Al Bianchi vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Al Bianchi, 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.

Al Bianchi played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Al Bianchi had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, 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
	Al Bianchi	Bob Lanier
Season	1956-57	1970-71
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	68	23.2	8.3	-	-	3.3	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	2.9	8.3	.351	-	-	-	2.4	3.5	.690
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		%
Al Bianchi	5	19.4	6.4	-	-	3.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.2	2.4	7.6	.316	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.667
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Al Bianchi	Bob Lanier
Season	1957-58	1971-72
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	69	20.6	8.3	-	-	3.2	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	9.1	.344	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.683
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		%
Al Bianchi	2	18.5	5.5	-	-	3.5	1.0	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	6.0	.333	-	-	-	1.5	4.0	.375
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Al Bianchi	Bob Lanier
Season	1958-59	1972-73
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	72	24.7	10.0	-	-	2.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	4.0	10.5	.377	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.723
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		%
Al Bianchi	9	21.3	9.1	-	-	3.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.6	3.8	8.2	.459	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.636
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Al Bianchi	Bob Lanier
Season	1959-60	1973-74
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Al Bianchi	69	18.2	7.7	-	-	2.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.1	8.3	.366	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.703
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		%
Al Bianchi	2	9.0	0.0	-	-	1.5	1.5	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	4.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Al Bianchi	Bob Lanier
Season	1960-61	1974-75
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Al Bianchi	52	12.8	5.7	-	-	2.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.6	2.3	6.6	.345	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.690
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		%
Al Bianchi	7	12.9	6.0	-	-	1.0	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	2.4	6.6	.370	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.889
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
	Al Bianchi	Bob Lanier
Season	1962-63	1976-77
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Al Bianchi	61	19.0	8.6	-	-	2.2	2.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	7.8	.424	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.732
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		%
Al Bianchi	5	15.4	6.8	-	-	1.6	0.4	-	-	-	3.4	3.0	6.8	.441	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.571
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
	Al Bianchi	Bob Lanier
Season	1963-64	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	78	18.4	8.0	-	-	1.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.2	3.3	8.8	.376	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.773
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		%
Al Bianchi	5	13.6	5.4	-	-	0.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.4	5.8	.414	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.750
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Al Bianchi	Bob Lanier
Season	1964-65	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Al Bianchi	60	18.6	6.7	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	2.9	8.1	.360	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.711
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		%
Al Bianchi	11	28.0	9.5	-	-	1.5	2.7	-	-	-	4.1	4.1	10.7	.381	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.667
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Al Bianchi	Bob Lanier
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		%
Al Bianchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Al Bianchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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