Bob Lanier vs. Ray Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ray Williams 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, 4 more than Ray Williams, who played 10. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Ray Williams had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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	Ray Williams
Season	1970-71	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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
Ray Williams	81	19.1	9.3	1.0	1.5	2.6	4.5	1.3	0.2	3.0	2.6	3.8	8.5	.443	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Williams	6	23.3	17.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	5.2	1.0	0.0	2.8	4.2	6.8	13.0	.526	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.885

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Ray Williams
Season	1971-72	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
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
Ray Williams	81	29.3	17.3	1.3	2.3	3.6	6.2	1.6	0.2	3.5	3.4	7.1	15.5	.457	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Ray Williams
Season	1972-73	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
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
Ray Williams	82	31.5	20.9	1.8	3.2	5.0	6.2	2.0	0.3	3.1	3.6	8.4	16.9	.496	0.1	0.5	.189	4.1	5.2	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Ray Williams
Season	1973-74	1980-81
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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
Ray Williams	79	34.7	19.7	1.5	2.5	4.1	5.5	2.3	0.5	3.0	3.4	7.8	16.9	.461	0.2	0.9	.235	3.9	4.8	.817
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
Ray Williams	2	42.0	21.5	1.5	2.5	4.0	4.5	2.0	0.0	4.5	5.0	9.0	20.5	.439	0.5	1.5	.333	3.0	5.5	.545

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Ray Williams
Season	1974-75	1981-82
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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
Ray Williams	82	33.3	20.4	1.4	2.5	4.0	6.0	2.4	0.5	3.5	3.7	7.8	16.9	.462	0.1	0.7	.167	4.7	5.7	.832
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
Ray Williams	2	38.5	17.0	4.0	2.0	6.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	7.0	23.5	.298	1.0	2.5	.400	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Ray Williams
Season	1976-77	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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	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
Ray Williams	76	29.3	14.8	0.9	2.6	3.5	5.9	2.1	0.3	2.9	3.6	5.5	12.4	.445	0.3	1.1	.309	3.5	4.2	.827
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
Ray Williams	11	28.2	11.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	8.0	1.5	0.1	3.7	3.5	4.2	11.8	.354	0.2	1.1	.167	2.6	3.5	.744

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Ray Williams
Season	1977-78	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA 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	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
Ray Williams	23	20.0	6.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.9	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.4	2.4	6.2	.385	0.3	1.0	.261	1.3	2.0	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Williams	19	14.6	6.3	0.7	1.2	1.9	3.2	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.3	2.5	6.1	.405	0.1	0.8	.133	1.3	1.3	.960

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Ray Williams
Season	1978-79	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks, San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets
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
Ray Williams	47	17.6	7.6	0.7	1.1	1.8	4.0	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.6	2.5	6.5	.382	0.1	0.4	.316	2.4	2.7	.913
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Ray Williams
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
Ray Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Ray Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-