Bob Lanier

Seasons 1970-71–1983-84 · 14 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1948

★ Hall of Fame8× All-Star

Player info

20.1 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 3.1 APG · 959 games · .514 FG% · .154 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1970-71	DET	22	82	24.6	.455	—	.726	8.1	1.8	—	—	15.6	20.0	.503
1971-72	DET	23	80	38.7	.493	—	.768	14.2	3.1	—	—	25.7	23.1	.538
1972-73	DET	24	81	38.9	.490	—	.773	14.9	3.2	—	—	23.8	22.1	.527
1973-74	DET	25	81	37.6	.504	—	.797	13.3	4.2	1.4	3.0	22.5	23.9	.548
1974-75	DET	26	76	39.3	.510	—	.802	12.0	4.6	1.0	2.3	24.0	24.4	.559
1975-76	DET	27	64	36.9	.532	—	.768	11.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	21.3	22.7	.579
1976-77	DET	28	64	38.2	.534	—	.818	11.6	3.3	1.1	2.0	25.3	23.0	.573
1977-78	DET	29	63	36.7	.537	—	.772	11.3	3.4	1.3	1.5	24.5	24.8	.580
1978-79	DET	30	53	34.6	.515	—	.749	9.3	2.6	0.9	1.4	23.6	21.7	.564
1979-80	2TM	31	63	33.8	.537	.167	.782	8.8	2.9	1.2	1.4	19.2	20.4	.592
	DET	31	37	37.6	.546	0.000	.781	10.1	3.3	1.0	1.6	21.7	20.3	.593
	MIL	31	26	28.4	.519	1.000	.785	6.9	2.4	1.4	1.1	15.7	20.5	.589
1980-81	MIL	32	67	26.2	.525	1.000	.751	6.2	2.7	1.1	1.2	14.3	19.7	.573
1981-82	MIL	33	74	26.8	.558	0.000	.752	5.2	3.0	1.0	0.8	13.5	17.4	.596
1982-83	MIL	34	39	25.1	.491	0.000	.684	5.1	2.7	0.9	0.6	10.7	14.5	.534
1983-84	MIL	35	72	27.9	.572	0.000	.708	6.3	2.6	0.8	0.7	13.6	17.7	.607

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1970-71	DET	82	—	2,017	504	1,108	.455	—	—	273	376	665	146	—	—	—	1,281
1971-72	DET	80	—	3,092	834	1,690	.493	—	—	388	505	1132	248	—	—	—	2,056
1972-73	DET	81	—	3,150	810	1,654	.490	—	—	307	397	1205	260	—	—	—	1,927
1973-74	DET	81	—	3,047	748	1,483	.504	—	—	326	409	1074	343	110	247	—	1,822
1974-75	DET	76	—	2,987	731	1,433	.510	—	—	361	450	914	350	75	172	—	1,823
1975-76	DET	64	—	2,363	541	1,017	.532	—	—	284	370	746	217	79	86	—	1,366
1976-77	DET	64	—	2,446	678	1,269	.534	—	—	260	318	745	214	70	126	—	1,616
1977-78	DET	63	—	2,311	622	1,159	.537	—	—	298	386	715	216	82	93	225	1,542
1978-79	DET	53	—	1,835	489	950	.515	—	—	275	367	494	140	50	75	175	1,253
1979-80	2TM	63	—	2,131	466	867	.537	1	6	277	354	552	184	74	89	162	1,210
	DET	37	—	1,392	319	584	.546	0	5	164	210	373	122	38	60	113	802
	MIL	26	—	739	147	283	.519	1	1	113	144	179	62	36	29	49	408
1980-81	MIL	67	—	1,753	376	716	.525	1	1	208	277	413	179	73	81	139	961
1981-82	MIL	74	72	1,986	407	729	.558	0	2	182	242	388	219	72	56	166	996
1982-83	MIL	39	35	978	163	332	.491	0	1	91	133	200	105	34	24	82	417
1983-84	MIL	72	72	2,007	392	685	.572	0	3	194	274	455	186	58	51	163	978
Career		959	—	—	7,761	15,092	.514	2	13	3724	4858	9698	3007	777	1100	1112	19,248

