Avery Bradley vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Avery Bradley, 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.

Avery Bradley played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Avery Bradley had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
Rookie Season
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2010-11	1970-71
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Avery Bradley	31	5.2	1.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.2	.343	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.4	.500
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		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2011-12	1971-72
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Avery Bradley	64	21.4	7.6	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.1	6.3	.498	0.3	0.8	.407	1.0	1.2	.795
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		%
Avery Bradley	10	24.8	6.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.0	2.5	6.8	.368	0.5	2.2	.227	1.2	1.8	.667
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2012-13	1972-73
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Avery Bradley	50	28.7	9.2	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.6	3.8	9.6	.402	0.8	2.5	.317	0.7	1.0	.755
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		%
Avery Bradley	6	31.8	6.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.3	1.8	0.2	1.8	1.8	2.8	7.0	.405	0.3	1.3	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2013-14	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	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		%
Avery Bradley	60	30.9	14.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.4	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	6.0	13.8	.438	1.3	3.3	.395	1.5	1.9	.804
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		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2014-15	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Avery Bradley	77	31.5	13.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.8	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.3	5.6	13.1	.429	1.6	4.6	.352	1.0	1.3	.790
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		%
Avery Bradley	4	33.3	12.3	0.8	3.0	3.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	3.3	4.8	12.5	.380	1.3	4.8	.263	1.5	1.8	.857
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
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2015-16	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Avery Bradley	76	33.4	15.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.1	1.5	0.3	1.4	2.2	6.0	13.4	.447	1.9	5.4	.361	1.3	1.6	.780
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		%
Avery Bradley	1	33.0	18.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	7.0	16.0	.438	1.0	7.0	.143	3.0	3.0	1.000
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
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2016-17	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Avery Bradley	55	33.4	16.3	1.2	4.9	6.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.6	2.6	6.5	14.1	.463	2.0	5.0	.390	1.2	1.7	.731
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		%
Avery Bradley	18	35.8	16.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.3	1.3	0.2	1.7	2.2	6.7	15.1	.441	2.2	6.3	.351	1.2	1.5	.778
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
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2017-18	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles 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		%
Avery Bradley	46	31.2	14.3	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.6	13.6	.414	1.6	4.4	.369	1.4	1.8	.768
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		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2018-19	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Avery Bradley	63	30.2	9.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.7	3.9	9.7	.408	1.4	3.9	.351	0.7	0.8	.860
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		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2019-20	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Avery Bradley	49	24.2	8.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.2	3.5	7.8	.444	1.3	3.5	.364	0.4	0.5	.833
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		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 12
	Avery Bradley	Bob Lanier
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Avery Bradley	62	22.7	6.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.6	1.9	2.4	5.6	.423	1.3	3.4	.390	0.3	0.3	.889
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		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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