Bob Lanier vs. Blair Rasmussen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Blair Rasmussen and Bob Lanier, 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.

Bob Lanier played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Blair Rasmussen, who played 8. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Blair Rasmussen had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
	Bob Lanier	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Bob Lanier	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
Blair Rasmussen	48	6.9	3.2	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.3	3.1	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Rasmussen	10	17.5	11.1	2.7	3.3	6.0	1.0	0.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	3.9	9.6	.406	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.1	.805

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1971-72	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Bob Lanier	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Blair Rasmussen	74	19.2	9.5	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.8	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.0	3.6	7.7	.470	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.1	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Rasmussen	3	30.7	16.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	4.0	7.3	15.0	.489	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.3	.500

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1972-73	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Bob Lanier	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Blair Rasmussen	79	22.5	12.7	1.6	3.9	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.9	3.1	5.5	11.2	.492	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Rasmussen	11	25.2	12.5	2.3	4.2	6.5	0.6	0.1	1.1	0.5	3.0	5.5	11.5	.472	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	1.8	.900

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1973-74	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
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
Blair Rasmussen	77	17.0	7.6	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.6	2.5	3.3	7.5	.445	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.1	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Blair Rasmussen	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1974-75	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
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
Blair Rasmussen	81	24.6	12.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	1.0	0.5	1.3	0.9	3.7	5.5	11.0	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.7	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Blair Rasmussen	3	28.0	15.7	2.7	6.0	8.7	0.3	0.7	1.3	0.7	3.3	6.3	16.0	.396	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.3	.900

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1976-77	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
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
Blair Rasmussen	81	24.3	9.0	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.9	4.3	9.0	.478	0.1	0.3	.217	0.4	0.5	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1977-78	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
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
Blair Rasmussen	22	12.9	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	2.8	1.4	3.6	.375	0.1	0.3	.333	0.4	0.6	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1978-79	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Blair Rasmussen
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		%
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
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-