Darius Garland vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Darius Garland, 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.

Darius Garland played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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 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
	Darius Garland	Bob Lanier
Season	2019-20	1970-71
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
difference:	+23	+6.3	+3.3			+6.2	+2.1				-1.7	+1.4	+1.7	+.054				+2.2	+3.4	+.149
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
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Bob Lanier played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Darius Garland	Bob Lanier
Season	2020-21	1971-72
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Darius Garland	54	33.1	17.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.1	1.2	0.1	3.0	2.0	6.7	14.9	.451	1.9	4.9	.395	2.1	2.4	.848
difference:	+26	+5.6	+8.3			+11.8	+3.0				-1.7	+3.7	+6.2	+.042				+2.8	+3.9	+.080
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
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Bob Lanier played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Bob Lanier
Season	2021-22	1972-73
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
difference:	+13	+3.2	+2.1			+11.6	+5.4				-1.7	+2.0	+3.1	+.028				+0.6	+1.4	+.119
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
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Bob Lanier played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Darius Garland	Bob Lanier
Season	2022-23	1973-74
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Darius Garland	69	35.5	21.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.1	7.6	16.4	.462	2.4	6.0	.410	4.0	4.7	.863
difference:	+12	+2.1	+0.9	+2.9	+7.6	+10.6	+3.6	+0.2	+2.9		-1.3	+1.6	+1.9	+.042					+0.3	+.066
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		%
Darius Garland	5	37.8	20.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	5.0	1.6	0.2	3.6	3.4	7.0	16.0	.438	2.4	6.2	.387	4.2	5.0	.840
difference:	+2	+5.5	+5.7	+3.7	+9.8	+13.5	+2.0	+1.0	+1.8		-0.6	+4.0	+5.7	+.069				+0.1	+0.4	+.051
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
	Darius Garland	Bob Lanier
Season	2023-24	1974-75
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West 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		%
Darius Garland	57	33.4	18.0	0.5	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.7	6.6	14.8	.446	2.3	6.2	.371	2.6	3.1	.834
difference:	+19	+5.9	+6.0	+2.5	+7.0	+9.3	+1.9	+0.3	+2.2		-1.4	+3.0	+4.1	+.064				+2.2	+2.8	+.032
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		%
Darius Garland	12	36.0	15.7	0.1	3.5	3.6	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	6.1	14.3	.427	2.1	5.9	.352	1.4	1.8	.810
difference:	+9	+6.7	+4.6	+1.6	+5.5	+7.1	+0.5	+0.2	+3.8		-0.5	+2.6	+2.7	+.083				+1.6	+2.2	+.060
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
	Darius Garland	Bob Lanier
Season	2024-25	1975-76
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
difference:	+11	+6.2	+0.7	+2.8	+6.1	+8.8	+3.3		+1.2		-1.3	+1.1	+0.2	+.060				+1.4	+2.4	+.110
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		%
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917
difference:	+4	+10.3	+8.1	+4.1	+6.3	+10.5	+1.9	+0.5	+2.3		-0.4	+4.8	+5.3	+.132				+0.6	+0.8	+.017
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

Additional Years
* Bob Lanier played 8 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 1977 to 1984—Bob Lanier played in 6 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Darius Garland, Bob Lanier got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-Star Game