Jerry Lucas vs. Ken Norman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ken Norman 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, 1 more than Ken Norman, who played 10. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Ken Norman had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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	Ken Norman
Season	1963-64	1987-88
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Los Angeles Clippers
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
Ken Norman	66	21.7	8.6	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	1.9	3.7	7.6	.482	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	2.6	.512
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
Ken Norman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Ken Norman
Season	1964-65	1988-89
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Los Angeles Clippers
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
Ken Norman	80	37.8	18.1	3.1	5.3	8.3	3.5	1.3	0.8	2.6	2.8	8.0	15.9	.502	0.1	0.3	.190	2.1	3.4	.630
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
Ken Norman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jerry Lucas	Ken Norman
Season	1965-66	1989-90
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Los Angeles Clippers
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
Ken Norman	70	33.3	16.1	2.0	4.7	6.7	2.3	1.1	0.8	2.7	2.8	6.9	13.6	.510	0.1	0.2	.438	2.2	3.5	.632
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
Ken Norman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jerry Lucas	Ken Norman
Season	1966-67	1990-91
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Los Angeles Clippers
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
Ken Norman	70	33.0	17.4	2.5	4.6	7.1	2.3	0.9	0.9	2.0	2.7	7.4	14.8	.501	0.1	0.5	.188	2.5	3.9	.629
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
Ken Norman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jerry Lucas	Ken Norman
Season	1967-68	1991-92
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Ken Norman	77	26.1	12.1	2.1	3.8	5.8	1.6	0.7	0.9	1.3	1.9	5.2	10.7	.490	0.1	0.4	.143	1.6	2.9	.535
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Norman	5	36.8	12.6	3.8	6.0	9.8	3.0	0.8	0.6	1.2	3.6	5.4	10.6	.509	0.0	0.4	.000	1.8	3.4	.529

Season 6
	Jerry Lucas	Ken Norman
Season	1968-69	1992-93
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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	74	41.6	18.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	13.6	.551	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Ken Norman	76	32.6	15.0	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.1	6.6	12.8	.511	0.1	0.5	.263	1.7	2.9	.595
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Norman	5	32.8	12.8	2.8	5.4	8.2	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.2	1.6	5.0	13.4	.373	0.6	1.6	.375	2.2	4.4	.500

Season 8
	Jerry Lucas	Ken Norman
Season	1970-71	1994-95
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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
Ken Norman	74	25.4	12.7	1.4	3.5	4.9	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.1	5.2	11.6	.453	1.3	3.9	.344	0.9	1.9	.457
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
Ken Norman	3	14.0	5.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	4.3	2.3	6.0	.389	0.3	2.7	.125	0.3	2.3	.143

Season 10
	Jerry Lucas	Ken Norman
Season	1972-73	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	71	28.2	9.9	-	-	7.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.2	4.4	8.6	.513	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Ken Norman	17	12.9	3.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.0	1.6	5.5	.287	0.4	2.2	.158	0.2	0.7	.333
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
Ken Norman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-