Jerry Lucas vs. Yves Missi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yves Missi 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, 9 more than Yves Missi, who played 2. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Yves Missi had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Jerry Lucas	Yves Missi
Season	1963-64	2024-25
Team	Cincinnati Royals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+6	+14.6	+8.6			+9.2	+1.2				-1.8	+3.2	+6.4	+.020				+2.2	+2.2	+.156
Yves Missi	73	26.8	9.1	3.5	4.7	8.2	1.4	0.5	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.7	6.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.8	.623
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
Yves Missi	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Yves Missi
Season	1964-65	2025-26
Team	Cincinnati Royals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+50	+23.0	+15.3			+14.2	+1.1				-1.2	+5.9	+12.2	+.055				+3.7	+4.0	+.272
Yves Missi	16	20.4	6.1	3.3	2.4	5.8	1.3	0.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.6	4.8	.553	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.542
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
Yves Missi	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jerry Lucas played 9 seasons more than Yves Missi in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 11, from 1966 to 1974—Jerry Lucas played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Yves Missi, Jerry Lucas got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game