Erick Dampier vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Erick Dampier, 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.

Erick Dampier played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Erick Dampier had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Bob Lanier had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
Erick Dampier	16	7	1996-97 to 2011-12
Bob Lanier	14	9	1970-71 to 1983-84

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
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	1996-97	1970-71
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Erick Dampier	72	14.6	5.1	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.1	1.8	4.7	.390	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.5	2.3	.637
Bob Lanier	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	1997-98	1971-72
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Erick Dampier	82	32.4	11.8	3.3	5.4	8.7	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.4	4.3	9.6	.445	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	4.9	.669
Bob Lanier	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	1998-99	1972-73
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Erick Dampier	50	28.3	8.8	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.1	0.5	1.2	1.8	3.3	3.2	8.3	.389	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.588
Bob Lanier	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	1999-00	1973-74
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Erick Dampier	21	23.6	8.0	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.9	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.6	3.3	8.2	.405	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.4	.529
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2000-01	1974-75
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Erick Dampier	43	24.1	7.4	2.3	3.6	5.8	1.4	0.4	1.3	1.9	2.9	2.9	7.3	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.9	.532
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2001-02	1975-76
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Erick Dampier	73	23.8	7.6	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.1	3.2	2.9	6.6	.435	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.9	.645
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 7
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2002-03	1976-77
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Erick Dampier	82	24.1	8.2	3.0	3.6	6.6	0.7	0.3	1.9	1.4	3.0	3.2	6.4	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.7	.698
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2003-04	1977-78
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Erick Dampier	74	32.5	12.3	4.6	7.3	12.0	0.8	0.4	1.9	1.8	3.1	4.7	8.8	.535	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.5	.654
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2004-05	1978-79
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Erick Dampier	59	27.3	9.2	3.1	5.4	8.5	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.5	3.4	6.2	.550	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.9	.605
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	13	23.5	7.0	3.9	3.5	7.5	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.9	4.2	3.1	5.2	.597	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	2.2	.393
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2005-06	1979-80
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Bucks 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		%
Erick Dampier	82	23.6	5.7	3.3	4.5	7.8	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.4	3.2	2.1	4.2	.493	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.6	.591
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	19	23.9	5.0	2.9	3.8	6.7	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.6	3.9	1.8	3.3	.540	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.3	.614
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


Season 11
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2006-07	1980-81
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Erick Dampier	76	25.2	7.1	2.9	4.6	7.4	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.1	2.8	4.4	.626	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.623
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	5	7.6	1.0	1.8	1.6	3.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.8	0.4	0.6	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
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


Season 12
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2007-08	1981-82
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Erick Dampier	72	24.4	6.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.1	3.1	2.5	3.8	.643	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.575
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	5	19.0	3.6	2.4	1.8	4.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.6	3.0	1.4	3.4	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.0	.400
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


Season 13
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2008-09	1982-83
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Erick Dampier	80	23.0	5.7	2.7	4.4	7.1	1.0	0.3	1.2	0.9	2.4	2.3	3.5	.650	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.8	.638
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	10	25.5	5.7	2.5	3.6	6.1	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.9	4.1	2.2	3.6	.611	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.619
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


Season 14
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2009-10	1983-84
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Erick Dampier	55	23.3	6.0	2.3	4.9	7.3	0.6	0.3	1.4	1.1	2.8	2.4	3.9	.624	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	1.8	.604
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	5	23.6	1.0	3.6	3.0	6.6	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.8	0.0	1.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.4	.417
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


Season 15
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
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		%
Erick Dampier	51	16.0	2.5	1.0	2.4	3.5	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.0	1.7	.584	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.545
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Erick Dampier	Bob Lanier
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Erick Dampier	15	5.5	0.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.5	.125	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Erick Dampier	4	13.8	4.0	1.8	1.8	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.8	3.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Erick Dampier vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Erick Dampier, 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