Walt Bellamy vs. Maurice Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Maurice Lucas and Walt Bellamy, 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.

Walt Bellamy played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Maurice Lucas, who played 12. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Maurice Lucas had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Walt Bellamy	14	7	1961-62 to 1974-75
Maurice Lucas	12	9	1976-77 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1961-62	1976-77
Team	Chicago Packers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Maurice Lucas	79	36.2	20.2	3.4	7.9	11.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	-	3.7	8.0	17.2	.466	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	19	38.5	21.2	2.3	7.6	9.9	4.2	1.5	1.2	-	4.2	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.743


Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1962-63	1977-78
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Maurice Lucas	68	31.2	16.4	2.7	6.4	9.1	2.5	0.9	0.8	2.8	3.3	6.7	14.5	.458	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	6	38.8	17.2	3.2	9.3	12.5	2.5	0.7	0.3	3.2	4.7	7.7	18.0	.426	-	-	-	1.8	3.2	.579


Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1963-64	1978-79
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Maurice Lucas	69	35.7	20.4	2.8	7.6	10.4	3.1	1.0	1.2	3.4	3.7	8.2	17.5	.470	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	3	34.7	11.0	0.7	10.0	10.7	6.0	1.0	0.3	3.7	4.0	4.7	13.7	.341	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.714


Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1964-65	1979-80
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Maurice Lucas	63	29.9	14.7	2.3	6.3	8.5	3.3	0.7	1.0	3.5	3.5	5.9	12.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.222	2.8	3.8	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1965-66	1980-81
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.9	22.8	-	-	15.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.7	17.2	.506	-	-	-	5.4	8.6	.624
Maurice Lucas	68	31.8	14.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	2.5	0.8	0.9	2.6	3.8	5.9	12.3	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1966-67	1981-82
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	38.1	19.0	-	-	13.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	13.7	.521	-	-	-	4.7	7.3	.636
Maurice Lucas	80	33.4	15.8	3.4	7.9	11.3	2.2	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.9	6.3	12.5	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.4	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	4	39.3	18.3	-	-	16.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	4.3	7.3	.586
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1967-68	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Walt Bellamy	82	32.9	16.7	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	6.2	11.5	.541	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.662
Maurice Lucas	77	33.6	16.5	2.6	7.8	10.4	2.8	0.7	0.6	2.9	3.6	6.4	13.6	.474	0.0	0.0	.333	3.6	4.6	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	6	46.2	20.0	-	-	16.0	3.5	-	-	-	3.7	7.5	17.8	.421	-	-	-	5.0	8.0	.625
Maurice Lucas	2	28.5	13.0	2.5	3.5	6.0	4.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	2.5	6.0	10.5	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 8
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1968-69	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Walt Bellamy	88	35.9	17.4	-	-	12.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	6.4	12.5	.510	-	-	-	4.6	7.0	.649
Maurice Lucas	75	30.8	15.9	2.8	6.9	9.7	2.7	0.7	0.5	2.4	3.1	6.0	12.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.1	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	17	33.5	17.4	2.5	7.5	9.9	3.6	0.7	0.5	1.7	3.9	6.8	13.4	.511	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.6	.808


Season 9
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1969-70	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	25.7	11.6	-	-	8.9	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	8.5	.523	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	.576
Maurice Lucas	63	26.5	13.4	2.2	6.7	8.8	2.3	0.6	0.3	2.4	2.9	5.5	11.5	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	9	40.9	16.8	-	-	15.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	14.0	.468	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	.717
Maurice Lucas	3	28.0	19.7	4.0	7.0	11.0	3.3	0.7	0.7	2.7	4.0	7.3	15.7	.468	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	6.3	.789


Season 10
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	82	35.5	14.7	-	-	12.9	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	10.7	.493	-	-	-	4.1	6.8	.604
Maurice Lucas	77	22.7	10.2	2.1	5.2	7.4	1.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	3.3	3.9	8.5	.462	0.0	0.0	.500	2.3	3.0	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	5	43.2	20.8	-	-	14.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	8.2	13.8	.594	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.759
Maurice Lucas	14	22.8	9.4	2.1	4.4	6.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.9	3.8	4.2	8.0	.527	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.737


Season 11
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1971-72	1986-87
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Walt Bellamy	82	38.9	18.6	-	-	12.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	7.2	13.3	.545	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	.585
Maurice Lucas	63	17.8	7.9	1.4	3.5	4.9	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	2.8	6.2	.451	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.0	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	6	41.2	18.5	-	-	13.7	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	14.3	.488	-	-	-	4.5	7.2	.628
Maurice Lucas	14	18.9	7.0	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.3	3.1	2.5	6.4	.389	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.737


Season 12
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1972-73	1987-88
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	74	37.9	16.1	-	-	13.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	12.2	.505	-	-	-	3.8	7.1	.538
Maurice Lucas	73	16.3	6.1	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.0	2.6	2.3	5.1	.450	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	6	41.2	13.7	-	-	12.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	14.3	.395	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	.452
Maurice Lucas	4	15.8	2.5	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.0	1.0	3.3	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 13
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
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		%
Walt Bellamy	77	31.7	13.1	3.4	6.2	9.6	2.5	0.7	0.6	-	3.0	5.1	10.4	.486	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	.608
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Walt Bellamy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1974-75	-
Team	New Orleans Jazz	-
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		%
Walt Bellamy	1	14.0	6.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Walt Bellamy vs. Maurice Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Maurice Lucas and Walt Bellamy, 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