Jerry Lucas vs. Slater Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Slater Martin 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 and Slater Martin both played 11 years in the NBA. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Slater Martin had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jerry Lucas	11	8	1963-64 to 1973-74
Slater Martin	11	11	1949-50 to 1959-60

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1963-64	1949-50
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Slater Martin	67	-	4.0	-	-	-	2.2	-	-	-	2.4	1.6	4.5	.351	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.634

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
Slater Martin	12	-	4.7	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	1.8	4.2	.420	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.583


Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1964-65	1950-51
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Lakers 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	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814
Slater Martin	68	-	8.5	-	-	3.6	3.5	-	-	-	2.9	3.3	9.2	.362	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.684

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
Slater Martin	7	-	7.1	-	-	6.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	2.6	7.3	.353	-	-	-	2.0	3.9	.519


Season 3
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1965-66	1951-52
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Slater Martin	66	37.6	9.3	-	-	3.5	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	3.6	9.6	.375	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.747

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
Slater Martin	13	40.2	9.0	-	-	2.8	4.3	-	-	-	4.9	2.9	8.5	.345	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	.732


Season 4
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1966-67	1952-53
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Slater Martin	70	36.5	10.6	-	-	2.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.5	3.7	9.1	.410	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.780

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
Slater Martin	12	37.8	10.1	-	-	2.6	3.6	-	-	-	4.1	3.4	8.6	.398	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.765


Season 5
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1967-68	1953-54
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Slater Martin	69	35.8	9.9	-	-	2.4	3.7	-	-	-	2.9	3.7	9.5	.388	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slater Martin	13	41.0	9.7	-	-	2.2	4.6	-	-	-	4.0	2.8	8.6	.330	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.743


Season 6
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1968-69	1954-55
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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
Slater Martin	72	38.7	13.6	-	-	3.6	5.9	-	-	-	3.1	4.9	12.8	.381	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slater Martin	7	45.0	13.7	-	-	4.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	13.4	.298	-	-	-	5.7	7.0	.816


Season 7
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1969-70	1955-56
Team	Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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
Slater Martin	72	39.4	13.2	-	-	3.6	6.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	12.0	.358	-	-	-	4.6	5.5	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slater Martin	3	40.3	18.0	-	-	2.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.7	12.3	.459	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.833


Season 8
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1970-71	1956-57
Team	San Francisco Warriors	New York Knicks, St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost NBA 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	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787
Slater Martin	66	36.4	10.9	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.9	3.7	11.2	.332	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.790

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
Slater Martin	10	43.9	16.6	-	-	4.2	4.9	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	15.5	.355	-	-	-	5.6	7.4	.757


Season 9
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1971-72	1957-58
Team	New York Knicks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	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	77	38.0	16.7	-	-	13.1	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.1	13.8	.512	-	-	-	2.6	3.2	.791
Slater Martin	60	35.0	12.0	-	-	3.8	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	12.8	.336	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	16	46.1	18.6	-	-	10.8	5.3	-	-	-	3.1	7.4	14.9	.500	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.831
Slater Martin	11	37.8	11.5	-	-	4.4	3.6	-	-	-	3.6	4.0	12.5	.321	-	-	-	3.5	5.7	.619


Season 10
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1972-73	1958-59
Team	New York Knicks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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	71	28.2	9.9	-	-	7.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.2	4.4	8.6	.513	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Slater Martin	71	35.3	9.7	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	9.9	.347	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.776

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
Slater Martin	1	18.0	8.0	-	-	3.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.0	4.0	5.0	.800	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Jerry Lucas	Slater Martin
Season	1973-74	1959-60
Team	New York Knicks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost NBA 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	73	22.3	6.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	3.2	0.4	0.3	-	1.8	2.7	5.8	.462	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.698
Slater Martin	64	27.4	6.2	-	-	2.9	5.2	-	-	-	2.7	2.2	6.0	.371	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	11	10.5	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	-	0.8	0.5	1.9	.238	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Slater Martin	3	19.3	1.0	-	-	1.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.0	0.3	4.3	.077	-	-	-	0.3	1.3	.250

Jerry Lucas vs. Slater Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Slater Martin 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11