Mookie Blaylock vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Mookie Blaylock, 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.

Mookie Blaylock played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Mookie Blaylock had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mookie Blaylock	13	8	1989-90 to 2001-02
Bob Lanier	14	9	1970-71 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1989-90	1970-71
Team	New Jersey Nets	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	50	25.3	10.1	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.2	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.2	4.2	11.4	.371	0.4	1.6	.225	1.3	1.6	.778
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1990-91	1971-72
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	72	35.9	14.1	0.9	2.5	3.5	6.1	2.3	0.6	2.9	2.5	6.0	14.4	.416	0.2	1.3	.154	1.9	2.4	.790
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1991-92	1972-73
Team	New Jersey Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	72	35.4	13.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	6.8	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.5	6.0	13.8	.432	0.2	0.8	.222	1.8	2.5	.712
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	4	37.0	9.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	3.8	0.5	1.8	4.0	4.3	13.8	.309	0.3	1.5	.167	0.8	1.0	.750
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1992-93	1973-74
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	80	35.3	13.4	1.1	2.4	3.5	8.4	2.5	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.2	12.1	.429	1.5	3.9	.375	1.5	2.1	.728
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	3	33.0	9.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	4.3	1.0	1.3	3.7	3.0	3.0	8.3	.360	1.3	4.0	.333	1.7	2.0	.833
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1993-94	1974-75
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	81	36.0	13.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	9.7	2.6	0.5	2.4	1.8	5.5	13.3	.411	1.4	4.2	.334	1.4	2.0	.730
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	11	37.7	13.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.9	2.2	0.5	2.9	2.0	4.4	12.8	.340	2.0	5.8	.344	2.3	2.7	.833
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 6
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1994-95	1975-76
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	80	38.4	17.2	1.5	3.5	4.9	7.7	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.1	6.4	15.0	.425	2.5	6.9	.359	2.0	2.7	.729
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	3	40.3	18.0	2.3	2.0	4.3	5.7	1.3	0.0	3.0	2.0	6.0	16.3	.367	3.7	9.3	.393	2.3	3.7	.636
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


Season 7
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1995-96	1976-77
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	81	35.7	15.7	1.4	2.7	4.1	5.9	2.6	0.2	2.3	1.9	5.6	13.9	.405	2.9	7.7	.371	1.6	2.1	.747
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	10	42.6	17.1	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.4	2.2	0.8	2.9	1.5	6.1	14.5	.421	3.3	8.4	.393	1.6	2.4	.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
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1996-97	1977-78
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	78	39.2	17.4	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	2.4	1.8	6.4	14.9	.432	2.8	7.7	.366	1.7	2.2	.753
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	10	44.2	16.4	1.2	5.8	7.0	6.5	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.5	6.1	15.4	.396	2.8	8.5	.329	1.4	2.1	.667
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1997-98	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	70	38.6	13.2	1.2	3.7	4.9	6.7	2.6	0.3	2.5	1.7	5.3	13.4	.392	1.3	4.8	.269	1.4	1.9	.709
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	4	38.3	14.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.3	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.5	13.3	.415	2.0	6.8	.296	1.8	3.0	.583
Bob Lanier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1998-99	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	48	36.7	13.3	0.9	3.7	4.7	5.8	2.1	0.2	2.4	1.3	5.1	13.6	.379	1.6	5.2	.307	1.4	1.9	.758
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	9	39.6	12.6	0.7	3.3	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.2	3.3	1.2	4.9	15.0	.326	2.0	5.7	.353	0.8	1.7	.467
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


Season 11
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	1999-00	1980-81
Team	Golden State Warriors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	73	33.7	11.3	0.8	2.9	3.7	6.7	2.0	0.3	2.0	1.7	4.5	11.5	.391	1.4	4.1	.336	0.9	1.3	.705
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

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


Season 12
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	2000-01	1981-82
Team	Golden State Warriors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	69	34.1	11.0	1.0	2.9	3.9	6.7	2.4	0.3	1.9	1.9	4.6	11.6	.396	1.1	3.3	.324	0.8	1.1	.697
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 13
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	2001-02	1982-83
Team	Golden State Warriors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	35	17.1	3.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.1	0.6	1.4	4.2	.342	0.4	1.2	.357	0.1	0.2	.500
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

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


Season 14
	Mookie Blaylock	Bob Lanier
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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

Mookie Blaylock vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Mookie Blaylock, 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