Luol Deng vs. Dick Van Arsdale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dick Van Arsdale and Luol Deng, 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.

Luol Deng played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Dick Van Arsdale, who played 12. Luol Deng had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Dick Van Arsdale had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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
Luol Deng	15	7	2004-05 to 2018-19
Dick Van Arsdale	12	4	1965-66 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2004-05	1965-66
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Luol Deng	61	27.3	11.7	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.9	1.6	4.6	10.6	.434	0.5	1.9	.265	2.0	2.7	.741
Dick Van Arsdale	79	29.0	12.3	-	-	4.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	10.6	.428	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2005-06	1966-67
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Luol Deng	78	33.4	14.3	1.6	5.0	6.6	1.9	0.9	0.6	1.3	1.6	5.7	12.2	.463	0.3	1.0	.269	2.7	3.5	.750
Dick Van Arsdale	79	36.6	15.1	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	11.6	.449	-	-	-	4.7	6.4	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	6	30.0	10.2	1.3	3.5	4.8	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.2	4.0	9.3	.429	0.2	0.8	.200	2.0	3.5	.571
Dick Van Arsdale	4	38.3	11.5	-	-	6.3	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	3.8	11.8	.319	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.727


Season 3
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2006-07	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Luol Deng	82	37.5	18.8	1.8	5.3	7.1	2.5	1.2	0.6	1.9	2.0	7.7	14.9	.517	0.0	0.1	.143	3.4	4.4	.777
Dick Van Arsdale	78	30.1	11.0	-	-	5.4	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	4.1	9.3	.436	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.670

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	10	41.0	22.2	3.0	5.7	8.7	2.4	1.0	0.7	2.3	2.2	8.8	16.8	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	5.7	.807
Dick Van Arsdale	4	22.0	3.3	-	-	4.0	3.3	-	-	-	2.3	1.3	5.5	.227	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 4
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2007-08	1968-69
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		%
Luol Deng	63	33.8	17.0	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.9	1.9	6.8	14.2	.479	0.1	0.3	.364	3.2	4.2	.770
Dick Van Arsdale	80	42.4	21.0	-	-	6.9	4.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.7	17.3	.442	-	-	-	5.7	8.1	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2008-09	1969-70
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Div 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		%
Luol Deng	49	34.0	14.1	1.6	4.4	6.0	1.9	1.2	0.5	1.5	1.7	5.4	12.1	.448	0.2	0.4	.400	3.1	3.9	.796
Dick Van Arsdale	77	38.5	21.3	-	-	3.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.7	15.1	.508	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	7	36.4	16.4	-	-	2.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	14.3	.430	-	-	-	4.1	4.7	.879


Season 6
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2009-10	1970-71
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Luol Deng	70	37.9	17.6	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.0	0.9	0.9	1.9	1.8	6.8	14.5	.466	0.5	1.2	.386	3.6	4.7	.764
Dick Van Arsdale	81	39.0	21.9	-	-	3.9	4.1	-	-	-	3.0	7.5	16.6	.452	-	-	-	6.8	8.4	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	5	40.6	18.8	1.6	3.4	5.0	1.4	1.2	0.8	0.6	3.0	7.4	16.0	.463	0.2	2.4	.083	3.8	5.2	.731
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2010-11	1971-72
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Luol Deng	82	39.1	17.4	1.4	4.4	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.6	1.9	2.0	6.5	14.1	.460	1.4	4.1	.345	3.1	4.1	.753
Dick Van Arsdale	82	37.8	19.7	-	-	4.1	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	14.4	.463	-	-	-	6.5	7.6	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	16	42.9	16.9	1.7	4.9	6.6	2.7	1.5	0.6	1.6	2.5	6.1	14.4	.426	1.4	4.3	.324	3.3	3.9	.839
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2011-12	1972-73
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Luol Deng	54	39.4	15.3	1.4	5.1	6.5	2.9	1.0	0.7	1.8	1.5	5.8	14.0	.412	1.5	4.0	.367	2.4	3.1	.770
Dick Van Arsdale	81	36.8	18.4	-	-	4.0	3.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.6	13.8	.476	-	-	-	5.3	6.1	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	6	38.0	14.0	1.3	7.0	8.3	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.7	1.7	6.0	13.2	.456	1.3	3.7	.364	0.7	1.2	.571
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2012-13	1973-74
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
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		%
Luol Deng	75	38.7	16.5	2.2	4.2	6.3	3.0	1.1	0.4	1.9	1.4	6.2	14.6	.426	1.0	3.1	.322	3.1	3.8	.816
Dick Van Arsdale	78	36.3	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.2	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.500	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	5	44.8	13.8	1.0	6.6	7.6	3.8	1.0	0.6	2.4	2.4	6.4	16.8	.381	0.2	3.6	.056	0.8	2.0	.400
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2013-14	1974-75
Team	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
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		%
Luol Deng	63	35.1	16.0	1.6	4.2	5.7	2.9	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	5.9	13.7	.431	0.9	3.0	.302	3.4	4.3	.791
Dick Van Arsdale	70	34.6	16.1	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.2	-	2.5	6.0	12.8	.470	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2014-15	1975-76
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
Luol Deng	72	33.6	14.0	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.5	5.1	10.9	.469	1.1	3.1	.355	2.7	3.5	.761
Dick Van Arsdale	58	32.2	12.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	2.4	0.9	0.2	-	1.9	4.8	9.8	.484	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	19	24.8	8.5	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	0.7	0.1	-	2.2	3.2	6.6	.488	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.870


Season 12
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2015-16	1976-77
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Luol Deng	74	32.4	12.3	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.6	4.6	10.1	.455	1.2	3.5	.344	2.0	2.6	.755
Dick Van Arsdale	78	19.7	7.7	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	0.4	0.1	-	1.2	2.9	6.4	.456	-	-	-	1.9	2.1	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	14	35.4	13.3	1.4	4.6	5.9	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.7	4.6	9.9	.471	1.7	4.1	.421	2.3	2.7	.842
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Luol Deng	56	26.5	7.6	1.1	4.1	5.3	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.9	7.6	.387	0.9	2.9	.309	0.8	1.1	.730
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Luol Deng	1	13.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Luol Deng	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Luol Deng	22	17.8	7.1	0.9	2.4	3.3	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.7	5.4	.500	0.6	2.0	.318	1.1	1.6	.714
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Luol Deng vs. Dick Van Arsdale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dick Van Arsdale and Luol Deng, 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

Season 14

Season 15