Nate Thurmond vs. Darrell Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darrell Walker and Nate Thurmond, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Nate Thurmond played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Darrell Walker, who played 10. Nate Thurmond had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Darrell Walker had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1963-64	1983-84
Team	San Francisco Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Nate Thurmond	76	25.9	7.0	-	-	10.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	7.3	.395	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.549
Darrell Walker	82	16.1	7.9	0.9	1.1	2.0	3.5	1.5	0.2	2.4	2.5	2.6	6.3	.417	0.0	0.2	.267	2.5	3.2	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	12	34.2	10.0	-	-	12.3	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	3.5	8.0	.438	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.679
Darrell Walker	12	16.3	6.8	1.7	1.3	2.9	1.7	2.0	0.2	2.7	2.4	2.3	6.1	.370	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.8	.609

Season 2
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1964-65	1984-85
Team	San Francisco Warriors	New York Knicks
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		%
Nate Thurmond	77	41.2	16.5	-	-	18.1	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	16.1	.419	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.658
Darrell Walker	82	30.4	13.5	1.6	1.8	3.4	5.0	2.0	0.3	2.5	3.0	5.2	12.1	.435	0.0	0.2	.000	3.0	4.2	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1965-66	1985-86
Team	San Francisco Warriors	New York Knicks
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		%
Nate Thurmond	73	39.6	16.3	-	-	18.0	1.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	15.3	.406	-	-	-	3.8	5.9	.654
Darrell Walker	81	25.0	10.3	1.2	1.5	2.7	4.2	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.7	4.0	9.3	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.4	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1966-67	1986-87
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Nate Thurmond	65	42.5	18.7	-	-	21.3	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.2	16.4	.437	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	.629
Darrell Walker	81	24.9	12.2	1.9	2.1	4.0	3.5	1.5	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	9.2	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.5	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	15	46.0	15.9	-	-	23.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.5	6.2	14.3	.433	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.571
Darrell Walker	3	22.7	8.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.3	3.7	11.3	.324	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.3	.571

Season 5
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1967-68	1987-88
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Nate Thurmond	51	43.6	20.5	-	-	22.0	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	18.2	.411	-	-	-	5.5	8.6	.644
Darrell Walker	52	18.1	6.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.9	1.2	0.2	1.3	2.0	2.2	5.6	.392	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrell Walker	5	31.0	11.0	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.8	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.6	4.4	10.8	.407	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	3.2	.688

Season 6
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1968-69	1988-89
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Div 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		%
Nate Thurmond	71	45.2	21.5	-	-	19.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.4	8.0	19.6	.410	-	-	-	5.4	8.7	.615
Darrell Walker	79	32.5	9.0	1.7	4.7	6.4	6.3	2.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	3.6	8.6	.420	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.3	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	6	43.8	16.7	-	-	19.5	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	17.0	.392	-	-	-	3.3	5.7	.588
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1969-70	1989-90
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Washington Bullets
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		%
Nate Thurmond	43	44.6	21.9	-	-	17.7	3.5	-	-	-	2.6	7.9	19.2	.414	-	-	-	6.1	8.0	.754
Darrell Walker	81	35.6	9.5	2.1	6.7	8.8	8.0	1.7	0.4	2.1	2.7	3.9	8.6	.454	0.0	0.3	.095	1.7	2.5	.687
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1970-71	1990-91
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Nate Thurmond	82	40.9	20.0	-	-	13.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.3	7.6	17.1	.445	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.730
Darrell Walker	71	32.5	7.8	2.0	5.0	7.0	6.5	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.8	3.2	7.5	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.604
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	5	38.4	17.6	-	-	10.2	3.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.2	19.4	.371	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.800
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1971-72	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Nate Thurmond	78	43.1	21.4	-	-	16.1	2.9	-	-	-	2.7	8.1	18.6	.432	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.743
Darrell Walker	74	20.8	5.2	1.1	2.1	3.2	2.8	0.9	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.2	5.1	.423	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.619
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	5	46.0	25.4	-	-	17.8	5.2	-	-	-	2.4	10.6	24.4	.434	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.750
Darrell Walker	5	13.6	2.0	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.4	0.6	1.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 10
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1972-73	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Nate Thurmond	79	43.3	17.1	-	-	17.1	3.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	14.7	.446	-	-	-	4.0	5.6	.718
Darrell Walker	37	13.8	2.2	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.7	0.9	2.6	.354	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.7	.462
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	11	41.8	14.5	-	-	13.2	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	14.6	.398	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.800
Darrell Walker	9	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.667

Season 11
	Nate Thurmond	Darrell Walker
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-