John Lucas vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas 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.
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, 2 more than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. John Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Isaiah Thomas had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
12 |
4 |
2011-12 to 2023-24 |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
65 |
25.5 |
11.5 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
4.1 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
3.9 |
8.8 |
.448 |
1.3 |
3.4 |
.379 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
.832 |
|
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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
79 |
26.9 |
13.9 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
4.6 |
10.5 |
.440 |
1.5 |
4.1 |
.358 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
.882 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
72 |
34.7 |
20.3 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
6.3 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
6.9 |
15.2 |
.453 |
1.8 |
5.1 |
.349 |
4.8 |
5.7 |
.850 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
67 |
25.8 |
16.4 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
4.2 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
5.0 |
11.9 |
.420 |
1.9 |
5.2 |
.373 |
4.5 |
5.2 |
.868 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Isaiah Thomas |
4 |
29.8 |
17.5 |
0.3 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
7.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
4.5 |
13.5 |
.333 |
0.8 |
4.5 |
.167 |
7.8 |
8.0 |
.969 |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
82 |
32.2 |
22.2 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
6.2 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
2.7 |
2.0 |
7.2 |
16.9 |
.428 |
2.0 |
5.7 |
.359 |
5.8 |
6.6 |
.871 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Isaiah Thomas |
6 |
36.7 |
24.2 |
0.3 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
7.8 |
19.8 |
.395 |
2.2 |
7.7 |
.283 |
6.3 |
7.8 |
.809 |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
76 |
33.8 |
28.9 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
2.7 |
5.9 |
0.9 |
0.2 |
2.8 |
2.2 |
9.0 |
19.4 |
.463 |
3.2 |
8.5 |
.379 |
7.8 |
8.5 |
.909 |
|
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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
15 |
34.7 |
23.3 |
0.3 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
6.7 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
3.3 |
2.3 |
7.4 |
17.4 |
.425 |
2.4 |
7.2 |
.333 |
6.1 |
7.4 |
.820 |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
32 |
26.9 |
15.2 |
0.5 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
4.8 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
3.0 |
1.8 |
4.9 |
13.2 |
.373 |
1.7 |
5.9 |
.293 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
.893 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
12 |
15.1 |
8.1 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
8.3 |
.343 |
1.0 |
3.6 |
.279 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
.630 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
40 |
23.1 |
12.2 |
0.3 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
3.7 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
4.4 |
10.7 |
.408 |
2.0 |
4.7 |
.413 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
.816 |
|
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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
3 |
16.0 |
7.7 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
9.0 |
.333 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
.250 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.000 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
22 |
15.2 |
8.4 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
7.6 |
.401 |
1.3 |
3.8 |
.337 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
.846 |
|
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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Isaiah Thomas didn't play in 2022-23.
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
6 |
3.2 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
.300 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
|
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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
1 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
.000 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
.000 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Isaiah Thomas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |