Terrell Brandon vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Terrell Brandon, 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.

Terrell Brandon played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Terrell Brandon had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	1991-92	1963-64
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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		%
Terrell Brandon	82	19.6	7.4	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.9	1.0	0.3	1.7	1.3	3.1	7.3	.419	0.0	0.3	.043	1.2	1.5	.806
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		%
Terrell Brandon	12	13.1	3.9	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.8	4.6	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.3	.750
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
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	1992-93	1964-65
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Terrell Brandon	82	19.8	8.8	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.6	7.6	.478	0.2	0.5	.310	1.4	1.7	.825
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		%
Terrell Brandon	8	16.5	6.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.8	0.8	2.5	5.8	.435	0.3	0.6	.400	1.1	1.1	1.000
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	1993-94	1965-66
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Terrell Brandon	73	21.2	8.3	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.5	1.5	3.2	7.5	.420	0.1	0.4	.219	1.9	2.2	.858
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		%
Terrell Brandon	3	18.7	8.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	4.0	6.3	.632	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	1994-95	1966-67
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Terrell Brandon	67	29.3	13.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.4	1.6	0.2	2.1	1.8	5.1	11.4	.448	0.7	1.8	.397	2.4	2.8	.855
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		%
Terrell Brandon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	1995-96	1967-68
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Terrell Brandon	75	34.3	19.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.5	1.8	0.4	1.9	1.9	6.8	14.6	.465	1.2	3.1	.387	4.5	5.1	.887
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		%
Terrell Brandon	3	41.7	19.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	8.0	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.3	7.0	15.7	.447	1.0	3.0	.333	4.3	5.0	.867
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	1996-97	1968-69
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Terrell Brandon	78	36.8	19.5	0.6	3.2	3.9	6.3	1.8	0.4	2.3	2.3	7.4	16.8	.438	1.3	3.5	.373	3.4	3.8	.902
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		%
Terrell Brandon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	1997-98	1969-70
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Francisco Warriors
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		%
Terrell Brandon	50	35.7	16.8	0.5	3.1	3.5	7.7	2.2	0.3	2.9	2.4	6.8	14.6	.464	0.6	1.9	.333	2.6	3.1	.846
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		%
Terrell Brandon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	1998-99	1970-71
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Terrell Brandon	36	33.8	13.9	0.8	3.0	3.7	8.6	1.8	0.3	2.1	2.3	5.9	14.1	.418	0.3	1.3	.255	1.8	2.2	.833
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		%
Terrell Brandon	4	40.5	19.3	0.5	7.0	7.5	7.0	2.3	0.5	3.5	2.8	7.8	17.3	.449	0.8	1.3	.600	3.0	3.3	.923
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
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	1999-00	1971-72
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Terrell Brandon	71	36.4	17.1	0.6	2.7	3.4	8.9	1.9	0.4	2.6	2.2	6.8	14.7	.466	0.7	1.9	.402	2.6	2.9	.899
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		%
Terrell Brandon	4	40.5	19.5	1.0	4.8	5.8	8.5	0.8	0.0	2.0	2.8	8.0	15.8	.508	1.0	2.8	.364	2.5	2.8	.909
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
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	2000-01	1972-73
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Terrell Brandon	78	36.2	16.0	0.8	3.1	3.8	7.5	2.1	0.3	2.0	1.8	6.6	14.5	.451	0.4	1.2	.363	2.5	2.9	.871
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		%
Terrell Brandon	4	38.0	15.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	6.3	1.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	6.8	15.5	.435	1.0	2.3	.444	0.8	0.8	1.000
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
	Terrell Brandon	Nate Thurmond
Season	2001-02	1973-74
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	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		%
Terrell Brandon	32	30.1	12.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	8.3	1.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	4.8	11.4	.425	0.1	0.7	.174	2.6	2.6	.988
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		%
Terrell Brandon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-