Jerry Lucas vs. Dan Majerle Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dan Majerle and Jerry Lucas, 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.

Jerry Lucas played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Dan Majerle, who played 14. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Dan Majerle had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Jerry Lucas	11	8	1963-64 to 1973-74
Dan Majerle	14	13	1988-89 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1963-64	1988-89
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Suns Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	79	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Dan Majerle	54	25.1	8.6	1.1	2.7	3.9	2.4	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.6	3.4	8.0	.419	0.5	1.5	.329	1.4	2.4	.614

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	10	37.0	12.2	-	-	12.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	12.3	.390	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.703
Dan Majerle	12	29.3	14.3	1.8	2.9	4.8	1.2	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.3	12.0	.438	0.7	2.3	.286	3.2	4.0	.792


Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1964-65	1989-90
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Suns Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814
Dan Majerle	73	30.7	11.1	2.0	3.9	5.9	2.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	2.4	4.1	9.6	.424	0.3	1.1	.238	2.7	3.6	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	4	48.8	23.3	-	-	21.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	9.5	18.8	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.773
Dan Majerle	16	29.9	12.6	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.1	1.3	0.1	1.1	2.1	4.6	9.4	.487	0.3	0.8	.333	3.2	4.1	.785


Season 3
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1965-66	1990-91
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Suns 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		%
Jerry Lucas	79	44.5	21.5	-	-	21.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.3	.453	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Dan Majerle	77	29.6	13.6	2.2	3.2	5.4	2.8	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.1	5.2	10.7	.484	0.4	1.1	.349	2.9	3.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	5	46.2	21.4	-	-	20.2	2.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.0	17.0	.471	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.771
Dan Majerle	4	27.5	10.5	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	3.0	3.0	8.0	.375	1.0	2.8	.364	3.5	4.8	.737


Season 4
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1966-67	1991-92
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Suns 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		%
Jerry Lucas	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Dan Majerle	82	34.8	17.3	1.8	4.1	5.9	3.3	1.6	0.5	1.2	1.9	6.7	14.1	.478	1.1	2.8	.382	2.8	3.7	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	4	45.8	12.5	-	-	19.3	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.0	13.8	.436	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Dan Majerle	7	38.0	18.6	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.9	1.4	0.0	1.3	1.6	6.9	15.9	.432	1.3	4.7	.273	3.6	3.7	.962


Season 5
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1967-68	1992-93
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
Jerry Lucas	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Dan Majerle	82	39.0	16.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	3.8	1.7	0.4	1.6	2.2	6.2	13.4	.464	2.0	5.3	.381	2.5	3.2	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Majerle	24	44.6	15.4	1.2	4.6	5.8	3.7	1.4	1.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	13.0	.431	2.3	5.7	.394	2.0	2.9	.696


Season 6
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1968-69	1993-94
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Jerry Lucas	74	41.6	18.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	13.6	.551	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Dan Majerle	80	40.1	16.5	1.5	2.9	4.4	3.4	1.6	0.5	1.7	1.9	6.0	14.2	.418	2.4	6.3	.382	2.2	3.0	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Majerle	10	41.0	12.3	1.5	2.8	4.3	2.4	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.3	4.6	12.7	.362	2.0	5.9	.339	1.1	1.6	.688


Season 7
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1969-70	1994-95
Team	Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Jerry Lucas	67	36.1	15.1	-	-	14.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	11.9	.507	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.784
Dan Majerle	82	37.7	15.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	4.1	1.2	0.5	1.3	1.9	5.3	12.6	.425	2.4	6.7	.363	2.5	3.4	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Majerle	10	30.7	8.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.7	1.4	0.3	0.9	2.4	2.7	7.3	.370	1.6	4.4	.364	1.2	1.7	.706


Season 8
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1970-71	1995-96
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Jerry Lucas	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787
Dan Majerle	82	28.9	10.6	0.9	2.9	3.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.6	3.7	9.1	.405	1.8	5.0	.353	1.5	2.1	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	5	34.2	17.8	-	-	10.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.8	7.8	15.4	.506	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688
Dan Majerle	3	30.3	16.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	5.3	12.0	.444	3.3	7.7	.435	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 9
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1971-72	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
Jerry Lucas	77	38.0	16.7	-	-	13.1	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.1	13.8	.512	-	-	-	2.6	3.2	.791
Dan Majerle	36	35.1	10.8	1.3	3.3	4.5	3.2	1.5	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.9	9.6	.406	1.9	5.6	.338	1.1	1.6	.678

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	16	46.1	18.6	-	-	10.8	5.3	-	-	-	3.1	7.4	14.9	.500	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.831
Dan Majerle	17	29.2	8.0	0.9	3.3	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.7	6.9	.393	1.5	4.4	.338	1.1	1.6	.679


Season 10
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1972-73	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East 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		%
Jerry Lucas	71	28.2	9.9	-	-	7.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.2	4.4	8.6	.513	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Dan Majerle	72	26.8	7.2	0.7	3.1	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.6	6.1	.419	1.5	4.1	.376	0.6	0.7	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	17	21.6	7.5	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	6.6	.482	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.870
Dan Majerle	2	31.0	4.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	.375	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 11
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	1973-74	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Heat Lost East 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		%
Jerry Lucas	73	22.3	6.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	3.2	0.4	0.3	-	1.8	2.7	5.8	.462	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.698
Dan Majerle	48	33.8	7.0	0.4	3.9	4.3	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	2.5	6.2	.396	1.4	4.2	.335	0.7	1.0	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	11	10.5	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	-	0.8	0.5	1.9	.238	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Dan Majerle	5	30.2	4.0	0.6	5.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	3.0	1.0	5.2	.192	1.0	4.4	.227	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 12
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Majerle	69	33.4	7.3	0.4	4.4	4.8	3.0	1.3	0.2	0.9	2.3	2.5	6.1	.403	1.6	4.4	.362	0.8	1.0	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Majerle	10	37.0	9.0	0.5	6.5	7.0	3.2	2.1	0.1	1.1	3.4	3.0	7.1	.423	2.0	5.0	.400	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 13
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East 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		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Majerle	53	24.6	5.0	0.4	2.8	3.1	1.7	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	1.6	4.9	.336	1.1	3.4	.315	0.7	0.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Majerle	3	23.7	5.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	1.7	5.3	.313	1.3	4.7	.286	0.7	1.3	.500


Season 14
	Jerry Lucas	Dan Majerle
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Majerle	65	18.2	4.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.5	4.4	.343	1.2	3.6	.336	0.4	0.6	.590

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Majerle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jerry Lucas vs. Dan Majerle Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dan Majerle and Jerry Lucas, 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