John Lucas vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and John 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.

John Lucas played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Bobby Portis, who played 9. John Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Bobby Portis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
John Lucas	14	6	1976-77 to 1989-90
Bobby Portis	9	5	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1976-77	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
John Lucas	82	30.9	11.1	0.7	2.0	2.7	5.6	1.5	0.2	-	2.1	4.7	9.9	.477	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	.789
Bobby Portis	62	17.8	7.0	2.0	3.5	5.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.0	7.0	.427	0.3	0.8	.308	0.8	1.1	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	12	35.8	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	6.9	2.0	0.3	-	2.8	6.3	11.6	.540	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.765
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1977-78	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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	82	35.8	12.4	0.6	2.5	3.1	9.4	2.0	0.1	2.6	2.5	5.0	11.5	.435	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.772
Bobby Portis	64	15.6	6.8	1.2	3.5	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.5	.333	0.6	0.9	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	6	20.2	6.7	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.5	.515	1.0	2.2	.462	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1978-79	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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		%
John Lucas	82	37.7	16.1	0.8	2.2	3.0	9.3	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.8	6.5	14.0	.462	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	.822
Bobby Portis	73	22.5	13.2	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.8	5.2	11.1	.471	1.1	3.1	.359	1.6	2.1	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1979-80	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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		%
John Lucas	80	34.5	12.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	7.5	1.7	0.0	2.3	2.5	4.9	10.4	.467	0.2	0.5	.286	2.8	3.6	.768
Bobby Portis	50	26.0	14.2	2.2	5.9	8.1	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.9	5.6	12.6	.444	1.5	3.8	.393	1.5	1.9	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
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		%
John Lucas	66	29.1	8.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	7.0	1.3	0.0	2.8	2.1	3.4	7.7	.439	0.1	0.4	.167	1.6	2.2	.738
Bobby Portis	66	21.1	10.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.7	4.0	8.9	.450	1.0	2.8	.358	1.1	1.4	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	Washington Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 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		%
John Lucas	79	24.6	8.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.0	1.2	0.1	2.0	1.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.0	0.3	.091	1.7	2.2	.784
Bobby Portis	66	20.8	11.4	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.7	4.7	9.1	.523	1.1	2.4	.471	0.8	1.1	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	7	10.6	4.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	2.9	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.7	.538	0.1	0.4	.333	0.3	0.4	.667
Bobby Portis	20	18.3	8.8	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.6	3.5	7.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.346	0.9	1.3	.720


Season 7
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1982-83	2021-22
Team	Washington Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	35	11.0	4.1	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.9	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.5	1.8	3.7	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.2	.500
Bobby Portis	72	28.2	14.6	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.8	12.1	.479	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.6	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	12	24.8	10.6	2.1	7.9	10.0	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.0	9.6	.417	1.2	3.9	.298	1.4	1.8	.773


Season 8
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1983-84	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	63	28.7	10.9	0.4	2.5	2.9	10.7	1.5	0.1	2.3	2.0	4.4	9.4	.462	0.3	1.1	.275	1.9	2.5	.764
Bobby Portis	70	26.0	14.1	2.2	7.4	9.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.6	5.7	11.5	.496	1.4	3.7	.370	1.4	1.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	5	21.4	9.6	2.0	6.2	8.2	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.0	8.2	.488	1.0	3.6	.278	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 9
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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	47	24.6	11.4	0.4	1.4	1.8	6.8	1.3	0.0	2.2	1.7	4.4	9.5	.462	0.4	1.4	.318	2.2	2.7	.798
Bobby Portis	82	24.5	13.8	1.7	5.7	7.4	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.3	5.7	11.2	.508	1.2	3.0	.407	1.2	1.5	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	5	30.4	13.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	5.4	1.2	0.0	1.4	2.8	5.2	16.0	.325	0.4	2.8	.143	2.8	4.4	.636
Bobby Portis	6	31.2	16.5	2.7	8.7	11.3	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.2	7.3	15.2	.484	0.5	2.0	.250	1.3	2.2	.615


Season 10
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
John Lucas	65	32.6	15.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	8.8	1.2	0.1	2.3	1.9	5.6	12.6	.446	0.7	2.2	.308	3.6	4.6	.775
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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	43	31.6	17.5	0.7	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.7	0.1	2.1	1.9	6.6	14.5	.457	1.1	2.9	.365	3.2	4.0	.787
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	12	30.2	15.6	0.3	1.8	2.1	5.2	1.2	0.1	1.7	1.4	5.7	12.5	.453	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	4.0	.813
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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	81	21.8	9.2	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.8	1.1	0.0	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.8	.445	0.6	1.9	.338	1.6	2.0	.802
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	5	16.0	5.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.8	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.0	2.0	5.4	.370	0.6	2.6	.231	1.2	1.8	.667
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
John Lucas	74	11.4	4.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.5	0.8	0.0	0.9	0.7	1.6	4.0	.398	0.2	0.9	.265	0.7	1.0	.701
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	4	9.3	2.8	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.3	1.3	4.3	.294	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.5	.500
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	John Lucas	Bobby Portis
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
John Lucas	49	19.1	5.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.9	0.9	0.0	1.7	1.2	2.2	5.9	.375	0.5	1.8	.299	0.9	1.1	.764
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

John Lucas vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and John 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14