Sean Elliott vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Sean Elliott, 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.

Sean Elliott played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Sean Elliott had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Sean Elliott	12	9	1989-90 to 2000-01
Bob Lanier	14	9	1970-71 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1989-90	1970-71
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	81	25.1	10.0	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.8	8.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.111	2.3	2.7	.866
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		%
Sean Elliott	10	29.1	12.7	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	3.7	5.3	9.6	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.9	.724
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1990-91	1971-72
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Sean Elliott	82	37.1	15.9	1.7	3.8	5.6	2.9	0.8	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	11.9	.490	0.2	0.8	.313	4.0	4.9	.808
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		%
Sean Elliott	4	33.0	14.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.3	4.3	10.0	.425	0.0	0.8	.000	6.3	8.0	.781
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1991-92	1972-73
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Sean Elliott	82	38.0	16.3	1.7	3.6	5.4	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.9	1.8	6.3	12.7	.494	0.3	1.0	.305	3.5	4.0	.861
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		%
Sean Elliott	3	45.7	19.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.7	1.0	1.3	2.0	2.0	6.3	13.3	.475	1.7	2.7	.625	5.3	6.0	.889
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1992-93	1973-74
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Sean Elliott	70	37.2	17.2	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.8	1.0	0.4	2.2	1.9	6.4	13.1	.491	0.5	1.5	.356	3.8	4.8	.795
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		%
Sean Elliott	10	38.1	15.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	3.6	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.9	12.5	.472	0.3	1.4	.214	3.7	4.0	.925
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
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1993-94	1974-75
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Sean Elliott	73	33.0	12.1	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.4	4.9	10.8	.455	0.4	1.2	.299	1.9	2.4	.803
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		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 6
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1994-95	1975-76
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Sean Elliott	81	35.3	18.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.7	6.2	13.2	.468	1.7	4.1	.408	4.0	5.0	.807
Bob Lanier	64	36.9	21.3	3.4	8.3	11.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	-	3.2	8.5	15.9	.532	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	15	38.3	17.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.8	13.3	.435	1.3	3.7	.364	4.4	5.7	.776
Bob Lanier	9	39.9	26.1	4.3	8.3	12.7	3.3	0.9	2.3	-	3.8	10.6	19.1	.552	-	-	-	5.0	5.6	.900


Season 7
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1995-96	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Sean Elliott	77	37.7	20.0	0.9	4.2	5.1	2.7	0.9	0.4	2.6	2.3	6.8	14.6	.466	2.1	5.1	.411	4.2	5.5	.771
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		%
Sean Elliott	10	38.9	15.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	3.0	2.4	4.7	11.7	.402	1.0	3.4	.294	5.1	6.4	.797
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
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1996-97	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Sean Elliott	39	35.7	14.9	1.2	3.6	4.9	3.2	0.6	0.6	2.3	2.7	5.0	11.9	.422	1.1	3.2	.333	3.8	5.0	.755
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		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1997-98	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Sean Elliott	36	28.1	9.3	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.6	3.4	8.4	.403	0.9	2.5	.378	1.6	2.2	.718
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		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1998-99	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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		%
Sean Elliott	50	30.2	11.2	0.7	3.6	4.3	2.3	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.2	10.1	.410	0.8	2.4	.328	2.1	2.8	.757
Bob Lanier	63	33.8	19.2	2.4	6.3	8.8	2.9	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.2	7.4	13.8	.537	0.0	0.1	.167	4.4	5.6	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	17	33.8	11.9	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.9	4.0	9.0	.444	1.3	3.2	.400	2.6	3.5	.763
Bob Lanier	7	36.6	19.3	2.4	6.9	9.3	4.4	1.0	1.1	2.4	3.3	7.4	14.4	.515	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.0	.738


Season 11
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	1999-00	1980-81
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Sean Elliott	19	20.6	6.0	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.0	5.6	.358	0.7	1.9	.351	1.3	1.7	.781
Bob Lanier	67	26.2	14.3	1.9	4.3	6.2	2.7	1.1	1.2	2.1	2.7	5.6	10.7	.525	0.0	0.0	1.000	3.1	4.1	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	4	29.8	10.0	0.3	5.3	5.5	1.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.3	3.8	10.0	.375	1.3	3.3	.385	1.3	2.0	.625
Bob Lanier	7	33.7	17.6	1.7	5.7	7.4	4.0	1.7	1.1	2.1	2.6	7.1	12.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.6	.719


Season 12
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	2000-01	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Sean Elliott	52	23.6	7.9	0.3	2.9	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.8	6.5	.434	1.1	2.5	.426	1.2	1.6	.714
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		%
Sean Elliott	12	19.9	4.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.8	1.6	4.3	.373	0.7	1.8	.364	0.9	0.9	1.000
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


Season 13
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	39	25.1	10.7	1.5	3.6	5.1	2.7	0.9	0.6	2.1	3.2	4.2	8.5	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.4	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	9	27.8	13.7	1.9	5.1	7.0	2.6	0.6	1.6	2.3	3.6	5.7	9.9	.573	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.9	.600


Season 14
	Sean Elliott	Bob Lanier
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	72	27.9	13.6	2.0	4.4	6.3	2.6	0.8	0.7	2.3	3.2	5.4	9.5	.572	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.8	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	16	31.2	12.7	2.0	5.3	7.3	3.4	0.7	0.6	2.4	3.6	5.1	10.7	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.8	.886

Sean Elliott vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Sean Elliott, 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

Season 14