Bob Cousy vs. John Lucas III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Lucas III and Bob Cousy, 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.

Bob Cousy played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than John Lucas III, who played 8. Bob Cousy had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while John Lucas III had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
Bob Cousy	14	13	1950-51 to 1969-70
John Lucas III	8	2	2005-06 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1950-51	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Bob Cousy	69	-	15.6	-	-	6.9	4.9	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.5	.352	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.756
John Lucas III	13	8.2	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.8	.389	0.2	0.7	.222	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	2	-	14.0	-	-	7.5	6.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	21.0	.214	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1951-52	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Bob Cousy	66	40.6	21.7	-	-	6.4	6.7	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	21.0	.369	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.808
John Lucas III	47	8.1	3.3	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.3	3.3	.397	0.3	1.3	.254	0.3	0.4	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	3	46.0	31.0	-	-	4.0	6.3	-	-	-	4.3	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	13.7	14.7	.932
John Lucas III	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Note: John Lucas III didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10.


Season 3
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1952-53	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Bob Cousy	71	41.5	19.8	-	-	6.3	7.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	18.6	.352	-	-	-	6.7	8.3	.816
John Lucas III	2	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	6	45.0	25.5	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	20.0	.383	-	-	-	10.2	12.2	.836
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1953-54	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Bulls 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		%
Bob Cousy	72	39.7	19.2	-	-	5.5	7.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.8	17.5	.385	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	.787
John Lucas III	49	14.8	7.5	0.4	1.1	1.6	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.9	0.9	2.9	7.3	.399	1.1	2.9	.393	0.6	0.7	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	6	43.3	21.0	-	-	5.3	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.5	19.3	.284	-	-	-	10.0	12.5	.800
John Lucas III	5	18.8	8.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.4	3.6	8.0	.450	1.0	2.6	.385	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 5
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1954-55	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Bob Cousy	71	38.7	21.2	-	-	6.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.3	7.4	18.5	.397	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.807
John Lucas III	63	13.1	5.3	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.8	2.0	5.3	.386	0.9	2.4	.377	0.3	0.4	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	7	42.7	21.7	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.6	19.9	.381	-	-	-	6.6	6.9	.958
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1955-56	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Bob Cousy	72	38.4	18.8	-	-	6.8	8.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.1	17.0	.360	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.844
John Lucas III	42	14.1	3.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.5	.326	0.6	2.0	.298	0.2	0.4	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	3	41.3	26.3	-	-	8.0	8.7	-	-	-	1.3	9.3	18.7	.500	-	-	-	7.7	8.3	.920
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1956-57	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
Bob Cousy	64	36.9	20.6	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.1	7.5	19.8	.378	-	-	-	5.7	6.9	.821
John Lucas III	21	13.0	4.7	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.9	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.9	2.0	5.0	.404	0.4	1.4	.310	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	10	44.0	20.2	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	20.7	.324	-	-	-	6.8	9.1	.747
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Lucas III didn't play in 2015-16.


Season 8
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1957-58	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Bob Cousy	65	34.2	18.0	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	2.1	6.8	19.4	.353	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.850
John Lucas III	5	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	11	41.5	18.0	-	-	6.5	7.5	-	-	-	1.8	6.1	17.8	.342	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.853
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1958-59	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Bob Cousy	65	37.0	20.0	-	-	5.5	8.6	-	-	-	2.1	7.4	19.4	.384	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	.855
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	11	41.8	19.5	-	-	6.9	10.8	-	-	-	2.5	6.5	20.1	.326	-	-	-	6.4	8.5	.745
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1959-60	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Bob Cousy	75	34.5	19.4	-	-	4.7	9.5	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	19.7	.384	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.792
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	13	36.0	15.3	-	-	3.7	8.9	-	-	-	2.1	6.2	20.2	.305	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.765
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1960-61	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Bob Cousy	76	32.5	18.1	-	-	4.4	7.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.8	18.2	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	10	33.7	16.7	-	-	4.3	9.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	14.7	.340	-	-	-	6.7	8.8	.761
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1961-62	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Bob Cousy	75	28.2	15.7	-	-	3.5	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	6.2	15.7	.391	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.754
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	14	33.9	16.0	-	-	4.6	8.8	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	17.2	.357	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	.684
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1962-63	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Bob Cousy	76	26.0	13.2	-	-	2.5	6.8	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.397	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.735
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	13	30.2	14.1	-	-	2.5	8.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.5	15.7	.353	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.830
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bob Cousy didn't play in 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68 and 1968-69.


Season 14
	Bob Cousy	John Lucas III
Season	1969-70	-
Team	Cincinnati Royals	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Bob Cousy	7	4.9	0.7	-	-	0.7	1.4	-	-	-	1.6	0.1	0.4	.333	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Cousy vs. John Lucas III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Lucas III and Bob Cousy, 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

Season 13

Season 14