Bob Lanier vs. Mark Price Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Price 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 Mark Price, who played 12. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Mark Price had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Mark Price	12	7	1986-87 to 1997-98

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	Mark Price
Season	1970-71	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Mark Price	67	18.2	6.9	0.5	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.6	1.1	2.6	6.3	.408	0.3	1.0	.329	1.4	1.7	.833

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


Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1971-72	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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
Mark Price	80	32.8	16.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.0	1.2	0.2	2.3	1.5	6.2	12.2	.506	0.9	1.9	.486	2.8	3.2	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Price	5	41.0	21.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	7.6	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.2	7.6	13.4	.567	1.0	2.4	.417	4.8	5.0	.960


Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1972-73	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Mark Price	75	36.4	18.9	0.6	2.4	3.0	8.4	1.5	0.1	2.8	1.3	7.1	13.4	.526	1.2	2.8	.441	3.5	3.9	.901

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Price	4	39.5	16.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	5.5	0.8	0.0	4.8	0.8	5.5	14.3	.386	1.5	4.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933


Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1973-74	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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
Mark Price	73	37.1	19.6	0.9	2.5	3.4	9.1	1.6	0.1	2.9	1.2	6.7	14.6	.459	2.1	5.1	.406	4.1	4.6	.888

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
Mark Price	5	38.4	20.0	0.0	2.8	2.8	8.8	1.8	0.2	3.0	1.8	6.4	12.2	.525	1.2	3.4	.353	6.0	6.0	1.000


Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1974-75	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Mark Price	16	35.7	16.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	10.4	2.6	0.1	3.5	1.4	6.1	12.2	.497	1.1	3.3	.340	3.7	3.9	.952

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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1975-76	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Mark Price	72	29.7	17.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	7.4	1.3	0.2	2.2	1.6	6.1	12.5	.488	1.4	3.6	.387	3.8	4.0	.947

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
Mark Price	17	35.5	19.2	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.5	1.4	0.2	3.3	2.0	6.9	14.0	.496	1.5	4.1	.362	3.9	4.3	.904


Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1976-77	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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	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
Mark Price	75	31.7	18.2	0.5	2.2	2.7	8.0	1.2	0.1	2.6	1.4	6.4	13.1	.484	1.6	3.9	.416	3.9	4.1	.948

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
Mark Price	9	32.0	13.0	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.1	1.7	0.0	3.7	1.4	4.8	10.8	.443	0.9	2.9	.308	2.6	2.7	.958


Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1977-78	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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	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
Mark Price	76	31.4	17.3	0.5	2.5	3.0	7.8	1.4	0.1	2.5	1.2	6.3	13.2	.478	1.6	3.9	.397	3.1	3.5	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Price	3	34.0	15.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.7	1.3	0.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	14.3	.349	0.7	3.0	.222	4.3	4.7	.929


Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1978-79	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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
Mark Price	48	28.6	15.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	7.0	0.7	0.1	3.0	1.0	5.3	12.8	.413	2.1	5.3	.407	3.1	3.4	.914

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Price	4	35.8	15.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.5	1.5	0.0	4.5	1.3	3.0	10.0	.300	1.0	4.3	.235	8.0	8.3	.970


Season 10
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1979-80	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Bullets
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
Mark Price	7	18.1	8.0	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.6	0.9	0.0	1.4	1.0	2.6	8.6	.300	1.4	4.3	.333	1.4	1.4	1.000

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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1980-81	1996-97
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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	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
Mark Price	70	26.8	11.3	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.9	1.0	0.0	2.3	1.4	3.8	8.4	.447	1.6	4.0	.396	2.2	2.4	.906

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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1981-82	1997-98
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Orlando Magic
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
Mark Price	63	22.7	9.5	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.6	1.5	3.6	8.4	.431	0.8	2.5	.335	1.4	1.6	.845

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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	-

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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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Bob Lanier	Mark Price
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	-

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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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Lanier vs. Mark Price Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Price 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