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1970-71	DET	82	24.6	9.0	19.8	.455	—	—	4.9	6.7	11.9	2.6	—	—	—	22.9
1971-72	DET	80	38.6	9.7	19.7	.493	—	—	4.5	5.9	13.2	2.9	—	—	—	23.9
1972-73	DET	81	38.9	9.3	18.9	.490	—	—	3.5	4.5	13.8	3.0	—	—	—	22.0
1973-74	DET	81	37.6	8.8	17.5	.504	—	—	3.9	4.8	12.7	4.1	1.3	2.9	—	21.5
1974-75	DET	76	39.3	8.8	17.3	.510	—	—	4.4	5.4	11.0	4.2	0.9	2.1	—	22.0
1975-76	DET	64	36.9	8.2	15.5	.532	—	—	4.3	5.6	11.4	3.3	1.2	1.3	—	20.8
1976-77	DET	64	38.2	10.0	18.7	.534	—	—	3.8	4.7	11.0	3.1	1.0	1.9	—	23.8
1977-78	DET	63	36.7	9.7	18.1	.537	—	—	4.6	6.0	11.1	3.4	1.3	1.4	3.5	24.0
1978-79	DET	53	34.6	9.6	18.6	.515	—	—	5.4	7.2	9.7	2.7	1.0	1.5	3.4	24.6
1979-80	2TM	63	33.8	7.9	14.6	.537	0.0	0.1	4.7	6.0	9.3	3.1	1.3	1.5	2.7	20.4
	DET	37	37.6	8.2	15.1	.546	0.0	0.1	4.2	5.4	9.6	3.2	1.0	1.6	2.9	20.7
	MIL	26	28.4	7.2	13.8	.519	0.0	0.0	5.5	7.0	8.7	3.0	1.8	1.4	2.4	19.9
1980-81	MIL	67	26.2	7.7	14.7	.525	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.7	8.5	3.7	1.5	1.7	2.9	19.7
1981-82	MIL	74	26.8	7.4	13.2	.558	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	4.0	1.3	1.0	3.0	18.1
1982-83	MIL	39	25.1	6.0	12.2	.491	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.9	7.4	3.9	1.3	0.9	3.0	15.3
1983-84	MIL	72	27.9	7.0	12.3	.572	0.0	0.1	3.5	4.9	8.2	3.3	1.0	0.9	2.9	17.5

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1970-71	DET	82	2,017	20.0	.503	—	3.0	2.2	5.2	.124	—	—	—	—
1971-72	DET	80	3,092	23.1	.538	—	7.7	0.7	8.4	.130	—	—	—	—
1972-73	DET	81	3,150	22.1	.527	—	6.9	3.6	10.6	.161	—	—	—	—
1973-74	DET	81	3,047	23.9	.548	—	7.3	7.1	14.4	.227	+4.1	+2.9	+7.1	+7.0
1974-75	DET	76	2,987	24.4	.559	—	8.6	3.8	12.4	.199	+4.9	+1.2	+6.1	+6.1
1975-76	DET	64	2,363	22.7	.579	—	7.3	2.8	10.1	.205	+4.7	+0.5	+5.1	+4.3
1976-77	DET	64	2,446	23.0	.573	—	7.5	2.8	10.3	.203	+5.1	+0.3	+5.4	+4.6
1977-78	DET	63	2,311	24.8	.580	25.7	7.0	3.1	10.1	.209	+4.7	+0.7	+5.4	+4.3
1978-79	DET	53	1,835	21.7	.564	26.7	4.0	1.9	5.9	.155	+3.2	-0.2	+3.0	+2.3
1979-80	2TM	63	2,131	20.4	.592	21.6	5.0	2.4	7.4	.168	+2.6	+0.6	+3.1	+2.8
	DET	37	1,392	20.3	.593	21.8	3.1	1.1	4.2	.146	+2.6	-0.1	+2.5	+1.6
	MIL	26	739	20.5	.589	21.2	1.9	1.3	3.2	.209	+2.6	+1.8	+4.4	+1.2
1980-81	MIL	67	1,753	19.7	.573	21.8	3.7	3.0	6.8	.185	+2.5	+1.4	+3.9	+2.6
1981-82	MIL	74	1,986	17.4	.596	20.7	3.2	3.4	6.6	.160	+1.6	+1.3	+2.9	+2.5
1982-83	MIL	39	978	14.5	.534	20.0	0.8	1.5	2.3	.112	-0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+0.6
1983-84	MIL	72	2,007	17.7	.607	20.4	3.4	3.3	6.7	.160	+1.6	+1.1	+2.6	+2.3
Career		959	—	—	—	—	—	—	117.2	—	—	—	—	+39.4

