Bob Lanier vs. Chet Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chet Walker 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 more than Chet Walker, who played 13. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Chet Walker had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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
Chet Walker	13	13	1962-63 to 1974-75

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1970-71	1962-63
Team	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals 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		%
Bob Lanier	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
Chet Walker	78	25.5	12.3	-	-	7.2	1.1	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	9.6	.469	-	-	-	3.2	4.6	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	5	26.0	15.2	-	-	9.4	1.8	-	-	-	1.6	5.4	10.6	.509	-	-	-	4.4	6.0	.733


Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1971-72	1963-64
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Bob Lanier	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Chet Walker	76	36.5	17.3	-	-	10.3	1.6	-	-	-	3.1	6.5	14.7	.440	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	5	38.0	18.8	-	-	10.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.0	6.0	15.4	.390	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.739


Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1972-73	1964-65
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Div 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	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Chet Walker	79	27.7	13.2	-	-	6.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.5	4.8	11.8	.403	-	-	-	3.6	4.9	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	11	42.6	20.3	-	-	7.2	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	15.7	.480	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.760


Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1973-74	1965-66
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Div 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	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
Chet Walker	80	32.5	15.3	-	-	8.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	12.3	.451	-	-	-	4.2	5.9	.716

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
Chet Walker	5	36.2	14.6	-	-	7.4	3.0	-	-	-	3.6	4.8	12.8	.375	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.806


Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1974-75	1966-67
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Chet Walker	81	33.2	19.3	-	-	8.1	2.3	-	-	-	2.9	6.9	14.2	.488	-	-	-	5.5	7.2	.766

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
Chet Walker	15	36.7	21.7	-	-	7.6	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	7.7	16.4	.467	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.807


Season 6
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1975-76	1967-68
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Div 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	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
Chet Walker	82	32.0	17.9	-	-	7.4	1.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	14.3	.460	-	-	-	4.7	6.5	.726

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
Chet Walker	13	37.3	19.1	-	-	7.4	1.8	-	-	-	3.4	6.6	16.2	.410	-	-	-	5.8	8.6	.679


Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1976-77	1968-69
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
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
Chet Walker	82	33.6	18.0	-	-	7.8	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	6.8	14.0	.484	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.804

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
Chet Walker	4	27.3	13.5	-	-	5.8	2.0	-	-	-	1.3	5.8	10.8	.535	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1977-78	1969-70
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
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
Chet Walker	78	34.9	21.5	-	-	7.7	2.5	-	-	-	2.6	7.6	16.0	.477	-	-	-	6.2	7.3	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	5	35.6	19.4	-	-	8.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.8	7.0	16.6	.422	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.818


Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1978-79	1970-71
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
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
Chet Walker	81	36.1	22.0	-	-	7.3	2.2	-	-	-	2.3	8.0	17.3	.465	-	-	-	5.9	6.9	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chet Walker	7	33.4	15.0	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.9	6.3	14.3	.440	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.708


Season 10
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1979-80	1971-72
Team	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
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
Chet Walker	78	33.2	22.0	-	-	6.1	2.3	-	-	-	2.2	7.9	15.7	.505	-	-	-	6.2	7.3	.847

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
Chet Walker	4	24.3	11.3	-	-	3.5	1.0	-	-	-	1.8	4.0	9.5	.421	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.813


Season 11
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1980-81	1972-73
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
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
Chet Walker	79	31.1	19.9	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.1	7.6	15.8	.478	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.832

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
Chet Walker	7	32.7	16.7	-	-	8.9	2.0	-	-	-	2.1	6.0	17.3	.347	-	-	-	4.7	5.3	.892


Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1981-82	1973-74
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
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
Chet Walker	82	32.5	19.3	1.6	3.4	5.0	2.4	0.8	0.0	-	2.5	7.0	14.4	.486	-	-	-	5.4	6.1	.875

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
Chet Walker	11	36.6	20.9	2.4	3.2	5.5	1.6	0.9	0.1	-	2.4	7.4	14.5	.509	-	-	-	6.2	7.2	.861


Season 13
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1982-83	1974-75
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Bulls 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		%
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
Chet Walker	76	32.3	19.2	1.5	4.2	5.7	2.2	0.6	0.1	-	2.4	6.9	14.2	.487	-	-	-	5.4	6.3	.860

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
Chet Walker	13	33.2	17.5	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.1	-	2.5	6.2	12.6	.494	-	-	-	5.1	5.8	.880


Season 14
	Bob Lanier	Chet Walker
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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	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
Chet Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Chet Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Lanier vs. Chet Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chet Walker 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