Bob Lanier vs. Victor Oladipo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Oladipo 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, 4 more than Victor Oladipo, who played 10. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Victor Oladipo had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Victor Oladipo
Season	1970-71	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+2	+6.5	+1.8			+4.0	+2.3				-0.7	+1.2	+1.8	+.036				+0.2	+0.6	+.054
Victor Oladipo	80	31.1	13.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	4.1	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.6	4.9	11.7	.419	0.9	2.8	.327	3.1	4.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Victor Oladipo played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Victor Oladipo
Season	1971-72	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+8	+3.0	+7.8			+10.0	+1.0				-1.1	+3.8	+6.0	+.057				+1.3	+1.9	+.051
Victor Oladipo	72	35.7	17.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.6	6.6	15.1	.436	1.2	3.4	.339	3.6	4.4	.819
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Victor Oladipo played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Victor Oladipo
Season	1972-73	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+9	+5.9	+7.8			+10.1	+0.7				-1.0	+4.1	+6.9	+.052				+1.0	+1.5	+.057
Victor Oladipo	72	33.0	16.0	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.9	1.6	0.8	2.1	2.4	5.9	13.5	.438	1.4	3.9	.348	2.8	3.4	.830
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Victor Oladipo played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Victor Oladipo
Season	1973-74	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+14	+4.4	+6.6	+2.7	+6.1	+9.0	+1.6	+0.2	+2.7		-1.1	+3.1	+4.4	+.062				+2.3	+2.7	+.044
Victor Oladipo	67	33.2	15.9	0.6	3.8	4.3	2.6	1.2	0.3	1.8	2.3	6.1	13.9	.442	1.9	5.3	.361	1.7	2.3	.753
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
difference:	+2	+7.1	+15.5	+3.3	+6.4	+9.7	+1.0	+0.8	+1.4		-0.6	+6.8	+9.5	+.163				+3.1	+4.2	+.211
Victor Oladipo	5	36.2	10.8	0.4	5.2	5.6	2.0	1.4	0.6	1.2	3.4	4.2	12.2	.344	1.2	5.0	.240	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Victor Oladipo
Season	1974-75	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+1	+5.3	+0.9	+2.4	+4.5	+6.8	+0.3	+1.4	+1.5		-0.8	+1.1	+1.0	+.033				+0.9	+1.0	+.003
Victor Oladipo	75	34.0	23.1	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	2.9	2.3	8.5	17.9	.477	2.1	5.8	.371	3.9	4.9	.799
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
difference:	+4	+5.4	+2.4	+1.3	+1.1	+2.4	+0.3	+1.1	+3.6		-1.7	+1.1	+1.1	+.093				+1.3	+1.9	+.018
Victor Oladipo	7	37.3	22.7	0.4	7.9	8.3	6.0	2.4	0.4	3.4	1.6	7.6	18.1	.417	3.3	8.1	.404	4.3	5.9	.732

Season 6
	Bob Lanier	Victor Oladipo
Season	1975-76	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+28	+5.0	+2.5	+2.8	+3.3	+6.1	+1.8	+0.5	+1.0		-1.2	+1.6	+0.4	+.109				+1.5	+1.9	+.038
Victor Oladipo	36	31.9	18.8	0.6	5.0	5.6	5.2	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.0	6.9	16.3	.423	2.1	6.0	.343	2.9	3.9	.730
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
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Victor Oladipo
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+45	+10.4	+10.8	+2.6	+5.0	+7.7	+0.4	+0.2	+1.8		-0.8	+5.5	+6.9	+.140				+1.6	+1.9	+.004
Victor Oladipo	19	27.8	14.5	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.9	0.9	0.2	2.5	1.9	5.1	12.9	.394	1.7	5.5	.317	2.5	3.1	.814
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
difference:	+1	+8.5	+10.2	+4.3	+9.0	+13.4	+0.5	+1.3	+2.3		-0.2	+5.8	+4.0	+.237				+1.5	+2.3	+.096
Victor Oladipo	4	30.8	17.8	0.0	3.3	3.3	2.5	2.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	5.5	14.0	.393	3.0	8.3	.364	3.8	4.0	.938

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Victor Oladipo
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+30	+4.0	+4.7	+2.7	+3.7	+6.5	+1.2	+0.1	+1.1	-1.1	-0.4	+2.8	+0.9	+.129				+1.5	+1.9	+.018
Victor Oladipo	33	32.7	19.8	0.4	4.5	4.8	4.6	1.4	0.4	2.5	2.5	7.1	17.5	.408	2.4	7.2	.326	3.2	4.2	.754
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bob Lanier nor Victor Oladipo played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Victor Oladipo
Season	1978-79	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+45	+13.0	+11.2	+2.7	+3.7	+6.4	+0.9	+0.3	+1.3	-1.3	-1.8	+4.8	+8.8	+.036				+3.4	+4.5	+.012
Victor Oladipo	8	21.6	12.4	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	1.6	4.4	9.1	.479	1.9	4.5	.417	1.8	2.4	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	15	24.5	10.6	0.3	3.1	3.4	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.9	3.3	9.1	.368	1.1	4.1	.274	2.8	3.5	.792

Additional Years
* Bob Lanier played 4 seasons more than Victor Oladipo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 1981 to 1984—Bob Lanier played in 4 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Victor Oladipo, Bob Lanier got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game