Bob Lanier vs. Dereck Lively II Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dereck Lively II 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, 12 more than Dereck Lively II, who played 2. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Dereck Lively II had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Dereck Lively II
Season	1970-71	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+27	+1.1	+6.8			+1.2	+0.7				-0.7	+2.1	+8.1	+.292				+2.6	+3.1	+.220
Dereck Lively II	55	23.5	8.8	2.5	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.6	4.0	5.4	.747	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.5	.506
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dereck Lively II	21	22.0	7.9	2.7	4.7	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	4.5	.674	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.590

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Dereck Lively II
Season	1971-72	2024-25
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+44	+15.6	+17.0			+6.7	+0.7				-0.9	+6.7	+15.8	+.209				+3.6	+4.3	+.138
Dereck Lively II	36	23.1	8.7	2.9	4.6	7.5	2.4	0.6	1.6	1.1	2.8	3.7	5.3	.702	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.630
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Dereck Lively II played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years
* Bob Lanier played 12 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1973 to 1984—Bob Lanier played in 9 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Bob Lanier got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP