Jerry Lucas vs. Roy Tarpley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Roy Tarpley 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, 5 more than Roy Tarpley, who played 6. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Roy Tarpley had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
	Jerry Lucas	Roy Tarpley
Season	1963-64	1986-87
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Mavericks 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	79	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Roy Tarpley	75	18.7	7.5	2.4	4.7	7.1	0.7	0.7	1.1	1.3	3.1	3.1	6.7	.467	0.0	0.0	.333	1.3	1.9	.676
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
Roy Tarpley	4	28.5	13.3	4.5	6.0	10.5	0.3	0.3	1.8	1.8	4.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.714

Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Roy Tarpley
Season	1964-65	1987-88
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814
Roy Tarpley	81	28.5	13.5	4.4	7.4	11.8	1.1	1.3	1.1	2.1	3.9	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.4	.740
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
Roy Tarpley	17	33.1	17.9	5.2	7.7	12.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	1.9	4.1	7.4	14.2	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.3	.740

Season 3
	Jerry Lucas	Roy Tarpley
Season	1965-66	1988-89
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Dallas Mavericks
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
Roy Tarpley	19	31.1	17.3	4.1	7.4	11.5	0.9	1.5	1.6	2.4	3.7	6.9	12.7	.541	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	5.1	.688
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
Roy Tarpley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jerry Lucas	Roy Tarpley
Season	1966-67	1989-90
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Mavericks 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	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Roy Tarpley	45	36.6	16.8	4.2	8.9	13.1	1.5	1.8	1.6	2.6	3.6	7.0	15.5	.451	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.8	.756
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
Roy Tarpley	3	43.0	16.7	3.0	12.3	15.3	0.3	2.3	3.3	3.0	4.0	7.3	15.3	.478	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	4.0	.500

Season 5
	Jerry Lucas	Roy Tarpley
Season	1967-68	1990-91
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Dallas Mavericks
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
Roy Tarpley	5	34.2	20.4	3.2	7.8	11.0	2.4	1.2	1.8	2.6	4.0	8.6	15.8	.544	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	3.6	.889
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roy Tarpley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Roy Tarpley didn't play in 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94.

Season 6
	Jerry Lucas	Roy Tarpley
Season	1968-69	1994-95
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Dallas Mavericks
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
Roy Tarpley	55	24.6	12.6	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.0	2.8	5.3	11.1	.479	0.1	0.3	.278	1.9	2.2	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roy Tarpley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jerry Lucas	Roy Tarpley
Season	1970-71	-
Team	San Francisco Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Jerry Lucas	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787
Roy Tarpley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Roy Tarpley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jerry Lucas	Roy Tarpley
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
Roy Tarpley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Roy Tarpley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-