Aaron Gordon vs. Tom Van Arsdale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Van Arsdale and Aaron Gordon, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Aaron Gordon played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Tom Van Arsdale, who played 12. Aaron Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Tom Van Arsdale had his rookie season in 1965-66. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Aaron Gordon	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	2014-15	1965-66
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	47	17.0	5.2	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.4	.447	0.3	1.0	.271	0.9	1.3	.721
Tom Van Arsdale	79	25.8	10.5	-	-	3.9	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	10.6	.374	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Aaron Gordon	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	2018-19	1969-70
Team	Orlando Magic	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	78	33.8	16.0	1.7	5.7	7.4	3.7	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.2	6.0	13.4	.449	1.6	4.4	.349	2.4	3.2	.731
Tom Van Arsdale	71	35.8	22.8	-	-	6.5	2.2	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.4	.451	-	-	-	5.4	6.9	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.8	15.2	2.2	5.0	7.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.6	3.2	5.8	12.4	.468	1.6	4.0	.400	2.0	3.8	.526
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Aaron Gordon	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	2019-20	1970-71
Team	Orlando Magic	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	62	32.5	14.4	1.7	5.9	7.7	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.437	1.2	3.8	.308	2.4	3.6	.674
Tom Van Arsdale	82	38.4	22.9	-	-	6.1	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	9.1	20.0	.456	-	-	-	4.6	6.4	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Aaron Gordon	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	2020-21	1971-72
Team	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	50	27.7	12.4	1.5	4.1	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.9	1.8	4.6	10.0	.463	1.2	3.5	.335	1.9	3.0	.651
Tom Van Arsdale	73	35.6	19.2	-	-	4.8	2.7	-	-	-	3.3	7.5	16.5	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	10	29.9	11.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.0	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.3	9.9	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	1.6	2.5	.640
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Aaron Gordon	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	2022-23	1973-74
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	68	30.2	16.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.9	6.3	11.2	.564	0.9	2.5	.347	2.8	4.6	.608
Tom Van Arsdale	78	39.0	19.6	1.1	3.9	5.0	2.6	0.8	0.0	-	3.8	7.9	18.4	.428	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	20	35.7	13.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	1.0	2.9	5.1	9.8	.518	0.9	2.3	.391	2.3	3.5	.652
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-