Marcus Camby vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Marcus Camby, 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.

Marcus Camby played 17 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Marcus Camby 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	1996-97	1970-71
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Marcus Camby	63	30.1	14.8	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.5	1.0	2.1	2.1	3.4	6.0	12.3	.482	0.0	0.2	.143	2.9	4.2	.693
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	1997-98	1971-72
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
	-	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		%
Marcus Camby	63	31.8	12.1	3.2	4.2	7.4	1.8	1.1	3.7	2.1	3.2	4.9	11.9	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.9	.611
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	1998-99	1972-73
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Marcus Camby	46	20.5	7.2	2.2	3.3	5.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.0	5.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.2	.553
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		%
Marcus Camby	20	25.5	10.4	2.6	5.1	7.7	0.3	1.2	1.9	0.8	3.8	4.1	7.2	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.7	.616
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	1999-00	1973-74
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Marcus Camby	59	26.2	10.2	2.9	4.9	7.8	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	3.5	3.8	8.0	.480	0.0	0.0	.500	2.5	3.7	.670
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		%
Marcus Camby	16	24.1	4.8	2.2	4.8	7.0	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	1.8	5.4	.337	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.9	.613
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
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	2000-01	1974-75
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Marcus Camby	63	33.8	12.0	3.1	8.4	11.5	0.8	1.0	2.2	1.0	3.3	4.8	9.2	.524	0.0	0.1	.125	2.4	3.6	.667
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		%
Marcus Camby	4	35.5	6.3	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.8	0.5	2.3	0.5	4.5	2.5	6.5	.385	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.3	.385
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 7
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	2002-03	1976-77
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Marcus Camby	29	21.2	7.6	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.6	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.4	3.2	7.8	.410	0.1	0.2	.400	1.1	1.7	.660
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		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	2003-04	1977-78
Team	Denver Nuggets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Marcus Camby	72	30.0	8.6	2.9	7.2	10.1	1.8	1.2	2.6	1.4	3.3	3.6	7.6	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.721
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		%
Marcus Camby	5	39.0	12.6	2.8	8.6	11.4	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.2	4.2	5.4	11.0	.491	0.2	0.4	.500	1.6	2.8	.571
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	2004-05	1978-79
Team	Denver Nuggets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Marcus Camby	66	30.5	10.3	2.0	8.0	10.0	2.3	0.9	3.0	1.6	2.7	4.2	9.1	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.723
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		%
Marcus Camby	5	37.4	10.2	0.8	10.4	11.2	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.2	3.6	3.4	8.2	.415	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	2005-06	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Marcus Camby	56	33.2	12.8	2.4	9.6	11.9	2.1	1.4	3.3	1.6	2.8	5.4	11.6	.465	0.0	0.2	.091	2.0	2.8	.712
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		%
Marcus Camby	5	35.0	11.4	2.6	8.4	11.0	2.2	0.8	2.8	0.8	2.8	5.2	12.4	.419	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.8	.556
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
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	2006-07	1980-81
Team	Denver Nuggets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Marcus Camby	70	33.8	11.2	2.3	9.3	11.7	3.2	1.2	3.3	1.7	2.6	4.5	9.4	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.2	.729
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		%
Marcus Camby	5	36.8	7.6	2.4	12.4	14.8	2.0	0.8	3.2	2.0	2.8	3.4	9.0	.378	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667
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
	Marcus Camby	Bob Lanier
Season	2007-08	1981-82
Team	Denver Nuggets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Marcus Camby	79	34.9	9.1	2.9	10.2	13.1	3.3	1.1	3.6	1.5	2.7	3.6	8.0	.450	0.1	0.3	.300	1.8	2.6	.708
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		%
Marcus Camby	4	31.0	3.3	2.8	10.5	13.3	3.0	1.0	3.0	2.5	2.5	1.3	5.3	.238	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	1.5	.333
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