Lamar Odom vs. Robert Parish Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Parish and Lamar Odom, 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.

Lamar Odom played 14 years in the NBA, 7 less than Robert Parish, who played 21. Lamar Odom had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Robert Parish had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	1999-00	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
difference:	+1	+18.4	+7.5	+0.5	+1.3	+0.7	+3.2	+0.5	+0.1		-0.9	+2.2	+6.1	+.065				+2.4	+3.3	+.011
Robert Parish	77	18.0	9.1	2.6	4.4	7.1	1.0	0.7	1.2	-	2.9	3.7	7.4	.503	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Parish	10	23.9	12.1	4.3	6.0	10.3	1.1	0.7	1.1	-	4.2	5.2	10.8	.481	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.654

Season 5
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	2003-04	1980-81
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Lamar Odom	80	37.5	17.1	2.0	7.7	9.7	4.1	1.1	0.9	3.0	3.4	6.1	14.1	.430	0.8	2.6	.298	4.3	5.7	.742
difference:	+2	+9.5	+1.8	+1.0	+1.2	+0.2	+2.3	+0.1	+1.7	-0.7	-0.4	+1.6	+0.1	+.115	+0.8	+2.6		+0.9	+0.9	+.032
Robert Parish	82	28.0	18.9	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	2.3	3.8	7.7	14.2	.545	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.8	.710
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	13	39.2	16.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.2	4.5	6.2	14.0	.445	0.6	2.0	.308	3.8	5.5	.681
difference:	+4	+10.3	+1.8	+0.4	+0.2	+0.3	+1.7		+1.5	-0.6	-0.1	+0.2	+1.1	+.048	+0.6	+2.0		+1.5	+2.1	+.009
Robert Parish	17	28.9	15.0	2.9	5.6	8.6	1.1	1.2	2.3	2.6	4.4	6.4	12.9	.493	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.672

Season 6
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	2004-05	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Lamar Odom	64	36.3	15.2	2.1	8.1	10.2	3.7	0.7	1.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	12.1	.473	0.6	1.8	.308	3.2	4.7	.695
difference:	+16	+4.6	+4.7	+1.5	+0.9	+0.6	+1.9	+0.2	+1.4	-0.3		+2.7	+3.3	+.069	+0.6	+1.8			+0.3	+.015
Robert Parish	80	31.7	19.9	3.6	7.2	10.8	1.8	0.9	2.4	2.8	3.3	8.4	15.4	.542	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.4	.710
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Parish	12	35.5	21.3	3.6	7.7	11.3	1.5	0.4	4.0	3.3	3.9	8.5	17.4	.488	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.3	.680

Season 7
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	2005-06	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	80	40.3	14.8	2.3	7.0	9.2	5.5	0.9	0.8	2.7	3.2	5.6	11.6	.481	1.0	2.7	.372	2.7	3.9	.690
difference:	+2	+8.8	+4.5	+1.0	+0.3	+1.4	+3.7	+0.1	+1.1	-0.3	-0.4	+2.3	+2.8	+.069	+1.0	+2.7		+0.8	+1.1	+.008
Robert Parish	78	31.5	19.3	3.3	7.3	10.6	1.8	1.0	1.9	2.4	2.8	7.9	14.4	.550	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.0	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	7	44.9	19.1	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.9	0.4	1.1	3.3	3.3	7.0	14.1	.495	0.9	4.3	.200	4.3	6.4	.667
difference:		+9.3	+4.4	+0.9	+1.3	+0.4	+3.6	+0.3	+0.2	-0.9	-0.7	+0.9	+1.4	+.012	+0.9	+4.3		+1.9	+3.5	+.183
Robert Parish	7	35.6	14.7	3.0	7.6	10.6	1.3	0.7	1.3	2.4	2.6	6.1	12.7	.483	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.850

Season 8
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	2006-07	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	56	39.3	15.9	1.8	7.9	9.8	4.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.3	5.7	12.2	.468	1.0	3.3	.297	3.5	5.1	.700
difference:	+24	+3.5	+3.1	+1.2	+0.2	+0.9	+3.1	+0.2	+0.9	-0.6		+2.1	+2.1	+.078	+1.0	+3.3		+0.1	+0.5	+.045
Robert Parish	80	35.8	19.0	3.0	7.7	10.7	1.7	0.7	1.5	2.3	3.3	7.8	14.3	.546	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.6	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	5	38.4	19.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.0	3.4	8.2	17.0	.482	0.6	2.2	.273	2.4	4.8	.500
difference:	+18	+0.6	+4.5	+0.7	+1.5	+2.2	+1.0	+0.6	+0.6		-0.9	+2.2	+4.3	+.004	+0.6	+2.2		+0.4	+0.5	+.146
Robert Parish	23	37.8	14.9	3.3	7.5	10.8	1.2	1.0	1.8	2.0	4.3	6.0	12.7	.478	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.646

Season 9
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	2007-08	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	77	37.9	14.2	2.6	8.1	10.6	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.4	10.3	.525	0.4	1.5	.274	3.0	4.3	.698
difference:	+2	+1.8	+3.4	+0.7	+0.8		+1.9	+0.3	+0.4	-0.4	-0.1	+1.6	+2.6	+.017	+0.4	+1.5		+0.7	+0.7	+.045
Robert Parish	79	36.1	17.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	2.4	2.8	7.0	12.9	.542	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	21	37.4	14.3	2.2	7.7	10.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.2	3.4	5.1	10.4	.491	0.1	0.5	.273	4.0	6.0	.661
difference:		+0.8	+2.8	+0.5		+0.4	+1.5	+0.3	+0.3	-0.2	-0.2	+1.4	+2.7	+.002	+0.1	+0.5		+0.1	+0.7	+.123
Robert Parish	21	38.2	17.1	2.7	7.7	10.4	1.5	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.2	6.5	13.1	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.3	.784

