Ersan Ilyasova vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Ersan Ilyasova, 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.

Ersan Ilyasova played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Ersan Ilyasova had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
Ersan Ilyasova	13	8	2006-07 to 2020-21
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


Rookie Season
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2006-07	1970-71
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	66	14.7	6.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	2.1	5.5	.383	0.8	2.2	.365	1.1	1.3	.787
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ersan Ilyasova didn't play in 2007-08 and 2008-09.


Season 2
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2009-10	1971-72
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	81	23.4	10.4	1.9	4.4	6.4	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.9	3.1	4.0	9.0	.443	1.0	3.0	.336	1.4	2.0	.715
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	7	22.4	9.7	3.0	4.6	7.6	0.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.4	7.1	.480	0.7	2.0	.357	2.1	2.6	.833
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2010-11	1972-73
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	60	25.1	9.5	1.8	4.3	6.1	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.7	3.7	8.5	.436	0.6	2.0	.298	1.6	1.7	.894
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2011-12	1973-74
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	60	27.6	13.0	3.3	5.6	8.8	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.2	4.9	10.0	.492	0.9	1.9	.455	2.4	3.1	.781
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2012-13	1974-75
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	73	27.6	13.2	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.6	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.1	11.0	.462	1.3	2.9	.444	1.7	2.2	.796
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	4	29.3	11.5	2.5	4.8	7.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.0	5.0	11.5	.435	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2013-14	1975-76
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	55	26.9	11.2	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.5	4.3	10.5	.409	0.7	2.4	.282	1.9	2.4	.823
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2014-15	1976-77
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	58	22.7	11.5	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.5	9.6	.472	1.3	3.3	.389	1.2	1.8	.645
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	6	23.7	8.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.7	3.3	10.2	.328	0.8	3.8	.217	1.2	1.7	.700
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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2015-16	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	74	25.4	10.4	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.9	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.8	8.9	.424	1.3	3.5	.371	1.5	2.1	.721
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2016-17	1978-79
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	82	26.1	13.1	1.4	4.5	5.9	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.6	4.7	10.9	.431	1.7	4.9	.353	2.0	2.5	.778
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	6	15.0	4.0	2.3	2.8	5.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.3	3.8	.348	0.2	0.8	.200	1.2	1.5	.778
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2017-18	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	69	25.1	10.9	1.7	4.2	5.9	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.3	4.0	8.9	.452	1.3	3.7	.360	1.5	2.0	.778
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	10	23.3	9.3	2.6	5.0	7.6	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.5	3.6	8.4	.429	0.9	3.1	.290	1.2	2.1	.571
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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2018-19	1980-81
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	67	18.4	6.8	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.6	2.5	5.7	.438	0.9	2.4	.363	0.9	1.1	.824
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	15	18.1	6.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.5	2.7	2.3	5.4	.432	0.8	2.7	.300	1.3	1.7	.800
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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	63	15.7	6.6	1.0	3.8	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.0	.466	0.8	2.2	.365	1.1	1.4	.828
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	3	7.7	3.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.3	1.7	.200	0.7	0.7	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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	17	8.7	3.8	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.2	3.2	.389	1.1	2.4	.439	0.3	0.3	1.000
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	1	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
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
	Ersan Ilyasova	Bob Lanier
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Ersan Ilyasova vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Ersan Ilyasova, 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