Bob Lanier vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez 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, 4 less than Brook Lopez, who played 18. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Brook Lopez had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Brook Lopez
Season	1970-71	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:		+5.9	+2.6				+0.8				-0.2	+0.6	+3.2	+.076				+1.2	+2.0	+.067
Brook Lopez	82	30.5	13.0	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.1	5.5	10.3	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.6	.793
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Brook Lopez
Season	1971-72	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+2	+1.8	+6.9			+5.6	+0.8				-0.6	+3.5	+7.3	+.006				+0.2	+0.1	+.049
Brook Lopez	82	36.9	18.8	3.3	5.4	8.6	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.1	6.9	13.8	.499	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	6.2	.817
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Brook Lopez
Season	1972-73	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+1	+3.7	+3.4			+8.9	+1.6				-0.5	+2.1	+4.4	+.002				+0.9	+1.1	+.014
Brook Lopez	82	35.2	20.4	2.4	3.5	6.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.9	7.9	16.0	.492	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.787
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Brook Lopez
Season	1973-74	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Did not play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+76	+10.4	+3.3	+1.7	+7.9	+9.7	+3.0	+1.2	+2.2		-1.8	+1.6	+2.9	+.010					+1.4	+.172
Brook Lopez	5	27.2	19.2	1.6	2.0	3.6	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.6	7.6	15.4	.494	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.4	.625
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
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Brook Lopez
Season	1974-75	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+2	+8.9	+4.6	+0.2	+5.0	+5.1	+3.7	+0.6	+0.2		-1.0	+1.9	+4.1	+.011				+0.8	+0.6	+.044
Brook Lopez	74	30.4	19.4	2.8	4.1	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.1	1.8	2.1	7.7	14.8	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.3	.758
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
difference:	+4	+5.1	+2.0	+2.4	+5.7	+3.3	+4.9	+0.4	+1.0		-0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+.038				+2.6	+2.3	+.136
Brook Lopez	7	37.6	22.3	4.1	3.3	7.4	1.4	0.9	3.0	2.3	2.9	8.3	17.6	.472	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.6	6.3	.886

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Brook Lopez
Season	1976-77	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+8	+9.0	+8.1	+0.1	+4.0	+4.2	+2.6	+0.5	+0.2		-0.2	+3.6	+6.1	+.021				+1.0	+1.2	+.004
Brook Lopez	72	29.2	17.2	3.0	4.5	7.4	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.4	2.9	7.0	13.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.100	3.1	3.8	.814
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
difference:	+3	+0.3	+8.2	+1.0	+6.6	+7.7	+1.2	+0.3	+0.1		-0.3	+4.1	+3.5	+.136				+0.2	+0.4	+.017
Brook Lopez	6	39.0	19.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.7	2.2	1.0	3.0	7.2	14.5	.494	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.7	.825

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Brook Lopez
Season	1977-78	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+10	+3.0	+3.9	+0.3	+3.1	+3.5	+1.4	+0.5	+0.2	-1.2		+1.8	+2.6	+.026				+0.4	+0.6	+.015
Brook Lopez	73	33.7	20.6	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.0	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.9	8.1	15.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.143	4.3	5.5	.787
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Brook Lopez
Season	1978-79	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+22	+5.0	+3.1	+1.5	+2.4	+3.9	+0.3	+0.4	+0.3	-0.8	-0.8	+1.8	+2.3	+.041				+1.3	+2.0	+.061
Brook Lopez	75	29.6	20.5	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.4	15.6	.474	1.8	5.2	.346	3.9	4.9	.810
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 9

Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Brook Lopez
Season	1981-82	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
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	-	2.5	3.3	.752
difference:	+6	+0.1	+1.5	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+1.5	+0.3	+1.6	-1.2	-0.5	+1.2		+.123	+1.5	+4.8		+0.6	+1.1	+.084
Brook Lopez	68	26.7	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	1.0	2.4	4.3	9.9	.435	1.5	4.8	.314	1.9	2.2	.836
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
difference:	+4	+2.5	+0.2	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	+3.2	+0.3	+0.5	-1.1	-0.8	+0.7	+1.9	+.022	+2.1	+5.1	+.396	+0.8	+2.2	+.190
Brook Lopez	10	32.8	15.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.2	2.7	6.1	11.4	.535	2.1	5.3	.396	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 13
	Bob Lanier	Brook Lopez
Season	1982-83	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
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	-	2.3	3.4	.684
difference:	+31	+2.1	+1.6		+0.1	+0.1	+2.0	+0.3	+0.9	-1.2	-1.1	+0.4	+0.6	+.012	+1.4	+4.0		+0.6	+1.4	+.161
Brook Lopez	70	27.2	12.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	0.9	2.1	4.6	9.1	.503	1.4	4.0	.338	1.7	2.0	.845
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
difference:	+14	+1.2	+0.7	+0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+2.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.2	-1.5	+0.5	+0.5	+.025	+1.0	+3.1		+0.7	+2.0	+.260
Brook Lopez	23	29.0	13.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.1	2.1	5.2	9.4	.548	1.0	3.1	.319	1.6	1.9	.860

Additional Years
* Brook Lopez played 4 seasons more than Bob Lanier in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 18, from 2023 to 2026—Brook Lopez played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 4 extra years over Bob Lanier, Brook Lopez got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team