Vinny Del Negro vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Vinny Del Negro, 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.

Vinny Del Negro played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Vinny Del Negro had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
Vinny Del Negro	12	7	1988-89 to 2001-02
Bob Lanier	14	9	1970-71 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	1988-89	1970-71
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	80	19.5	7.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.3	.475	0.1	0.3	.300	1.1	1.3	.850
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	1989-90	1971-72
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	76	24.4	9.7	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.3	0.8	0.1	1.5	2.4	3.9	8.5	.462	0.1	0.4	.313	1.8	2.0	.871
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Vinny Del Negro didn't play in 1990-91 and 1991-92.


Season 3
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	1992-93	1972-73
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	73	20.9	7.4	0.3	2.0	2.2	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.3	2.0	3.0	5.9	.507	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.6	.863
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	8	14.0	5.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.8	.447	0.3	1.1	.222	0.5	0.5	1.000
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	1993-94	1973-74
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	77	25.3	10.0	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.2	4.0	8.2	.487	0.2	0.6	.349	1.8	2.2	.824
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	4	23.3	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.5	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	6.8	.444	0.5	1.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.600
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	1994-95	1974-75
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	75	31.5	12.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.7	2.4	5.0	10.2	.486	0.9	2.2	.407	1.7	2.2	.790
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	15	25.5	8.7	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.5	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.5	3.4	7.9	.432	0.6	1.3	.450	1.3	1.6	.833
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	1995-96	1975-76
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	82	33.7	14.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	3.8	1.0	0.1	1.2	2.0	5.8	11.7	.497	0.7	1.8	.380	2.2	2.6	.832
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	10	37.9	14.3	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	0.6	1.9	5.7	12.4	.460	1.6	2.7	.593	1.3	1.9	.684
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	1996-97	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	72	31.2	12.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.8	5.1	10.8	.467	0.6	1.9	.314	1.6	1.8	.868
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	1997-98	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	54	31.9	9.5	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.1	3.9	8.9	.441	0.3	0.7	.436	1.4	1.7	.796
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	9	31.6	10.7	0.2	2.4	2.7	3.2	0.9	0.0	1.4	3.3	4.3	9.0	.481	0.2	1.1	.200	1.8	1.9	.941
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	1998-99	1978-79
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	48	22.8	5.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	5.6	.422	0.3	0.6	.433	0.8	1.0	.800
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	1999-00	1979-80
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	67	18.1	5.2	0.1	1.5	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.3	4.9	.471	0.1	0.4	.333	0.5	0.6	.897
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	5	18.6	5.2	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	2.6	6.0	.433	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	2000-01	1980-81
Team	Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Vinny Del Negro	65	14.2	3.9	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.6	3.6	.453	0.0	0.2	.077	0.6	0.7	.932
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	3	8.7	2.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	Bob Lanier
Season	2001-02	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	2	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vinny Del Negro	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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Vinny Del Negro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Vinny Del Negro vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Vinny Del Negro, 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