Jalen Green vs. Jerry Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Lucas and Jalen Green, 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.

Jalen Green played 4 years in the NBA, 7 less than Jerry Lucas, who played 11. Jalen Green had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Jalen Green	Jerry Lucas
Season	2021-22	1963-64
Team	Houston Rockets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Finals

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	67	31.9	17.3	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	6.1	14.2	.426	2.3	6.8	.343	2.8	3.5	.797
difference:	+12	+9.5	+0.4			+14.0					-2.3	+0.8	+1.1	+.101				+1.1	+1.5	+.018
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		%
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jalen Green	Jerry Lucas
Season	2022-23	1964-65
Team	Houston Rockets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	76	34.2	22.1	0.6	3.2	3.7	3.7	0.8	0.2	2.6	1.7	7.4	17.9	.416	2.5	7.3	.338	4.8	6.1	.786
difference:	+10	+9.2	+0.7			+16.3	+1.3				-1.5	+1.1	+0.9	+.082				+0.3	+0.6	+.028
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		%
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jalen Green	Jerry Lucas
Season	2023-24	1965-66
Team	Houston Rockets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	82	31.7	19.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	2.3	1.4	6.9	16.2	.423	2.5	7.4	.332	3.5	4.3	.804
difference:	+3	+12.8	+1.9			+15.9	+0.8				-2.1	+1.8	+3.1	+.030				+0.5	+0.8	+.017
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		%
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jalen Green	Jerry Lucas
Season	2024-25	1966-67
Team	Houston Rockets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost East Div Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	82	32.9	21.0	0.5	4.0	4.6	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.5	1.5	7.4	17.5	.423	2.9	8.1	.354	3.3	4.1	.813
difference:	+1	+11.0	+3.2			+14.5	+0.1				-2.0	+0.3	+2.0	+.036				+0.2	+0.3	+.022
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		%
Jalen Green	7	31.3	13.3	0.4	5.0	5.4	2.9	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	4.6	12.3	.372	1.9	6.3	.295	2.3	3.4	.667
difference:	+3	+14.5	+0.8			+13.9	+0.9				-2.9	+1.4	+1.5	+.064				+1.8	+2.9	+.333
Jerry Lucas	4	45.8	12.5	-	-	19.3	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.0	13.8	.436	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Additional Years
* Jerry Lucas played 7 seasons more than Jalen Green in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 11, from 1968 to 1974—Jerry Lucas played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Jalen Green, Jerry Lucas got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-Star Game