Avery Johnson vs. Jerry Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Lucas and Avery Johnson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Avery Johnson played 16 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jerry Lucas, who played 11. Avery Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Jerry Lucas had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Avery Johnson	Jerry Lucas
Season	1988-89	1963-64
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Avery Johnson	43	6.8	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.7	1.9	.349	0.0	0.2	.111	0.2	0.4	.563
Jerry Lucas	79	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	6	5.2	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.7	.000	0.2	0.3	.500
Jerry Lucas	10	37.0	12.2	-	-	12.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	12.3	.390	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.703

Season 2
	Avery Johnson	Jerry Lucas
Season	1989-90	1964-65
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Avery Johnson	53	10.8	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.1	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	2.7	.387	0.0	0.1	.250	0.5	0.8	.725
Jerry Lucas	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	4	48.8	23.3	-	-	21.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	9.5	18.8	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.773

Season 3
	Avery Johnson	Jerry Lucas
Season	1990-91	1965-66
Team	Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Avery Johnson	68	14.1	4.7	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.1	0.9	1.9	4.1	.469	0.0	0.1	.111	0.9	1.3	.678
Jerry Lucas	79	44.5	21.5	-	-	21.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.3	.453	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	3	6.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Jerry Lucas	5	46.2	21.4	-	-	20.2	2.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.0	17.0	.471	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.771

Season 4
	Avery Johnson	Jerry Lucas
Season	1991-92	1966-67
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Avery Johnson	69	17.9	5.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.9	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.3	2.3	4.8	.479	0.1	0.2	.267	1.0	1.5	.653
Jerry Lucas	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	4	45.8	12.5	-	-	19.3	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.0	13.8	.436	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 5
	Avery Johnson	Jerry Lucas
Season	1992-93	1967-68
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Avery Johnson	75	27.1	8.7	0.3	1.7	1.9	7.5	1.1	0.2	1.9	1.9	3.4	6.8	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.4	.791
Jerry Lucas	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	10	31.4	8.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	8.1	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.7	3.6	7.0	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.714
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Avery Johnson	Jerry Lucas
Season	1993-94	1968-69
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Avery Johnson	82	28.4	10.9	0.5	1.6	2.1	5.3	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.0	4.3	8.8	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.1	.704
Jerry Lucas	74	41.6	18.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	13.6	.551	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	3	13.7	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	3.0	5.7	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Avery Johnson	Jerry Lucas
Season	1995-96	1970-71
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
Avery Johnson	82	37.6	13.1	0.5	2.1	2.5	9.6	1.5	0.3	2.4	2.2	5.3	10.8	.494	0.1	0.4	.194	2.3	3.2	.721
Jerry Lucas	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	10	40.7	12.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	9.4	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.1	5.2	12.1	.430	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.7	.704
Jerry Lucas	5	34.2	17.8	-	-	10.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.8	7.8	15.4	.506	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688

Season 10
	Avery Johnson	Jerry Lucas
Season	1997-98	1972-73
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Avery Johnson	75	35.7	10.2	0.4	1.6	2.0	7.9	1.1	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.3	8.9	.478	0.0	0.2	.154	1.6	2.2	.726
Jerry Lucas	71	28.2	9.9	-	-	7.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.2	4.4	8.6	.513	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	9	38.1	17.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	6.1	1.0	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	11.2	.604	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	5.7	.667
Jerry Lucas	17	21.6	7.5	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	6.6	.482	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.870

Season 11
	Avery Johnson	Jerry Lucas
Season	1998-99	1973-74
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Avery Johnson	50	33.4	9.7	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.4	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.0	4.4	9.2	.473	0.0	0.2	.083	1.0	1.8	.568
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	17	38.5	12.6	0.5	1.9	2.5	7.4	1.2	0.1	2.9	1.8	5.4	11.0	.487	0.1	0.2	.333	1.9	2.8	.681
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	-