Nate Thurmond

Seasons 1963-64–1976-77 · 14 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1941

★ Hall of Fame7× All-Star5× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	Nate the Great, Chairman of the Boards
Position	C
Number	#42
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers
Height	6-11
Weight	225 lb
Born	1941-07-25
College	Bowling Green
Drafted	1963 · Round 1, Pick 3 · SFW
Seasons	1963-64–1976-77 (14)

15.0 PPG, 15.0 RPG, 2.7 APG · 964 games · .421 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1963-64	SFW	22	76	25.9	.395	—	.549	10.4	1.1	—	—	7.0	12.1	.423
1964-65	SFW	23	77	41.2	.419	—	.658	18.1	2.0	—	—	16.5	16.5	.456
1965-66	SFW	24	73	39.6	.406	—	.654	18.0	1.5	—	—	16.3	15.0	.454
1966-67	SFW	25	65	42.5	.437	—	.629	21.3	2.6	—	—	18.7	17.4	.480
1967-68	SFW	26	51	43.6	.411	—	.644	22.0	4.2	—	—	20.5	19.0	.466
1968-69	SFW	27	71	45.2	.410	—	.615	19.7	3.6	—	—	21.5	18.4	.457
1969-70	SFW	28	43	44.6	.414	—	.754	17.7	3.5	—	—	21.9	18.2	.483
1970-71	SFW	29	82	40.9	.445	—	.730	13.8	3.1	—	—	20.0	18.5	.501
1971-72	GSW	30	78	43.1	.432	—	.743	16.1	2.9	—	—	21.4	18.7	.492
1972-73	GSW	31	79	43.3	.446	—	.718	17.1	3.5	—	—	17.1	17.3	.499
1973-74	GSW	32	62	39.7	.444	—	.666	14.2	2.7	0.7	2.9	13.0	15.0	.492
1974-75	CHI	33	80	34.5	.364	—	.589	11.3	4.1	0.6	2.4	7.9	13.4	.403
1975-76	2TM	34	78	17.9	.421	—	.504	5.3	1.2	0.3	1.3	4.4	12.0	.442
	CHI	34	13	20.0	.444	—	.444	5.5	2.0	0.3	0.9	3.7	11.4	.454
	CLE	34	65	17.4	.418	—	.514	5.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	4.6	12.1	.441
1976-77	CLE	35	49	20.3	.407	—	.642	7.6	1.7	0.3	1.7	5.5	14.3	.458

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1963-64	SFW	76	—	1,966	219	554	.395	—	—	95	173	790	86	—	—	—	533
1964-65	SFW	77	—	3,173	519	1,240	.419	—	—	235	357	1395	157	—	—	—	1,273
1965-66	SFW	73	—	2,891	454	1,119	.406	—	—	280	428	1312	111	—	—	—	1,188
1966-67	SFW	65	—	2,761	467	1,068	.437	—	—	280	445	1382	166	—	—	—	1,214
1967-68	SFW	51	—	2,222	382	929	.411	—	—	282	438	1121	215	—	—	—	1,046
1968-69	SFW	71	—	3,208	571	1,394	.410	—	—	382	621	1402	253	—	—	—	1,524
1969-70	SFW	43	—	1,919	341	824	.414	—	—	261	346	762	150	—	—	—	943
1970-71	SFW	82	—	3,351	623	1,401	.445	—	—	395	541	1128	257	—	—	—	1,641
1971-72	GSW	78	—	3,362	628	1,454	.432	—	—	417	561	1252	230	—	—	—	1,673
1972-73	GSW	79	—	3,419	517	1,159	.446	—	—	315	439	1349	280	—	—	—	1,349
1973-74	GSW	62	—	2,463	308	694	.444	—	—	191	287	878	165	41	179	—	807
1974-75	CHI	80	—	2,756	250	686	.364	—	—	132	224	904	328	46	195	—	632
1975-76	2TM	78	—	1,393	142	337	.421	—	—	62	123	415	94	22	98	—	346
	CHI	13	—	260	20	45	.444	—	—	8	18	71	26	4	12	—	48
	CLE	65	—	1,133	122	292	.418	—	—	54	105	344	68	18	86	—	298
1976-77	CLE	49	9	997	100	246	.407	—	—	68	106	374	83	16	81	—	268
Career		964	—	—	5,521	13,105	.421	0	0	3395	5089	14464	2575	125	553	0	14,437

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1963-64	SFW	76	25.9	4.0	10.1	.395	—	—	1.7	3.2	14.5	1.6	—	—	—	9.8
1964-65	SFW	77	41.2	5.9	14.1	.419	—	—	2.7	4.1	15.8	1.8	—	—	—	14.4
1965-66	SFW	73	39.6	5.7	13.9	.406	—	—	3.5	5.3	16.3	1.4	—	—	—	14.8
1966-67	SFW	65	42.5	6.1	13.9	.437	—	—	3.7	5.8	18.0	2.2	—	—	—	15.8
1967-68	SFW	51	43.6	6.2	15.1	.411	—	—	4.6	7.1	18.2	3.5	—	—	—	16.9
1968-69	SFW	71	45.2	6.4	15.6	.410	—	—	4.3	7.0	15.7	2.8	—	—	—	17.1
1969-70	SFW	43	44.6	6.4	15.5	.414	—	—	4.9	6.5	14.3	2.8	—	—	—	17.7
1970-71	SFW	82	40.9	6.7	15.1	.445	—	—	4.2	5.8	12.1	2.8	—	—	—	17.6
1971-72	GSW	78	43.1	6.7	15.6	.432	—	—	4.5	6.0	13.4	2.5	—	—	—	17.9
1972-73	GSW	79	43.3	5.4	12.2	.446	—	—	3.3	4.6	14.2	2.9	—	—	—	14.2
1973-74	GSW	62	39.7	4.5	10.1	.444	—	—	2.8	4.2	12.8	2.4	0.6	2.6	—	11.8
1974-75	CHI	80	34.5	3.3	9.0	.364	—	—	1.7	2.9	11.8	4.3	0.6	2.5	—	8.3
1975-76	2TM	78	17.9	3.7	8.7	.421	—	—	1.6	3.2	10.7	2.4	0.6	2.5	—	8.9
	CHI	13	20.0	2.8	6.2	.444	—	—	1.1	2.5	9.8	3.6	0.6	1.7	—	6.6
	CLE	65	17.4	3.9	9.3	.418	—	—	1.7	3.3	10.9	2.2	0.6	2.7	—	9.5
1976-77	CLE	49	20.3	3.6	8.9	.407	—	—	2.5	3.8	13.5	3.0	0.6	2.9	—	9.7

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

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1963-64	SFW	76	1,966	12.1	.423	—	-0.9	4.4	3.5	.085	—	—	—	—
1964-65	SFW	77	3,173	16.5	.456	—	1.0	5.1	6.1	.092	—	—	—	—
1965-66	SFW	73	2,891	15.0	.454	—	0.3	4.0	4.3	.072	—	—	—	—
1966-67	SFW	65	2,761	17.4	.480	—	1.7	5.6	7.2	.125	—	—	—	—
1967-68	SFW	51	2,222	19.0	.466	—	0.5	4.7	5.2	.112	—	—	—	—
1968-69	SFW	71	3,208	18.4	.457	—	0.5	6.1	6.5	.098	—	—	—	—
1969-70	SFW	43	1,919	18.2	.483	—	0.7	3.0	3.7	.093	—	—	—	—
1970-71	SFW	82	3,351	18.5	.501	—	3.8	3.4	7.2	.103	—	—	—	—
1971-72	GSW	78	3,362	18.7	.492	—	2.6	6.4	9.0	.128	—	—	—	—
1972-73	GSW	79	3,419	17.3	.499	—	3.2	6.7	9.9	.140	—	—	—	—
1973-74	GSW	62	2,463	15.0	.492	—	2.6	3.4	6.0	.117	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+2.1
1974-75	CHI	80	2,756	13.4	.403	—	-0.8	5.4	4.7	.081	-0.9	+2.4	+1.5	+2.4
1975-76	2TM	78	1,393	12.0	.442	—	0.2	2.2	2.4	.082	-1.7	+1.6	-0.1	+0.7
	CHI	13	260	11.4	.454	—	0.1	0.4	0.4	.081	-0.8	+1.7	+1.0	+0.2
	CLE	65	1,133	12.1	.441	—	0.1	1.9	1.9	.082	-2.0	+1.6	-0.3	+0.5
1976-77	CLE	49	997	14.3	.458	—	0.5	1.8	2.3	.113	-1.0	+2.0	+1.0	+0.8
Career		964	—	—	—	—	—	—	78.0	—	—	—	—	+6.0

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

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1963-64	12	33.8	10.0	12.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	.429	—	.495
1966-67	15	36.7	15.9	23.1	3.1	0.0	0.0	.433	—	.467
1968-69	6	43.8	16.7	19.5	4.7	0.0	0.0	.392	—	.427
1970-71	5	38.4	17.6	10.2	3.0	0.0	0.0	.371	—	.416
1971-72	5	46.0	25.4	17.8	5.2	0.0	0.0	.434	—	.473
1972-73	11	41.8	14.5	13.2	3.6	0.0	0.0	.398	—	.448
1974-75	13	19.5	3.5	6.7	2.4	0.3	1.2	.368	—	.424
1975-76	13	28.8	6.7	9.0	2.2	0.5	2.2	.468	—	.467
1976-77	1	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	—	—	—
Career	81	33.7	11.9	13.6	2.8	0.1	0.6	.416	—	.456

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	487	14.6	15.9	2.7	310–177
Away	477	15.4	14.0	2.6	203–274
In wins	513	15.7	15.6	2.9	513–0
In losses	451	14.1	14.3	2.3	0–451

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	88	16.0	14.6	2.4	40–48
BOS Boston Celtics	74	16.6	16.0	2.1	27–47
BKN Brooklyn Nets	2	5.0	4.5	0.5	2–0
CHI Chicago Bulls	52	17.8	17.4	2.9	26–26
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	20	12.2	13.6	4.4	15–5
DEN Denver Nuggets	3	5.3	6.7	2.0	1–2
DET Detroit Pistons	89	16.0	15.6	2.4	54–35
GSW Golden State Warriors	9	5.9	7.8	2.1	5–4
HOU Houston Rockets	46	18.0	14.1	3.3	28–18
IND Indiana Pacers	2	7.5	10.0	2.5	1–1
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	85	14.9	17.4	3.1	39–46
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	45	12.9	12.4	3.1	22–23
NYK New York Knicks	69	13.6	15.1	2.3	35–34
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	72	13.4	15.7	2.2	34–38
PHX Phoenix Suns	36	15.4	12.3	3.4	20–16
POR Portland Trail Blazers	29	16.0	14.4	2.8	18–11
SAC Sacramento Kings	25	11.0	10.8	2.4	12–13
SAS San Antonio Spurs	2	5.5	7.5	2.5	1–1
UTA Utah Jazz	11	6.5	9.4	1.9	8–3

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Nate Thurmond plays C for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Nate Thurmond has averaged 15.0 PPG, 15.0 RPG, 2.7 APG over 14 seasons (1963-64–1976-77).

Nate Thurmond is 6-11 (225 lb).

Nate Thurmond was drafted in 1963, round 1, pick 3.