Reggie Miller vs. Tom Van Arsdale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Van Arsdale and Reggie Miller, 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.

Reggie Miller played 18 years in the NBA, 6 more than Tom Van Arsdale, who played 12. Reggie Miller had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Tom 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Reggie Miller	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	1987-88	1965-66
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Reggie Miller	82	22.4	10.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.7	7.6	.488	0.7	2.1	.355	1.8	2.3	.801
Tom Van Arsdale	79	25.8	10.5	-	-	3.9	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	10.6	.374	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Reggie Miller	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	1989-90	1967-68
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons, Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
Tom Van Arsdale	77	19.7	7.9	-	-	2.9	2.0	-	-	-	2.6	2.7	7.1	.387	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Reggie Miller	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	1991-92	1969-70
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Reggie Miller	82	38.0	20.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.9	13.7	.501	1.6	4.2	.378	5.4	6.3	.858
Tom Van Arsdale	71	35.8	22.8	-	-	6.5	2.2	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.4	.451	-	-	-	5.4	6.9	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	3	43.3	27.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	4.7	1.3	0.0	1.3	4.0	8.3	14.3	.581	2.3	3.7	.636	8.0	10.0	.800
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Reggie Miller	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	1992-93	1970-71
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Reggie Miller	82	36.0	21.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.2	1.5	0.3	1.8	2.2	7.0	14.5	.479	2.0	5.1	.399	5.2	5.9	.880
Tom Van Arsdale	82	38.4	22.9	-	-	6.1	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	9.1	20.0	.456	-	-	-	4.6	6.4	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	4	43.8	31.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.8	10.0	18.8	.533	2.5	4.8	.526	9.0	9.5	.947
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Reggie Miller	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	1993-94	1971-72
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Reggie Miller	79	33.4	19.9	0.4	2.3	2.7	3.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.6	13.2	.503	1.6	3.7	.421	5.1	5.6	.908
Tom Van Arsdale	73	35.6	19.2	-	-	4.8	2.7	-	-	-	3.3	7.5	16.5	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	16	36.0	23.2	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.1	7.6	16.9	.448	2.2	5.2	.422	5.9	7.0	.839
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Reggie Miller	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	1994-95	1972-73
Team	Indiana Pacers	Kansas City-Omaha Kings, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Reggie Miller	81	32.9	19.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	6.2	13.5	.462	2.4	5.8	.415	4.7	5.3	.897
Tom Van Arsdale	79	29.3	14.4	-	-	4.5	1.9	-	-	-	2.8	5.6	13.2	.427	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	17	37.7	25.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.1	8.1	17.1	.476	3.2	7.5	.422	6.1	7.1	.860
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Reggie Miller	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	1995-96	1973-74
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Reggie Miller	76	34.5	21.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.6	14.0	.473	2.2	5.4	.410	5.7	6.6	.863
Tom Van Arsdale	78	39.0	19.6	1.1	3.9	5.0	2.6	0.8	0.0	-	3.8	7.9	18.4	.428	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	1	31.0	29.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	17.0	.412	2.0	6.0	.333	13.0	15.0	.867
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Reggie Miller	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	1997-98	1975-76
Team	Indiana Pacers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Reggie Miller	81	34.5	19.5	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	6.4	13.3	.477	2.0	4.7	.429	4.7	5.4	.868
Tom Van Arsdale	75	27.0	10.9	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.9	0.8	0.1	-	2.7	4.6	10.5	.441	-	-	-	1.7	2.2	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	16	39.3	19.9	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	1.6	6.1	14.4	.426	2.4	5.9	.400	5.3	5.9	.904
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Reggie Miller	Tom Van Arsdale
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Reggie Miller	81	36.9	18.1	0.6	2.3	3.0	2.3	1.0	0.3	1.6	1.6	5.8	12.9	.448	2.0	5.0	.408	4.6	5.0	.919
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	22	40.6	24.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.9	17.5	.452	2.6	6.7	.395	5.5	5.9	.938
Tom Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-