Alonzo Mourning vs. Norm Van Lier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norm Van Lier and Alonzo Mourning, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Alonzo Mourning played 15 years in the NBA, 5 more than Norm Van Lier, who played 10. Alonzo Mourning had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Norm Van Lier had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Alonzo Mourning	15	11	1992-93 to 2007-08
Norm Van Lier	10	5	1969-70 to 1978-79

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	1992-93	1969-70
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Alonzo Mourning	78	33.9	21.0	3.4	6.9	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	8.1	.781
Norm Van Lier	81	35.7	9.5	-	-	5.0	6.2	-	-	-	4.1	3.7	9.2	.403	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	9	40.8	23.8	3.1	6.8	9.9	1.4	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.1	7.9	16.4	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	8.0	10.3	.774
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	1993-94	1970-71
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	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		%
Alonzo Mourning	60	33.6	21.5	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.4	0.5	3.1	3.3	3.5	7.1	14.1	.505	0.0	0.0	.000	7.2	9.5	.762
Norm Van Lier	82	40.5	16.0	-	-	7.1	10.1	-	-	-	4.2	5.8	13.9	.420	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	1994-95	1971-72
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	77	38.2	21.3	2.6	7.3	9.9	1.4	0.6	2.9	3.1	3.6	7.4	14.3	.519	0.1	0.4	.324	6.4	8.4	.761
Norm Van Lier	79	30.6	11.5	-	-	4.5	6.9	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	9.6	.439	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	4	43.5	22.0	3.5	9.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	3.3	3.5	4.3	6.0	14.3	.421	1.0	2.0	.500	9.0	10.8	.837
Norm Van Lier	4	36.0	14.0	-	-	6.3	8.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	13.3	.415	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 4
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	1995-96	1972-73
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	70	38.2	23.2	3.1	7.3	10.4	2.3	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.5	8.0	15.4	.523	0.1	0.4	.300	7.0	10.2	.685
Norm Van Lier	80	36.0	13.9	-	-	5.5	7.1	-	-	-	3.4	5.9	13.3	.445	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.7	18.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	5.3	4.3	5.7	11.7	.486	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714
Norm Van Lier	7	36.9	14.4	-	-	5.3	5.1	-	-	-	4.6	6.4	18.4	.349	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	.733


Season 5
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	1996-97	1973-74
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	66	35.2	19.8	2.9	7.1	9.9	1.6	0.8	2.9	3.4	4.1	7.2	13.4	.534	0.0	0.1	.111	5.5	8.6	.642
Norm Van Lier	80	35.8	14.3	1.4	3.3	4.7	6.9	2.0	0.1	-	3.5	5.3	13.1	.406	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	17	37.1	17.8	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.7	4.1	4.3	6.3	12.8	.491	0.2	0.5	.375	5.1	9.1	.555
Norm Van Lier	11	42.4	14.6	1.0	3.3	4.3	6.8	1.5	0.3	-	3.7	5.5	13.1	.424	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.830


Season 6
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	1997-98	1974-75
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	58	33.4	19.2	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.9	0.7	2.2	3.1	3.6	6.9	12.6	.551	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.0	.665
Norm Van Lier	70	37.0	15.0	1.2	3.5	4.7	5.8	2.0	0.2	-	3.5	5.8	13.9	.420	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	4	34.3	19.3	2.5	6.0	8.5	1.3	0.8	2.5	2.0	4.5	7.3	14.0	.518	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.3	.655
Norm Van Lier	13	42.1	15.1	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.7	1.5	0.4	-	4.0	5.2	12.6	.409	-	-	-	4.8	6.4	.747


Season 7
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	1998-99	1975-76
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Alonzo Mourning	46	38.1	20.1	3.6	7.4	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	3.0	3.5	7.0	13.8	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	9.2	.652
Norm Van Lier	76	39.8	12.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	6.6	2.0	0.3	-	3.9	4.8	13.0	.366	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	5	38.8	21.6	1.4	6.8	8.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	2.4	3.8	7.6	14.6	.521	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	9.8	.653
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	1999-00	1976-77
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	79	34.8	21.7	2.7	6.8	9.5	1.6	0.5	3.7	2.7	3.9	8.3	15.0	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	7.4	.711
Norm Van Lier	82	37.8	10.2	1.3	3.2	4.5	7.8	1.6	0.2	-	3.3	3.7	8.9	.412	-	-	-	2.9	3.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	10	37.5	21.6	3.1	6.9	10.0	1.4	0.2	3.3	2.4	4.0	7.6	15.7	.484	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	9.6	.667
Norm Van Lier	3	44.7	5.3	1.7	3.3	5.0	9.7	3.3	0.3	-	4.7	1.0	6.3	.158	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.833


Season 9
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	2000-01	1977-78
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Alonzo Mourning	13	23.5	13.6	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.2	1.8	5.6	10.8	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.2	.564
Norm Van Lier	78	32.4	7.3	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.8	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.6	2.6	6.1	.419	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.3	11.7	1.0	4.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	4.0	8.3	.480	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	6.3	.579
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	2001-02	1978-79
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Alonzo Mourning	75	32.7	15.7	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.4	3.4	6.0	11.5	.516	0.0	0.0	.333	3.8	5.7	.657
Norm Van Lier	38	14.6	2.8	0.2	0.8	1.1	4.2	1.1	0.1	1.3	2.8	0.8	2.0	.390	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Alonzo Mourning didn't play in 2002-03.


Season 11
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	2003-04	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Alonzo Mourning	12	17.9	8.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.8	2.7	2.8	5.9	.465	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	2.8	.882
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	2004-05	-
Team	New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	37	19.0	7.6	1.4	3.9	5.4	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.5	2.2	2.7	5.7	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.8	.582
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	15	17.1	6.1	1.4	3.4	4.8	0.3	0.3	2.2	1.5	3.3	2.1	2.9	.705	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.558
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	65	20.0	7.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.2	0.2	2.7	1.2	2.7	2.9	4.8	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.4	.594
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	21	10.8	3.8	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.1	0.2	1.1	0.8	2.3	1.2	1.8	.703	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	77	20.4	8.6	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.2	0.2	2.3	1.7	2.8	3.1	5.5	.560	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.0	.601
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	4	13.8	6.3	0.3	1.8	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.5	2.8	.909	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.3	.385
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Alonzo Mourning	Norm Van Lier
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Alonzo Mourning	25	15.6	6.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.7	1.0	2.2	2.1	3.8	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.592
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alonzo Mourning vs. Norm Van Lier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norm Van Lier and Alonzo Mourning, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15