Bob Lanier vs. Dennis Schroder Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Schroder 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 played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Dennis Schroder, who played 12. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Dennis Schroder had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bob Lanier	14	9	1970-71 to 1983-84
Dennis Schroder	12	9	2013-14 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1970-71	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+33	+11.5	+11.9			+6.9	+0.1				-2.2	+4.6	+9.7	+.072				+2.7	+3.7	+.052
Dennis Schroder	49	13.1	3.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.1	1.5	3.8	.383	0.2	0.9	.238	0.6	0.9	.674

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	2	3.5	2.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1971-72	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+19.0	+15.7			+12.1	+1.0				-2.1	+6.7	+12.5	+.066				+3.0	+4.0	+.059
Dennis Schroder	77	19.7	10.0	0.4	1.8	2.1	4.1	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.7	8.6	.427	0.7	1.9	.351	1.9	2.3	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	16	18.1	9.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.9	0.6	0.0	1.7	1.8	3.5	9.1	.386	0.5	2.1	.235	1.5	1.8	.857


Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1972-73	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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	+18.6	+12.8			+12.3	+1.2				-1.7	+5.9	+10.6	+.069				+2.0	+2.6	+.018
Dennis Schroder	80	20.3	11.0	0.3	2.2	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.1	9.8	.421	1.0	3.0	.322	1.8	2.3	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	10	19.1	11.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.6	0.4	0.1	2.1	2.4	4.7	10.4	.452	1.2	3.5	.343	1.1	1.3	.846


Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1973-74	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+6.1	+4.6	+2.8	+7.3	+10.2	+2.1	+0.5	+2.8		-1.5	+2.3	+2.9	+.053				+1.2	+1.8	+.058
Dennis Schroder	79	31.5	17.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.2	3.3	1.9	6.9	15.4	.451	1.3	3.7	.340	2.8	3.2	.855

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
difference:	+1	+8.1	+1.6	+3.0	+9.9	+13.0	+4.7	+0.4	+2.0		-0.8	+2.7	+3.4	+.052				+0.9	+0.8	+.049
Dennis Schroder	6	35.2	24.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	7.7	1.0	0.0	1.7	3.2	8.3	18.3	.455	2.8	6.7	.425	5.2	6.2	.838


Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1974-75	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+8.3	+4.6	+2.3	+6.7	+8.9	+1.6	+0.1	+2.2		-0.9	+2.1	+1.8	+.074				+1.4	+1.9	+.047
Dennis Schroder	67	31.0	19.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.2	7.5	17.1	.436	1.1	3.9	.290	3.4	4.0	.849

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
Dennis Schroder	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1975-76	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th 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	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
difference:	+15	+7.6	+5.8	+2.9	+5.2	+8.1	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1		-0.8	+2.7	+1.9	+.118				+2.0	+2.9	+.051
Dennis Schroder	79	29.3	15.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.1	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.8	14.0	.414	1.6	4.6	.341	2.4	2.9	.819

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
difference:	+4	+9.7	+12.3	+3.9	+5.5	+9.5	+0.1	+0.1	+2.3		-1.6	+5.6	+8.1	+.097				+2.4	+2.0	+.178
Dennis Schroder	5	30.2	13.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.4	0.8	0.0	1.2	2.2	5.0	11.0	.455	1.2	4.0	.300	2.6	3.6	.722


Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West 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:	+1	+7.4	+6.4	+2.8	+5.2	+8.0	+0.7	+0.4	+1.8		-0.5	+3.6	+5.0	+.065				+1.1	+1.4	+.021
Dennis Schroder	65	30.8	18.9	0.3	3.3	3.6	4.0	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.2	7.0	14.8	.469	1.9	5.0	.385	3.0	3.6	.839

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:	+4	+6.9	+10.7	+4.0	+8.9	+13.0	+1.6	+0.4	+2.2		-1.2	+5.0	+2.4	+.226				+2.4	+2.7	+.042
Dennis Schroder	7	32.4	17.3	0.3	3.4	3.7	3.6	0.6	0.1	2.4	2.1	6.3	15.6	.404	1.9	6.4	.289	2.9	3.6	.800


Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+4.6	+9.1	+2.6	+5.2	+7.8	+2.4	+0.2	+1.3	-0.9	-0.3	+4.5	+5.9	+.100				+1.3	+2.1	+.076
Dennis Schroder	61	32.1	15.4	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.7	2.6	5.4	12.5	.437	1.2	3.5	.335	3.4	4.0	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	6	32.7	14.3	0.2	2.8	3.0	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.7	11.7	.400	1.3	4.3	.308	3.7	4.3	.846


Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1978-79	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets
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:	+11	+5.9	+10.1	+2.6	+3.4	+6.0	+2.0	+0.1	+1.3	-1.1	-1.0	+4.3	+6.6	+.084				+2.7	+4.0	+.104
Dennis Schroder	64	28.7	13.5	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.6	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	4.9	11.3	.431	1.3	3.9	.344	2.5	2.9	.853

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Dennis Schroder played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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10th 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	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
difference:	+3	+3.7	+6.6	+2.1	+4.1	+6.3	+1.6	+0.4	+1.2	-0.9	-1.0	+3.3	+4.0	+.122	+1.1	+3.3	+.162	+1.1	+1.8	+.075
Dennis Schroder	66	30.1	12.6	0.3	2.2	2.5	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.1	9.8	.415	1.1	3.4	.329	3.3	3.8	.857

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
difference:	+9	+10.5	+11.9	+2.2	+5.1	+7.4	+1.5		+0.9	-1.1	-0.8	+4.8	+8.0	+.117	+0.8	+2.4		+3.0	+4.2	+.083
Dennis Schroder	16	26.1	7.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.6	6.4	.398	0.8	2.4	.333	1.4	1.8	.821


Season 11
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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11th 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	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	-	3.1	4.1	.751
difference:	+13	+4.9	+0.3	+1.4	+1.8	+3.2	+3.4	+0.3	+1.0	-0.2	-0.6	+0.6	+0.9	+.090	+1.7	+4.6		+0.9	+1.4	+.085
Dennis Schroder	80	31.1	14.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.0	11.6	.435	1.7	4.6	.375	2.2	2.7	.836

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
Dennis Schroder	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Dennis Schroder
Season	1981-82	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+1.3	+0.4	+0.8	+1.7	+2.6	+2.4	+0.1	+0.6	-0.3	-0.5	+1.0	+1.1	+.152	+1.7	+4.9		+0.1	+0.4	+.086
Dennis Schroder	75	28.1	13.1	0.4	2.3	2.6	5.4	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.5	11.0	.406	1.7	4.9	.342	2.4	2.9	.838

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:		+8.0	+3.5	+2.3	+2.8	+5.2		+0.1	+0.6	-1.1	-1.5	+2.5	+4.5	+.022	+1.7	+3.3	+.476	+0.1	+1.5	+.253
Dennis Schroder	6	27.3	12.5	0.7	1.7	2.3	3.7	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	4.3	8.8	.491	1.7	3.5	.476	2.2	2.7	.813

Additional Years

* Bob Lanier played 2 seasons more than Dennis Schroder in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 1983 to 1984—Bob Lanier played in two Playoffs.

Bob Lanier vs. Dennis Schroder Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Schroder 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years