Bob Lanier vs. Fred Scolari Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Scolari and Bob Lanier, 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.

Bob Lanier played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Fred Scolari, who played 9. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Fred Scolari had his rookie season in 1946-47. 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
	Bob Lanier	Fred Scolari
Season	1970-71	1946-47
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Capitols Lost Semifinals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
Fred Scolari	58	-	12.6	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.0	17.1	.294	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	6	-	11.8	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	15.8	.232	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Fred Scolari
Season	1971-72	1947-48
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	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		%
Bob Lanier	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Fred Scolari	47	-	12.5	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	3.3	4.9	16.6	.294	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Fred Scolari
Season	1972-73	1948-49
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Capitols Lost NBA 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		%
Bob Lanier	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Fred Scolari	48	-	11.2	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	13.2	.310	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	9	-	9.1	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.0	11.1	.270	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.700

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Fred Scolari
Season	1973-74	1949-50
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Capitols Lost East Div 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		%
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
Fred Scolari	66	-	13.0	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	13.8	.343	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Fred Scolari	2	-	18.5	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	13.5	.481	-	-	-	5.5	5.5	1.000

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Fred Scolari
Season	1974-75	1950-51
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Capitols, Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
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
Fred Scolari	66	-	13.4	-	-	3.3	3.9	-	-	-	2.8	4.6	14.0	.327	-	-	-	4.2	5.0	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Fred Scolari	7	-	12.6	-	-	5.9	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.3	.355	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.815

Season 6
	Bob Lanier	Fred Scolari
Season	1975-76	1951-52
Team	Detroit Pistons	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
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
Fred Scolari	64	35.0	14.6	-	-	3.3	4.7	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	13.5	.334	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Fred Scolari
Season	1976-77	1952-53
Team	Detroit Pistons	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
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
Fred Scolari	62	34.2	13.4	-	-	3.4	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	13.0	.342	-	-	-	4.5	5.3	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Fred Scolari	8	33.5	13.4	-	-	3.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	3.6	11.3	.322	-	-	-	6.1	7.6	.803

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Fred Scolari
Season	1977-78	1953-54
Team	Detroit Pistons	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Fred Scolari	64	24.8	7.2	-	-	2.2	2.0	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	7.7	.324	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	4	15.0	3.0	-	-	1.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.0	1.5	6.0	.250	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Fred Scolari
Season	1978-79	1954-55
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
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
Fred Scolari	59	10.5	3.2	-	-	1.3	1.6	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	4.2	.305	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	5	5.8	2.4	-	-	1.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.4	0.8	3.0	.267	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.800

Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Fred Scolari
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
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
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-