Craig Ehlo vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Craig Ehlo, 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.

Craig Ehlo and Bob Lanier both played 14 years in the NBA. Craig Ehlo had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Bob Lanier had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
Craig Ehlo	14	10	1983-84 to 1996-97
Bob Lanier	14	9	1970-71 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1983-84	1970-71
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Craig Ehlo	7	9.0	3.3	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.9	1.6	3.9	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
Bob Lanier	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726

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


Season 2
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1984-85	1971-72
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Craig Ehlo	45	4.2	1.9	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.5	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.7	.633
Bob Lanier	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	3	2.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1985-86	1972-73
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
Craig Ehlo	36	5.5	2.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.3	.429	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.8	.793
Bob Lanier	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	10	3.8	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.800
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1986-87	1973-74
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Craig Ehlo	44	20.2	6.2	1.3	2.4	3.7	2.1	0.9	0.7	1.4	1.8	2.3	5.4	.414	0.1	0.7	.172	1.6	2.3	.707
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1987-88	1974-75
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Craig Ehlo	79	21.6	7.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.3	2.9	6.1	.466	0.3	0.8	.344	1.1	1.7	.674
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	5	25.6	8.8	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.4	1.0	0.0	2.4	2.8	3.4	8.0	.425	0.0	1.6	.000	2.0	3.2	.625
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


Season 6
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1988-89	1975-76
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	22.8	7.4	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.0	3.0	6.4	.475	0.5	1.2	.390	0.9	1.4	.607
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	4	24.3	12.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.3	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.5	4.3	9.8	.436	1.3	3.3	.385	2.3	2.8	.818
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


Season 7
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1989-90	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Craig Ehlo	81	35.7	13.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	4.6	1.6	0.3	2.0	2.8	5.4	11.6	.464	1.3	3.1	.419	1.6	2.3	.681
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	5	39.2	13.8	1.4	5.0	6.4	6.4	1.2	0.0	2.4	3.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.0	.333	2.4	3.8	.632
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


Season 8
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1990-91	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	33.7	10.1	1.7	3.0	4.7	4.6	1.5	0.4	2.0	2.5	4.2	9.4	.445	0.6	1.8	.329	1.2	1.7	.679
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

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


Season 9
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1991-92	1978-79
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Craig Ehlo	63	32.0	12.3	1.5	3.4	4.9	3.8	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.4	4.9	10.9	.453	1.1	2.7	.413	1.4	2.0	.707
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	17	32.5	9.6	1.3	3.2	4.5	4.5	1.2	0.3	1.1	2.4	3.7	8.9	.414	1.2	3.0	.412	0.9	1.2	.762
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1992-93	1979-80
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	31.2	11.6	1.4	3.5	4.9	3.1	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.1	4.7	9.6	.490	1.1	3.0	.381	1.0	1.5	.717
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	9	32.1	10.9	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.8	1.3	0.4	1.9	2.1	4.2	10.1	.418	1.1	2.9	.385	1.3	1.7	.800
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


Season 11
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1993-94	1980-81
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Craig Ehlo	82	26.2	10.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	3.3	1.7	0.3	1.6	2.0	3.9	8.6	.446	0.9	2.7	.348	1.4	1.9	.727
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	11	28.8	11.4	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.6	1.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	4.5	10.7	.424	0.7	2.1	.348	1.5	2.2	.708
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


Season 12
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1994-95	1981-82
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Craig Ehlo	49	23.8	9.7	1.1	1.9	3.0	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.8	3.9	8.6	.453	1.0	2.7	.381	0.9	1.4	.620
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	3	16.3	3.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.7	4.0	.167	0.3	2.0	.167	1.3	1.3	1.000
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


Season 13
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1995-96	1982-83
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Craig Ehlo	79	22.3	8.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.7	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.7	3.2	7.5	.428	1.0	2.8	.371	1.0	1.3	.786
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	9	19.0	4.0	0.1	1.9	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.3	4.6	.293	0.8	2.6	.304	0.6	0.8	.714
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


Season 14
	Craig Ehlo	Bob Lanier
Season	1996-97	1983-84
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Craig Ehlo	62	13.7	3.5	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.4	4.0	.351	0.4	1.5	.284	0.2	0.4	.500
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Ehlo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Craig Ehlo vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Craig Ehlo, 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