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Bob Lanier

Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. (Bob)

Position: Center
Height: 6-11    Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: September 10, 1948 in Buffalo, New York
High School: Bennett in Buffalo, New York
College: St. Bonaventure University

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1992

Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall) of the 1970 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1970-71 22 DET NBA 82 2017 504 1108 .455 273 376 .726 665 146 272 1281
1971-72 23 DET NBA 80 3092 834 1690 .493 388 505 .768 1132 248 297 2056
1972-73 24 DET NBA 81 3150 810 1654 .490 307 397 .773 1205 260 278 1927
1973-74 25 DET NBA 81 3047 748 1483 .504 326 409 .797 269 805 1074 343 110 247 273 1822
1974-75 26 DET NBA 76 2987 731 1433 .510 361 450 .802 225 689 914 350 75 172 237 1823
1975-76 27 DET NBA 64 2363 541 1017 .532 284 370 .768 217 529 746 217 79 86 203 1366
1976-77 28 DET NBA 64 2446 678 1269 .534 260 318 .818 200 545 745 214 70 126 174 1616
1977-78 29 DET NBA 63 2311 622 1159 .537 298 386 .772 197 518 715 216 82 93 225 185 1542
1978-79 30 DET NBA 53 1835 489 950 .515 275 367 .749 164 330 494 140 50 75 175 181 1253
1979-80 31 TOT NBA 63 2131 466 867 .537 1 6 .167 277 354 .782 152 400 552 184 74 89 162 200 1210
1979-80 31 DET NBA 37 1392 319 584 .546 0 5 .000 164 210 .781 108 265 373 122 38 60 113 130 802
1979-80 31 MIL NBA 26 739 147 283 .519 1 1 1.000 113 144 .785 44 135 179 62 36 29 49 70 408
1980-81 32 MIL NBA 67 1753 376 716 .525 1 1 1.000 208 277 .751 128 285 413 179 73 81 139 184 961
1981-82 33 MIL NBA 74 72 1986 407 729 .558 0 2 .000 182 242 .752 92 296 388 219 72 56 166 211 996
1982-83 34 MIL NBA 39 35 978 163 332 .491 0 1 .000 91 133 .684 58 142 200 105 34 24 82 125 417
1983-84 35 MIL NBA 72 72 2007 392 685 .572 0 3 .000 194 274 .708 141 314 455 186 58 51 163 228 978
Career NBA 959 179 32103 7761 15092 .514 2 13 .154 3724 4858 .767 1843 4853 9698 3007 777 1100 1112 3048 19248

