Tim Duncan leads 6 of 8 career categories against Steve Nash, including scoring (19.0 PPG) and rebounding (10.8 RPG). Head to head they met 83 times, 37 of them in the playoffs, with Tim Duncan winning the series 52–31.
The case for Steve Nash: playmaking (8.5 APG), shooting efficiency (60.5% TS%).
The case for Tim Duncan: scoring (19.0 PPG), rebounding (10.8 RPG), per-minute impact (24.2 PER), and 3 more.
| Steve Nash | Tim Duncan | |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 31–52 | |
| Meetings | 83 (37 playoff) | |
| PPG | 15.5 | 24.0 |
| RPG | 3.4 | 13.2 |
| APG | 8.0 | 3.0 |
| First meeting | 1997-98 | |
| Last meeting | 2012-13 | |
| Steve Nash | Tim Duncan | |
|---|---|---|
| G | 1217 | 1392 |
| MIN | 31.3 | 34.0 |
| PTS | 14.3 | 19.0 |
| REB | 3.0 | 10.8 |
| AST | 8.5 | 3.0 |
| STL | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| BLK | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| FG% | 49.0 | 50.6 |
| 3P% | 42.8 | 17.9 |
| FT% | 90.4 | 69.6 |
| Steve Nash | Tim Duncan | |
|---|---|---|
| PER | 19.9 | 24.2 |
| TS% | 60.5 | 55.1 |
| USG% | 21.0 | 27.0 |
| WS | 129.6 | 206.7 |
| WS/48 | 0.163 | 0.210 |
| BPM | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| VORP | 53.5 | 82.1 |
| Steve Nash | Tim Duncan | |
|---|---|---|
| MVP | 2 | 2 |
| All-NBA | 7 | 15 |
| All-Star | 8 | 15 |
| Finals MVP | — | 3 |
| All-Defensive | — | 15 |
| All-Star MVP | — | 1 |
| Rookie of the Year | — | 1 |
| All-Rookie | — | 1 |
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