Bob Thornton vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and Bob Thornton, 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.

Bob Thornton played 8 years in the NBA, 4 less than Nick Young, who played 12. Bob Thornton had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Nick Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Bob Thornton	8	2	1985-86 to 1995-96
Nick Young	12	3	2007-08 to 2018-19

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


Rookie Season
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	1985-86	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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		%
Bob Thornton	71	18.6	4.7	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.9	1.8	3.9	.456	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.531
Nick Young	75	15.4	7.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	2.8	6.4	.439	0.5	1.3	.400	1.3	1.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	4	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 2
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	1986-87	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bob Thornton	33	8.5	2.2	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.5	0.9	2.0	.433	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.650
Nick Young	82	22.4	10.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.7	4.1	9.2	.444	0.7	2.0	.341	2.0	2.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	1987-88	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bob Thornton	48	12.4	3.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.1	1.4	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.618
Nick Young	74	19.2	8.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.5	.418	0.9	2.3	.406	1.4	1.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	1988-89	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bob Thornton	54	8.3	2.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	0.9	2.1	.423	0.0	0.1	.333	0.6	1.1	.533
Nick Young	64	31.8	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.4	14.6	.441	1.6	4.2	.387	2.9	3.6	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	1989-90	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers 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		%
Bob Thornton	56	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.9	0.9	2.0	.429	0.0	0.1	.333	0.5	0.9	.510
Nick Young	62	27.9	14.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.1	12.6	.403	1.7	4.5	.365	2.3	2.7	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	9	9.9	2.1	1.2	0.4	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	2.4	0.8	2.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.500
Nick Young	11	18.2	8.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.6	6.1	.433	1.5	3.0	.515	1.5	1.6	.889


Season 6
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	1990-91	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bob Thornton	12	9.2	1.3	0.1	1.2	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	0.3	1.1	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.8	.800
Nick Young	59	23.9	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.4	3.8	9.2	.413	1.3	3.6	.357	1.8	2.2	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Bob Thornton	2	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Nick Young	64	28.3	17.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.0	13.9	.435	2.1	5.5	.386	3.7	4.5	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	7	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.750
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bob Thornton didn't play in 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95.


Season 8
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	1995-96	2014-15
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bob Thornton	7	4.4	0.4	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.9	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.500
Nick Young	42	23.8	13.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.1	11.3	.366	2.0	5.4	.369	3.1	3.5	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	54	19.1	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.3	6.9	.339	1.4	4.4	.325	1.2	1.4	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	60	25.9	13.2	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.3	4.5	10.6	.430	2.8	7.0	.404	1.3	1.5	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
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		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	80	17.4	7.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5	6.1	.412	1.5	4.1	.377	0.7	0.8	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	20	10.3	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.7	.302	0.7	2.4	.298	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 12
	Bob Thornton	Nick Young
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	4	9.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Thornton vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and Bob Thornton, 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