Bob Lanier vs. Rod Strickland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rod Strickland 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.

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.

Bob Lanier played 14 years in the NBA, 3 less than Rod Strickland, who played 17. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Rod Strickland had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Bob Lanier	14	9	1970-71 to 1983-84
Rod Strickland	17	11	1988-89 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1970-71	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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
Rod Strickland	81	16.8	8.9	0.6	1.3	2.0	3.9	1.2	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.3	7.0	.467	0.2	0.7	.322	2.1	2.9	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	9	12.3	6.0	0.7	0.8	1.4	2.8	0.4	0.1	1.4	2.3	2.4	5.4	.449	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.0	1.9	.529


Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1971-72	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Bob Lanier	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Rod Strickland	82	26.1	10.6	1.1	2.1	3.2	5.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.0	4.2	9.2	.454	0.1	0.4	.267	2.1	3.4	.626

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	10	38.4	12.3	2.2	3.1	5.3	11.2	1.4	0.0	3.4	3.0	5.4	12.7	.425	0.0	0.7	.000	1.5	2.7	.556


Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1972-73	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Bob Lanier	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Rod Strickland	58	35.8	13.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	2.7	2.2	5.4	11.2	.482	0.2	0.6	.333	2.8	3.6	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	4	42.0	18.8	1.3	4.0	5.3	8.8	2.3	0.0	3.3	3.5	7.3	16.8	.433	0.0	1.5	.000	4.3	5.3	.810


Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1973-74	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
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
Rod Strickland	57	36.0	13.8	1.6	3.0	4.6	8.6	2.1	0.3	2.8	2.1	5.3	11.6	.455	0.1	0.3	.333	3.2	4.6	.687

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
Rod Strickland	2	40.0	15.5	0.0	3.5	3.5	9.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.5	11.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625


Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1974-75	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Rod Strickland	78	31.7	13.7	1.5	2.8	4.3	7.2	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.0	5.1	10.5	.485	0.1	0.4	.133	3.5	4.9	.717

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
Rod Strickland	4	39.0	13.5	2.3	4.3	6.5	9.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.5	13.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	2.5	3.0	.833


Season 6
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1975-76	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Rod Strickland	82	35.2	17.2	1.5	3.0	4.5	9.0	1.8	0.3	3.1	2.1	6.4	13.3	.483	0.0	0.1	.200	4.3	5.7	.749

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
Rod Strickland	4	38.5	23.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.5	2.5	3.3	9.0	18.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.8	.815


Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1976-77	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Rod Strickland	64	35.4	18.9	1.1	3.8	5.0	8.8	1.9	0.1	3.3	1.8	6.9	14.8	.466	0.7	1.9	.374	4.4	5.9	.745

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
Rod Strickland	3	42.0	23.3	0.3	3.7	4.0	12.3	1.0	0.7	3.3	3.7	9.0	21.7	.415	0.7	1.7	.400	4.7	6.0	.778


Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1977-78	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Rod Strickland	67	37.7	18.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	9.6	1.4	0.2	3.8	2.0	7.0	15.3	.460	0.6	1.7	.342	4.1	6.3	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	5	40.4	20.6	2.4	3.8	6.2	8.4	1.0	0.0	2.4	2.8	7.4	16.8	.440	1.2	2.4	.500	4.6	7.2	.639


Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1978-79	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	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
Rod Strickland	82	36.5	17.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	8.9	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.0	6.3	13.5	.466	0.2	0.9	.169	4.5	6.1	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	3	41.3	19.7	1.7	4.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.0	3.7	2.7	7.3	17.3	.423	0.3	0.7	.500	4.7	6.3	.737


Season 10
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1979-80	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Bucks 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	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
Rod Strickland	76	39.7	17.8	1.5	3.9	5.3	10.5	1.7	0.3	3.5	2.4	6.4	14.9	.434	0.2	0.6	.250	4.7	6.5	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1980-81	1998-99
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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	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
Rod Strickland	44	37.1	15.7	1.3	3.5	4.8	9.9	1.7	0.1	3.2	2.1	5.7	13.7	.416	0.3	1.0	.286	4.0	5.4	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1981-82	1999-00
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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	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
Rod Strickland	69	31.7	12.6	1.1	2.7	3.8	7.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	2.1	4.7	11.0	.429	0.0	0.3	.048	3.1	4.4	.702

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
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1982-83	2000-01
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Rod Strickland	54	25.4	9.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.4	3.4	7.9	.424	0.1	0.3	.235	2.4	3.2	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rod Strickland	2	10.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 14
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	1983-84	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
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
Rod Strickland	76	30.2	10.4	0.6	2.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.5	4.2	9.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.308	2.0	2.6	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Timberwolves 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		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	47	20.3	6.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.6	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.2	2.6	5.9	.432	0.0	0.2	.091	1.7	2.3	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	6	12.3	4.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	3.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 16
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors
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		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	61	19.6	6.3	0.6	2.0	2.5	4.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.2	2.5	5.8	.425	0.2	0.6	.278	1.2	1.6	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Bob Lanier	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Houston Rockets
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		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	16	12.3	1.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.9	0.6	2.7	.209	0.1	0.1	.500	0.6	0.6	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Lanier vs. Rod Strickland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rod Strickland 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.

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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17