Ryan Anderson vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Ryan Anderson, 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.

Ryan Anderson played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Ryan Anderson had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14
Rookie Season
	Ryan Anderson	Bob Lanier
Season	2008-09	1970-71
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Ryan Anderson	66	19.9	7.4	1.6	3.1	4.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.4	2.4	6.2	.393	1.0	2.9	.365	1.5	1.8	.845
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		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Ryan Anderson	Bob Lanier
Season	2009-10	1971-72
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Ryan Anderson	63	14.5	7.7	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.3	2.7	6.2	.436	1.2	3.3	.370	1.1	1.3	.866
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		%
Ryan Anderson	9	9.9	2.6	0.9	2.6	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	.310	0.4	1.6	.286	0.1	0.1	1.000
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Ryan Anderson	Bob Lanier
Season	2010-11	1972-73
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Ryan Anderson	64	22.3	10.6	2.0	3.5	5.5	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.8	2.1	3.5	8.2	.430	2.1	5.3	.393	1.5	1.8	.812
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		%
Ryan Anderson	6	24.5	4.7	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.7	1.3	5.0	.267	1.0	3.3	.300	1.0	1.0	1.000
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Ryan Anderson	Bob Lanier
Season	2011-12	1973-74
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Ryan Anderson	61	32.2	16.1	3.7	4.0	7.7	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	5.4	12.4	.439	2.7	6.9	.393	2.5	2.8	.877
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		%
Ryan Anderson	5	34.4	9.6	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	4.4	3.0	8.8	.341	2.4	6.0	.400	1.2	1.4	.857
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
	Ryan Anderson	Bob Lanier
Season	2012-13	1974-75
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ryan Anderson	81	30.9	16.2	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.2	2.2	5.8	13.8	.423	2.6	6.9	.382	1.9	2.2	.844
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		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 7
	Ryan Anderson	Bob Lanier
Season	2014-15	1976-77
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West 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		%
Ryan Anderson	61	27.5	13.7	1.8	3.1	4.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.9	4.8	12.0	.399	2.0	5.9	.340	2.1	2.5	.854
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		%
Ryan Anderson	4	23.8	10.8	1.8	2.5	4.3	2.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	9.0	.444	1.3	3.0	.417	1.5	1.5	1.000
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
	Ryan Anderson	Bob Lanier
Season	2015-16	1977-78
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Ryan Anderson	66	30.4	17.0	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.4	1.7	6.0	14.1	.427	2.0	5.4	.366	3.0	3.5	.873
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		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Ryan Anderson	Bob Lanier
Season	2016-17	1978-79
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Ryan Anderson	72	29.4	13.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.0	4.5	10.7	.418	2.8	7.0	.403	1.8	2.1	.860
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		%
Ryan Anderson	11	30.5	9.4	1.4	3.8	5.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.2	3.3	8.4	.391	1.5	5.5	.283	1.3	1.5	.875
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Ryan Anderson	Bob Lanier
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ryan Anderson	2	7.0	2.5	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.5	.286	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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