Dave Corzine vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Dave Corzine, 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.

Dave Corzine played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Dave Corzine had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, 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
Dave Corzine	13	10	1978-79 to 1990-91
Nate Thurmond	14	9	1963-64 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1978-79	1963-64
Team	Washington Bullets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Dave Corzine	59	9.0	3.0	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.1	2.0	.534	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.778
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		%
Dave Corzine	12	5.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.3	1.3	.267	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1979-80	1964-65
Team	Washington Bullets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Dave Corzine	78	10.6	2.9	1.3	2.1	3.5	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.2	2.8	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.662
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		%
Dave Corzine	2	4.5	5.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.5	.800	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1980-81	1965-66
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Dave Corzine	82	23.9	10.5	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.4	0.5	1.2	1.6	2.6	4.5	9.1	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.714
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		%
Dave Corzine	7	23.0	9.0	1.7	5.1	6.9	2.3	0.6	1.1	1.6	2.1	3.9	7.9	.491	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.692
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1981-82	1966-67
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Dave Corzine	82	26.7	10.1	2.6	5.1	7.7	1.6	0.4	1.5	1.7	2.9	4.1	7.9	.519	0.0	0.0	.250	1.9	2.6	.746
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		%
Dave Corzine	9	28.7	13.6	4.2	5.2	9.4	1.9	0.7	1.0	2.2	3.3	5.4	11.8	.462	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.8	.706
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
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1982-83	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Dave Corzine	82	30.4	14.0	3.0	5.8	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.3	2.8	3.0	5.6	11.2	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.9	.720
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		%
Dave Corzine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1983-84	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Corzine	82	32.6	12.2	2.1	5.0	7.0	2.5	0.7	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.7	10.0	.467	0.0	0.1	.333	2.8	3.4	.840
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		%
Dave Corzine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1984-85	1969-70
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Dave Corzine	82	25.1	8.5	1.6	3.6	5.1	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.3	3.4	6.9	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.4	.745
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		%
Dave Corzine	4	19.3	8.3	2.3	3.3	5.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.5	3.5	5.3	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.5	.833
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1985-86	1970-71
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Dave Corzine	67	25.5	9.6	2.0	4.5	6.5	2.2	0.4	0.8	1.6	2.0	3.8	7.7	.491	0.0	0.2	.250	1.9	2.6	.743
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		%
Dave Corzine	3	34.3	12.0	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.0	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.0	5.3	9.7	.552	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
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
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1986-87	1971-72
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Dave Corzine	82	27.9	8.3	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.5	0.5	1.1	1.4	2.5	3.6	7.5	.475	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.736
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		%
Dave Corzine	3	40.7	9.0	2.3	4.7	7.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	2.3	2.0	3.3	7.3	.455	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.778
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
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1987-88	1972-73
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Dave Corzine	80	29.1	10.1	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.5	1.2	1.4	1.9	4.3	8.9	.481	0.0	0.1	.111	1.4	1.9	.752
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		%
Dave Corzine	10	30.8	6.1	1.5	4.2	5.7	0.8	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.1	2.7	7.6	.355	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.538
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
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1988-89	1973-74
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Dave Corzine	81	18.3	5.9	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.3	0.4	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.5	5.4	.461	0.0	0.1	.250	0.9	1.2	.740
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		%
Dave Corzine	16	13.7	4.1	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.7	1.7	4.0	.422	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.647
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1989-90	1974-75
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Corzine	6	13.2	3.7	1.2	1.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.8	4.8	.379	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000
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		%
Dave Corzine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dave Corzine	Nate Thurmond
Season	1990-91	1975-76
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Dave Corzine	28	5.3	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.6	1.4	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.591
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		%
Dave Corzine	2	6.0	2.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	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
	Dave Corzine	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		%
Dave Corzine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Dave Corzine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Dave Corzine vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Dave Corzine, 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