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1970-71 22 DET NBA 82 24.6 6.1 13.5 .455 3.3 4.6 .726 8.1 1.8 3.3 15.6
1971-72 23 DET NBA 80 38.7 10.4 21.1 .493 4.9 6.3 .768 14.2 3.1 3.7 25.7
1972-73 24 DET NBA 81 38.9 10.0 20.4 .490 3.8 4.9 .773 14.9 3.2 3.4 23.8
1973-74 25 DET NBA 81 37.6 9.2 18.3 .504 4.0 5.0 .797 3.3 9.9 13.3 4.2 1.4 3.0 3.4 22.5
1974-75 26 DET NBA 76 39.3 9.6 18.9 .510 4.8 5.9 .802 3.0 9.1 12.0 4.6 1.0 2.3 3.1 24.0
1975-76 27 DET NBA 64 36.9 8.5 15.9 .532 4.4 5.8 .768 3.4 8.3 11.7 3.4 1.2 1.3 3.2 21.3
1976-77 28 DET NBA 64 38.2 10.6 19.8 .534 4.1 5.0 .818 3.1 8.5 11.6 3.3 1.1 2.0 2.7 25.3
1977-78 29 DET NBA 63 36.7 9.9 18.4 .537 4.7 6.1 .772 3.1 8.2 11.3 3.4 1.3 1.5 3.6 2.9 24.5
1978-79 30 DET NBA 53 34.6 9.2 17.9 .515 5.2 6.9 .749 3.1 6.2 9.3 2.6 0.9 1.4 3.3 3.4 23.6
1979-80 31 TOT NBA 63 33.8 7.4 13.8 .537 0.0 0.1 .167 4.4 5.6 .782 2.4 6.3 8.8 2.9 1.2 1.4 2.6 3.2 19.2
1979-80 31 DET NBA 37 37.6 8.6 15.8 .546 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 5.7 .781 2.9 7.2 10.1 3.3 1.0 1.6 3.1 3.5 21.7
1979-80 31 MIL NBA 26 28.4 5.7 10.9 .519 0.0 0.0 1.000 4.3 5.5 .785 1.7 5.2 6.9 2.4 1.4 1.1 1.9 2.7 15.7
1980-81 32 MIL NBA 67 26.2 5.6 10.7 .525 0.0 0.0 1.000 3.1 4.1 .751 1.9 4.3 6.2 2.7 1.1 1.2 2.1 2.7 14.3
1981-82 33 MIL NBA 74 72 26.8 5.5 9.9 .558 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.3 .752 1.2 4.0 5.2 3.0 1.0 0.8 2.2 2.9 13.5
1982-83 34 MIL NBA 39 35 25.1 4.2 8.5 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.4 .684 1.5 3.6 5.1 2.7 0.9 0.6 2.1 3.2 10.7
1983-84 35 MIL NBA 72 72 27.9 5.4 9.5 .572 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.8 .708 2.0 4.4 6.3 2.6 0.8 0.7 2.3 3.2 13.6
Career NBA 959 179 33.5 8.1 15.7 .514 0.0 0.0 .154 3.9 5.1 .767 2.6 6.8 10.1 3.1 1.1 1.5 2.6 3.2 20.1

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1970-71 22 DET NBA 82 2017 9.0 19.8 .455 4.9 6.7 .726 11.9 2.6 4.9 22.9
1971-72 23 DET NBA 80 3092 9.7 19.7 .493 4.5 5.9 .768 13.2 2.9 3.5 23.9
1972-73 24 DET NBA 81 3150 9.3 18.9 .490 3.5 4.5 .773 13.8 3.0 3.2 22.0
1973-74 25 DET NBA 81 3047 8.8 17.5 .504 3.9 4.8 .797 3.2 9.5 12.7 4.1 1.3 2.9 3.2 21.5
1974-75 26 DET NBA 76 2987 8.8 17.3 .510 4.4 5.4 .802 2.7 8.3 11.0 4.2 0.9 2.1 2.9 22.0
1975-76 27 DET NBA 64 2363 8.2 15.5 .532 4.3 5.6 .768 3.3 8.1 11.4 3.3 1.2 1.3 3.1 20.8
1976-77 28 DET NBA 64 2446 10.0 18.7 .534 3.8 4.7 .818 2.9 8.0 11.0 3.1 1.0 1.9 2.6 23.8
1977-78 29 DET NBA 63 2311 9.7 18.1 .537 4.6 6.0 .772 3.1 8.1 11.1 3.4 1.3 1.4 3.5 2.9 24.0
1978-79 30 DET NBA 53 1835 9.6 18.6 .515 5.4 7.2 .749 3.2 6.5 9.7 2.7 1.0 1.5 3.4 3.6 24.6
1979-80 31 TOT NBA 63 2131 7.9 14.6 .537 0.0 0.1 .167 4.7 6.0 .782 2.6 6.8 9.3 3.1 1.3 1.5 2.7 3.4 20.4
1979-80 31 DET NBA 37 1392 8.2 15.1 .546 0.0 0.1 .000 4.2 5.4 .781 2.8 6.9 9.6 3.2 1.0 1.6 2.9 3.4 20.7
1979-80 31 MIL NBA 26 739 7.2 13.8 .519 0.0 0.0 1.000 5.5 7.0 .785 2.1 6.6 8.7 3.0 1.8 1.4 2.4 3.4 19.9
1980-81 32 MIL NBA 67 1753 7.7 14.7 .525 0.0 0.0 1.000 4.3 5.7 .751 2.6 5.9 8.5 3.7 1.5 1.7 2.9 3.8 19.7
1981-82 33 MIL NBA 74 72 1986 7.4 13.2 .558 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.4 .752 1.7 5.4 7.0 4.0 1.3 1.0 3.0 3.8 18.1
1982-83 34 MIL NBA 39 35 978 6.0 12.2 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.9 .684 2.1 5.2 7.4 3.9 1.3 0.9 3.0 4.6 15.3
1983-84 35 MIL NBA 72 72 2007 7.0 12.3 .572 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.9 .708 2.5 5.6 8.2 3.3 1.0 0.9 2.9 4.1 17.5
Career NBA 959 179 32103 8.7 16.9 .514 0.0 0.1 .154 4.2 5.4 .767 2.8 7.3 10.9 3.4 1.2 1.7 3.1 3.4 21.6

