Artis Gilmore vs. Larry Nance Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Nance and Artis Gilmore, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Artis Gilmore played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Larry Nance, who played 13. Artis Gilmore had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Larry Nance had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Artis Gilmore	12	6	1976-77 to 1987-88
Larry Nance	13	8	1981-82 to 1993-94

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


Rookie Season
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1976-77	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	35.1	18.6	3.8	9.2	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	-	3.2	7.0	13.3	.522	-	-	-	4.7	7.1	.660
Larry Nance	80	14.8	6.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.8	5.5	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	3	42.0	18.7	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	-	3.0	6.3	13.3	.475	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.783
Larry Nance	7	18.3	7.7	1.9	2.7	4.6	1.0	1.4	1.6	1.7	2.1	3.6	5.9	.610	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.500


Season 2
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1977-78	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704
Larry Nance	82	35.5	16.7	2.9	5.7	8.7	2.4	1.2	2.6	2.3	3.1	7.2	13.0	.550	0.0	0.0	.333	2.4	3.5	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	3	34.3	12.0	3.3	5.0	8.3	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.7	11.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.3	.800


Season 3
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1978-79	1983-84
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	39.8	23.7	3.6	9.1	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8	3.4	9.2	16.0	.575	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.739
Larry Nance	82	35.4	17.7	2.8	5.5	8.3	2.6	1.0	2.1	2.2	3.3	7.3	12.7	.576	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	17	37.2	16.9	3.0	5.7	8.7	2.4	0.9	2.0	1.8	3.5	6.9	11.8	.590	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.671


Season 4
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1979-80	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
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		%
Artis Gilmore	48	32.7	17.8	2.3	6.8	9.0	2.8	0.6	1.2	2.8	3.5	6.4	10.7	.595	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.2	.712
Larry Nance	61	36.1	19.9	3.2	5.6	8.8	2.6	1.4	1.7	2.2	3.0	8.4	14.4	.587	0.0	0.0	.500	3.0	4.2	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1980-81	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.5	17.9	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	6.7	10.0	.670	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.5	.705
Larry Nance	73	34.0	20.2	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	1.0	1.8	2.9	3.4	8.0	13.7	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	6.1	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	6	41.2	18.0	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	5.8	10.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	9.2	.691
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1981-82	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.5	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	2.8	3.5	6.7	10.2	.652	0.0	0.0	1.000	5.2	6.7	.768
Larry Nance	69	37.2	22.5	2.7	6.0	8.7	3.4	1.2	2.1	2.2	3.2	8.5	15.4	.551	0.0	0.1	.200	5.5	7.1	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1982-83	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.0	3.6	8.4	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.1	3.3	6.8	10.8	.626	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.0	.740
Larry Nance	67	35.6	19.1	2.9	6.2	9.1	3.1	0.9	2.4	2.3	3.6	7.3	13.7	.529	0.0	0.1	.333	4.5	5.8	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	11	36.5	16.7	3.4	9.5	12.9	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.2	6.9	12.0	.576	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.2	.696
Larry Nance	5	40.0	16.8	2.0	5.2	7.2	3.6	0.4	2.2	2.8	2.6	6.8	12.8	.531	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.6	.889


Season 8
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1983-84	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Artis Gilmore	64	31.8	15.3	3.3	7.0	10.3	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.3	3.6	5.5	8.7	.631	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	6.1	.718
Larry Nance	73	34.6	17.2	2.1	5.8	8.0	2.2	0.8	2.8	1.6	2.5	6.8	12.6	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	4.6	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	5	39.0	19.4	3.2	4.6	7.8	3.2	0.6	2.4	1.8	2.4	7.6	13.8	.551	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	6.4	.656


Season 9
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1984-85	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
Artis Gilmore	81	34.0	19.1	2.9	7.6	10.4	1.6	0.5	2.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	10.5	.623	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	8.0	.749
Larry Nance	62	33.3	16.3	2.6	5.7	8.3	2.6	0.9	2.0	1.8	3.0	6.6	13.0	.511	0.0	0.0	1.000	3.0	3.9	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	5	37.0	17.8	2.0	8.0	10.0	1.4	0.4	1.4	4.6	3.6	5.8	10.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	9.0	.689
Larry Nance	5	31.8	12.2	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.4	0.6	2.0	0.8	4.0	5.2	9.0	.578	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.750


Season 10
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1985-86	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Artis Gilmore	71	33.7	16.7	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.4	6.0	9.6	.618	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	6.8	.701
Larry Nance	80	36.6	19.2	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.0	0.8	2.5	1.6	2.7	7.9	15.1	.524	0.0	0.1	.250	3.3	4.1	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	3	35.7	13.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	5.3	8.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1986-87	1991-92
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	29.3	11.4	2.3	4.8	7.1	1.8	0.5	1.2	2.2	2.9	4.2	7.1	.597	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.680
Larry Nance	81	35.6	17.0	2.6	5.6	8.3	2.9	1.0	3.0	1.1	2.5	6.9	12.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.0	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	17	40.1	18.0	2.6	6.6	9.2	2.5	0.8	2.7	1.5	3.3	7.3	14.8	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.829


Season 12
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	1987-88	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Artis Gilmore	71	12.6	3.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.1	1.4	2.5	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.523
Larry Nance	77	35.8	16.5	2.4	6.3	8.7	2.9	0.7	2.6	1.4	2.9	6.9	12.6	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.2	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	14	6.1	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Larry Nance	9	36.6	16.1	3.9	4.3	8.2	2.3	0.9	1.6	0.7	3.7	6.8	12.0	.565	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.767


Season 13
	Artis Gilmore	Larry Nance
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	33	27.5	11.2	2.3	4.5	6.9	1.5	0.8	1.7	1.2	2.9	4.6	9.5	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Artis Gilmore vs. Larry Nance Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Nance and Artis Gilmore, 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