Jerry Lucas vs. Bobby Wanzer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Wanzer 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 Bobby Wanzer, who played 9. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Bobby Wanzer had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Jerry Lucas	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1963-64	1948-49
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Royals Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	79	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Bobby Wanzer	60	-	10.2	-	-	-	3.1	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	8.9	.379	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.823
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
Bobby Wanzer	4	-	9.5	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	10.3	.317	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.706

Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1964-65	1949-50
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Royals Lost Cent 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		%
Jerry Lucas	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814
Bobby Wanzer	67	-	11.8	-	-	-	3.2	-	-	-	1.5	3.8	9.2	.414	-	-	-	4.2	5.2	.806
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
Bobby Wanzer	2	-	13.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	8.5	.471	-	-	-	5.5	6.5	.846

Season 3
	Jerry Lucas	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1965-66	1950-51
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Jerry Lucas	79	44.5	21.5	-	-	21.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.3	.453	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Bobby Wanzer	68	-	10.8	-	-	3.4	2.7	-	-	-	1.9	3.7	9.2	.401	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.850
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
Bobby Wanzer	14	-	12.5	-	-	5.1	4.2	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	8.6	.471	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.910

Season 4
	Jerry Lucas	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1966-67	1951-52
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Royals Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Bobby Wanzer	66	37.8	15.7	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	11.7	.425	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.904
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
Bobby Wanzer	6	41.5	18.8	-	-	6.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	12.8	.429	-	-	-	7.8	8.2	.959

Season 5
	Jerry Lucas	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1967-68	1952-53
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Bobby Wanzer	70	36.8	14.6	-	-	5.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	4.5	12.4	.367	-	-	-	5.5	6.8	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	3	38.7	17.0	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	4.3	4.7	12.3	.378	-	-	-	7.7	9.0	.852

Season 6
	Jerry Lucas	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1968-69	1953-54
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	74	41.6	18.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	13.6	.551	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Bobby Wanzer	72	35.3	13.3	-	-	5.4	3.5	-	-	-	2.4	4.5	11.6	.386	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	6	40.8	16.0	-	-	5.8	4.3	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	12.3	.405	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.818

Season 7
	Jerry Lucas	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1969-70	1954-55
Team	Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	67	36.1	15.1	-	-	14.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	11.9	.507	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.784
Bobby Wanzer	72	33.0	13.1	-	-	5.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	11.4	.395	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	3	33.3	18.0	-	-	7.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	11.7	.457	-	-	-	7.3	8.0	.917

Season 8
	Jerry Lucas	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1970-71	1955-56
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Jerry Lucas	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787
Bobby Wanzer	72	27.5	10.4	-	-	3.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	9.0	.376	-	-	-	3.6	5.0	.719
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
Bobby Wanzer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jerry Lucas	Bobby Wanzer
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
Bobby Wanzer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Bobby Wanzer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-