DeAndre Jordan vs. Norm Van Lier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norm Van Lier and DeAndre Jordan, 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.

DeAndre Jordan played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Norm Van Lier, who played 10. DeAndre Jordan had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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.

Season 2
	DeAndre Jordan	Norm Van Lier
Season	2009-10	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	70	16.2	4.8	1.7	3.3	5.0	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.2	2.1	3.4	.605	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.8	.375
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	DeAndre Jordan	Norm Van Lier
Season	2010-11	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	80	25.6	7.1	2.6	4.6	7.2	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.3	3.2	2.9	4.3	.686	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.7	.452
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeAndre Jordan	Norm Van Lier
Season	2011-12	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	66	27.2	7.4	3.1	5.2	8.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.1	2.9	3.1	4.9	.632	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.1	.525
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	11	22.6	4.5	1.6	3.6	5.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	0.6	1.8	1.9	3.6	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	2.2	.333
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
	DeAndre Jordan	Norm Van Lier
Season	2012-13	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
DeAndre Jordan	82	24.5	8.8	2.6	4.7	7.2	0.3	0.6	1.4	1.2	2.3	3.8	6.0	.643	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.386
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	6	24.0	3.7	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.2	0.2	1.7	1.5	3.0	1.7	3.7	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.5	.222
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
	DeAndre Jordan	Norm Van Lier
Season	2013-14	1974-75
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	82	35.0	10.4	4.0	9.5	13.6	0.9	1.0	2.5	1.5	3.2	4.2	6.3	.676	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.6	.428
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	13	34.0	9.6	3.3	9.2	12.5	0.8	0.9	2.5	1.8	3.5	3.5	4.8	.730	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.8	.434
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
	DeAndre Jordan	Norm Van Lier
Season	2014-15	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
DeAndre Jordan	82	34.4	11.5	4.8	10.1	15.0	0.7	1.0	2.2	1.3	3.0	4.6	6.5	.710	0.0	0.0	.250	2.3	5.7	.397
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	14	34.4	13.1	3.5	9.9	13.4	1.1	1.1	2.4	1.2	3.0	4.1	5.8	.716	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	11.2	.427
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	DeAndre Jordan	Norm Van Lier
Season	2015-16	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	77	33.7	12.7	3.5	10.3	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.4	2.7	4.6	6.6	.703	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	8.0	.430
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	6	33.0	11.7	5.0	11.3	16.3	1.8	1.2	2.7	1.2	2.8	4.0	6.3	.632	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	9.8	.373
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
	DeAndre Jordan	Norm Van Lier
Season	2016-17	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
DeAndre Jordan	81	31.7	12.7	3.7	10.1	13.8	1.2	0.6	1.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	7.1	.714	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	5.2	.482
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	7	37.7	15.4	3.6	10.9	14.4	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.1	6.1	8.7	.705	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	8.0	.393
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 15
	DeAndre Jordan	Norm Van Lier
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	39	15.0	5.1	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.3	2.9	.765	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.6	1.2	.458
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	4	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-