Tyrese Haliburton vs. John Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Lucas and Tyrese Haliburton, 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.

Tyrese Haliburton played 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than John Lucas, who played 14. Tyrese Haliburton had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while John Lucas had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
	Tyrese Haliburton	John Lucas
Season	2020-21	1976-77
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Tyrese Haliburton	John Lucas
Season	2022-23	1978-79
Team	Indiana Pacers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tyrese Haliburton	John Lucas
Season	2023-24	1979-80
Team	Indiana Pacers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers TBD	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	12	35.1	18.3	0.9	4.2	5.1	8.3	1.2	0.7	2.2	0.8	6.9	14.3	.483	3.3	9.0	.361	1.2	1.3	.875
John Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-