Jerry Lucas vs. Ben McLemore Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben McLemore 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.

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, 2 more than Ben McLemore, who played 9. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Ben McLemore had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Rookie Season
	Jerry Lucas	Ben McLemore
Season	1963-64	2013-14
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East 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		%
Jerry Lucas	79	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Ben McLemore	82	26.7	8.8	0.6	2.2	2.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.5	3.1	8.3	.376	1.2	3.6	.320	1.4	1.7	.804
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
Ben McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Ben McLemore
Season	1964-65	2014-15
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals 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		%
Jerry Lucas	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814
Ben McLemore	82	32.6	12.1	0.4	2.6	2.9	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.7	4.4	10.1	.437	1.7	4.8	.358	1.6	2.0	.813
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
Ben McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jerry Lucas	Ben McLemore
Season	1965-66	2015-16
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals 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		%
Jerry Lucas	79	44.5	21.5	-	-	21.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.3	.453	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Ben McLemore	68	21.2	7.8	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.2	0.8	0.1	1.5	2.1	2.9	6.7	.429	1.0	2.7	.362	1.1	1.5	.718
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
Ben McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jerry Lucas	Ben McLemore
Season	1966-67	2016-17
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals 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		%
Jerry Lucas	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Ben McLemore	61	19.3	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.1	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.8	3.0	6.9	.430	1.1	2.8	.382	1.1	1.5	.753
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
Ben McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jerry Lucas	Ben McLemore
Season	1967-68	2017-18
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Jerry Lucas	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Ben McLemore	56	19.5	7.5	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.1	2.5	2.8	6.7	.421	1.0	2.8	.346	0.9	1.1	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jerry Lucas	Ben McLemore
Season	1968-69	2018-19
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Jerry Lucas	74	41.6	18.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	13.6	.551	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Ben McLemore	19	8.3	3.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.2	1.3	3.4	.391	0.9	2.2	.415	0.4	0.6	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jerry Lucas	Ben McLemore
Season	1970-71	2020-21
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787
Ben McLemore	53	17.1	7.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	6.9	.370	1.8	5.3	.346	0.7	1.0	.736
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
Ben McLemore	4	9.0	1.5	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-

Season 10
	Jerry Lucas	Ben McLemore
Season	1972-73	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jerry Lucas	71	28.2	9.9	-	-	7.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.2	4.4	8.6	.513	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Ben McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Ben McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-