Bob Lanier vs. C.J. Miles Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. Miles 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, 2 less than C.J. Miles, who played 16. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while C.J. Miles had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
C.J. Miles	16	7	2005-06 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1970-71	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
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		%
Bob Lanier	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
C.J. Miles	23	8.8	3.4	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.2	3.3	.368	0.2	0.9	.250	0.8	1.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. Miles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1971-72	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
C.J. Miles	37	10.1	2.7	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.6	1.1	3.1	.345	0.2	0.9	.219	0.4	0.6	.609

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. Miles	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 3
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1972-73	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
C.J. Miles	60	11.5	5.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.6	1.9	3.9	.479	0.5	1.3	.390	0.7	0.9	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. Miles	7	3.7	1.7	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.7	2.0	.357	0.3	1.1	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1973-74	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
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
C.J. Miles	72	22.5	9.1	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.6	3.6	7.8	.459	0.9	2.5	.352	1.1	1.2	.876

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
C.J. Miles	5	11.6	3.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.2	4.0	.300	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 5
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1974-75	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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	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
C.J. Miles	63	23.8	9.9	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.7	0.9	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.8	8.9	.429	1.2	3.4	.341	1.0	1.5	.695

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
C.J. Miles	10	33.7	14.4	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.8	0.6	0.6	1.9	4.8	4.7	10.6	.443	1.5	4.6	.326	3.5	3.9	.897


Season 6
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1975-76	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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	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
C.J. Miles	78	25.2	12.8	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.7	0.9	0.5	1.2	2.8	4.7	11.5	.407	1.4	4.3	.322	2.0	2.5	.811

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
C.J. Miles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1976-77	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West 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		%
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
C.J. Miles	56	20.4	9.1	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.2	3.2	8.3	.381	0.8	2.7	.307	1.9	2.4	.794

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
C.J. Miles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1977-78	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
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
C.J. Miles	65	21.0	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	3.9	9.4	.415	1.9	5.0	.384	1.4	1.6	.869

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. Miles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1978-79	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
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
C.J. Miles	51	19.3	9.9	0.4	1.7	2.0	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.0	3.5	8.0	.435	1.6	4.1	.393	1.3	1.5	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. Miles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1979-80	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
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
C.J. Miles	70	26.3	13.5	0.3	2.8	3.1	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.9	4.7	11.8	.398	2.2	6.4	.345	1.9	2.3	.807

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
C.J. Miles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1980-81	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
C.J. Miles	64	22.9	11.8	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.2	4.0	9.9	.409	2.2	6.0	.367	1.5	1.9	.750

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
C.J. Miles	7	13.1	3.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.4	5.4	.263	0.3	2.9	.100	0.3	0.4	.667


Season 12
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1981-82	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
C.J. Miles	76	23.4	10.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.0	3.7	8.5	.434	2.2	5.4	.413	1.1	1.2	.903

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
C.J. Miles	4	20.5	7.3	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	3.0	2.8	6.0	.458	1.3	4.0	.313	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 13
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1982-83	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Raptors 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	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
C.J. Miles	70	19.1	10.0	0.3	1.9	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.2	8.6	.379	2.3	6.5	.361	1.2	1.4	.835

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
C.J. Miles	10	22.7	9.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	7.1	.451	1.9	4.5	.422	1.3	1.6	.813


Season 14
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	1983-84	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
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
C.J. Miles	53	16.2	6.4	0.2	1.5	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	5.9	.360	1.3	3.8	.330	0.9	1.1	.828

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
C.J. Miles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Washington Wizards
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. Miles	10	16.1	6.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.9	5.9	.322	1.1	3.5	.314	1.5	2.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. Miles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: C.J. Miles didn't play in 2020-21.


Season 16
	Bob Lanier	C.J. Miles
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Boston Celtics
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. Miles	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. Miles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Lanier vs. C.J. Miles Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. Miles 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

Season 16