Dwight Howard vs. Gene Vance Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gene Vance and Dwight Howard, 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.
Dwight Howard played 18 years in the NBA, 13 more than Gene Vance, who played 5. Dwight Howard had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Gene Vance had his rookie season in 1947-48. 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 |
Dwight Howard |
18 |
12 |
2004-05 to 2021-22 |
Gene Vance |
5 |
3 |
1947-48 to 1951-52 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
82 |
32.6 |
12.0 |
3.5 |
6.5 |
10.0 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
2.8 |
4.3 |
8.3 |
.520 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.4 |
5.0 |
.671 |
Gene Vance |
48 |
- |
8.4 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
3.4 |
12.9 |
.264 |
- |
- |
- |
1.6 |
2.6 |
.603 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gene Vance |
5 |
- |
9.4 |
- |
- |
- |
0.2 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
3.4 |
13.2 |
.258 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
3.4 |
.765 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
82 |
36.8 |
15.8 |
3.5 |
9.0 |
12.5 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
3.4 |
5.7 |
10.7 |
.531 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
4.3 |
7.3 |
.595 |
Gene Vance |
56 |
- |
10.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.9 |
4.0 |
11.7 |
.338 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
3.2 |
.724 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gene Vance |
2 |
- |
10.5 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
- |
- |
- |
5.5 |
4.0 |
17.5 |
.229 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
3.0 |
.833 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
82 |
36.9 |
17.6 |
3.5 |
8.8 |
12.3 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
1.9 |
3.9 |
3.0 |
6.4 |
10.6 |
.603 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.500 |
4.8 |
8.1 |
.586 |
Gene Vance |
35 |
- |
8.7 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
- |
- |
- |
4.1 |
3.1 |
9.3 |
.338 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
3.4 |
.717 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
4 |
41.8 |
15.3 |
4.0 |
10.8 |
14.8 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
4.3 |
3.3 |
5.8 |
10.5 |
.548 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.8 |
8.3 |
.455 |
Gene Vance |
3 |
- |
6.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
- |
- |
- |
5.7 |
2.3 |
10.3 |
.226 |
- |
- |
- |
1.7 |
3.3 |
.500 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
82 |
37.7 |
20.7 |
3.4 |
10.8 |
14.2 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
2.1 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
7.1 |
11.9 |
.599 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
6.5 |
10.9 |
.590 |
Gene Vance |
29 |
- |
4.8 |
- |
- |
3.2 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
1.6 |
3.9 |
.404 |
- |
- |
- |
1.6 |
2.3 |
.701 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
10 |
42.1 |
18.9 |
6.0 |
9.8 |
15.8 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
7.2 |
12.4 |
.581 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.5 |
8.3 |
.542 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
82 |
34.7 |
18.3 |
3.5 |
9.7 |
13.2 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
6.2 |
10.2 |
.612 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
5.9 |
10.0 |
.592 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
14 |
35.5 |
18.1 |
2.7 |
8.4 |
11.1 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
4.2 |
6.1 |
10.0 |
.614 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
5.9 |
11.3 |
.519 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
78 |
37.6 |
22.9 |
4.0 |
10.1 |
14.1 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
7.9 |
13.4 |
.593 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
7.0 |
11.7 |
.596 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
6 |
43.0 |
27.0 |
4.5 |
11.0 |
15.5 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
5.5 |
4.2 |
8.5 |
13.5 |
.630 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
10.0 |
14.7 |
.682 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
76 |
35.8 |
17.1 |
3.3 |
9.1 |
12.4 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
6.2 |
10.7 |
.578 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.167 |
4.7 |
9.5 |
.492 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
4 |
31.5 |
17.0 |
2.5 |
8.3 |
10.8 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
6.5 |
10.5 |
.619 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.0 |
9.0 |
.444 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
71 |
33.7 |
18.3 |
3.3 |
8.9 |
12.2 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
6.7 |
11.3 |
.591 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.286 |
4.9 |
9.0 |
.547 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
6 |
38.5 |
26.0 |
4.5 |
9.2 |
13.7 |
1.8 |
0.7 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
4.2 |
9.7 |
17.7 |
.547 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
6.7 |
10.7 |
.625 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
41 |
29.8 |
15.8 |
2.7 |
7.8 |
10.5 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
6.1 |
10.3 |
.593 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.500 |
3.5 |
6.6 |
.528 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
17 |
33.8 |
16.4 |
3.6 |
10.4 |
14.0 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
3.5 |
6.2 |
10.7 |
.577 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.0 |
9.7 |
.412 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
71 |
32.1 |
13.7 |
3.4 |
8.4 |
11.8 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
5.2 |
8.5 |
.620 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
3.3 |
6.7 |
.489 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
5 |
36.0 |
13.2 |
5.2 |
8.8 |
14.0 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
4.2 |
5.2 |
9.6 |
.542 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
2.8 |
7.6 |
.368 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
74 |
29.7 |
13.5 |
4.0 |
8.7 |
12.7 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
5.2 |
8.3 |
.633 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.1 |
5.7 |
.533 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
6 |
26.2 |
8.0 |
3.0 |
7.7 |
10.7 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
6.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.0 |
3.2 |
.632 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
81 |
30.4 |
16.6 |
3.1 |
9.3 |
12.5 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
6.2 |
11.2 |
.555 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.143 |
4.1 |
7.2 |
.574 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
9 |
25.6 |
12.8 |
2.7 |
6.6 |
9.2 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
1.8 |
3.8 |
4.8 |
7.7 |
.623 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.2 |
5.3 |
.604 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
69 |
18.9 |
7.5 |
2.5 |
4.9 |
7.3 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
4.0 |
.729 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.600 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
.514 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
18 |
15.7 |
5.8 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
4.6 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
3.2 |
.684 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
.500 |
1.4 |
2.5 |
.556 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
69 |
17.3 |
7.0 |
2.8 |
5.7 |
8.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
4.4 |
.587 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.250 |
1.8 |
3.0 |
.576 |
Gene Vance |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
12 |
12.4 |
4.7 |
2.2 |
4.1 |
6.3 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
2.6 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
.533 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
.600 |
Gene Vance |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
60 |
16.2 |
6.2 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
5.9 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
2.2 |
3.7 |
.612 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.533 |
1.6 |
2.4 |
.658 |
Gene Vance |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Dwight Howard |
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Gene Vance |
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