Joe Fulks vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson and Joe Fulks, 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.

Joe Fulks played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Lance Stephenson, who played 10. Joe Fulks had the first of his seasons in 1946-47, while Lance Stephenson had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
	Joe Fulks	Lance Stephenson
Season	1946-47	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
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		%
Joe Fulks	60	-	23.2	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	26.0	.305	-	-	-	7.3	10.0	.730
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	10	-	22.2	-	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	3.2	7.4	25.7	.288	-	-	-	7.4	9.4	.787
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Joe Fulks	Lance Stephenson
Season	1947-48	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Joe Fulks	43	-	22.1	-	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	3.8	7.6	29.3	.259	-	-	-	6.9	9.1	.762
Lance Stephenson	42	10.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.0	.376	0.1	0.7	.133	0.2	0.4	.471
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	13	-	21.7	-	-	-	0.2	-	-	-	4.2	7.1	29.2	.242	-	-	-	7.5	9.3	.810
Lance Stephenson	4	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 3
	Joe Fulks	Lance Stephenson
Season	1948-49	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Joe Fulks	60	-	26.0	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	4.4	8.8	28.2	.313	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.787
Lance Stephenson	78	29.2	8.8	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.5	7.7	.460	0.8	2.4	.330	1.0	1.5	.652
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	1	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Lance Stephenson	19	35.4	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.6	8.9	.408	0.9	3.4	.281	1.2	1.9	.622

Season 5
	Joe Fulks	Lance Stephenson
Season	1950-51	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Joe Fulks	66	-	18.7	-	-	7.9	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	6.5	20.6	.316	-	-	-	5.7	6.7	.855
Lance Stephenson	61	25.8	8.2	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.4	9.0	.376	0.3	1.7	.171	1.1	1.8	.627
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	2	-	26.0	-	-	8.0	0.5	-	-	-	4.5	8.0	24.5	.327	-	-	-	10.0	13.5	.741
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Joe Fulks	Lance Stephenson
Season	1951-52	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Grizzlies 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		%
Joe Fulks	61	31.2	15.1	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	17.7	.312	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.825
Lance Stephenson	69	19.9	8.3	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.481	0.4	1.1	.385	1.3	1.6	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Fulks	3	23.3	5.7	-	-	4.0	0.7	-	-	-	4.3	1.7	11.0	.152	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.778
Lance Stephenson	4	23.8	13.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	11.0	.523	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800

Note: Lance Stephenson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.