Bogdan Bogdanovic vs. Norm Van Lier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norm Van Lier and Bogdan Bogdanovic, 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.

Bogdan Bogdanovic played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Norm Van Lier, who played 10. Bogdan Bogdanovic had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Norm Van Lier
Season	2017-18	1969-70
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie 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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	78	27.9	11.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.4	9.9	.446	1.7	4.2	.392	1.3	1.5	.840
Norm Van Lier	81	35.7	9.5	-	-	5.0	6.2	-	-	-	4.1	3.7	9.2	.403	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.741
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Norm Van Lier
Season	2018-19	1970-71
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	70	27.8	14.1	0.6	2.9	3.5	3.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.0	5.2	12.3	.418	1.9	5.3	.360	1.9	2.3	.827
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Norm Van Lier
Season	2019-20	1971-72
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	61	29.0	15.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.5	12.6	.440	2.7	7.2	.372	1.4	1.9	.741
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Norm Van Lier
Season	2020-21	1972-73
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	44	29.7	16.4	0.5	3.2	3.6	3.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.3	6.1	12.8	.473	3.3	7.6	.438	0.9	1.0	.909
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	18	33.2	14.1	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.9	1.6	0.3	1.5	2.8	5.4	13.8	.390	2.6	7.9	.329	0.7	0.9	.706
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Norm Van Lier
Season	2021-22	1973-74
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	63	29.3	15.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.4	12.6	.431	2.7	7.3	.368	1.5	1.8	.843
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	4	26.8	14.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	5.0	12.3	.408	2.3	6.5	.346	2.0	2.5	.800
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Norm Van Lier
Season	2022-23	1974-75
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	54	27.9	14.0	0.4	2.6	3.1	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.6	5.1	11.3	.447	2.7	6.7	.406	1.2	1.4	.831
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	6	26.2	13.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.5	1.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	2.5	5.5	.455	0.8	1.2	.714
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Norm Van Lier
Season	2023-24	1975-76
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	79	30.4	16.9	0.7	2.8	3.4	3.1	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.0	13.9	.428	3.0	8.1	.374	1.9	2.1	.921
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Norm Van Lier
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Norm Van Lier
Season	-	1977-78
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Van Lier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-