Robert Horry vs. Jameer Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jameer Nelson and Robert Horry, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Robert Horry played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jameer Nelson, who played 14. Robert Horry had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Jameer Nelson had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Robert Horry	16	16	1992-93 to 2007-08
Jameer Nelson	14	6	2004-05 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	1992-93	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Robert Horry	79	29.5	10.1	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.7	4.1	8.6	.474	0.2	0.6	.255	1.8	2.5	.715
Jameer Nelson	79	20.4	8.7	0.7	1.8	2.4	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	3.6	7.9	.455	0.6	1.8	.312	0.9	1.4	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	12	31.2	10.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	3.2	1.5	1.3	2.3	2.5	3.9	8.4	.465	0.8	2.5	.300	1.7	2.3	.741
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	1993-94	2005-06
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
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		%
Robert Horry	81	29.3	9.9	1.6	3.9	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.9	1.7	2.3	4.0	8.7	.459	0.5	1.7	.324	1.4	1.9	.732
Jameer Nelson	62	28.8	14.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.9	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.8	5.6	11.6	.483	1.1	2.7	.424	2.3	2.9	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	23	33.8	11.7	1.8	4.3	6.1	3.6	1.5	0.9	1.2	3.0	4.3	9.8	.434	1.5	3.9	.382	1.7	2.2	.765
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	1994-95	2006-07
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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		%
Robert Horry	64	32.4	10.2	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.4	1.5	1.2	1.9	2.5	3.8	8.4	.447	1.3	3.5	.379	1.3	1.8	.761
Jameer Nelson	77	30.3	13.0	0.6	2.4	3.1	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.9	4.9	11.4	.430	0.8	2.5	.335	2.4	2.9	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	22	38.2	13.1	1.8	5.2	7.0	3.5	1.5	1.2	1.1	3.1	4.2	9.5	.445	2.0	5.0	.400	2.6	3.5	.744
Jameer Nelson	4	32.3	14.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.3	0.8	0.0	2.3	4.8	5.3	12.5	.420	1.3	3.5	.357	2.5	2.8	.909


Season 4
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	1995-96	2007-08
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Magic 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		%
Robert Horry	71	37.1	12.0	1.4	4.4	5.8	4.0	1.6	1.5	2.3	2.8	4.2	10.3	.410	2.0	5.5	.366	1.6	2.0	.776
Jameer Nelson	69	28.4	10.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.6	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.4	4.1	8.7	.469	0.9	2.2	.416	1.8	2.2	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	8	38.5	13.1	1.9	5.3	7.1	3.0	2.6	1.6	1.9	3.6	4.6	11.4	.407	2.6	6.6	.396	1.3	2.9	.435
Jameer Nelson	10	33.3	16.2	0.4	3.7	4.1	4.7	0.3	0.2	2.1	4.3	5.7	11.3	.504	2.0	4.1	.488	2.8	3.7	.757


Season 5
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	1996-97	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Magic 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		%
Robert Horry	54	25.8	7.8	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.0	1.2	1.0	1.3	2.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.9	2.9	.318	1.1	1.7	.667
Jameer Nelson	42	31.2	16.7	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.9	6.4	12.6	.503	2.0	4.3	.453	2.0	2.3	.887

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	9	31.1	6.7	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.4	1.1	0.8	1.2	3.0	1.9	4.2	.447	1.3	3.1	.429	1.6	2.0	.778
Jameer Nelson	5	18.0	3.8	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.8	0.2	0.0	1.4	0.6	1.6	4.6	.348	0.2	1.2	.167	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 6
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	1997-98	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Magic 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		%
Robert Horry	72	30.4	7.4	2.6	4.9	7.5	2.3	1.6	1.3	1.4	3.3	2.8	5.8	.476	0.3	1.3	.204	1.6	2.3	.692
Jameer Nelson	65	28.6	12.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.4	0.7	0.0	2.1	2.3	4.9	10.9	.449	1.3	3.5	.381	1.5	1.8	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	13	32.4	8.6	2.6	3.8	6.5	3.1	1.1	1.1	1.4	3.5	3.0	5.4	.557	0.5	1.3	.353	2.2	3.2	.683
Jameer Nelson	14	34.2	19.0	0.6	2.9	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.0	2.5	2.7	6.5	13.6	.479	2.4	6.0	.393	3.6	4.4	.823