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1973-74	7	25.1	26.3	15.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	.507	—	.545
1974-75	3	42.7	20.3	10.7	6.3	0.0	1.0	.510	—	.542
1975-76	9	39.9	26.1	12.7	3.3	0.3	2.3	.552	—	.606
1976-77	3	39.3	28.0	16.7	2.0	1.0	2.3	.630	—	.674
1979-80	7	36.6	19.3	9.3	4.4	1.0	1.1	.515	—	.565
1980-81	7	33.7	17.6	7.4	4.0	1.7	1.1	.588	—	.621
1981-82	6	35.3	16.0	7.5	3.7	1.3	0.8	.512	0.000	.527
1982-83	9	27.8	13.7	7.0	2.6	0.6	1.6	.573	—	.589
1983-84	16	31.2	12.7	7.3	3.4	0.7	0.6	.480	—	.533
Career	67	33.3	18.6	9.6	3.5	0.7	1.1	.532	0.000	.573

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	482	21.0	9.9	3.0	319–163
Away	477	19.2	9.1	2.8	198–279
In wins	517	20.2	9.5	3.0	517–0
In losses	442	19.9	9.4	2.7	0–442

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	58	20.7	9.9	2.5	35–23
BOS Boston Celtics	54	20.2	8.9	2.5	18–36
BKN Brooklyn Nets	31	17.5	8.0	2.7	19–12
CHI Chicago Bulls	70	17.9	7.4	2.5	39–31
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	53	19.1	9.0	3.1	36–17
DAL Dallas Mavericks	5	15.6	8.0	2.8	5–0
DEN Denver Nuggets	11	21.1	7.9	2.5	5–6
DET Detroit Pistons	17	15.2	5.4	2.3	9–8
GSW Golden State Warriors	49	18.9	11.9	3.7	20–29
HOU Houston Rockets	44	20.9	5.9	2.2	22–22
IND Indiana Pacers	29	18.4	8.5	2.4	20–9
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	14	14.6	4.6	2.4	10–4
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	47	21.8	11.0	3.2	21–26
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	49	20.3	10.6	3.2	20–29
NYK New York Knicks	57	19.1	9.7	2.9	27–30
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	52	19.8	9.7	3.0	24–28
PHX Phoenix Suns	48	21.3	10.6	3.2	26–22
POR Portland Trail Blazers	43	24.2	11.4	3.4	31–12
SAC Sacramento Kings	48	18.8	10.7	3.4	27–21
SAS San Antonio Spurs	18	24.4	8.5	3.9	6–12
UTA Utah Jazz	24	21.0	11.4	3.6	19–5

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Bob Lanier plays C for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Bob Lanier has averaged 20.1 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 3.1 APG over 14 seasons (1970-71–1983-84).

Bob Lanier is 6-11 (250 lb).

Bob Lanier was drafted in 1970, round 1, pick 1, by the Detroit Pistons.