Josh Giddey vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Josh Giddey	Bob Lanier
Season	2021-22	1970-71
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
difference:	+28	+6.9	+3.1			+0.3	+4.6				-1.7	+0.9	+1.1	+.036				+2.3	+3.1	+.017
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 Josh Giddey nor Bob Lanier played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Josh Giddey	Bob Lanier
Season	2022-23	1971-72
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Josh Giddey	76	31.2	16.6	1.9	5.9	7.9	6.2	0.8	0.4	2.8	1.9	7.1	14.7	.482	1.0	3.1	.325	1.4	1.9	.731
difference:	+4	+7.5	+9.1			+6.3	+3.1				-1.8	+3.3	+6.4	+.011				+3.5	+4.4	+.037
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 Josh Giddey nor Bob Lanier played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Josh Giddey	Bob Lanier
Season	2023-24	1972-73
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Josh Giddey	80	25.1	12.3	1.4	5.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.4	5.0	10.6	.475	1.0	3.0	.337	1.3	1.6	.806
difference:	+1	+13.8	+11.5			+8.5	+1.6				-2.0	+5.0	+9.8	+.015				+2.5	+3.3	+.033
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		%
Josh Giddey	10	18.1	8.7	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.4	7.5	.453	1.2	3.4	.353	0.7	0.8	.875
Bob Lanier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Josh Giddey	Bob Lanier
Season	2024-25	1973-74
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Josh Giddey	70	30.2	14.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.7	5.3	11.4	.465	1.5	4.0	.378	2.5	3.2	.781
difference:	+11	+7.4	+7.9	+1.5	+3.6	+5.2	+3.0	+0.2	+2.4		-1.7	+3.9	+6.9	+.039				+1.5	+1.8	+.016
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		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Bob Lanier played 10 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 1975 to 1984—Bob Lanier played in 8 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Josh Giddey, Bob Lanier got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-Star Game