Jud Buechler vs. Jerry Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Lucas and Jud Buechler, 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.

Jud Buechler played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jerry Lucas, who played 11. Jud Buechler had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Jerry Lucas had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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
Jud Buechler	12	7	1990-91 to 2001-02
Jerry Lucas	11	8	1963-64 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	1990-91	1963-64
Team	New Jersey Nets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Jud Buechler	74	11.6	3.1	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.1	1.3	3.1	.416	0.0	0.1	.250	0.6	0.9	.652
Jerry Lucas	79	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	10	37.0	12.2	-	-	12.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	12.3	.390	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.703


Season 2
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	1991-92	1964-65
Team	New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Jud Buechler	28	10.4	2.5	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.5	.408	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.571
Jerry Lucas	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	4	48.8	23.3	-	-	21.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	9.5	18.8	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.773


Season 3
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	1992-93	1965-66
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Jud Buechler	70	18.4	6.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.5	5.8	.437	0.3	0.8	.339	0.9	1.2	.747
Jerry Lucas	79	44.5	21.5	-	-	21.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.3	.453	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	5	46.2	21.4	-	-	20.2	2.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.0	17.0	.471	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.771


Season 4
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	1993-94	1966-67
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Jud Buechler	36	6.1	2.9	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.3	.500	0.3	0.8	.414	0.3	0.6	.500
Jerry Lucas	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	4	45.8	12.5	-	-	19.3	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.0	13.8	.436	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 5
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	1994-95	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 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		%
Jud Buechler	57	10.6	3.8	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.1	1.6	3.2	.492	0.3	0.8	.313	0.4	0.7	.564
Jerry Lucas	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	10	10.4	2.0	1.1	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.5	0.9	2.1	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.4	.500
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	1995-96	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jud Buechler	74	10.0	3.8	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	3.3	.463	0.5	1.2	.444	0.2	0.3	.636
Jerry Lucas	74	41.6	18.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	13.6	.551	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	17	7.5	2.7	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.1	2.2	.474	0.5	1.2	.381	0.1	0.2	.500
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	1996-97	1969-70
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jud Buechler	76	9.3	1.8	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.1	.367	0.2	0.7	.333	0.1	0.2	.357
Jerry Lucas	67	36.1	15.1	-	-	14.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	11.9	.507	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	18	7.7	1.8	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.7	1.7	.419	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.3	.600
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	1997-98	1970-71
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors 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		%
Jud Buechler	74	8.2	2.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.1	2.4	.483	0.3	0.9	.385	0.0	0.1	.500
Jerry Lucas	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	16	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.7	.364	0.2	0.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-
Jerry Lucas	5	34.2	17.8	-	-	10.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.8	7.8	15.4	.506	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688


Season 9
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	1998-99	1971-72
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Jud Buechler	50	21.1	5.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.8	.417	1.2	3.0	.412	0.3	0.4	.722
Jerry Lucas	77	38.0	16.7	-	-	13.1	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.1	13.8	.512	-	-	-	2.6	3.2	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	5	16.8	1.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.2	0.6	3.0	.200	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Jerry Lucas	16	46.1	18.6	-	-	10.8	5.3	-	-	-	3.1	7.4	14.9	.500	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.831


Season 10
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	1999-00	1972-73
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jud Buechler	58	11.3	2.2	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.9	2.7	.353	0.3	1.4	.217	0.0	0.1	.286
Jerry Lucas	71	28.2	9.9	-	-	7.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.2	4.4	8.6	.513	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	3	11.3	2.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-
Jerry Lucas	17	21.6	7.5	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	6.6	.482	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.870


Season 11
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	2000-01	1973-74
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Jud Buechler	57	12.9	3.4	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.5	1.3	2.9	.463	0.6	1.4	.416	0.2	0.2	.750
Jerry Lucas	73	22.3	6.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	3.2	0.4	0.3	-	1.8	2.7	5.8	.462	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Lucas	11	10.5	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	-	0.8	0.5	1.9	.238	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Jud Buechler	Jerry Lucas
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Jud Buechler	66	10.4	1.7	0.4	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.7	1.8	.373	0.3	0.9	.350	0.0	0.1	.500
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	2	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jud Buechler vs. Jerry Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Lucas and Jud Buechler, 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