Elden Campbell vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Elden Campbell, 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

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.

Elden Campbell played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Elden Campbell had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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
Elden Campbell	15	12	1990-91 to 2004-05
Bob Lanier	14	9	1970-71 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	1990-91	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Elden Campbell	52	7.3	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.1	2.4	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.653
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		%
Elden Campbell	14	9.9	4.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.8	2.7	.658	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.1	.467
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	1991-92	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Elden Campbell	81	23.2	7.1	1.9	3.3	5.2	0.7	0.7	2.0	0.9	2.5	2.7	6.1	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.619
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		%
Elden Campbell	4	29.3	10.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.0	3.5	3.5	9.3	.378	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	1992-93	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Elden Campbell	79	19.6	7.7	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	6.6	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.637
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		%
Elden Campbell	5	35.6	14.0	3.4	5.0	8.4	1.4	1.2	2.4	2.4	3.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.8	.500
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	1993-94	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Elden Campbell	76	29.6	12.3	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.3	3.2	4.9	10.6	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.6	.689
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		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	1994-95	1974-75
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Elden Campbell	73	28.4	12.5	2.3	3.8	6.1	1.3	0.9	1.8	1.3	3.4	4.9	10.8	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	4.0	.666
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		%
Elden Campbell	10	37.6	15.7	2.6	4.7	7.3	1.6	0.4	3.0	1.5	4.4	6.4	13.2	.485	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.4	.659
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
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	1995-96	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Elden Campbell	82	32.9	13.9	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.2	1.1	2.6	1.7	3.7	5.5	10.8	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.713
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		%
Elden Campbell	4	32.3	12.0	0.8	7.3	8.0	2.0	0.3	2.3	2.5	4.3	5.0	9.8	.513	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	4.0	.500
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
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	1996-97	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Elden Campbell	77	32.7	14.9	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	1.7	3.6	5.7	12.2	.469	0.0	0.1	.250	3.4	4.8	.711
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		%
Elden Campbell	9	31.0	11.8	1.6	2.8	4.3	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.6	3.3	4.1	10.3	.398	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	4.2	.816
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
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	1997-98	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Elden Campbell	81	22.0	10.1	1.8	3.9	5.6	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.7	.463	0.0	0.0	.500	2.9	4.2	.693
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		%
Elden Campbell	13	13.8	5.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.1	1.8	3.9	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.6	.647
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	1998-99	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Elden Campbell	49	29.8	12.6	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.2	4.5	9.5	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.5	.639
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		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	1999-00	1979-80
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Elden Campbell	78	32.5	12.7	2.2	5.4	7.6	1.7	0.7	1.9	1.6	3.4	4.7	10.6	.446	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.6	.690
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		%
Elden Campbell	4	37.5	14.3	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	4.0	5.5	11.8	.468	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	3.5	.929
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
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	2000-01	1980-81
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Elden Campbell	78	30.0	13.1	2.0	5.8	7.8	1.3	0.8	1.8	1.8	3.6	4.7	10.7	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.2	.709
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		%
Elden Campbell	10	28.8	12.1	2.7	5.2	7.9	0.7	0.5	1.1	1.7	3.7	4.2	10.6	.396	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.9	.755
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
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	2001-02	1981-82
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Elden Campbell	77	28.0	13.9	1.7	5.2	6.9	1.3	0.8	1.8	1.8	3.4	5.0	10.3	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.797
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		%
Elden Campbell	9	28.1	13.6	1.6	5.1	6.7	1.8	0.7	2.6	1.9	3.8	5.4	12.2	.445	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.8	.706
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
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	2002-03	1982-83
Team	New Orleans Hornets, 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		%
Elden Campbell	56	15.5	6.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.9	2.3	2.1	5.3	.397	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.4	.801
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		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	2003-04	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Elden Campbell	65	13.7	5.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.1	2.1	4.8	.439	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.685
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		%
Elden Campbell	14	9.0	2.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.0	0.7	2.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.556
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


Season 15
	Elden Campbell	Bob Lanier
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Elden Campbell	40	9.8	3.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.4	1.0	3.1	.317	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.764
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	10	5.8	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.4	1.3	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elden Campbell vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Elden Campbell, 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

Season 15