Meyers Leonard vs. Jerry Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Lucas and Meyers Leonard, 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.

Meyers Leonard played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jerry Lucas, who played 11. Meyers Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Meyers Leonard	Jerry Lucas
Season	2012-13	1963-64
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Meyers Leonard	69	17.5	5.5	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	2.4	2.2	4.0	.545	0.0	0.1	.429	1.0	1.3	.809
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		%
Meyers Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Meyers Leonard	Jerry Lucas
Season	2013-14	1964-65
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Meyers Leonard	40	8.9	2.5	0.7	2.1	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.9	1.0	2.3	.451	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.5	.762
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		%
Meyers Leonard	4	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Meyers Leonard	Jerry Lucas
Season	2014-15	1965-66
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Meyers Leonard	55	15.4	5.9	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.7	2.1	2.3	4.5	.510	0.9	2.0	.420	0.5	0.6	.938
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		%
Meyers Leonard	5	21.2	7.8	1.2	5.4	6.6	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.4	2.8	4.2	.667	2.0	2.6	.769	0.2	0.4	.500
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
	Meyers Leonard	Jerry Lucas
Season	2015-16	1966-67
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Meyers Leonard	61	21.9	8.4	0.8	4.3	5.1	1.5	0.1	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.2	7.1	.448	1.4	3.7	.377	0.6	0.8	.761
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		%
Meyers Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Meyers Leonard	Jerry Lucas
Season	2016-17	1967-68
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Meyers Leonard	74	16.5	5.4	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.1	.386	1.0	2.9	.347	0.5	0.5	.875
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		%
Meyers Leonard	3	10.3	0.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Meyers Leonard	Jerry Lucas
Season	2017-18	1968-69
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Meyers Leonard	33	7.7	3.4	0.4	1.8	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.4	.590	0.3	0.8	.423	0.3	0.3	.818
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		%
Meyers Leonard	2	4.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Meyers Leonard	Jerry Lucas
Season	2019-20	1970-71
Team	Miami Heat	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Meyers Leonard	51	20.3	6.1	0.6	4.5	5.1	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.3	4.6	.509	1.0	2.5	.414	0.4	0.5	.643
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		%
Meyers Leonard	3	10.3	4.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	2.7	.625	0.7	1.3	.500	0.7	0.7	1.000
Jerry Lucas	5	34.2	17.8	-	-	10.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.8	7.8	15.4	.506	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688

Note: Meyers Leonard didn't play in 2021-22.

Season 10
	Meyers Leonard	Jerry Lucas
Season	2022-23	1972-73
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Meyers Leonard	9	12.7	4.8	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.8	1.6	3.2	.483	0.8	2.0	.389	0.9	1.0	.889
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		%
Meyers Leonard	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	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