Season 10
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	2008-09	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	78	29.7	11.3	2.3	5.9	8.2	2.6	1.0	1.3	1.8	3.0	4.4	9.0	.492	0.4	1.3	.320	2.1	3.3	.623
difference:	+3	+2.0	+4.8	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.3	+2.1	+2.9	+.057	+0.4	+1.3		+0.9	+0.8	+.108
Robert Parish	81	31.7	16.1	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.8	0.8	1.4	2.3	2.7	6.5	11.9	.549	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.1	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	23	32.0	12.3	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.8	0.7	1.3	1.7	3.3	4.7	9.0	.524	0.8	1.5	.514	2.1	3.5	.613
difference:	+5	+0.8	+2.7	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.4	-0.7	-0.7	+1.2	+3.5	+.053	+0.8	+1.5		+1.1	+1.4	+.039
Robert Parish	18	32.8	15.0	2.9	5.9	8.8	1.4	0.5	1.7	2.4	2.6	5.9	12.5	.471	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.9	.652

Season 11
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	2009-10	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	82	31.5	10.8	2.2	7.5	9.8	3.3	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.8	4.2	9.0	.463	0.7	2.2	.319	1.7	2.5	.693
difference:	+2	+5.9	+6.7	+1.0		+0.8	+1.1	+0.1	+1.1	-0.6	-0.5	+3.2	+4.2	+.093	+0.7	+2.2		+1.1	+1.4	+.042
Robert Parish	80	37.4	17.5	3.2	7.5	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.8	2.4	3.3	7.4	13.2	.556	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	23	29.0	9.7	2.6	6.0	8.6	2.0	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.7	4.0	8.4	.469	0.4	1.8	.244	1.3	2.2	.600
difference:	+2	+6.0	+8.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+0.7	+0.2	+0.8	-0.6	-0.1	+3.1	+4.1	+.098	+0.4	+1.8		+2.5	+2.7	+.167
Robert Parish	21	35.0	18.0	2.8	6.6	9.4	1.3	0.9	1.7	1.8	3.8	7.1	12.5	.567	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.9	.767

Season 12
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	2010-11	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	82	32.2	14.4	2.1	6.5	8.7	3.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.9	.530	0.8	2.2	.382	2.0	3.0	.675
difference:	+8	+1.0	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+1.4	+0.1	+0.4	-0.4	-0.3	+0.2	+0.8	+.059	+0.8	+2.2		+0.4	+0.3	+.059
Robert Parish	74	31.2	14.3	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.6	0.7	1.1	2.1	2.7	6.0	10.1	.589	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	10	28.6	12.1	1.3	5.2	6.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.5	2.5	4.5	9.8	.459	0.4	2.0	.200	2.7	3.8	.711
difference:	+7	+8.2	+2.6	+1.7	+1.7	+3.4	+0.9	+0.4	+0.7	-0.7		+1.4	+1.3	+.073	+0.4	+2.0		+0.2	+0.2	+.109
Robert Parish	17	36.8	14.7	3.0	6.9	9.9	1.2	0.6	1.1	2.2	2.5	5.9	11.1	.532	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.6	.820

Season 13
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	2011-12	1988-89
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	50	20.5	6.6	0.7	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.9	2.5	7.0	.352	0.6	2.2	.252	1.2	2.0	.592
difference:	+30	+15.0	+12.0	+3.6	+4.8	+8.3	+0.5	+0.6	+1.1	-1.5	-0.7	+5.0	+6.1	+.218	+0.6	+2.2		+2.5	+3.1	+.127
Robert Parish	80	35.5	18.6	4.3	8.2	12.5	2.2	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.6	7.5	13.1	.570	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.1	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Parish	3	37.3	15.7	2.0	6.7	8.7	2.0	1.3	0.7	2.0	1.7	6.7	14.7	.455	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.778

Season 14
	Lamar Odom	Robert Parish
Season	2012-13	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	82	19.7	4.0	1.4	4.4	5.9	1.7	0.8	0.7	1.0	2.6	1.8	4.5	.399	0.2	1.1	.200	0.2	0.5	.476
difference:	+3	+10.6	+11.7	+1.9	+2.4	+4.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	-1.1	-0.2	+4.6	+6.5	+.181	+0.2	+1.1		+2.7	+3.4	+.271
Robert Parish	79	30.3	15.7	3.3	6.8	10.1	1.3	0.5	0.9	2.1	2.4	6.4	11.0	.580	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	6	17.8	5.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.7	2.7	1.8	5.0	.367	0.8	2.3	.357	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:	+1	+16.2	+10.8	+3.9	+2.2	+6.2	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	-0.7	-1.5	+4.4	+5.8	+.207	+0.8	+2.3		+2.9	+2.6	+.444
Robert Parish	5	34.0	15.8	4.6	5.4	10.0	2.6	1.0	1.4	2.4	4.2	6.2	10.8	.574	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	3.6	.944

Additional Years
* Robert Parish played 7 seasons more than Lamar Odom in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 21, from 1991 to 1997—Robert Parish played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Lamar Odom, Robert Parish got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game