Bill Laimbeer vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire and Bill Laimbeer, 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.

Bill Laimbeer and Amar'e Stoudemire both played 14 years in the NBA. Bill Laimbeer had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Amar'e Stoudemire had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Bill Laimbeer	14	9	1980-81 to 1993-94
Amar'e Stoudemire	14	10	2002-03 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1980-81	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	81	30.4	9.8	3.3	5.3	8.6	2.7	0.7	1.0	1.6	4.1	4.2	8.3	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.765
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	31.3	13.5	3.0	5.7	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.8	10.1	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.9	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	6	34.0	14.2	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.2	1.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	5.7	10.8	.523	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 2
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1981-82	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bill Laimbeer	80	22.9	9.0	2.9	4.8	7.7	1.3	0.5	0.8	1.5	3.7	3.3	6.7	.494	0.1	0.2	.308	2.3	2.9	.793
Amar'e Stoudemire	55	36.8	20.6	2.9	6.2	9.0	1.4	1.2	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.5	15.7	.475	0.0	0.1	.200	5.6	7.9	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1982-83	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	82	35.0	13.6	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.2	0.6	1.4	2.1	3.9	5.3	10.7	.497	0.0	0.2	.154	3.0	3.8	.790
Amar'e Stoudemire	80	36.1	26.0	2.7	6.2	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.5	9.3	16.7	.559	0.0	0.2	.188	7.3	9.9	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	15	40.0	29.9	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	3.1	3.9	10.2	18.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	9.5	12.2	.781


Season 4
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1983-84	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	82	34.9	17.3	4.0	8.2	12.2	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	3.3	6.7	12.7	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.5	.866
Amar'e Stoudemire	3	16.7	8.7	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	9.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	3.0	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	5	33.0	15.2	2.8	9.6	12.4	2.4	0.8	0.6	2.4	4.6	5.8	10.2	.569	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.0	.900
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1984-85	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	82	35.3	17.5	3.6	8.8	12.4	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.6	3.8	7.3	14.4	.506	0.0	0.2	.222	3.0	3.7	.797
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	32.8	20.4	2.7	6.9	9.6	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	3.6	7.4	12.9	.575	0.0	0.0	.000	5.6	7.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	9	36.1	14.7	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.8	3.6	5.3	11.9	.449	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	5.7	.706
Amar'e Stoudemire	10	34.3	25.3	3.0	9.1	12.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.9	3.9	9.1	17.4	.523	0.1	0.3	.333	7.0	9.1	.769


Season 6
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1985-86	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	82	35.3	16.6	3.7	9.4	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.8	1.6	3.5	6.6	13.5	.492	0.0	0.2	.286	3.2	3.9	.834
Amar'e Stoudemire	79	33.9	25.2	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.2	3.7	9.0	15.3	.590	0.1	0.4	.161	7.0	8.7	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	4	42.0	22.5	5.0	9.0	14.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.8	8.5	17.0	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	5.3	5.8	.913
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	40.8	23.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	2.8	3.8	9.6	19.8	.485	0.2	0.8	.250	3.8	6.0	.633


Season 7
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1986-87	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	82	34.8	15.4	3.0	8.7	11.6	1.8	0.9	0.8	1.5	3.5	6.2	12.3	.501	0.1	0.3	.286	3.0	3.3	.894
Amar'e Stoudemire	53	36.8	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.1	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.1	.429	6.1	7.3	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	15	36.2	12.3	2.0	8.4	10.4	2.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.5	5.6	10.9	.515	0.1	0.3	.200	1.0	1.6	.625
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1987-88	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	82	35.3	13.5	2.0	8.1	10.1	2.4	0.8	1.0	1.7	3.5	5.5	11.3	.493	0.2	0.5	.333	2.3	2.6	.874
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	34.6	23.1	2.8	6.1	8.9	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.6	3.4	8.6	15.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.167	5.9	7.7	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	23	33.9	11.9	1.9	7.7	9.6	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	5.0	10.9	.456	0.2	0.7	.294	1.7	2.0	.889
Amar'e Stoudemire	16	36.5	22.2	2.9	3.8	6.6	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.4	7.8	14.9	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	8.9	.754


Season 9
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1988-89	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	81	32.6	13.7	1.7	7.9	9.6	2.2	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.2	5.5	11.1	.499	0.4	1.1	.349	2.2	2.6	.840
Amar'e Stoudemire	78	36.8	25.3	2.5	5.6	8.2	2.6	0.9	1.9	3.2	3.5	9.5	19.0	.502	0.1	0.3	.435	6.1	7.7	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	17	29.2	10.1	1.5	6.7	8.2	1.8	0.4	0.5	1.1	3.2	3.9	8.4	.465	0.9	2.5	.357	1.5	1.8	.806
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	33.5	14.5	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.8	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.5	5.3	13.8	.382	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667


Season 10
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1989-90	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	81	33.0	12.1	2.0	7.6	9.6	2.1	0.7	1.0	1.2	3.4	4.7	9.7	.484	0.7	2.0	.361	2.0	2.4	.854
Amar'e Stoudemire	47	32.8	17.5	2.3	5.6	7.8	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.4	2.9	6.7	13.9	.483	0.1	0.4	.238	4.0	5.2	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	20	33.4	11.1	2.1	8.5	10.6	1.4	1.2	0.9	0.8	3.9	4.6	10.0	.457	0.8	2.2	.349	1.3	1.5	.862
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	34.8	15.3	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	3.0	4.0	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.0	.750


Season 11
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1990-91	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	82	32.5	11.0	2.1	6.9	9.0	1.9	0.5	0.7	1.2	3.0	4.5	9.5	.478	0.5	1.5	.296	1.5	1.8	.837
Amar'e Stoudemire	29	23.5	14.2	2.1	2.9	5.0	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.7	3.1	5.3	9.2	.577	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.5	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	15	29.7	10.9	2.8	5.3	8.1	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.6	4.4	9.9	.446	0.3	1.1	.294	1.8	2.1	.871
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	8.3	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.3	.385	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 12
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	81	27.6	9.7	1.3	4.3	5.6	2.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	2.8	4.2	9.0	.470	0.4	1.0	.376	0.8	0.9	.893
Amar'e Stoudemire	65	22.6	11.9	1.7	3.2	4.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.4	4.8	8.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.1	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	5	29.0	8.2	1.0	5.6	6.6	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.6	3.4	9.2	.370	0.4	2.0	.200	1.0	1.0	1.000
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	79	24.5	8.7	1.4	3.9	5.3	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	2.7	3.7	7.3	.509	0.1	0.3	.370	1.2	1.3	.894
Amar'e Stoudemire	59	21.1	11.5	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.7	4.6	8.3	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.2	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	15.0	7.8	1.4	1.8	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.4	3.2	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 14
	Bill Laimbeer	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	11	22.5	9.8	0.8	4.3	5.1	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.7	4.3	8.2	.522	0.3	0.8	.333	1.0	1.2	.846
Amar'e Stoudemire	52	14.7	5.8	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.4	4.3	.566	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	9	9.1	3.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.0	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.6	1.2	2.1	.579	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	0.9	1.000

Bill Laimbeer vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire and Bill Laimbeer, 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