Season 7
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	1998-99	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Magic 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		%
Robert Horry	38	19.6	4.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.5	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.7	1.8	3.8	.459	0.5	1.2	.444	0.9	1.2	.739
Jameer Nelson	76	30.5	13.1	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	2.6	2.8	4.9	11.0	.446	1.6	3.9	.401	1.7	2.1	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	8	22.1	5.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.9	3.6	1.5	3.3	.462	0.6	1.5	.417	1.4	1.8	.786
Jameer Nelson	6	36.0	13.2	1.2	3.0	4.2	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.3	2.3	5.2	13.7	.378	1.0	4.3	.231	1.8	2.3	.786


Season 8
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	1999-00	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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		%
Robert Horry	76	22.2	5.7	1.8	3.0	4.8	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.0	2.5	2.1	4.8	.438	0.4	1.2	.309	1.2	1.5	.788
Jameer Nelson	57	29.9	11.9	0.5	2.7	3.2	5.7	0.7	0.1	2.4	2.3	4.5	10.6	.427	1.5	4.1	.377	1.2	1.5	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	23	27.0	7.6	1.7	3.7	5.3	2.5	0.9	0.8	1.3	3.8	2.6	6.3	.407	0.7	2.6	.288	1.7	2.5	.702
Jameer Nelson	5	36.4	15.6	0.2	3.6	3.8	6.6	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.6	5.8	14.8	.392	1.6	5.0	.320	2.4	3.2	.750


Season 9
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	2000-01	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
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		%
Robert Horry	79	20.1	5.2	1.2	2.6	3.7	1.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.7	1.9	4.8	.387	0.7	2.0	.346	0.7	1.1	.711
Jameer Nelson	56	35.3	14.7	0.4	3.3	3.7	7.4	1.3	0.1	2.8	2.9	5.5	13.9	.392	2.2	6.3	.341	1.6	1.8	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	16	23.9	5.9	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.1	3.1	2.0	5.4	.368	1.1	2.9	.362	0.8	1.4	.591
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	2001-02	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
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		%
Robert Horry	81	26.4	6.8	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	2.6	2.3	5.7	.398	0.9	2.5	.374	1.3	1.7	.783
Jameer Nelson	68	32.0	12.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	7.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.1	4.3	11.0	.394	2.0	5.8	.348	1.4	1.6	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	19	37.1	9.3	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.2	1.7	0.8	1.6	3.5	3.2	7.2	.449	1.3	3.3	.387	1.6	2.0	.789
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	2002-03	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Robert Horry	80	29.3	6.5	2.3	4.2	6.4	2.9	1.2	0.8	1.4	3.1	2.3	6.0	.387	0.6	2.2	.288	1.3	1.7	.769
Jameer Nelson	63	22.3	8.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.0	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.2	3.3	8.0	.407	1.4	4.1	.345	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	12	31.0	5.6	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.1	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.1	2.5	7.8	.319	0.2	3.2	.053	0.4	0.8	.556
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Robert Horry	81	15.9	4.8	1.3	2.0	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	0.7	2.0	1.7	4.3	.405	0.5	1.3	.380	0.9	1.3	.645
Jameer Nelson	39	26.6	7.7	0.5	2.5	2.9	4.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.6	2.9	7.9	.368	1.1	3.7	.299	0.8	0.9	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	10	20.9	6.1	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.9	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.1	2.0	4.3	.465	0.8	2.2	.364	1.3	1.4	.929
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Robert Horry	75	18.6	6.0	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.1	5.0	.419	0.7	1.8	.370	1.1	1.5	.789
Jameer Nelson	75	27.3	9.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.1	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.6	3.6	8.1	.444	1.4	3.6	.388	0.6	0.8	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	23	27.1	9.3	2.0	3.4	5.4	2.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.1	.448	1.7	3.7	.447	1.3	1.8	.732
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Robert Horry	63	18.8	5.1	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	1.8	4.6	.384	0.8	2.3	.368	0.7	1.1	.647
Jameer Nelson	50	20.3	4.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.9	4.9	.389	0.8	2.5	.331	0.3	0.4	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	13	17.2	4.2	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.4	1.2	2.8	.405	0.5	1.3	.353	1.5	2.0	.731
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	2006-07	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Robert Horry	68	16.5	3.9	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.5	1.3	3.7	.359	0.7	2.2	.336	0.6	0.9	.594
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	18	20.1	4.3	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.6	0.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	1.4	3.3	.417	0.7	2.1	.351	0.8	0.9	.824
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Robert Horry	Jameer Nelson
Season	2007-08	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Robert Horry	45	13.0	2.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.2	0.8	2.6	.319	0.4	1.6	.257	0.4	0.6	.643
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	15	10.3	1.5	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.1	2.3	0.5	2.4	.194	0.3	1.5	.227	0.3	0.4	.667
Jameer Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Robert Horry vs. Jameer Nelson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jameer Nelson and Robert Horry, 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

Season 15

Season 16