Bob Lanier vs. Grant Long Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Grant Long 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, 1 less than Grant Long, who played 15. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Grant Long had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Grant Long	15	7	1988-89 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1970-71	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
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
Grant Long	82	29.7	11.9	2.9	3.7	6.7	1.8	1.5	0.6	2.5	4.1	4.1	8.4	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.0	.749

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


Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1971-72	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
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	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Grant Long	81	22.9	8.5	1.9	3.0	5.0	1.2	1.1	0.5	1.7	3.7	3.2	6.6	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.714

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


Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1972-73	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
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
Grant Long	80	31.4	9.2	2.8	4.3	7.1	2.2	1.5	0.5	2.0	3.7	3.5	7.0	.492	0.0	0.1	.167	2.3	2.9	.787

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


Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1973-74	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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
Grant Long	82	37.4	14.8	3.2	5.3	8.4	2.7	1.7	0.5	2.3	3.0	5.4	10.9	.494	0.1	0.3	.273	4.0	4.9	.807

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
Grant Long	3	40.0	12.3	2.3	2.7	5.0	2.7	1.7	0.0	1.7	3.7	5.0	12.0	.417	0.0	1.3	.000	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1974-75	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
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	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
Grant Long	76	35.9	14.0	2.6	4.9	7.5	2.4	1.4	0.4	1.8	3.5	5.2	11.1	.469	0.1	0.3	.231	3.4	4.5	.765

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
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1975-76	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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	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
Grant Long	69	31.9	11.4	2.8	4.4	7.2	2.5	1.3	0.4	1.8	3.5	4.3	9.7	.446	0.0	0.1	.167	2.7	3.4	.786

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
Grant Long	4	27.5	12.3	2.5	2.0	4.5	1.8	0.8	0.5	2.5	4.0	3.5	9.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.8	.778


Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1976-77	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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	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
Grant Long	81	32.6	11.6	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.6	1.3	0.4	1.9	3.0	4.2	8.8	.478	0.1	0.4	.355	3.0	4.0	.751

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
Grant Long	3	36.7	13.7	4.3	7.0	11.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	2.7	3.7	4.7	9.3	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	4.3	6.0	.722


Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1977-78	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	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
Grant Long	82	36.7	13.1	3.0	6.6	9.6	2.2	1.3	0.4	1.9	2.8	4.8	10.2	.471	0.4	1.0	.360	3.1	4.1	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grant Long	10	36.2	11.4	3.0	5.6	8.6	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.7	4.4	11.1	.396	0.6	2.4	.250	2.0	2.5	.800


Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1978-79	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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	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
Grant Long	65	17.9	5.0	1.4	2.1	3.4	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.2	.447	0.3	0.7	.362	1.0	1.3	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grant Long	5	17.4	5.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	2.2	1.6	3.6	.444	0.0	0.4	.000	1.8	2.2	.818


Season 10
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1979-80	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
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
Grant Long	40	18.5	3.5	1.4	2.3	3.8	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.6	2.3	1.3	2.9	.427	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.719

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
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1980-81	1998-99
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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	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
Grant Long	50	27.6	9.8	2.0	3.9	5.9	1.1	1.1	0.3	1.5	2.9	3.0	7.2	.421	0.1	0.4	.167	3.7	4.7	.783

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
Grant Long	9	39.8	11.7	3.1	5.1	8.2	0.9	2.0	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	9.8	.409	0.1	0.4	.250	3.6	4.9	.727


Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1981-82	1999-00
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Vancouver Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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	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
Grant Long	42	21.9	4.8	2.0	3.5	5.6	1.0	1.1	0.2	1.2	2.6	1.8	4.0	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.7	.775

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
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1982-83	2000-01
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Vancouver Grizzlies
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
Grant Long	66	22.8	6.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.3	1.1	0.2	0.9	2.4	2.1	4.8	.439	0.1	0.2	.267	1.7	2.4	.713

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
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	1983-84	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
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
Grant Long	66	28.3	6.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.9	2.5	5.8	.426	0.0	0.3	.176	1.3	1.9	.699

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
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Bob Lanier	Grant Long
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grant Long	41	11.9	1.8	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.7	1.7	.386	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grant Long	8	4.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Bob Lanier vs. Grant Long Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Grant Long 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

Season 15