Bob Lanier vs. Alonzo Mourning Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alonzo Mourning and Bob Lanier, 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.

Bob Lanier played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Alonzo Mourning, who played 15. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Alonzo Mourning had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
Bob Lanier	14	9	1970-71 to 1983-84
Alonzo Mourning	15	11	1992-93 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1970-71	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
Bob Lanier	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
Alonzo Mourning	78	33.9	21.0	3.4	6.9	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	8.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	9	40.8	23.8	3.1	6.8	9.9	1.4	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.1	7.9	16.4	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	8.0	10.3	.774


Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1971-72	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Bob Lanier	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Alonzo Mourning	60	33.6	21.5	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.4	0.5	3.1	3.3	3.5	7.1	14.1	.505	0.0	0.0	.000	7.2	9.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1972-73	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
Bob Lanier	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Alonzo Mourning	77	38.2	21.3	2.6	7.3	9.9	1.4	0.6	2.9	3.1	3.6	7.4	14.3	.519	0.1	0.4	.324	6.4	8.4	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	4	43.5	22.0	3.5	9.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	3.3	3.5	4.3	6.0	14.3	.421	1.0	2.0	.500	9.0	10.8	.837


Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1973-74	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Bob Lanier	81	37.6	22.5	3.3	9.9	13.3	4.2	1.4	3.0	-	3.4	9.2	18.3	.504	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.797
Alonzo Mourning	70	38.2	23.2	3.1	7.3	10.4	2.3	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.5	8.0	15.4	.523	0.1	0.4	.300	7.0	10.2	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	7	43.3	26.3	3.7	11.6	15.3	3.0	0.6	2.0	-	4.0	11.0	21.7	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.789
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.7	18.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	5.3	4.3	5.7	11.7	.486	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714


Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1974-75	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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		%
Bob Lanier	76	39.3	24.0	3.0	9.1	12.0	4.6	1.0	2.3	-	3.1	9.6	18.9	.510	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.802
Alonzo Mourning	66	35.2	19.8	2.9	7.1	9.9	1.6	0.8	2.9	3.4	4.1	7.2	13.4	.534	0.0	0.1	.111	5.5	8.6	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	3	42.7	20.3	1.7	9.0	10.7	6.3	1.3	4.0	-	3.3	8.7	17.0	.510	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Alonzo Mourning	17	37.1	17.8	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.7	4.1	4.3	6.3	12.8	.491	0.2	0.5	.375	5.1	9.1	.555


Season 6
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1975-76	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Bob Lanier	64	36.9	21.3	3.4	8.3	11.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	-	3.2	8.5	15.9	.532	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.768
Alonzo Mourning	58	33.4	19.2	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.9	0.7	2.2	3.1	3.6	6.9	12.6	.551	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.0	.665

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	9	39.9	26.1	4.3	8.3	12.7	3.3	0.9	2.3	-	3.8	10.6	19.1	.552	-	-	-	5.0	5.6	.900
Alonzo Mourning	4	34.3	19.3	2.5	6.0	8.5	1.3	0.8	2.5	2.0	4.5	7.3	14.0	.518	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.3	.655


Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1976-77	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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		%
Bob Lanier	64	38.2	25.3	3.1	8.5	11.6	3.3	1.1	2.0	-	2.7	10.6	19.8	.534	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.818
Alonzo Mourning	46	38.1	20.1	3.6	7.4	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	3.0	3.5	7.0	13.8	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	9.2	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	3	39.3	28.0	4.3	12.3	16.7	2.0	1.0	2.3	-	3.3	11.3	18.0	.630	-	-	-	5.3	6.3	.842
Alonzo Mourning	5	38.8	21.6	1.4	6.8	8.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	2.4	3.8	7.6	14.6	.521	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	9.8	.653


Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1977-78	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Bob Lanier	63	36.7	24.5	3.1	8.2	11.3	3.4	1.3	1.5	3.6	2.9	9.9	18.4	.537	-	-	-	4.7	6.1	.772
Alonzo Mourning	79	34.8	21.7	2.7	6.8	9.5	1.6	0.5	3.7	2.7	3.9	8.3	15.0	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	7.4	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	10	37.5	21.6	3.1	6.9	10.0	1.4	0.2	3.3	2.4	4.0	7.6	15.7	.484	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	9.6	.667


Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1978-79	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Bob Lanier	53	34.6	23.6	3.1	6.2	9.3	2.6	0.9	1.4	3.3	3.4	9.2	17.9	.515	-	-	-	5.2	6.9	.749
Alonzo Mourning	13	23.5	13.6	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.2	1.8	5.6	10.8	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.2	.564

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.3	11.7	1.0	4.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	4.0	8.3	.480	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	6.3	.579


Season 10
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1979-80	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Bob Lanier	63	33.8	19.2	2.4	6.3	8.8	2.9	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.2	7.4	13.8	.537	0.0	0.1	.167	4.4	5.6	.782
Alonzo Mourning	75	32.7	15.7	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.4	3.4	6.0	11.5	.516	0.0	0.0	.333	3.8	5.7	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	7	36.6	19.3	2.4	6.9	9.3	4.4	1.0	1.1	2.4	3.3	7.4	14.4	.515	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.0	.738
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Alonzo Mourning didn't play in 2002-03.


Season 11
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1980-81	2003-04
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Bob Lanier	67	26.2	14.3	1.9	4.3	6.2	2.7	1.1	1.2	2.1	2.7	5.6	10.7	.525	0.0	0.0	1.000	3.1	4.1	.751
Alonzo Mourning	12	17.9	8.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.8	2.7	2.8	5.9	.465	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	2.8	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	7	33.7	17.6	1.7	5.7	7.4	4.0	1.7	1.1	2.1	2.6	7.1	12.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.6	.719
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1981-82	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Bob Lanier	74	26.8	13.5	1.2	4.0	5.2	3.0	1.0	0.8	2.2	2.9	5.5	9.9	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.3	.752
Alonzo Mourning	37	19.0	7.6	1.4	3.9	5.4	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.5	2.2	2.7	5.7	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.8	.582

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	6	35.3	16.0	3.0	4.5	7.5	3.7	1.3	0.8	2.3	3.5	6.8	13.3	.513	0.0	0.2	.000	2.3	4.2	.560
Alonzo Mourning	15	17.1	6.1	1.4	3.4	4.8	0.3	0.3	2.2	1.5	3.3	2.1	2.9	.705	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.558


Season 13
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1982-83	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	39	25.1	10.7	1.5	3.6	5.1	2.7	0.9	0.6	2.1	3.2	4.2	8.5	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.4	.684
Alonzo Mourning	65	20.0	7.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.2	0.2	2.7	1.2	2.7	2.9	4.8	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.4	.594

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	9	27.8	13.7	1.9	5.1	7.0	2.6	0.6	1.6	2.3	3.6	5.7	9.9	.573	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.9	.600
Alonzo Mourning	21	10.8	3.8	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.1	0.2	1.1	0.8	2.3	1.2	1.8	.703	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667


Season 14
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1983-84	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Heat 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		%
Bob Lanier	72	27.9	13.6	2.0	4.4	6.3	2.6	0.8	0.7	2.3	3.2	5.4	9.5	.572	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.8	.708
Alonzo Mourning	77	20.4	8.6	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.2	0.2	2.3	1.7	2.8	3.1	5.5	.560	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.0	.601

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	16	31.2	12.7	2.0	5.3	7.3	3.4	0.7	0.6	2.4	3.6	5.1	10.7	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.8	.886
Alonzo Mourning	4	13.8	6.3	0.3	1.8	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.5	2.8	.909	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.3	.385


Season 15
	Bob Lanier	Alonzo Mourning
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Miami Heat
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		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	25	15.6	6.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.7	1.0	2.2	2.1	3.8	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Lanier vs. Alonzo Mourning Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alonzo Mourning and Bob Lanier, 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