Roy Hibbert vs. Norm Van Lier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norm Van Lier and Roy Hibbert, 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.

Roy Hibbert played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Norm Van Lier, who played 10. Roy Hibbert 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
	Roy Hibbert	Norm Van Lier
Season	2009-10	1970-71
Team	Indiana Pacers	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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	25.1	11.7	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.0	0.4	1.6	1.8	3.5	4.8	9.7	.495	0.0	0.1	.500	2.1	2.8	.754
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		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Roy Hibbert	Norm Van Lier
Season	2010-11	1971-72
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	27.7	12.7	2.2	5.3	7.5	2.0	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.2	5.1	11.0	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.4	.745
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		%
Roy Hibbert	5	26.4	10.4	3.0	3.8	6.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.6	4.2	4.0	9.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706
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
	Roy Hibbert	Norm Van Lier
Season	2011-12	1972-73
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Roy Hibbert	65	29.8	12.8	3.3	5.5	8.8	1.7	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	5.1	10.3	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.7	.711
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		%
Roy Hibbert	11	30.9	11.7	4.1	7.1	11.2	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.0	3.5	4.7	9.5	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.2	3.3	.667
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
	Roy Hibbert	Norm Van Lier
Season	2012-13	1973-74
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Roy Hibbert	79	28.7	11.9	3.7	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.1	3.5	4.9	10.9	.448	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.8	.741
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		%
Roy Hibbert	19	36.5	17.0	4.7	5.2	9.9	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.3	3.9	6.3	12.4	.511	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.4	.806
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
	Roy Hibbert	Norm Van Lier
Season	2013-14	1974-75
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	29.7	10.8	2.5	4.1	6.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	1.8	3.3	4.1	9.3	.439	0.0	0.1	.400	2.6	3.3	.770
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		%
Roy Hibbert	19	28.5	9.3	2.3	3.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.3	3.3	3.5	7.7	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.772
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
	Roy Hibbert	Norm Van Lier
Season	2014-15	1975-76
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	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		%
Roy Hibbert	76	25.3	10.6	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.1	0.2	1.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	9.3	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.7	.824
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		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Roy Hibbert	Norm Van Lier
Season	2015-16	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	23.2	5.9	1.6	3.3	4.9	1.2	0.4	1.4	0.9	3.1	2.2	5.1	.443	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.807
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		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Roy Hibbert	Norm Van Lier
Season	2016-17	1977-78
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second 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		%
Roy Hibbert	48	14.2	4.6	1.1	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.7	2.1	1.7	3.1	.544	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.6	.813
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		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-