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The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24
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Steve Nash vs Tim Duncan

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Steve Nash1996-972013-14 · PHX
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Tim Duncan1997-982015-16 · SAS

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.

PPG
14.319.0
RPG
3.010.8
APG
8.53.0
TS%
60.5%55.1%
PER
19.924.2
Win Shares
129.6206.7
games played
12171392
MVPs / All-Star nods
2 MVP · 7 All-NBA · 8 AS2 MVP · 3 FMVP · 15 All-NBA · 15 AS

Head to Head

Steve NashTim Duncan
Record3152
Meetings83 (37 playoff)
PPG15.524.0
RPG3.413.2
APG8.03.0
First meeting1997-98
Last meeting2012-13

Per Game

Steve NashTim Duncan
G12171392
MIN31.334.0
PTS14.319.0
REB3.010.8
AST8.53.0
STL0.70.7
BLK0.12.2
FG%49.050.6
3P%42.817.9
FT%90.469.6

Advanced

Steve NashTim Duncan
PER19.924.2
TS%60.555.1
USG%21.027.0
WS129.6206.7
WS/480.1630.210
BPM3.54.8
VORP53.582.1

Accolades

Steve NashTim Duncan
MVP22
All-NBA715
All-Star815
Finals MVP3
All-Defensive15
All-Star MVP1
Rookie of the Year1
All-Rookie1

Career percentiles

Scoring
78
91
Efficiency
91
72
Playmaking
96
80
Rebounding
45
98
Defense
37
97

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