Sam Lacey vs. Dennis Schroder Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Schroder and Sam Lacey, 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.

Sam Lacey played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Dennis Schroder, who played 11. Sam Lacey had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Dennis Schroder had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Sam Lacey	13	4	1970-71 to 1982-83
Dennis Schroder	11	8	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1970-71	2013-14
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Sam Lacey	81	32.7	13.5	-	-	11.3	1.4	-	-	-	3.3	5.8	13.8	.418	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.687
Dennis Schroder	49	13.1	3.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.1	1.5	3.8	.383	0.2	0.9	.238	0.6	0.9	.674

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	2	3.5	2.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1971-72	2014-15
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Sam Lacey	81	35.0	11.6	-	-	12.0	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	5.1	12.0	.422	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.704
Dennis Schroder	77	19.7	10.0	0.4	1.8	2.1	4.1	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.7	8.6	.427	0.7	1.9	.351	1.9	2.3	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	16	18.1	9.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.9	0.6	0.0	1.7	1.8	3.5	9.1	.386	0.5	2.1	.235	1.5	1.8	.857


Season 3
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1972-73	2015-16
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Sam Lacey	79	37.1	13.5	-	-	11.8	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	6.0	12.6	.474	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.708
Dennis Schroder	80	20.3	11.0	0.3	2.2	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.1	9.8	.421	1.0	3.0	.322	1.8	2.3	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	10	19.1	11.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.6	0.4	0.1	2.1	2.4	4.7	10.4	.452	1.2	3.5	.343	1.1	1.3	.846


Season 4
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1973-74	2016-17
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Sam Lacey	79	39.3	14.2	3.7	9.6	13.4	3.8	1.6	2.3	-	3.2	5.9	12.4	.476	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.749
Dennis Schroder	79	31.5	17.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.2	3.3	1.9	6.9	15.4	.451	1.3	3.7	.340	2.8	3.2	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	6	35.2	24.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	7.7	1.0	0.0	1.7	3.2	8.3	18.3	.455	2.8	6.7	.425	5.2	6.2	.838


Season 5
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1974-75	2017-18
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Sam Lacey	81	41.7	11.5	2.8	11.4	14.2	5.3	1.7	2.1	-	3.4	4.8	11.3	.427	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.754
Dennis Schroder	67	31.0	19.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.2	7.5	17.1	.436	1.1	3.9	.290	3.4	4.0	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	6	44.0	9.5	2.5	13.2	15.7	5.0	2.0	1.5	-	3.2	3.8	10.2	.377	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.611
Dennis Schroder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1975-76	2018-19
Team	Kansas City Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Sam Lacey	81	38.1	12.8	2.7	10.0	12.6	4.7	1.6	1.7	-	3.5	5.0	12.6	.401	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.759
Dennis Schroder	79	29.3	15.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.1	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.8	14.0	.414	1.6	4.6	.341	2.4	2.9	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	5	30.2	13.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.4	0.8	0.0	1.2	2.2	5.0	11.0	.455	1.2	4.0	.300	2.6	3.6	.722


Season 7
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	Kansas City Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Sam Lacey	82	31.6	10.6	2.3	6.6	9.0	4.7	1.5	1.6	-	3.6	4.0	9.4	.422	-	-	-	2.6	3.4	.762
Dennis Schroder	65	30.8	18.9	0.3	3.3	3.6	4.0	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.2	7.0	14.8	.469	1.9	5.0	.385	3.0	3.6	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	7	32.4	17.3	0.3	3.4	3.7	3.6	0.6	0.1	2.4	2.1	6.3	15.6	.404	1.9	6.4	.289	2.9	3.6	.800


Season 8
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	Kansas City Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Sam Lacey	77	27.7	8.6	2.0	6.3	8.3	3.9	1.6	1.4	2.4	3.4	3.4	7.7	.449	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	.717
Dennis Schroder	61	32.1	15.4	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.7	2.6	5.4	12.5	.437	1.2	3.5	.335	3.4	4.0	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	6	32.7	14.3	0.2	2.8	3.0	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.7	11.7	.400	1.3	4.3	.308	3.7	4.3	.846


Season 9
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1978-79	2021-22
Team	Kansas City Kings	Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Sam Lacey	82	32.0	10.6	2.2	6.4	8.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	3.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	.502	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.739
Dennis Schroder	64	28.7	13.5	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.6	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	4.9	11.3	.431	1.3	3.9	.344	2.5	2.9	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	5	35.2	9.4	3.4	6.8	10.2	4.2	1.8	2.0	3.8	4.0	3.2	8.4	.381	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.789
Dennis Schroder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Kansas City Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Sam Lacey	81	29.8	9.2	2.1	5.8	8.0	5.7	1.4	1.3	2.6	3.8	3.7	8.4	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.741
Dennis Schroder	66	30.1	12.6	0.3	2.2	2.5	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.1	9.8	.415	1.1	3.4	.329	3.3	3.8	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	3	33.7	6.7	2.0	5.3	7.3	4.3	2.3	0.7	2.7	3.7	2.7	7.0	.381	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.3	.750
Dennis Schroder	16	26.1	7.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.6	6.4	.398	0.8	2.4	.333	1.4	1.8	.821


Season 11
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Kansas City Kings	Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West 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		%
Sam Lacey	82	27.2	6.9	1.6	5.5	7.1	4.9	1.2	1.5	2.2	3.7	2.9	6.5	.442	0.0	0.1	.200	1.1	1.4	.786
Dennis Schroder	80	31.1	14.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.0	11.6	.435	1.7	4.6	.375	2.2	2.7	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	15	35.5	10.0	2.0	6.0	8.0	5.3	1.9	1.5	2.6	4.2	4.0	9.5	.420	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.3	.857
Dennis Schroder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Kansas City Kings, New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Sam Lacey	56	12.0	2.9	0.4	1.6	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.5	1.2	2.8	.435	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.730
Dennis Schroder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Sam Lacey	Dennis Schroder
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Sam Lacey	60	20.5	4.2	1.0	2.8	3.9	2.0	0.5	0.4	1.6	3.5	1.9	4.4	.420	0.0	0.2	.222	0.5	0.6	.784
Dennis Schroder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Lacey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sam Lacey vs. Dennis Schroder Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Schroder and Sam Lacey, 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