Jeff Green vs. Bill Laimbeer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Laimbeer and Jeff Green, 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.

Jeff Green played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Bill Laimbeer, who played 14. Jeff Green had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Bill Laimbeer had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Jeff Green	16	10	2007-08 to 2023-24
Bill Laimbeer	14	9	1980-81 to 1993-94

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


Rookie Season
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2007-08	1980-81
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Jeff Green	80	28.2	10.5	1.3	3.5	4.7	1.5	0.6	0.6	2.0	2.5	4.0	9.4	.427	0.3	1.0	.276	2.2	3.0	.744
Bill Laimbeer	81	30.4	9.8	3.3	5.3	8.6	2.7	0.7	1.0	1.6	4.1	4.2	8.3	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2008-09	1981-82
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jeff Green	78	36.8	16.5	1.5	5.1	6.7	2.0	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.1	13.7	.446	1.2	3.2	.389	3.1	3.9	.788
Bill Laimbeer	80	22.9	9.0	2.9	4.8	7.7	1.3	0.5	0.8	1.5	3.7	3.3	6.7	.494	0.1	0.2	.308	2.3	2.9	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2009-10	1982-83
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Jeff Green	82	37.1	15.1	1.4	4.6	6.0	1.6	1.3	0.9	1.6	2.7	5.9	13.0	.453	1.3	3.8	.333	2.0	2.7	.740
Bill Laimbeer	82	35.0	13.6	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.2	0.6	1.4	2.1	3.9	5.3	10.7	.497	0.0	0.2	.154	3.0	3.8	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	6	37.3	11.8	1.0	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	11.7	.329	1.3	4.5	.296	2.8	3.3	.850
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2010-11	1983-84
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	75	32.4	13.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	4.9	10.9	.449	0.9	2.8	.303	2.6	3.3	.811
Bill Laimbeer	82	34.9	17.3	4.0	8.2	12.2	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	3.3	6.7	12.7	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.5	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	9	19.2	7.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.2	2.6	5.9	.434	0.8	1.8	.438	1.4	2.0	.722
Bill Laimbeer	5	33.0	15.2	2.8	9.6	12.4	2.4	0.8	0.6	2.4	4.6	5.8	10.2	.569	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.0	.900

Note: Jeff Green didn't play in 2011-12.


Season 5
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2012-13	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	81	27.8	12.8	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.2	4.6	10.0	.467	0.9	2.2	.385	2.6	3.3	.808
Bill Laimbeer	82	35.3	17.5	3.6	8.8	12.4	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.6	3.8	7.3	14.4	.506	0.0	0.2	.222	3.0	3.7	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	6	43.0	20.3	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.3	0.3	0.7	3.2	3.7	6.2	14.2	.435	1.7	3.7	.455	6.3	7.5	.844
Bill Laimbeer	9	36.1	14.7	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.8	3.6	5.3	11.9	.449	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	5.7	.706


Season 6
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2013-14	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	82	34.2	16.9	0.7	4.0	4.6	1.7	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.2	5.9	14.3	.412	1.6	4.8	.341	3.5	4.3	.795
Bill Laimbeer	82	35.3	16.6	3.7	9.4	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.8	1.6	3.5	6.6	13.5	.492	0.0	0.2	.286	3.2	3.9	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Laimbeer	4	42.0	22.5	5.0	9.0	14.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.8	8.5	17.0	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	5.3	5.8	.913


Season 7
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2014-15	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	78	31.5	15.0	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.9	5.3	12.4	.430	1.2	3.7	.332	3.1	3.7	.833
Bill Laimbeer	82	34.8	15.4	3.0	8.7	11.6	1.8	0.9	0.8	1.5	3.5	6.2	12.3	.501	0.1	0.3	.286	3.0	3.3	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	11	27.1	8.9	0.8	3.9	4.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.6	3.3	9.8	.333	0.4	1.6	.222	2.0	2.4	.846
Bill Laimbeer	15	36.2	12.3	2.0	8.4	10.4	2.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.5	5.6	10.9	.515	0.1	0.3	.200	1.0	1.6	.625


