Bob Lanier vs. Mark West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark West 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 / Games against each other

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, 3 less than Mark West, who played 17. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Mark West had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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 West	17	11	1983-84 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1970-71	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
Mark West	34	5.9	1.1	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	0.4	1.2	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.318

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	4	8.0	3.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.8	1.3	2.3	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1971-72	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks, 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 West	66	13.5	3.9	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.6	2.9	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.3	.494

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	4	17.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.3	4.8	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.400


Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1972-73	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Mark West	67	17.5	4.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	0.3	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.5	1.7	3.1	.541	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.524

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


Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1973-74	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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	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 West	78	17.1	6.5	1.6	2.7	4.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.4	2.9	2.7	4.9	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.2	.514

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 West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1974-75	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns
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 West	83	25.3	9.7	2.0	4.3	6.3	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.1	3.2	3.8	6.9	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.4	.596

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 West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1975-76	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West 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 West	82	24.6	7.2	2.0	4.7	6.7	0.5	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.3	3.0	4.5	.653	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.5	.535

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 West	12	18.9	6.2	1.8	2.7	4.4	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.1	3.0	2.7	4.2	.640	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714


Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1976-77	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West 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	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 West	82	29.3	10.5	2.6	6.3	8.9	0.5	0.4	2.2	1.5	3.4	4.0	6.5	.625	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.5	.691

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 West	16	34.0	11.1	3.3	6.9	10.3	0.3	0.3	2.6	1.6	4.6	4.7	8.1	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.1	.540


Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1977-78	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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 West	82	23.9	7.7	2.1	4.8	6.9	0.5	0.4	2.0	1.0	3.2	3.0	4.7	.647	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	4	23.3	5.8	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.8	3.8	2.3	3.8	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.714


Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1978-79	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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	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 West	82	17.5	6.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.0	2.9	2.4	3.8	.632	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.637

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	8	12.0	4.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	2.6	1.8	2.4	.737	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 10
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1979-80	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost NBA 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	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 West	82	19.0	5.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.1	3.0	2.1	3.5	.614	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.518

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 West	24	19.5	4.8	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.5	0.2	1.4	0.7	2.9	1.8	3.3	.544	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.609


Season 11
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1980-81	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West 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
Mark West	82	15.1	4.7	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.9	2.6	2.0	3.5	.566	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.500

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 West	7	9.9	2.4	1.6	1.3	2.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.6	2.7	0.7	2.1	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.700


Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1981-82	1994-95
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
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 West	67	23.0	7.5	2.4	3.7	6.1	0.3	0.4	1.5	1.3	3.7	3.2	5.8	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.1	.478

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 West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1982-83	1995-96
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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	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 West	47	14.5	3.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.7	2.9	1.3	2.7	.484	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.622

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 West	3	26.0	9.3	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	4.0	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.3	.462


Season 14
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	1983-84	1996-97
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Mark West	70	13.7	3.2	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.4	2.6	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.482

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 West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	15	7.0	1.5	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.7	1.4	.476	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	4	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.333


Season 16
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	49	10.2	1.2	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.7	0.4	1.2	.373	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.356

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	9	7.6	0.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.6	0.3	1.1	.300	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 17
	Bob Lanier	Mark West
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	22	5.8	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.5	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.625

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

Bob Lanier vs. Mark West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark West 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.

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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

Season 16

Season 17