Steve Nash

Seasons 1996-97–2013-14 · 18 on record · Ht 6-3 · b. 1974

★ Hall of Fame★ 2× MVP8× All-Star7× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Two-Time
Position	PG
Number	#13 (also #10)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-3
Weight	195 lb
Born	1974-02-07
College	Santa Clara
Drafted	1996 · Round 1, Pick 15 · Phoenix Suns
Seasons	1996-97–2013-14 (18)

Career averages

14.3 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 8.5 APG · 1217 games · .490 FG% · .428 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1996-97	PHX	22	65	10.5	.423	.418	.824	1.0	2.1	0.3	0.0	3.3	10.8	.539
1997-98	PHX	23	76	21.9	.459	.415	.860	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.1	9.1	15.6	.556
1998-99	DAL	24	40	31.7	.363	.374	.826	2.9	5.5	0.9	0.1	7.9	10.9	.471
1999-00	DAL	25	56	27.4	.477	.403	.882	2.2	4.9	0.7	0.1	8.6	13.5	.601
2000-01	DAL	26	70	34.1	.487	.406	.895	3.2	7.3	1.0	0.1	15.6	19.6	.603
2001-02	DAL	27	82	34.6	.483	.455	.887	3.1	7.7	0.6	0.0	17.9	20.7	.602
2002-03	DAL	28	82	33.1	.465	.413	.909	2.9	7.3	1.0	0.1	17.7	22.6	.576
2003-04	DAL	29	78	33.5	.470	.405	.916	3.0	8.8	0.9	0.1	14.5	20.5	.590
2004-05	PHX	30	75	34.3	.502	.431	.887	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	15.5	22.0	.606
2005-06	PHX	31	79	35.4	.512	.439	.921	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	18.8	23.3	.632
2006-07	PHX	32	76	35.3	.532	.455	.899	3.5	11.6	0.8	0.1	18.6	23.8	.654
2007-08	PHX	33	81	34.3	.504	.470	.906	3.5	11.1	0.7	0.1	16.9	21.1	.641
2008-09	PHX	34	74	33.6	.503	.439	.933	3.0	9.7	0.7	0.1	15.7	19.5	.615
2009-10	PHX	35	81	32.8	.507	.426	.938	3.3	11.0	0.5	0.1	16.5	21.6	.615
2010-11	PHX	36	75	33.3	.492	.395	.912	3.5	11.4	0.6	0.1	14.7	20.8	.601
2011-12	PHX	37	62	31.6	.532	.390	.894	3.0	10.7	0.6	0.1	12.5	20.3	.625
2012-13	LAL	38	50	32.5	.497	.438	.922	2.8	6.7	0.6	0.1	12.7	16.0	.605
2013-14	LAL	39	15	20.9	.383	.333	.917	1.9	5.7	0.5	0.1	6.8	12.2	.488

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1996-97	PHX	65	2	684	74	175	.423	23	55	42	51	63	138	20	0	63	213
1997-98	PHX	76	9	1,664	268	584	.459	81	195	74	86	160	262	63	4	98	691
1998-99	DAL	40	40	1,269	114	314	.363	49	131	38	46	114	219	37	2	83	315
1999-00	DAL	56	27	1,532	173	363	.477	60	149	75	85	121	272	37	3	102	481
2000-01	DAL	70	70	2,387	386	792	.487	89	219	231	258	223	509	72	5	205	1,092
2001-02	DAL	82	82	2,837	525	1,088	.483	156	343	260	293	254	634	53	4	229	1,466
2002-03	DAL	82	82	2,711	518	1,114	.465	111	269	308	339	234	598	85	6	192	1,455
2003-04	DAL	78	78	2,612	397	845	.470	104	257	230	251	232	687	67	8	209	1,128
2004-05	PHX	75	75	2,573	430	857	.502	94	218	211	238	249	861	74	6	245	1,165
2005-06	PHX	79	79	2,796	541	1,056	.512	150	342	257	279	333	826	61	12	276	1,489
2006-07	PHX	76	76	2,682	517	971	.532	156	343	222	247	269	884	57	6	287	1,412
2007-08	PHX	81	81	2,780	485	962	.504	179	381	222	245	282	898	53	5	295	1,371
2008-09	PHX	74	74	2,484	428	851	.503	108	246	196	210	223	717	55	10	248	1,160
2009-10	PHX	81	81	2,660	499	985	.507	124	291	211	225	268	892	42	12	295	1,333
2010-11	PHX	75	75	2,497	399	811	.492	81	205	227	249	260	855	48	4	265	1,106
2011-12	PHX	62	62	1,961	295	555	.532	55	141	127	142	186	664	38	8	229	772
2012-13	LAL	50	50	1,627	236	475	.497	57	130	107	116	142	333	30	5	126	636
2013-14	LAL	15	10	313	36	94	.383	8	24	22	24	29	86	7	2	31	102
Career		1217	—	—	6,321	12,892	.490	1685	3939	3060	3384	3642	10335	899	102	3478	17,387

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1996-97	PHX	65	10.5	3.9	9.2	.423	1.2	2.9	2.2	2.7	3.3	7.3	1.1	0.0	3.3	11.2
1997-98	PHX	76	21.9	5.8	12.6	.459	1.8	4.2	1.6	1.9	3.5	5.7	1.4	0.1	2.1	14.9
1998-99	DAL	40	31.7	3.2	8.9	.363	1.4	3.7	1.1	1.3	3.2	6.2	1.0	0.1	2.4	8.9
1999-00	DAL	56	27.4	4.1	8.5	.477	1.4	3.5	1.8	2.0	2.8	6.4	0.9	0.1	2.4	11.3
2000-01	DAL	70	34.1	5.8	11.9	.487	1.3	3.3	3.5	3.9	3.4	7.7	1.1	0.1	3.1	16.5
2001-02	DAL	82	34.6	6.7	13.8	.483	2.0	4.4	3.3	3.7	3.2	8.0	0.7	0.1	2.9	18.6
2002-03	DAL	82	33.1	6.9	14.8	.465	1.5	3.6	4.1	4.5	3.1	7.9	1.1	0.1	2.5	19.3
2003-04	DAL	78	33.5	5.5	11.6	.470	1.4	3.5	3.2	3.5	3.2	9.5	0.9	0.1	2.9	15.5
2004-05	PHX	75	34.3	6.0	12.0	.502	1.3	3.1	3.0	3.3	3.5	12.0	1.0	0.1	3.4	16.3
2005-06	PHX	79	35.4	7.0	13.6	.512	1.9	4.4	3.3	3.6	4.3	10.6	0.8	0.2	3.6	19.2
2006-07	PHX	76	35.3	6.9	13.0	.532	2.1	4.6	3.0	3.3	3.6	11.9	0.8	0.1	3.9	19.0
2007-08	PHX	81	34.3	6.3	12.5	.504	2.3	4.9	2.9	3.2	3.7	11.6	0.7	0.1	3.8	17.8
2008-09	PHX	74	33.6	6.2	12.3	.503	1.6	3.6	2.8	3.0	3.2	10.4	0.8	0.1	3.6	16.8
2009-10	PHX	81	32.8	6.8	13.3	.507	1.7	3.9	2.9	3.0	3.6	12.1	0.6	0.2	4.0	18.0
2010-11	PHX	75	33.3	5.8	11.7	.492	1.2	3.0	3.3	3.6	3.7	12.3	0.7	0.1	3.8	15.9
2011-12	PHX	62	31.6	5.4	10.2	.532	1.0	2.6	2.3	2.6	3.4	12.2	0.7	0.1	4.2	14.2
2012-13	LAL	50	32.5	5.2	10.5	.497	1.3	2.9	2.4	2.6	3.1	7.4	0.7	0.1	2.8	14.1
2013-14	LAL	15	20.9	4.1	10.8	.383	0.9	2.8	2.5	2.8	3.3	9.9	0.8	0.2	3.6	11.7

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1996-97	PHX	65	684	10.8	.539	17.1	0.4	0.3	0.7	.047	-2.0	-1.1	-3.1	-0.2
1997-98	PHX	76	1,664	15.6	.556	19.6	2.9	1.8	4.8	.137	+1.1	+0.3	+1.4	+1.4
1998-99	DAL	40	1,269	10.9	.471	15.1	0.6	0.3	1.0	.037	-1.0	-1.4	-2.4	-0.1
1999-00	DAL	56	1,532	13.5	.601	14.5	2.8	0.2	3.0	.094	+0.6	-1.5	-0.9	+0.4
2000-01	DAL	70	2,387	19.6	.603	21.1	6.8	1.6	8.4	.169	+3.8	-1.1	+2.8	+2.9
2001-02	DAL	82	2,837	20.7	.602	23.0	9.5	0.3	9.9	.167	+5.1	-2.1	+3.1	+3.6
2002-03	DAL	82	2,711	22.6	.576	24.4	9.7	1.9	11.6	.206	+5.4	-0.8	+4.6	+4.5
2003-04	DAL	78	2,612	20.5	.590	19.5	8.9	-0.1	8.8	.162	+4.7	-2.2	+2.5	+3.0
2004-05	PHX	75	2,573	22.0	.606	20.5	9.7	1.2	10.9	.203	+5.5	-0.8	+4.7	+4.4
2005-06	PHX	79	2,796	23.3	.632	23.3	10.3	2.1	12.4	.212	+5.7	-0.7	+5.0	+4.9
2006-07	PHX	76	2,682	23.8	.654	22.9	10.8	1.7	12.6	.225	+6.7	-0.8	+5.9	+5.3
2007-08	PHX	81	2,780	21.1	.641	22.0	9.0	1.4	10.5	.181	+5.8	-1.8	+3.9	+4.2
2008-09	PHX	74	2,484	19.5	.615	21.1	6.7	0.5	7.3	.140	+4.5	-2.1	+2.4	+2.8
2009-10	PHX	81	2,660	21.6	.615	22.9	9.1	0.8	9.9	.178	+6.1	-1.8	+4.3	+4.2
2010-11	PHX	75	2,497	20.8	.601	21.4	7.3	0.7	7.9	.153	+4.7	-1.5	+3.2	+3.3
2011-12	PHX	62	1,961	20.3	.625	19.6	5.2	0.6	5.9	.144	+4.7	-1.2	+3.4	+2.7
2012-13	LAL	50	1,627	16.0	.605	17.8	3.7	0.6	4.3	.127	+1.8	-1.4	+0.4	+1.0
2013-14	LAL	15	313	12.2	.488	18.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	.017	-1.3	-2.3	-3.6	-0.1
Career		1217	—	—	—	—	—	—	130.0	—	—	—	—	+48.2

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1996-97	5	3.2	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	.222	.250	.278
1997-98	4	12.2	5.5	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	.444	.200	.511
2000-01	10	36.7	13.6	3.2	6.4	0.6	0.1	.417	.410	.553
2001-02	8	39.9	19.5	4.0	8.8	0.5	0.0	.432	.444	.585
2002-03	20	35.9	16.1	3.5	7.2	0.8	0.0	.447	.487	.565
2003-04	5	38.6	13.6	5.2	9.0	0.8	0.0	.386	.375	.460
2004-05	15	40.3	23.9	4.8	11.3	0.9	0.2	.520	.389	.604
2005-06	20	39.4	20.4	3.6	10.2	0.4	0.2	.502	.368	.615
2006-07	11	37.0	18.9	3.2	13.3	0.4	0.1	.462	.487	.577
2007-08	5	36.2	16.2	2.8	7.8	0.4	0.2	.457	.300	.538
2009-10	16	33.1	17.8	3.2	10.1	0.2	0.1	.518	.380	.634
2012-13	4	30.0	6.2	1.2	2.2	0.0	0.0	.435	0.000	.496
Career	123	35.2	16.8	3.4	8.6	0.5	0.1	.473	.406	.583

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	677	13.2	2.6	7.6	473–204
Away	676	12.5	2.7	7.7	354–322
In wins	827	13.8	3.0	8.4	827–0
In losses	526	11.3	2.3	6.5	0–526

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	33	14.1	3.0	7.8	26–7
BOS Boston Celtics	32	10.7	2.6	7.6	23–9
BKN Brooklyn Nets	32	14.8	2.8	7.9	24–8
CHA Charlotte Hornets	46	12.7	2.6	8.0	32–14
CHI Chicago Bulls	32	12.2	2.4	7.6	21–11
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	32	15.0	2.5	8.4	19–13
DAL Dallas Mavericks	42	12.4	2.7	7.8	19–23
DEN Denver Nuggets	63	13.5	2.8	7.5	41–22
DET Detroit Pistons	32	13.1	2.2	7.2	20–12
GSW Golden State Warriors	68	12.5	3.1	7.9	52–16
HOU Houston Rockets	66	12.6	2.6	7.1	40–26
IND Indiana Pacers	31	14.5	3.3	7.9	20–11
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	68	12.2	2.5	7.8	51–17
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	63	13.3	2.2	7.6	23–40
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	63	12.3	2.8	8.0	43–20
MIA Miami Heat	32	14.6	2.5	7.8	15–17
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	33	15.8	2.7	8.2	22–11
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	65	13.2	2.9	8.3	38–27
NYK New York Knicks	31	12.6	3.3	7.9	20–11
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	18	11.8	2.5	7.7	7–11
ORL Orlando Magic	32	12.0	2.9	6.9	21–11
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	30	14.5	3.4	8.5	16–14
PHX Phoenix Suns	28	10.2	1.8	4.5	15–13
POR Portland Trail Blazers	64	11.3	2.5	6.7	35–29
SAC Sacramento Kings	67	13.5	2.5	8.3	44–23
SAS San Antonio Spurs	65	11.7	2.8	6.7	28–37
TOR Toronto Raptors	31	13.3	3.3	8.6	24–7
UTA Utah Jazz	61	11.7	2.6	7.7	30–31
WAS Washington Wizards	30	13.8	3.2	9.4	20–10

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2013-14

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	12%	.455
In the paint (3-10 ft)	8%	.500
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	33%	.387
Long two (16 ft-3P)	21%	.350
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	26%	.333

Average shot distance 15.7 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 0% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
1996-97	$916,000
1997-98	$1,053,360
1998-99	$1,190,760
1999-00	$5,500,000
2000-01	$5,500,000
2001-02	$5,750,000
2002-03	$5,750,000
2003-04	$5,750,000
2004-05	$5,750,000
2005-06	$9,625,000
2006-07	$10,500,000
2007-08	$11,375,000
2008-09	$12,250,000
2009-10	$13,125,000
2010-11	$10,310,938
2011-12	$11,689,062
2012-13	$9,300,500
2013-14	$9,300,500
2014-15	$9,701,000
Career earnings	$144,337,120

Frequently asked questions

What team does Steve Nash play for?

Steve Nash plays PG for the Los Angeles Lakers.

What are Steve Nash's career stats?

Steve Nash has averaged 14.3 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 8.5 APG over 18 seasons (1996-97–2013-14).

How much does Steve Nash make?

Steve Nash's salary is $9,701,000 for the 2014-15 season, with career earnings of about $144.3M.

How tall is Steve Nash?

Steve Nash is 6-3 (195 lb).

When was Steve Nash drafted?

Steve Nash was drafted in 1996, round 1, pick 15, by the Phoenix Suns.