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1970-71 22 DET NBA 82 2017 20.0 .503 .455 15.9 11.6
1971-72 23 DET NBA 80 3092 23.1 .538 .493 17.4 13.2
1972-73 24 DET NBA 81 3150 22.1 .527 .490 18.6 12.3
1973-74 25 DET NBA 81 3047 23.9 .548 .504 9.1 27.1 18.1 17.9 1.6 4.3 88
1974-75 26 DET NBA 76 2987 24.4 .559 .510 8.4 25.1 16.8 19.9 1.2 3.1 96
1975-76 27 DET NBA 64 2363 22.7 .579 .532 9.3 23.5 16.3 13.9 1.5 1.9 97
1976-77 28 DET NBA 64 2446 23.0 .573 .534 8.5 23.1 15.8 12.9 1.3 2.7 99
1977-78 29 DET NBA 63 2311 24.8 .580 .537 9.1 23.1 16.2 14.9 1.6 2.1 14.5 25.7 112 99 20.1 9.3 29 5 12.0
1978-79 30 DET NBA 53 1835 21.7 .564 .515 9.0 19.3 14.0 11.4 1.2 2.1 13.6 26.7 109 104 8.7 5.0 14 9 2.5
1979-80 31 TOT NBA 63 2131 20.4 .592 .538 7.6 19.9 13.8 12.3 1.6 2.2 13.7 21.6 115 105 11.6 6.2 18 7 5.5
1979-80 31 DET NBA 37 1392 20.3 .593 .546 8.1 20.2 14.1 12.7 1.2 2.3 14.3 21.8 114 107 6.2 2.4 9 6 1.5
1979-80 31 MIL NBA 26 739 20.5 .589 .521 6.7 19.3 13.2 11.5 2.3 2.2 12.4 21.2 117 99 5.4 3.8 9 1 4.0
1980-81 32 MIL NBA 67 1753 19.7 .573 .526 8.3 17.5 13.0 14.0 1.9 2.6 14.2 21.8 113 100 11.5 9.5 21 2 9.5
1981-82 33 MIL NBA 74 1986 17.4 .596 .558 5.5 16.5 11.2 16.0 1.7 1.6 16.6 20.7 112 101 8.5 10.3 19 5 7.0
1982-83 34 MIL NBA 39 978 14.5 .534 .491 6.8 15.2 11.2 15.1 1.7 1.4 17.4 20.0 103 101 2.1 4.5 7 5 1.0
1983-84 35 MIL NBA 72 2007 17.7 .607 .572 8.3 17.1 12.9 13.9 1.4 1.5 16.8 20.4 113 103 9.1 9.7 19 5 7.0
Career NBA 959 32103 21.7 .559 .514 8.3 21.5 15.6 14.4 1.5 2.5 14.9 22.6 111 98 71.6 54.6 127 38 44.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1973-74 25 DET NBA 7 303 77 152 30 38 26 107 21 4 14 28 184 .507 .789 43.3 26.3 15.3 3.0
1974-75 26 DET NBA 3 128 26 51 9 12 5 32 19 4 12 10 61 .510 .750 42.7 20.3 10.7 6.3
1975-76 27 DET NBA 9 359 95 172 45 50 39 114 30 8 21 34 235 .552 .900 39.9 26.1 12.7 3.3
1976-77 28 DET NBA 3 118 34 54 16 19 13 50 6 3 7 10 84 .630 .842 39.3 28.0 16.7 2.0
1979-80 31 MIL NBA 7 256 52 101 0 0 31 42 17 65 31 7 8 17 23 135 .515 .738 36.6 19.3 9.3 4.4
1980-81 32 MIL NBA 7 236 50 85 0 0 23 32 12 52 28 12 8 15 18 123 .588 .719 33.7 17.6 7.4 4.0
1981-82 33 MIL NBA 6 212 41 80 0 1 14 25 18 45 22 8 5 14 21 96 .513 .000 .560 35.3 16.0 7.5 3.7
1982-83 34 MIL NBA 9 250 51 89 0 0 21 35 17 63 23 5 14 21 32 123 .573 .600 27.8 13.7 7.0 2.6
1983-84 35 MIL NBA 16 499 82 171 0 0 39 44 32 117 55 11 10 38 57 203 .480 .886 31.2 12.7 7.3 3.4
Career NBA 67 2361 508 955 0 1 228 297 179 645 235 62 99 105 233 1244 .532 .000 .768 35.2 18.6 9.6 3.5

