Tom Chambers vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Tom Chambers, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Tom Chambers played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Tom Chambers had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
Tom Chambers	16	10	1981-82 to 1997-98
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
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1981-82	1970-71
Team	San Diego Clippers	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		%
Tom Chambers	81	33.1	17.2	2.6	4.3	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.6	2.7	4.2	6.8	13.0	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.7	.620
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1982-83	1971-72
Team	San Diego Clippers	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		%
Tom Chambers	79	33.7	17.6	2.8	3.8	6.6	2.4	1.0	0.7	3.0	4.2	6.6	13.9	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.2	.723
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1983-84	1972-73
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	31.3	18.1	2.7	3.8	6.5	1.6	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.8	6.8	13.5	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	5.7	.800
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		%
Tom Chambers	5	38.2	13.6	0.8	5.8	6.6	1.6	1.0	0.6	1.8	4.6	5.6	11.8	.475	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.6	.667
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1984-85	1973-74
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Tom Chambers	81	36.1	21.5	2.0	5.1	7.1	2.6	0.9	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.8	16.1	.483	0.1	0.3	.273	5.9	7.0	.832
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1985-86	1974-75
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Tom Chambers	66	30.6	18.5	1.9	4.6	6.5	2.0	0.8	0.6	2.9	3.8	6.5	14.1	.466	0.2	0.7	.271	5.2	6.3	.836
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1986-87	1975-76
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	36.8	23.3	2.0	4.7	6.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	3.3	3.7	8.0	17.6	.456	0.7	1.8	.372	6.5	7.7	.849
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		%
Tom Chambers	14	35.6	23.0	2.3	4.1	6.4	2.3	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.6	8.4	18.8	.449	0.4	1.3	.333	5.7	7.1	.808
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
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1987-88	1976-77
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	32.7	20.4	1.6	4.3	6.0	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.5	3.6	7.5	16.6	.448	0.4	1.3	.303	5.1	6.3	.807
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		%
Tom Chambers	5	33.6	25.8	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.2	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.8	10.0	18.2	.549	0.0	0.4	.000	5.8	7.0	.829
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
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1988-89	1977-78
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	37.1	25.7	1.8	6.7	8.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	2.9	3.3	9.6	20.3	.471	0.3	1.1	.326	6.3	7.4	.851
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		%
Tom Chambers	12	41.3	26.0	1.8	9.1	10.9	3.8	1.1	1.3	3.3	3.7	9.8	21.4	.459	0.8	1.8	.409	5.6	6.5	.859
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1989-90	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	37.6	27.2	1.5	5.6	7.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	2.7	3.2	10.0	20.0	.501	0.3	1.1	.279	6.9	8.0	.861
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		%
Tom Chambers	16	38.3	22.2	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.9	0.4	0.4	3.1	3.4	7.3	17.2	.425	0.3	1.2	.263	7.3	8.3	.879
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1990-91	1979-80
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Tom Chambers	76	32.6	19.9	1.4	5.1	6.4	2.6	0.9	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.3	16.7	.437	0.3	1.0	.274	5.0	6.0	.826
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		%
Tom Chambers	4	35.5	17.0	0.5	5.3	5.8	2.5	1.8	1.3	3.0	3.0	6.8	16.5	.409	0.0	1.3	.000	3.5	4.8	.737
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
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1991-92	1980-81
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tom Chambers	69	28.2	16.3	1.2	4.6	5.8	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.8	6.2	14.3	.431	0.3	0.7	.367	3.7	4.5	.830
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		%
Tom Chambers	7	27.7	15.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	2.7	0.3	0.7	2.1	3.6	5.6	12.1	.459	0.6	1.0	.571	3.9	4.6	.844
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
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1992-93	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tom Chambers	73	23.6	12.2	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.9	4.4	9.8	.447	0.2	0.4	.393	3.3	3.9	.837
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		%
Tom Chambers	24	15.7	7.3	1.0	1.8	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.1	2.4	2.7	6.9	.388	0.1	0.2	.400	1.8	2.3	.815
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
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1993-94	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tom Chambers	80	23.0	11.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.9	4.1	9.4	.440	0.2	0.6	.311	2.8	3.5	.786
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		%
Tom Chambers	16	20.3	5.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.5	3.1	2.2	6.1	.361	0.0	0.4	.000	1.4	1.8	.793
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
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1994-95	1983-84
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	15.3	6.2	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.4	5.3	.457	0.0	0.3	.167	1.3	1.7	.807
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		%
Tom Chambers	5	12.0	6.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	3.6	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	0.6	.333	1.8	2.6	.692
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

Note: Tom Chambers didn't play in 1995-96.


Season 15
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Tom Chambers	12	6.9	1.6	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	.226	0.2	0.3	.667	0.3	0.3	.750
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 16
	Tom Chambers	Bob Lanier
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
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		%
Tom Chambers	1	10.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Tom Chambers vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Tom Chambers, 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