Bob Lanier vs. Marvin Webster Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marvin Webster 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, 5 more than Marvin Webster, who played 9. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Marvin Webster had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Marvin Webster
Season	1970-71	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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
Marvin Webster	80	16.0	6.7	1.9	4.2	6.1	0.8	0.3	1.5	-	1.9	2.5	5.0	.495	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Webster	6	16.0	5.0	2.3	4.3	6.7	0.5	0.3	1.8	-	2.0	2.2	4.3	.500	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Marvin Webster
Season	1971-72	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Marvin Webster	82	35.5	14.0	4.4	8.2	12.6	2.5	0.6	2.0	3.1	3.2	5.2	10.4	.502	-	-	-	3.5	5.6	.629
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Webster	22	41.1	16.1	4.3	8.8	13.1	2.6	0.3	2.6	3.4	3.5	6.2	12.7	.489	-	-	-	3.7	5.5	.675

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Marvin Webster
Season	1972-73	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
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
Marvin Webster	60	33.8	11.3	3.3	7.6	10.9	2.9	0.4	1.9	2.8	3.1	4.4	9.3	.473	-	-	-	2.5	4.4	.573
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Webster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Marvin Webster
Season	1973-74	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	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
Marvin Webster	20	14.9	4.4	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.0	1.9	4.0	.481	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750
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
Marvin Webster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Marvin Webster
Season	1974-75	1980-81
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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	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
Marvin Webster	82	20.8	5.2	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.9	0.3	1.2	1.3	2.3	1.9	4.2	.466	0.0	0.0	.250	1.3	2.0	.638
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
Marvin Webster	2	31.5	6.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.0	3.0	6.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Marvin Webster
Season	1976-77	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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
Marvin Webster	82	18.0	5.4	2.1	3.3	5.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.2	2.6	2.0	4.0	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.589
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
Marvin Webster	6	19.2	4.7	2.2	2.5	4.7	0.5	0.0	1.2	0.7	3.0	1.2	3.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.7	.636

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Marvin Webster
Season	1977-78	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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
Marvin Webster	76	17.0	3.8	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.5	1.5	3.1	.469	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.564
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Webster	12	17.0	3.1	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.3	1.4	0.2	2.7	1.2	2.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600

Note: Marvin Webster didn't play in 1984-85 and 1985-86.

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Marvin Webster
Season	1978-79	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
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	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
Marvin Webster	15	6.8	1.8	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.7	1.3	.526	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.5	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marvin Webster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Marvin Webster
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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	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
Marvin Webster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Marvin Webster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-