Larry Nance vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson and Larry Nance, 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

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.

Larry Nance played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Lance Stephenson, who played 10. Larry Nance had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Lance Stephenson had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Larry Nance	13	8	1981-82 to 1993-94
Lance Stephenson	10	6	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1981-82	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1982-83	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	42	10.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.0	.376	0.1	0.7	.133	0.2	0.4	.471

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lance Stephenson	4	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 3
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1983-84	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers 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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	78	29.2	8.8	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.5	7.7	.460	0.8	2.4	.330	1.0	1.5	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lance Stephenson	19	35.4	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.6	8.9	.408	0.9	3.4	.281	1.2	1.9	.622


Season 4
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1984-85	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	78	35.3	13.8	1.2	5.9	7.2	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.5	11.2	.491	1.1	3.1	.352	1.8	2.5	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	19	37.1	13.6	1.3	5.6	6.9	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	11.6	.455	1.3	3.5	.358	1.8	2.6	.714


Season 5
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1985-86	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	61	25.8	8.2	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.4	9.0	.376	0.3	1.7	.171	1.1	1.8	.627

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


Season 6
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	69	19.9	8.3	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.481	0.4	1.1	.385	1.3	1.6	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Nance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	4	23.8	13.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	11.0	.523	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 7
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1987-88	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	18	20.1	6.8	0.2	2.7	2.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.3	1.1	.300	0.4	0.7	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lance Stephenson	4	26.8	16.0	0.3	5.0	5.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.8	6.8	13.3	.509	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 8
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	82	22.6	9.2	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.7	8.6	.427	0.8	2.8	.289	1.0	1.5	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lance Stephenson	7	21.3	10.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.9	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.3	9.3	.462	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	1.3	.556


Season 9
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	68	16.5	7.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.7	6.4	.426	1.1	2.9	.371	0.7	1.1	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Lance Stephenson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 10
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1990-91	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	46	17.7	8.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	3.2	7.0	.455	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	1.7	.788

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


Season 11
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Larry Nance	Lance Stephenson
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		%
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
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Larry Nance vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson and Larry Nance, 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