Bob Lanier vs. Garrett Temple Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Garrett Temple 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.

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 and Garrett Temple both played 14 years in the NBA. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Garrett Temple had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14
Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Garrett Temple
Season	1970-71	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
Garrett Temple	27	12.4	5.0	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.6	3.7	.436	0.5	1.4	.351	1.3	1.9	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	6	2.5	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Garrett Temple
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats
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	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Garrett Temple	24	9.6	2.4	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.0	0.8	2.8	.294	0.4	1.5	.270	0.3	0.7	.412
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Garrett Temple didn't play in 2011-12.

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Garrett Temple
Season	1972-73	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
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	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Garrett Temple	51	22.7	5.1	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	1.8	2.1	5.1	.407	0.5	1.6	.325	0.5	0.7	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Garrett Temple
Season	1973-74	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Wizards 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	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
Garrett Temple	75	8.5	1.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	1.9	.362	0.1	0.4	.207	0.4	0.6	.698
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
Garrett Temple	10	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Garrett Temple
Season	1974-75	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards 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	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
Garrett Temple	52	14.1	3.9	0.5	1.3	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.3	3.3	.400	0.6	1.7	.375	0.7	0.9	.729
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
Garrett Temple	4	6.5	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.5	.167	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	2.0	.625

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Garrett Temple
Season	1976-77	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
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
Garrett Temple	65	26.6	7.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.6	1.3	0.4	1.2	2.2	2.8	6.6	.424	1.3	3.4	.373	0.9	1.1	.784
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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Garrett Temple
Season	1977-78	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
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
Garrett Temple	65	24.8	8.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.1	3.1	7.3	.418	1.4	3.5	.392	0.9	1.2	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Garrett Temple
Season	1978-79	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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	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
Garrett Temple	75	27.2	7.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.7	2.8	6.6	.422	1.2	3.5	.341	1.1	1.4	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	6	10.5	2.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	.273	0.2	1.2	.143	1.2	1.7	.700

Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Garrett Temple
Season	1981-82	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Pelicans 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	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
Garrett Temple	59	18.6	5.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.9	5.0	.376	1.0	3.1	.319	0.5	0.7	.683
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
Garrett Temple	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-