John Lucas III vs. Joakim Noah Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joakim Noah and John Lucas III, 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.

John Lucas III played 8 years in the NBA, 5 less than Joakim Noah, who played 13. John Lucas III had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Joakim Noah had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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.

Note: John Lucas III didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Season 4
	John Lucas III	Joakim Noah
Season	2011-12	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
John Lucas III	49	14.8	7.5	0.4	1.1	1.6	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.9	0.9	2.9	7.3	.399	1.1	2.9	.393	0.6	0.7	.875
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.9	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas III	5	18.8	8.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.4	3.6	8.0	.450	1.0	2.6	.385	0.4	0.4	1.000
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725

Season 6
	John Lucas III	Joakim Noah
Season	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
John Lucas III	42	14.1	3.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.5	.326	0.6	2.0	.298	0.2	0.4	.625
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641

Season 7
	John Lucas III	Joakim Noah
Season	2014-15	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
John Lucas III	21	13.0	4.7	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.9	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.9	2.0	5.0	.404	0.4	1.4	.310	0.2	0.2	1.000
Joakim Noah	80	35.3	12.6	3.5	7.7	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.2	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	5	42.0	10.4	3.0	9.8	12.8	4.6	1.0	1.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.588

Note: John Lucas III didn't play in 2015-16.