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1971-72 23 DET NBA 1 5 0 2 .000 2 3 .667 3 0 0 2
1972-73 24 DET NBA 1 12 5 9 .556 0 0 6 0 1 10
1973-74 25 DET NBA 1 26 11 15 .733 2 2 1.000 10 2 2 1 24
1974-75 26 DET NBA 1 12 1 4 .250 0 0 7 2 0 3 2
1976-77 28 DET NBA 1 20 7 8 .875 3 3 1.000 10 4 1 3 17
1977-78 29 DET NBA 1 4 0 0 1 2 .500 2 0 0 1 0 1
1978-79 30 DET NBA 1 31 5 10 .500 0 0 4 4 1 0 4 10
1981-82 33 MIL NBA 1 11 3 7 .429 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 3 0 0 1 1 3 8
Career NBA 8 121 32 55 .582 0 0 10 12 .833 2 45 12 0 5 2 15 74

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1967-68 19 stbonny 25 272 466 112 175 390 656 .584 .640 26.2 15.6
1968-69 20 stbonny 24 270 460 114 181 374 654 .587 .630 27.3 15.6
1969-70 21 stbonny 26 308 549 141 194 416 757 .561 .727 29.1 16.0
Career 75 850 1475 367 550 1180 2067 .576 .667 27.6 15.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1972 NBA
1973 NBA
1974 NBA
1975 NBA
1977 NBA
1978 NBA
1979 NBA
1982 NBA

Awards

1973-74 NBA All-Star Game MVP

Honors

1970-71 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1972-73 NBA 0.006 (14)
1973-74 NBA 0.436 (3)
1974-75 NBA 0.007 (13)
1976-77 NBA 0.045 (4)
1977-78 NBA 0.004 (10)
1980-81 NBA 0.006 (22)

Games

1970-71 NBA 82 (2)

Minutes Played

Career NBA 32103 (77)
Career 32103 (85)

Field Goals

1971-72 NBA 834 (3)
1972-73 NBA 810 (6)
1973-74 NBA 748 (7)
1974-75 NBA 731 (7)
Career NBA 7761 (31)
Career 7761 (35)

Field Goal Attempts

1971-72 NBA 1690 (8)
Career NBA 15092 (46)
Career 15092 (49)

Field Goal Pct

1973-74 NBA .504 (9)
1974-75 NBA .510 (8)
1975-76 NBA .532 (4)
1976-77 NBA .534 (5)
1977-78 NBA .537 (6)
1983-84 NBA .572 (9)
Career NBA .514 (53)
Career .514 (53)

