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Bob Lanier
Bob Lanier advanced stats and career rankings
3.2 average league finish
4,221 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Bob Lanier ranks #28 all time. 5 top-five finishes and 6 top-ten finishes give him a strong blend of peak and staying power. His full-career value ranks #41, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Bob Lanier's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Bob Lanier ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
Best in the league
Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite4.4
Equal average of Best 3, Prime 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.
- Best 3 weight
- 63.3%
- Score
- 4.4
- Qualified seasons
- 14
- All-time rank
- #28
Strongest seasons
Every season
Bob Lanier advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–84Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 35 | 72 | 2,007 | +2.44 | 91.1 | #23 | 180.1 | 85th | Strong |
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 34 | 39 | 978 | +0.30 | 64.0 | #92 | 46.9 | 52nd | Established |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 33 | 74 | 1,986 | +2.52 | 90.2 | #26 | 187.2 | 87th | Strong |
| 1980–81Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 32 | 67 | 1,753 | +3.76 | 96.0 | #11 | 217.8 | 89th | Strong |
| 1979–80Historical Defense Estimate | DET/MIL | 31 | 63 | 2,131 | +3.43 | 93.5 | #16 | 254.4 | 91st | Strong |
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 30 | 53 | 1,835 | +3.49 | 95.2 | #12 | 224.9 | 85th | Strong |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 29 | 63 | 2,311 | +4.90 | 98.3 | #5 | 357.8 | 96th | Strong |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 28 | 64 | 2,446 | +5.32 | 98.8 | #4 | 405.7 | 98th | Strong |
| 1975–76Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 27 | 64 | 2,363 | +4.95 | 98.9 | #3 | 359.9 | 96th | Strong |
| 1974–75Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 26 | 76 | 2,987 | +6.24 | 99.5 | #2 | 515.5 | 98th | Strong |
| 1973–74Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 25 | 81 | 3,047 | +7.13 | 99.4 | #2 | 617.0 | 99th | Strong |
| 1972–73Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 24 | 81 | 3,150 | +3.22 | 95.3 | #9 | 382.2 | 95th | Modeled |
| 1971–72Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 23 | 80 | 3,092 | +2.66 | 92.1 | #14 | 338.3 | 93rd | Modeled |
| 1970–71Historical Defense Estimate | DET | 22 | 82 | 2,017 | +0.86 | 77.2 | #39 | 133.9 | 71st | Modeled |
Career movement
Bob Lanier's career impact by season
Peak +7.13 in 1973–74 · 14 seasons · 32,103 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
Era-centered box impactMinutesModeled estimate
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
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