Gordon Hayward vs. Norm Van Lier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norm Van Lier and Gordon Hayward, 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.

Gordon Hayward played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Norm Van Lier, who played 10. Gordon Hayward had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
	Gordon Hayward	Norm Van Lier
Season	2011-12	1970-71
Team	Utah Jazz	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Gordon Hayward	66	30.5	11.8	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.0	8.9	.456	0.8	2.4	.346	2.9	3.5	.832
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		%
Gordon Hayward	4	30.8	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.5	8.3	.182	0.3	3.0	.083	4.0	4.0	1.000
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Gordon Hayward	Norm Van Lier
Season	2012-13	1971-72
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Gordon Hayward	72	29.2	14.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.7	4.7	10.7	.435	1.4	3.4	.415	3.4	4.1	.827
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		%
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gordon Hayward	Norm Van Lier
Season	2013-14	1972-73
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Gordon Hayward	77	36.4	16.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	5.2	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.0	5.5	13.4	.413	1.1	3.6	.304	4.0	4.9	.816
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		%
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gordon Hayward	Norm Van Lier
Season	2014-15	1973-74
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gordon Hayward	76	34.4	19.3	0.7	4.2	4.9	4.1	1.4	0.4	2.7	1.7	6.4	14.3	.445	1.6	4.3	.364	4.9	6.1	.812
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		%
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gordon Hayward	Norm Van Lier
Season	2015-16	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gordon Hayward	80	36.2	19.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.5	15.0	.433	1.8	5.1	.349	4.9	6.0	.824
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		%
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gordon Hayward	Norm Van Lier
Season	2016-17	1975-76
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Gordon Hayward	73	34.5	21.9	0.7	4.7	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.6	7.5	15.8	.471	2.0	5.1	.398	5.0	5.9	.844
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		%
Gordon Hayward	11	37.4	24.1	0.6	5.5	6.1	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.5	17.1	.441	2.5	6.2	.412	6.5	6.9	.934
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Gordon Hayward	Norm Van Lier
Season	2017-18	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gordon Hayward	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gordon Hayward	Norm Van Lier
Season	2018-19	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Gordon Hayward	72	25.9	11.5	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.4	4.1	8.8	.466	1.1	3.2	.333	2.2	2.6	.834
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		%
Gordon Hayward	9	29.7	9.6	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.2	7.8	.414	1.0	2.7	.375	2.1	2.1	1.000
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-