Free Throws

1974-75 NBA 361 (9)
Career NBA 3724 (70)
Career 3724 (74)

Free Throw Attempts

1974-75 NBA 450 (8)
Career NBA 4858 (69)
Career 4858 (74)

Offensive Rebounds

Career NBA 1843 (92)

Defensive Rebounds

1973-74 NBA 805 (5)
1974-75 NBA 689 (7)
Career NBA 4853 (60)
Career 4853 (68)

Total Rebounds

1971-72 NBA 1132 (8)
1972-73 NBA 1205 (6)
1973-74 NBA 1074 (5)
1974-75 NBA 914 (9)
Career NBA 9698 (34)
Career 9698 (38)

Blocks

1973-74 NBA 247 (3)
1974-75 NBA 172 (6)
Career NBA 1100 (60)
Career 1100 (62)

Personal Fouls

1971-72 NBA 297 (6)
Career NBA 3048 (55)
Career 3048 (64)

Points

1971-72 NBA 2056 (6)
1972-73 NBA 1927 (8)
1973-74 NBA 1822 (7)
1974-75 NBA 1823 (6)
Career NBA 19248 (38)
Career 19248 (42)

Minutes Per Game

1976-77 NBA 38.2 (7)

Points Per Game

1971-72 NBA 25.7 (8)
1972-73 NBA 23.8 (10)
1973-74 NBA 22.5 (10)
1974-75 NBA 24.0 (6)
1976-77 NBA 25.2 (6)
1977-78 NBA 24.5 (8)
Career NBA 20.1 (54)
Career 20.1 (57)

Rebounds Per Game

1971-72 NBA 14.2 (9)
1972-73 NBA 14.9 (6)
1973-74 NBA 13.3 (8)
1974-75 NBA 12.0 (9)
Career NBA 10.1 (40)
Career 10.1 (45)

Blocks Per Game

1973-74 NBA 3.0 (4)
1974-75 NBA 2.3 (5)
Career NBA 1.5 (39)
Career 1.5 (40)

Player Efficiency Rating

1970-71 NBA 20.0 (10)
1971-72 NBA 23.1 (2)
1972-73 NBA 22.1 (5)
1973-74 NBA 23.9 (3)
1974-75 NBA 24.4 (3)
1975-76 NBA 22.7 (4)
1976-77 NBA 23.0 (2)
1977-78 NBA 24.8 (2)
Career NBA 21.7 (29)
Career 21.7 (28)

True Shooting Pct

1974-75 NBA .559 (7)
1975-76 NBA .579 (2)
1977-78 NBA .580 (8)

Offensive Rebound Pct

Career NBA 8.3 (100)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1973-74 NBA 27.1 (5)
1974-75 NBA 25.1 (6)
1975-76 NBA 23.5 (9)
1976-77 NBA 23.1 (9)
Career NBA 21.5 (56)
Career 21.5 (56)

Total Rebound Pct

1971-72 NBA 17.4 (10)
1972-73 NBA 18.6 (4)
1973-74 NBA 18.1 (5)
Career NBA 15.6 (54)
Career 15.6 (56)

Block Pct

1973-74 NBA 4.3 (3)
1974-75 NBA 3.1 (6)
Career NBA 2.5 (62)
Career 2.5 (64)

Offensive Rating

1977-78 NBA 111.5 (7)

Defensive Rating

1973-74 NBA 88.0 (1)
 Career NBA 98.4 (23)
Career 98.4 (23)

Offensive Win Shares

1977-78 NBA 20.1 (9)

Win Shares

1977-78 NBA 29 (9)

Win Shares Above Average

1977-78 NBA 12.0 (7)
Career NBA 44.5 (93)
Career 44.5 (93)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.824 (75)
      

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1978-79 Detroit Pistons NBA $500,000
1979-80 Total NBA $500,000
Career (may be incomplete) $1,000,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).