Norm Van Lier vs. Gabe Vincent Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gabe Vincent and Norm Van Lier, 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.

Norm Van Lier played 10 years in the NBA, 5 more than Gabe Vincent, who played 5. Norm Van Lier had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, while Gabe Vincent had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Norm Van Lier 10 5 1969-70 to 1978-79
Gabe Vincent 5 5 2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Norm Van Lier Gabe Vincent
Season 1969-702019-20
Team Cincinnati RoyalsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost NBA 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 %
Norm Van Lier 81 35.7 9.5 - - 5.0 6.2 - - - 4.1 3.7 9.2 .403 - - - 2.0 2.8 .741
Gabe Vincent 9 9.2 2.4 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.9 4.1 .216 0.7 3.0 .222 0.0 0.0 -
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Norm Van Lier ------- --- ----------
Gabe Vincent 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 2
Norm Van Lier Gabe Vincent
Season 1970-712020-21
Team Cincinnati RoyalsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement Assists Leader-
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat 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 %
Norm Van Lier 82 40.5 16.0 - - 7.1 10.1 - - - 4.2 5.8 13.9 .420 - - - 4.4 5.4 .816
Gabe Vincent 50 13.1 4.8 0.2 0.9 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.6 1.8 4.7 .378 0.9 3.0 .309 0.4 0.5 .870
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Norm Van Lier ------- --- ----------
Gabe Vincent 3 4.7 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.0 .667 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.0 -

Season 3
Norm Van Lier Gabe Vincent
Season 1971-722021-22
Team Cincinnati Royals, Chicago BullsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Playoffs Bulls Lost West Conf SemisHeat 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 %
Norm Van Lier 79 30.6 11.5 - - 4.5 6.9 - - - 3.0 4.2 9.6 .439 - - - 3.0 3.8 .790
Gabe Vincent 68 23.4 8.7 0.3 1.5 1.9 3.1 0.9 0.2 1.4 2.3 3.1 7.5 .417 1.8 4.8 .368 0.6 0.8 .815
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Norm Van Lier 4 36.0 14.0 - - 6.3 8.3 - - - 3.8 5.5 13.3 .415 - - - 3.0 3.5 .857
Gabe Vincent 18 23.5 8.0 0.2 1.8 1.9 3.2 0.8 0.3 1.4 2.3 2.8 7.3 .382 1.4 4.5 .309 1.1 1.1 .950

Season 4
Norm Van Lier Gabe Vincent
Season 1972-732022-23
Team Chicago BullsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Playoffs Bulls Lost West Conf SemisHeat Lost NBA 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 %
Norm Van Lier 80 36.0 13.9 - - 5.5 7.1 - - - 3.4 5.9 13.3 .445 - - - 2.1 2.6 .787
Gabe Vincent 68 25.9 9.4 0.4 1.7 2.1 2.5 0.9 0.1 1.4 2.3 3.4 8.3 .402 1.7 5.1 .334 1.0 1.1 .872
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Norm Van Lier 7 36.9 14.4 - - 5.3 5.1 - - - 4.6 6.4 18.4 .349 - - - 1.6 2.1 .733
Gabe Vincent 22 30.5 12.7 0.4 1.0 1.4 3.5 0.9 0.2 1.4 3.0 4.5 11.2 .402 2.3 6.1 .378 1.4 1.5 .882

Season 5
Norm Van Lier Gabe Vincent
Season 1973-742023-24
Team Chicago BullsLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Bulls Lost West Conf FinalsLakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others -NBA Cup In-Season Tournament 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 %
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
Gabe Vincent 11 19.8 3.1 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.9 0.8 0.0 0.5 1.7 1.4 4.5 .306 0.3 2.5 .107 0.1 0.2 .500
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Gabe Vincent 5 13.8 1.4 0.2 1.4 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.6 0.6 2.4 .250 0.2 1.4 .143 0.0 0.0 -

Season 6
Norm Van Lier Gabe Vincent
Season 1974-75-
Team Chicago Bulls-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Playoffs 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 %
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
Gabe Vincent ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Gabe Vincent ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Norm Van Lier Gabe Vincent
Season 1975-76-
Team Chicago Bulls-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
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 %
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
Gabe Vincent ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Norm Van Lier ------- --- ----------
Gabe Vincent ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Norm Van Lier Gabe Vincent
Season 1976-77-
Team Chicago Bulls-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 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 %
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
Gabe Vincent ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Gabe Vincent ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Norm Van Lier Gabe Vincent
Season 1977-78-
Team Chicago Bulls-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
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 %
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
Gabe Vincent ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Norm Van Lier ------- --- ----------
Gabe Vincent ------- --- ----------

Season 10
Norm Van Lier Gabe Vincent
Season 1978-79-
Team Milwaukee Bucks-
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 %
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
Gabe Vincent ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Norm Van Lier ------- --- ----------
Gabe Vincent ------- --- ----------
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