Nate Thurmond vs. Jamie Watson Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamie Watson 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, 10 more than Jamie Watson, who played 4. Nate Thurmond had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Jamie Watson had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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 |
Nate Thurmond |
14 |
9 |
1963-64 to 1976-77 |
Jamie Watson |
4 |
1 |
1994-95 to 1998-99 |
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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 |
Jamie Watson |
60 |
11.2 |
3.3 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
.500 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.263 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
.679 |
|
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 |
Jamie Watson |
5 |
11.4 |
2.4 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
2.4 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
.667 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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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 |
Jamie Watson |
16 |
13.6 |
3.0 |
0.3 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
.419 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.429 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
.692 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Jamie Watson |
23 |
14.8 |
3.4 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
3.1 |
.431 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
.333 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
.750 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Jamie Watson didn't play in 1997-98.
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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 |
Jamie Watson |
3 |
6.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
|
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Season 11 |
|
Nate Thurmond |
Jamie Watson |
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
- |
Jamie Watson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |