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The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24
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John Stockton vs Steve Nash

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John Stockton1984-852002-03 · UTA
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Steve Nash1996-972013-14 · PHX

John Stockton leads 5 of 8 career categories against Steve Nash, including playmaking (10.5 APG) and shooting efficiency (60.8% TS%). Head to head they met 27 times, 5 of them in the playoffs, with John Stockton winning the series 16–11.

The case for John Stockton

playmaking (10.5 APG), shooting efficiency (60.8% TS%), per-minute impact (22.1 PER), and 2 more.

The case for Steve Nash

scoring (14.3 PPG), rebounding (3.0 RPG), accolades (2 MVP · 7 All-NBA · 8 AS MVPs / All-Star nods).

Tale of the tape

13.1PPG14.3
2.7RPG3.0
10.5APG8.5
60.8%TS%60.5%
22.1PER19.9
202.7Win Shares129.6
1504games played1217

Head to Head

John StocktonSteve Nash
16Series wins11
11.7PPG12.5
3.6RPG2.8
9.5APG6.3
27 meetings (5 in the playoffs) · first 1996-97 · last 2002-03

Per Game

John StocktonSteve Nash
1504G1217
31.8MIN31.3
13.1PTS14.3
2.7REB3.0
10.5AST8.5
2.2STL0.7
0.2BLK0.1
51.5FG%49.0
38.43P%42.8
82.6FT%90.4

Advanced

John StocktonSteve Nash
22.1PER19.9
60.8TS%60.5
19.0USG%21.0
202.7WS129.6
0.210WS/480.163
7.1BPM3.5
106.8VORP53.5

Accolades

John StocktonSteve Nash
11All-NBA7
10All-Star8
5All-Defensive
1All-Star MVP
MVP2

Career percentiles

74
Scoring
78
93
Efficiency
91
99
Playmaking
96
41
Rebounding
45
89
Defense
37

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