Jerry Lucas vs. Gene Tormohlen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gene Tormohlen and Jerry Lucas, 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.

Jerry Lucas played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Gene Tormohlen, who played 6. Jerry Lucas had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Gene Tormohlen had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Jerry Lucas	Gene Tormohlen
Season	1963-64	1962-63
Team	Cincinnati Royals	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	79	41.4	17.7	-	-	17.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.9	13.1	.527	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Gene Tormohlen	7	6.7	1.7	-	-	2.1	0.7	-	-	-	1.6	0.7	1.4	.500	-	-	-	0.3	1.4	.200
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	10	37.0	12.2	-	-	12.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	12.3	.390	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.703
Gene Tormohlen	5	3.0	1.6	-	-	1.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.2	0.8	2.0	.400	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Jerry Lucas	Gene Tormohlen
Season	1964-65	1963-64
Team	Cincinnati Royals	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	66	43.4	21.4	-	-	20.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	8.5	17.0	.498	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.814
Gene Tormohlen	51	12.5	4.1	-	-	4.2	1.0	-	-	-	2.5	1.8	4.9	.376	-	-	-	0.4	0.9	.478
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	4	48.8	23.3	-	-	21.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	9.5	18.8	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.773
Gene Tormohlen	6	6.5	2.2	-	-	2.3	0.8	-	-	-	1.7	0.8	2.2	.385	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.600

Note: Gene Tormohlen didn't play in 1964-65.

Season 3
	Jerry Lucas	Gene Tormohlen
Season	1965-66	1965-66
Team	Cincinnati Royals	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	79	44.5	21.5	-	-	21.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	19.3	.453	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Gene Tormohlen	71	10.9	4.8	-	-	4.4	0.8	-	-	-	1.9	2.0	4.6	.444	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.659
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	5	46.2	21.4	-	-	20.2	2.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.0	17.0	.471	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.771
Gene Tormohlen	6	6.3	1.2	-	-	3.0	1.0	-	-	-	1.2	0.3	1.7	.200	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.750

Season 4
	Jerry Lucas	Gene Tormohlen
Season	1966-67	1966-67
Team	Cincinnati Royals	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	81	43.9	17.8	-	-	19.1	3.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.1	15.5	.459	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.791
Gene Tormohlen	63	16.4	6.3	-	-	5.5	1.2	-	-	-	2.8	2.7	6.4	.427	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.595
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	4	45.8	12.5	-	-	19.3	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.0	13.8	.436	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Gene Tormohlen	6	8.7	4.0	-	-	3.7	0.3	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	3.5	.524	-	-	-	0.3	0.8	.400

Season 5
	Jerry Lucas	Gene Tormohlen
Season	1967-68	1967-68
Team	Cincinnati Royals	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Jerry Lucas	82	44.1	21.5	-	-	19.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Gene Tormohlen	77	9.3	3.0	-	-	2.9	0.9	-	-	-	1.2	1.3	3.4	.374	-	-	-	0.4	0.7	.589
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gene Tormohlen	3	8.3	2.3	-	-	2.0	1.7	-	-	-	1.3	0.7	2.0	.333	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750

Note: Gene Tormohlen didn't play in 1968-69.

Season 6
	Jerry Lucas	Gene Tormohlen
Season	1968-69	1969-70
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Jerry Lucas	74	41.6	18.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	13.6	.551	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Gene Tormohlen	2	5.5	2.0	-	-	2.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.5	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gene Tormohlen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jerry Lucas	Gene Tormohlen
Season	1970-71	-
Team	San Francisco Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Jerry Lucas	80	40.6	19.2	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	7.8	15.6	.498	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.787
Gene Tormohlen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	5	34.2	17.8	-	-	10.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.8	7.8	15.4	.506	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688
Gene Tormohlen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jerry Lucas	Gene Tormohlen
Season	1972-73	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jerry Lucas	71	28.2	9.9	-	-	7.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.2	4.4	8.6	.513	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Gene Tormohlen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Lucas	17	21.6	7.5	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	6.6	.482	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.870
Gene Tormohlen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-