Bob Lanier vs. Brad Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brad Miller 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.

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.

Bob Lanier and Brad Miller both played 14 years in the NBA. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Brad Miller had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
Bob Lanier	14	9	1970-71 to 1983-84
Brad Miller	14	8	1998-99 to 2011-12

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


Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1970-71	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Bob Lanier	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
Brad Miller	38	12.3	6.3	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.7	2.1	3.6	.565	0.0	0.1	.500	2.1	2.7	.794

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


Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1971-72	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
Bob Lanier	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Brad Miller	55	17.5	7.7	2.1	3.3	5.3	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.0	2.5	5.3	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.5	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Miller	4	15.8	7.5	2.0	1.3	3.3	0.8	0.0	0.8	2.3	2.8	2.3	4.3	.529	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.8	.800


Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1972-73	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
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	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Brad Miller	57	25.2	8.9	2.5	4.8	7.4	1.9	0.6	0.7	1.3	3.1	2.9	6.8	.435	0.0	0.1	.200	2.9	4.0	.743

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


Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1973-74	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
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
Brad Miller	76	29.8	13.6	3.3	4.9	8.2	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.2	4.8	9.6	.499	0.0	0.1	.429	3.9	5.0	.775

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
Brad Miller	5	36.0	11.2	3.4	6.4	9.8	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.4	3.2	4.0	8.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.800


Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1974-75	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
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
Brad Miller	73	31.1	13.1	2.5	5.7	8.3	2.6	0.9	0.6	1.6	2.8	4.5	9.1	.493	0.1	0.2	.313	4.0	4.9	.818

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
Brad Miller	6	22.5	8.7	1.7	3.8	5.5	2.5	0.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.7	.727


Season 6
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1975-76	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Kings 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	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
Brad Miller	72	36.4	14.1	2.7	7.7	10.3	4.3	0.9	1.2	2.0	3.4	5.2	10.2	.510	0.2	0.5	.316	3.6	4.6	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brad Miller	12	30.6	10.5	2.5	6.2	8.7	3.2	0.8	0.9	1.7	3.8	4.0	7.6	.527	0.1	0.6	.143	2.4	4.0	.604


Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1976-77	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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	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
Brad Miller	56	37.3	15.6	2.5	6.8	9.3	3.9	1.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	5.7	10.9	.524	0.1	0.3	.263	4.2	5.1	.812

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
Brad Miller	5	27.8	11.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	3.2	0.2	0.6	1.8	4.2	4.6	8.0	.575	0.0	0.4	.000	2.0	2.8	.714


Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1977-78	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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	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
Brad Miller	79	37.0	15.0	1.5	6.2	7.8	4.7	0.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	5.5	11.1	.495	0.4	1.1	.386	3.5	4.3	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Miller	6	27.7	9.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.5	1.2	0.8	1.2	3.3	3.5	8.7	.404	0.2	1.2	.143	2.0	2.2	.923


Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1978-79	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
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	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
Brad Miller	63	28.3	9.0	1.3	5.1	6.4	3.6	0.6	0.6	1.7	2.5	3.6	7.8	.453	0.1	0.5	.152	1.8	2.4	.772

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


Season 10
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1979-80	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf 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		%
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
Brad Miller	72	34.9	13.4	2.3	7.1	9.5	3.7	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.4	4.7	10.1	.463	0.4	1.3	.311	3.6	4.3	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brad Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1980-81	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
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
Brad Miller	70	30.0	11.9	2.1	5.6	7.8	3.3	0.7	0.5	1.9	3.2	4.2	8.8	.476	0.3	0.8	.411	3.2	3.9	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brad Miller	7	26.6	10.3	1.6	6.3	7.9	1.3	0.3	0.9	3.0	3.6	3.4	7.3	.471	0.7	1.0	.714	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1981-82	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
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
Brad Miller	82	23.8	8.8	1.0	3.9	4.9	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.0	7.1	.430	0.5	1.6	.280	2.2	2.7	.827

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
Brad Miller	5	18.6	5.4	0.6	3.0	3.6	0.8	0.0	0.2	1.4	3.2	2.0	5.4	.370	0.0	0.8	.000	1.4	1.4	1.000


Season 13
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1982-83	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
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
Brad Miller	60	16.9	6.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	2.4	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.6	2.2	4.9	.446	0.7	1.8	.374	1.3	1.6	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brad Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Bob Lanier	Brad Miller
Season	1983-84	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
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
Brad Miller	15	9.7	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.7	0.6	1.8	.333	0.5	1.0	.467	0.7	0.8	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brad Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Lanier vs. Brad Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brad Miller 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.

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