Bob Lanier vs. Scot Pollard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scot Pollard 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, 3 more than Scot Pollard, who played 11. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Scot Pollard had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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	Scot Pollard
Season	1970-71	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
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
Scot Pollard	33	9.6	2.7	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.5	1.1	2.1	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.7	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scot Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Scot Pollard
Season	1971-72	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Scot Pollard	16	16.2	5.1	2.4	2.8	5.1	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.3	2.6	2.1	3.8	.541	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.696
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scot Pollard	5	15.0	3.0	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	0.4	2.6	1.2	1.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.600

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Scot Pollard
Season	1972-73	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Scot Pollard	76	17.6	5.4	2.2	3.1	5.3	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	2.8	2.0	3.7	.527	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.717
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scot Pollard	5	14.0	4.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	3.6	1.8	3.2	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.333

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Scot Pollard
Season	1973-74	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Kings 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	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
Scot Pollard	77	21.5	6.5	2.2	3.8	6.0	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.9	2.7	2.4	5.1	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.749
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
Scot Pollard	8	17.8	6.0	2.9	4.0	6.9	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.8	3.8	2.4	3.8	.633	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.588

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Scot Pollard
Season	1974-75	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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	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
Scot Pollard	80	23.5	6.4	2.4	4.7	7.1	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.5	2.5	4.5	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.693
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
Scot Pollard	15	12.9	3.3	1.9	1.6	3.5	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	2.4	1.4	2.7	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Scot Pollard
Season	1976-77	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Scot Pollard	61	11.1	1.7	1.1	1.6	2.7	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.8	0.8	1.9	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.571
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
Scot Pollard	3	4.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Scot Pollard
Season	1977-78	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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
Scot Pollard	49	17.7	3.9	1.7	2.4	4.2	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.5	1.6	3.4	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.673
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scot Pollard	9	7.1	1.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Scot Pollard
Season	1978-79	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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
Scot Pollard	45	17.1	3.8	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.6	2.6	1.6	3.4	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scot Pollard	4	3.8	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 11
	Bob Lanier	Scot Pollard
Season	1980-81	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Scot Pollard	22	7.9	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	2.0	0.5	1.0	.522	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.682
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
Scot Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Scot Pollard
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
Scot Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Scot Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-