Lionel Hollins vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Lionel Hollins, 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.

Lionel Hollins played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Lionel Hollins had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Bob Lanier had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
	Lionel Hollins	Bob Lanier
Season	1975-76	1970-71
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Lionel Hollins	74	25.6	10.8	0.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	1.8	0.4	-	3.2	4.2	10.0	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.721
Bob Lanier	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lionel Hollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Lionel Hollins	Bob Lanier
Season	1976-77	1971-72
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Lionel Hollins	76	29.3	14.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.1	2.2	0.5	-	3.5	5.9	13.8	.432	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.749
Bob Lanier	80	38.7	25.7	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.7	10.4	21.1	.493	-	-	-	4.9	6.3	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lionel Hollins	19	35.9	17.3	0.7	2.1	2.7	4.5	2.5	0.3	-	3.9	7.1	16.9	.417	-	-	-	3.2	4.6	.682
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Lionel Hollins	Bob Lanier
Season	1977-78	1972-73
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Lionel Hollins	81	33.8	15.9	1.0	2.4	3.4	4.7	1.9	0.4	3.0	3.3	6.6	14.8	.442	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.743
Bob Lanier	81	38.9	23.8	-	-	14.9	3.2	-	-	-	3.4	10.0	20.4	.490	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lionel Hollins	6	37.2	16.7	0.8	4.0	4.8	5.5	1.2	0.0	3.2	3.5	6.7	14.8	.449	-	-	-	3.3	4.8	.690
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Lionel Hollins	Bob Lanier
Season	1978-79	1973-74
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Lionel Hollins	64	30.7	15.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	5.1	1.8	0.4	3.5	3.1	6.3	13.8	.454	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.778
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lionel Hollins	3	22.0	7.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.7	2.7	8.7	.308	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.714
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

Season 5
	Lionel Hollins	Bob Lanier
Season	1979-80	1974-75
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Pistons 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		%
Lionel Hollins	47	25.7	11.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.4	1.6	0.2	2.7	2.2	4.5	11.2	.403	0.1	0.4	.150	2.1	3.0	.721
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lionel Hollins	18	34.3	13.8	0.9	3.0	3.9	6.3	1.5	0.2	2.6	2.7	5.4	12.9	.416	0.0	0.6	.000	3.0	3.8	.794
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

Season 7
	Lionel Hollins	Bob Lanier
Season	1981-82	1976-77
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Pistons 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		%
Lionel Hollins	81	27.9	11.0	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.9	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.4	4.7	9.8	.477	0.0	0.2	.125	1.6	2.3	.702
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lionel Hollins	8	14.3	4.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	3.1	1.1	0.1	1.6	1.4	1.9	6.1	.306	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.8	.667
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

Season 8
	Lionel Hollins	Bob Lanier
Season	1982-83	1977-78
Team	San Diego Clippers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Lionel Hollins	56	32.9	13.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	6.7	2.0	0.3	3.5	2.8	5.6	12.8	.437	0.1	0.4	.143	2.3	3.2	.721
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lionel Hollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Lionel Hollins	Bob Lanier
Season	1983-84	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Lionel Hollins	32	6.8	1.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	2.0	.381	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.846
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lionel Hollins	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Lionel Hollins	Bob Lanier
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		%
Lionel Hollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lionel Hollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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