Jaime Jaquez Jr. vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Jaime Jaquez Jr., 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.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. played 2 years in the NBA, 12 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bob Lanier
Season	2023-24	1970-71
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	75	28.2	11.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	4.5	9.3	.489	0.9	2.7	.322	1.9	2.3	.811
difference:	+7	+3.6	+3.7			+4.3	+0.8				-1.1	+1.6	+4.2	+.034				+1.4	+2.3	+.085
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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	4	30.8	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.5	5.3	13.0	.404	0.8	3.3	.231	1.5	1.8	.857
Bob Lanier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bob Lanier
Season	2024-25	1971-72
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	66	20.7	8.6	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.5	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.2	3.2	7.0	.461	0.6	1.8	.311	1.6	2.2	.754
difference:	+14	+18.0	+17.1			+9.8	+0.6				-2.5	+7.2	+14.1	+.032				+3.3	+4.1	+.014
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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	3	6.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Bob Lanier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Bob Lanier played 12 seasons more than Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1973 to 1984—Bob Lanier played in 9 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Jaime Jaquez Jr., Bob Lanier got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP