Negele Knight vs. Jerry Lucas Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Lucas and Negele Knight, 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.
Negele Knight played 6 years in the NBA, 5 less than Jerry Lucas, who played 11. Negele Knight 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 |
Negele Knight |
6 |
3 |
1990-91 to 1998-99 |
Jerry Lucas |
11 |
8 |
1963-64 to 1973-74 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Negele Knight |
64 |
12.4 |
5.3 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
4.8 |
.425 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.240 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
.602 |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
4 |
14.0 |
8.0 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
3.3 |
6.5 |
.500 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
.333 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
.714 |
Jerry Lucas |
10 |
37.0 |
12.2 |
- |
- |
12.5 |
3.4 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
4.8 |
12.3 |
.390 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
3.7 |
.703 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Negele Knight |
42 |
15.0 |
5.8 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
2.5 |
5.2 |
.475 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.308 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
.688 |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry Lucas |
4 |
48.8 |
23.3 |
- |
- |
21.0 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
9.5 |
18.8 |
.507 |
- |
- |
- |
4.3 |
5.5 |
.773 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Negele Knight |
52 |
17.1 |
6.1 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
6.1 |
.391 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
.779 |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
9 |
3.8 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
.563 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
Jerry Lucas |
5 |
46.2 |
21.4 |
- |
- |
20.2 |
2.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
8.0 |
17.0 |
.471 |
- |
- |
- |
5.4 |
7.0 |
.771 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Negele Knight |
65 |
22.1 |
9.2 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
3.5 |
7.3 |
.474 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.190 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
.810 |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
4 |
27.0 |
9.3 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
3.3 |
10.3 |
.317 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
.000 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
.917 |
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 |
|
Negele Knight |
Jerry Lucas |
Season |
1994-95 | 1967-68 |
Team |
Portland Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons | Cincinnati Royals |
Honors & Awards |
- | All-NBA First Team |
- | All-Star Game |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
47 |
15.1 |
4.2 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
2.7 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
4.6 |
.397 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.393 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
.720 |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Negele Knight didn't play in 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Negele Knight |
6 |
9.3 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
.375 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
.500 |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry Lucas |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry Lucas |
5 |
34.2 |
17.8 |
- |
- |
10.0 |
3.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
7.8 |
15.4 |
.506 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
3.2 |
.688 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry Lucas |
16 |
46.1 |
18.6 |
- |
- |
10.8 |
5.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
7.4 |
14.9 |
.500 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
4.4 |
.831 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry Lucas |
17 |
21.6 |
7.5 |
- |
- |
5.0 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
3.2 |
6.6 |
.482 |
- |
- |
- |
1.2 |
1.4 |
.870 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Negele Knight |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
- |