Season 8
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2015-16	1987-88
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	80	28.2	11.7	0.9	3.2	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.1	4.4	10.3	.430	0.8	2.7	.315	2.1	2.8	.745
Bill Laimbeer	82	35.3	13.5	2.0	8.1	10.1	2.4	0.8	1.0	1.7	3.5	5.5	11.3	.493	0.2	0.5	.333	2.3	2.6	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	6	26.5	10.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.0	3.5	7.7	.457	0.7	1.7	.400	2.5	4.2	.600
Bill Laimbeer	23	33.9	11.9	1.9	7.7	9.6	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	5.0	10.9	.456	0.2	0.7	.294	1.7	2.0	.889


Season 9
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jeff Green	69	22.2	9.2	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	3.2	8.1	.394	0.8	2.8	.275	2.1	2.4	.863
Bill Laimbeer	81	32.6	13.7	1.7	7.9	9.6	2.2	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.2	5.5	11.1	.499	0.4	1.1	.349	2.2	2.6	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Laimbeer	17	29.2	10.1	1.5	6.7	8.2	1.8	0.4	0.5	1.1	3.2	3.9	8.4	.465	0.9	2.5	.357	1.5	1.8	.806


Season 10
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jeff Green	78	23.4	10.8	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.9	3.8	7.9	.477	0.7	2.2	.312	2.6	3.0	.868
Bill Laimbeer	81	33.0	12.1	2.0	7.6	9.6	2.1	0.7	1.0	1.2	3.4	4.7	9.7	.484	0.7	2.0	.361	2.0	2.4	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	22	23.8	7.7	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.6	6.5	.408	1.0	3.2	.300	1.5	2.1	.717
Bill Laimbeer	20	33.4	11.1	2.1	8.5	10.6	1.4	1.2	0.9	0.8	3.9	4.6	10.0	.457	0.8	2.2	.349	1.3	1.5	.862


Season 11
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	77	27.2	12.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.1	4.2	8.9	.475	1.4	4.2	.347	2.4	2.7	.888
Bill Laimbeer	82	32.5	11.0	2.1	6.9	9.0	1.9	0.5	0.7	1.2	3.0	4.5	9.5	.478	0.5	1.5	.296	1.5	1.8	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Laimbeer	15	29.7	10.9	2.8	5.3	8.1	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.6	4.4	9.9	.446	0.3	1.1	.294	1.8	2.1	.871


Season 12
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	48	20.0	9.4	0.5	2.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.3	7.2	.462	1.3	3.8	.339	1.5	1.9	.802
Bill Laimbeer	81	27.6	9.7	1.3	4.3	5.6	2.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	2.8	4.2	9.0	.470	0.4	1.0	.376	0.8	0.9	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	12	28.4	11.6	0.4	4.6	5.0	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.3	4.3	8.6	.495	1.9	4.5	.426	1.2	1.4	.824
Bill Laimbeer	5	29.0	8.2	1.0	5.6	6.6	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.6	3.4	9.2	.370	0.4	2.0	.200	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 13
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jeff Green	68	27.0	11.0	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.8	3.8	7.8	.492	1.5	3.7	.412	1.8	2.4	.776
Bill Laimbeer	79	24.5	8.7	1.4	3.9	5.3	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	2.7	3.7	7.3	.509	0.1	0.3	.370	1.2	1.3	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	6	24.7	8.2	0.7	2.2	2.8	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.5	2.3	2.7	5.5	.485	1.7	3.0	.556	1.2	1.3	.875
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Denver Nuggets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Jeff Green	75	24.7	10.3	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.0	3.7	7.1	.524	0.7	2.2	.315	2.2	2.6	.833
Bill Laimbeer	11	22.5	9.8	0.8	4.3	5.1	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.7	4.3	8.2	.522	0.3	0.8	.333	1.0	1.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	5	22.6	3.8	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.2	3.4	.353	0.6	1.6	.375	0.8	1.0	.800
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jeff Green	56	19.5	7.8	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.9	.288	1.6	2.1	.744
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	20	17.2	4.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.2	1.4	3.1	.452	0.5	1.4	.321	0.9	1.0	.895
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Jeff Green	Bill Laimbeer
Season	2023-24	-
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		%
Jeff Green	78	16.8	6.5	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.7	.456	0.7	2.1	.331	1.6	1.9	.819
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jeff Green vs. Bill Laimbeer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Laimbeer and Jeff Green, 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