Bob Lanier vs. Haywoode Workman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Haywoode Workman 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 played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Haywoode Workman, who played 8. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Haywoode Workman had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
	Bob Lanier	Haywoode Workman
Season	1970-71	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
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
Haywoode Workman	6	2.7	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Haywoode Workman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Haywoode Workman
Season	1971-72	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Bullets
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
Haywoode Workman	73	27.9	8.0	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.8	1.2	0.1	1.8	2.2	3.2	7.1	.454	0.2	0.7	.240	1.4	1.8	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Haywoode Workman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Haywoode Workman didn't play in 1991-92 and 1992-93.

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Haywoode Workman
Season	1972-73	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Haywoode Workman	65	26.4	7.7	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.2	1.3	0.1	2.3	2.3	3.0	7.1	.424	0.3	0.9	.321	1.4	1.8	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Haywoode Workman	16	31.9	8.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.0	1.8	0.1	2.4	2.5	2.8	8.2	.344	0.4	1.3	.286	2.0	2.4	.842

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Haywoode Workman
Season	1973-74	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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	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
Haywoode Workman	69	14.9	4.2	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.1	1.7	1.5	3.9	.375	0.5	1.4	.357	0.8	1.1	.743
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
Haywoode Workman	17	16.2	4.5	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.6	0.6	0.0	0.9	2.6	1.4	3.9	.358	0.1	1.1	.111	1.6	1.9	.844

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Haywoode Workman
Season	1974-75	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Haywoode Workman	77	15.1	3.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.0	1.3	3.4	.390	0.3	0.9	.324	0.7	0.9	.740
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
Haywoode Workman	5	10.6	3.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.0	1.4	3.2	.438	0.6	1.0	.600	0.4	0.4	1.000

Note: Haywoode Workman didn't play in 1997-98.

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Haywoode Workman
Season	1976-77	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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
Haywoode Workman	29	28.1	6.9	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.9	1.1	0.0	2.2	1.8	2.5	5.9	.429	0.6	1.6	.362	1.3	1.6	.787
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
Haywoode Workman	3	17.7	4.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.3	3.7	.364	0.0	1.0	.000	1.7	2.0	.833

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Haywoode Workman
Season	1977-78	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors
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
Haywoode Workman	36	9.7	2.4	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.9	2.5	.344	0.4	1.2	.326	0.3	0.4	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Haywoode Workman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Haywoode Workman
Season	1978-79	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Haywoode Workman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Haywoode Workman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Haywoode Workman
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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	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
Haywoode Workman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Haywoode Workman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-