George Gervin vs. Andrew Lang Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Lang and George Gervin, 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.

George Gervin played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Andrew Lang, who played 12. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Andrew Lang had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
	George Gervin	Andrew Lang
Season	1976-77	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
Andrew Lang	62	8.5	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.0	1.9	.513	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800
Andrew Lang	4	2.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Gervin	Andrew Lang
Season	1977-78	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
Andrew Lang	74	13.7	3.5	1.1	2.5	3.7	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.6	2.3	1.3	2.4	.557	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.653
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768
Andrew Lang	12	7.8	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.4	1.4	0.5	0.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.571

Season 3
	George Gervin	Andrew Lang
Season	1978-79	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
Andrew Lang	63	18.3	4.9	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.4	0.3	2.0	0.7	2.7	1.7	3.0	.577	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.715
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808
Andrew Lang	4	13.8	6.5	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.0	1.5	2.8	.545	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.3	.824

Season 4
	George Gervin	Andrew Lang
Season	1979-80	1991-92
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
Andrew Lang	81	24.3	7.7	2.1	4.6	6.7	0.5	0.6	2.5	1.1	3.8	3.1	5.9	.522	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867
Andrew Lang	8	24.0	5.6	1.9	2.1	4.0	0.3	0.4	1.9	1.0	4.1	1.9	5.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.4	.789

Season 5
	George Gervin	Andrew Lang
Season	1980-81	1992-93
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
Andrew Lang	73	25.5	5.3	1.9	4.1	6.0	1.1	0.6	1.9	1.2	3.6	2.0	4.8	.425	0.0	0.1	.200	1.2	1.6	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800
Andrew Lang	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Gervin	Andrew Lang
Season	1981-82	1993-94
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
Andrew Lang	82	19.6	6.1	1.5	2.3	3.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.3	2.6	5.6	.469	0.0	0.0	.250	0.9	1.3	.689
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831
Andrew Lang	11	21.3	6.8	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.4	3.2	2.6	5.7	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.773

Season 7
	George Gervin	Andrew Lang
Season	1982-83	1994-95
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
Andrew Lang	82	28.5	9.7	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.3	3.3	3.9	8.3	.473	0.0	0.0	.667	1.9	2.3	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884
Andrew Lang	3	33.7	10.3	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.3	0.7	0.7	2.0	4.0	4.0	9.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.778

Season 8
	George Gervin	Andrew Lang
Season	1983-84	1995-96
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
Andrew Lang	71	33.3	11.7	2.2	4.3	6.4	0.9	0.6	1.8	1.7	3.4	5.0	11.1	.447	0.0	0.1	.200	1.8	2.2	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Lang	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	George Gervin	Andrew Lang
Season	1984-85	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
Andrew Lang	52	23.0	5.3	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.8	2.7	2.2	4.8	.464	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794
Andrew Lang	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-