Steve Nash vs. Tyler Zeller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyler Zeller and Steve Nash, 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.

Steve Nash played 18 years in the NBA, 10 more than Tyler Zeller, who played 8. Steve Nash had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Tyler Zeller had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Steve Nash	18	12	1996-97 to 2013-14
Tyler Zeller	8	4	2012-13 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	1996-97	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Steve Nash	65	10.5	3.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.1	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.4	1.1	2.7	.423	0.4	0.8	.418	0.6	0.8	.824
Tyler Zeller	77	26.4	7.9	2.1	3.6	5.7	1.2	0.5	0.9	1.2	3.3	3.2	7.3	.438	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	4	3.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	1997-98	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Steve Nash	76	21.9	9.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.459	1.1	2.6	.415	1.0	1.1	.860
Tyler Zeller	70	15.0	5.7	1.5	2.6	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.2	4.1	.538	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.5	.444	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	1998-99	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Steve Nash	40	31.7	7.9	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.5	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.9	.363	1.2	3.3	.374	1.0	1.2	.826
Tyler Zeller	82	21.1	10.2	1.8	3.9	5.7	1.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.5	4.1	7.5	.549	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.3	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Zeller	4	22.5	8.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.8	7.3	.517	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 4
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Steve Nash	56	27.4	8.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.2	3.1	6.5	.477	1.1	2.7	.403	1.3	1.5	.882
Tyler Zeller	60	11.8	6.1	1.0	1.9	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.8	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.8	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Zeller	3	12.7	6.0	1.3	3.7	5.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	2.3	5.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667


Season 5
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Steve Nash	70	34.1	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.9	2.3	5.5	11.3	.487	1.3	3.1	.406	3.3	3.7	.895
Tyler Zeller	51	10.3	3.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.5	3.1	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.564

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	10	37.0	13.6	0.6	2.6	3.2	6.4	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	4.5	10.8	.417	1.6	3.9	.410	3.0	3.4	.882
Tyler Zeller	11	7.1	2.9	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 6
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
Steve Nash	82	34.6	17.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	7.7	0.6	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.4	13.3	.483	1.9	4.2	.455	3.2	3.6	.887
Tyler Zeller	66	16.8	6.7	1.7	3.0	4.6	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.9	2.8	5.1	.560	0.2	0.4	.357	0.9	1.2	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	8	40.5	19.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	8.8	0.5	0.0	3.8	2.5	6.4	14.8	.432	2.5	5.6	.444	4.3	4.4	.971
Tyler Zeller	7	9.4	1.6	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.6	0.6	0.7	.800	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.750


Season 7
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Steve Nash	82	33.1	17.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	1.6	6.3	13.6	.465	1.4	3.3	.413	3.8	4.1	.909
Tyler Zeller	6	15.5	7.7	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	3.3	2.7	5.0	.533	0.0	0.2	.000	2.3	3.0	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	20	36.4	16.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.447	1.9	3.8	.487	2.8	3.2	.873
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Steve Nash	78	33.5	14.5	0.8	2.2	3.0	8.8	0.9	0.1	2.7	1.8	5.1	10.8	.470	1.3	3.3	.405	2.9	3.2	.916
Tyler Zeller	2	2.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	.250	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		%
Steve Nash	5	39.2	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	9.0	0.8	0.0	2.4	2.8	5.4	14.0	.386	1.2	3.2	.375	1.6	1.8	.889
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Steve Nash	75	34.3	15.5	0.8	2.6	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	3.3	1.8	5.7	11.4	.502	1.3	2.9	.431	2.8	3.2	.887
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	15	40.7	23.9	0.6	4.2	4.8	11.3	0.9	0.2	4.7	2.4	9.3	17.9	.520	1.4	3.6	.389	3.8	4.1	.919
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Steve Nash	79	35.4	18.8	0.6	3.6	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	3.5	1.5	6.8	13.4	.512	1.9	4.3	.439	3.3	3.5	.921
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	20	39.9	20.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.2	0.4	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.3	14.6	.502	1.6	4.4	.368	4.2	4.6	.912
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Steve Nash	76	35.3	18.6	0.4	3.1	3.5	11.6	0.8	0.1	3.8	1.5	6.8	12.8	.532	2.1	4.5	.455	2.9	3.3	.899
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	11	37.5	18.9	0.4	2.8	3.2	13.3	0.4	0.1	4.4	1.9	6.7	14.5	.463	1.7	3.5	.487	3.7	4.2	.891
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Steve Nash	81	34.3	16.9	0.3	3.1	3.5	11.1	0.7	0.1	3.6	1.4	6.0	11.9	.504	2.2	4.7	.470	2.7	3.0	.906
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	5	36.6	16.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	7.8	0.4	0.2	2.4	2.0	6.4	14.0	.457	1.2	4.0	.300	2.2	2.4	.917
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Steve Nash	74	33.6	15.7	0.3	2.8	3.0	9.7	0.7	0.1	3.4	1.5	5.8	11.5	.503	1.5	3.3	.439	2.6	2.8	.933
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Steve Nash	81	32.8	16.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	11.0	0.5	0.1	3.6	1.3	6.2	12.2	.507	1.5	3.6	.426	2.6	2.8	.938
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	16	33.7	17.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	10.1	0.3	0.1	3.8	1.3	6.2	11.9	.518	1.2	3.1	.380	4.2	4.7	.893
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
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		%
Steve Nash	75	33.3	14.7	0.5	2.9	3.5	11.4	0.6	0.1	3.5	1.2	5.3	10.8	.492	1.1	2.7	.395	3.0	3.3	.912
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
Steve Nash	62	31.6	12.5	0.4	2.6	3.0	10.7	0.6	0.1	3.7	0.9	4.8	9.0	.532	0.9	2.3	.390	2.0	2.3	.894
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Steve Nash	50	32.5	12.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.7	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.4	4.7	9.5	.497	1.1	2.6	.438	2.1	2.3	.922
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	2	30.5	12.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	5.0	11.5	.435	0.0	1.5	.000	2.5	2.5	1.000
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Steve Nash	Tyler Zeller
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Steve Nash	15	20.9	6.8	0.3	1.7	1.9	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.1	1.2	2.4	6.3	.383	0.5	1.6	.333	1.5	1.6	.917
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Nash vs. Tyler Zeller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyler Zeller and Steve Nash, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 17

Season 18