998-99	1969-70
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Anthony Peeler	28	28.9	9.6	1.1	1.9	3.0	2.8	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.7	9.7	.379	1.2	4.1	.298	1.1	1.5	.732
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		%
Anthony Peeler	4	31.0	6.8	1.8	2.3	4.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.8	8.8	.314	1.3	3.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	1999-00	1970-71
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Peeler	82	25.3	9.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.1	3.9	8.8	.436	1.0	3.1	.333	1.1	1.3	.798
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		%
Anthony Peeler	4	22.5	7.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	6.0	.458	0.5	2.5	.200	1.5	2.0	.750
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
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	2000-01	1971-72
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Peeler	75	28.3	10.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.6	1.2	0.2	1.4	2.2	4.1	9.8	.421	1.3	3.4	.391	1.0	1.2	.862
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		%
Anthony Peeler	4	34.0	8.5	0.8	2.8	3.5	1.8	1.8	0.3	1.5	2.5	3.5	13.3	.264	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	2001-02	1972-73
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Peeler	82	25.1	9.0	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.2	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.5	8.3	.421	1.4	3.5	.392	0.6	0.7	.862
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		%
Anthony Peeler	3	22.3	9.0	0.3	4.0	4.3	0.7	1.3	0.0	2.0	1.7	3.0	6.7	.450	1.7	3.0	.556	1.3	2.0	.667
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
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	2002-03	1973-74
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Anthony Peeler	82	27.4	7.7	0.5	2.5	2.9	3.0	0.9	0.2	1.0	2.0	3.1	7.4	.414	1.1	2.6	.410	0.5	0.6	.780
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		%
Anthony Peeler	6	27.5	4.8	0.8	2.7	3.5	3.0	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.3	2.2	6.3	.342	0.3	2.7	.125	0.2	0.3	.500
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	2003-04	1974-75
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Anthony Peeler	75	18.5	5.7	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	2.1	4.6	.448	0.9	1.9	.482	0.7	0.8	.836
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		%
Anthony Peeler	11	21.5	4.5	0.6	2.5	3.2	1.4	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.7	1.7	5.7	.302	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	.833
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
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	2004-05	1975-76
Team	Washington Wizards	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Anthony Peeler	40	13.2	3.8	0.4	1.3	1.6	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.0	1.4	3.8	.373	0.6	1.6	.385	0.4	0.5	.889
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		%
Anthony Peeler	7	5.7	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.1	1.3	.111	0.0	0.4	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
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
	Anthony Peeler	Nate Thurmond
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Anthony Peeler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Anthony Peeler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Anthony Peeler vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Anthony Peeler, 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