Phil Chenier vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Phil Chenier, 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.

Phil Chenier played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Phil Chenier had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
Season	1971-72	1963-64
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Phil Chenier	81	30.6	12.3	-	-	3.3	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.737
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		%
Phil Chenier	6	25.5	9.0	-	-	2.7	0.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	9.8	.373	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.833
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
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
Season	1972-73	1964-65
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Phil Chenier	71	39.1	19.7	-	-	4.1	4.2	-	-	-	2.3	8.5	18.8	.452	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
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		%
Phil Chenier	5	42.2	17.8	-	-	4.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.6	8.6	17.0	.506	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.750
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
Season	1973-74	1965-66
Team	Capital Bullets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Phil Chenier	76	38.7	21.9	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.1	2.0	0.9	-	1.8	9.2	21.1	.434	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	.820
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		%
Phil Chenier	7	44.3	22.4	0.9	5.3	6.1	1.7	1.9	1.1	-	2.7	8.9	19.6	.453	-	-	-	4.7	5.3	.892
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
Season	1974-75	1966-67
Team	Washington Bullets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
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		%
Phil Chenier	77	37.3	21.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.2	2.3	0.8	-	2.1	9.0	19.9	.450	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.825
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		%
Phil Chenier	17	40.7	24.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.2	1.3	0.6	-	2.6	9.1	19.4	.470	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.895
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
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
Season	1975-76	1967-68
Team	Washington Bullets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Phil Chenier	80	36.9	19.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	3.2	2.0	0.6	-	2.3	8.2	16.9	.483	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.827
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		%
Phil Chenier	7	37.9	18.0	0.9	2.9	3.7	1.6	0.9	0.4	-	3.9	8.0	18.3	.438	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	.824
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
Season	1976-77	1968-69
Team	Washington Bullets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Phil Chenier	78	36.4	20.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.8	1.5	0.5	-	2.1	8.4	18.9	.444	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.841
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		%
Phil Chenier	9	40.0	25.0	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.6	1.7	0.4	-	1.8	10.0	21.0	.476	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.804
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
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
Season	1977-78	1969-70
Team	Washington Bullets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Phil Chenier	36	26.0	14.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.5	5.6	12.5	.443	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.790
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		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
Season	1978-79	1970-71
Team	Washington Bullets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Phil Chenier	27	14.3	5.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.0	2.6	5.9	.437	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.643
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		%
Phil Chenier	9	10.8	2.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	1.1	5.1	.217	-	-	-	0.6	1.2	.455
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
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
Season	1979-80	1971-72
Team	Washington Bullets, Indiana Pacers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Phil Chenier	43	19.8	7.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.2	8.1	.390	0.1	0.3	.417	1.1	1.6	.731
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		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
Season	1980-81	1972-73
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Phil Chenier	9	9.1	3.2	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.1	1.2	3.7	.333	0.1	0.3	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000
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		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Phil Chenier	Nate Thurmond
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		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-