Bob Lanier vs. Otto Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Otto Porter Jr. 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, 3 more than Otto Porter Jr., who played 11. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Otto Porter Jr. 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.

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	Otto Porter Jr.
Season	1970-71	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
Otto Porter Jr.	37	8.6	2.1	0.6	1.0	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.9	2.5	.363	0.1	0.6	.190	0.2	0.3	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otto Porter Jr.	3	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Otto Porter Jr.
Season	1971-72	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Otto Porter Jr.	74	19.4	6.0	0.9	2.0	3.0	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.3	.450	0.5	1.4	.337	0.8	1.1	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otto Porter Jr.	10	33.1	10.0	2.4	5.6	8.0	1.8	1.2	0.2	0.6	1.6	3.9	8.8	.443	1.2	3.2	.375	1.0	2.1	.476

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Otto Porter Jr.
Season	1972-73	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
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		%
Bob Lanier	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Otto Porter Jr.	75	30.3	11.6	1.3	3.9	5.2	1.6	1.4	0.4	0.9	2.2	4.5	9.6	.473	1.3	3.6	.367	1.3	1.7	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otto Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Otto Porter Jr.
Season	1973-74	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Wizards 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	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
Otto Porter Jr.	80	32.6	13.4	1.5	5.0	6.4	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.6	2.4	5.2	10.0	.516	1.9	4.3	.434	1.2	1.5	.832
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
Otto Porter Jr.	13	32.9	12.2	1.2	5.8	6.9	1.8	1.6	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.5	8.4	.532	0.8	3.0	.282	2.4	2.7	.886

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Otto Porter Jr.
Season	1974-75	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards 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		%
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
Otto Porter Jr.	77	31.6	14.7	1.3	5.1	6.4	2.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	5.8	11.5	.503	1.8	4.1	.441	1.4	1.7	.828
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
Otto Porter Jr.	5	31.6	10.0	0.2	4.8	5.0	1.6	1.2	1.0	0.6	1.2	4.0	8.2	.488	1.0	2.4	.417	1.0	1.6	.625

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Otto Porter Jr.
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
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
Otto Porter Jr.	14	23.6	11.9	0.9	2.5	3.4	1.8	1.1	0.4	0.8	2.2	4.4	10.0	.443	1.7	4.4	.387	1.4	1.9	.704
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
Otto Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Otto Porter Jr.
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic
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		%
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
Otto Porter Jr.	28	21.7	9.7	1.0	4.4	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.5	3.5	8.1	.432	1.4	3.7	.375	1.3	1.5	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otto Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Otto Porter Jr.
Season	1978-79	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Otto Porter Jr.	63	22.2	8.2	1.4	4.4	5.7	1.5	1.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	3.1	6.6	.464	1.3	3.4	.370	0.8	1.0	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otto Porter Jr.	19	19.5	5.4	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.8	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.8	2.0	4.1	.494	1.0	2.5	.404	0.4	0.5	.778

Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Otto Porter Jr.
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
Otto Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Otto Porter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-