Bob Lanier vs. Tom McMillen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom McMillen 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 Tom McMillen, who played 11. Bob Lanier had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Tom McMillen had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
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Rookie Season
	Bob Lanier	Tom McMillen
Season	1970-71	1975-76
Team	Detroit Pistons	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Braves 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
Tom McMillen	50	14.2	4.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.4	0.1	0.1	-	1.7	1.9	4.4	.432	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	1	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Bob Lanier	Tom McMillen
Season	1971-72	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks
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	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Tom McMillen	76	19.6	8.5	1.5	3.6	5.1	0.9	0.1	0.1	-	2.1	3.6	7.4	.487	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bob Lanier	Tom McMillen
Season	1972-73	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Tom McMillen	68	24.8	9.9	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.6	3.4	4.1	8.4	.493	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	2	37.5	13.0	3.5	7.5	11.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	4.5	6.5	11.5	.565	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Bob Lanier	Tom McMillen
Season	1973-74	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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
Tom McMillen	82	17.0	7.0	1.6	2.5	4.0	0.8	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.6	2.8	6.1	.466	-	-	-	1.3	1.5	.891
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
Tom McMillen	9	18.1	6.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	2.2	5.1	.435	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.842

Season 5
	Bob Lanier	Tom McMillen
Season	1974-75	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
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	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
Tom McMillen	53	20.2	8.7	1.3	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.4	3.6	7.2	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.757
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
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bob Lanier	Tom McMillen
Season	1976-77	1981-82
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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	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
Tom McMillen	73	24.5	9.9	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	4.0	7.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	2.3	.824
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
Tom McMillen	2	23.5	10.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	6.5	.615	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 8
	Bob Lanier	Tom McMillen
Season	1977-78	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	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
Tom McMillen	61	22.4	8.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.2	7.0	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.2	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	3	13.0	3.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 9
	Bob Lanier	Tom McMillen
Season	1978-79	1983-84
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
Tom McMillen	62	20.9	9.2	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.3	1.1	2.6	3.6	7.2	.497	0.0	0.1	.167	2.0	2.5	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	4	10.5	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 12
	Bob Lanier	Tom McMillen
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
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-